Russell Crowe & Liam Hemsworth Set To Star In Action-Thriller ‘Land Of Bad’ — Cannes Market

Enamored with Eiza! From her PDA with Liam Hemsworth to her romance with Jason Momoa, Eiza González‘s love life has been making headlines since her days as a telenovela star.

Russell Crowe has always had comedy chops.

EXCLUSIVE: The Wolf of Wall Street and The Irishman star Jake Hoffman, whose father is Dustin Hoffman, is creating and directing coming-of-age romcom The Problem With Poets.

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning writer and director Emerald Fennell has lined up her cast for her next film, Saltburn with Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan attached to star in the project from MRC Film. Deadline recently broke that Rosamund Pike will also co-star with  principal photography set to begin this summer in the UK. The pic will be produced by Fennell and LuckyChap Entertainment’s Josey McNamara, Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie.

The Hating Game star Lucy Hale is to reunite with director Peter Hutchings in rom-com Which Brings Me To You.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise), Oscar nominee Bette Midler (The First Wives Club) and Emmy winner Megan Mullally (Will And Grace) are attached to star in The Fabulous Four from director Jocelyn Moorhouse (The Dressmaker).

David Cronenberg has found his next movie: thriller The Shrouds, which will star his Eastern Promises and Dangerous Method collaborator Vincent Cassel.

Daisy Ridley and Shazad Latif, along with Matilda Lutz are set to star in contemporary, sexy, noir pic Magpie. The pic is based on an original idea from Ridley and was written by Tom Bateman. Award-winning British theater talent Sam Yates will make his feature directorial debut.

EXCLUSIVE: Liam Neeson is set to star in thriller Thug, reuniting with his Cold Pursuit director Hans Petter Moland, who will direct the film for Sculptor Media and Electromagnetic Productions, with Mossbank and CAA handling international sales at next week’s Cannes market.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTaiwan- and Los Angeles-based Organic Media Group will launch rights sales in Cannes for “Gimme My Money,” a female-led, kung-fu action comedy.The film, which completed principal photography last week in Los Angeles, stars Marci Miller, Raymond J. Barry and veteran Chinese-American actor, James Hong.

Michael Keaton is set to star in and direct the noir thriller Knox Goes Away, which was written by Gregory Poirier and is being produced by Brookstreet’s Trevor Matthews and Nick Gordon and Sugar23’s Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta. Carter Stanton will executive produce for Brookstreet and Jillian Kay for Sugar23.

Neighbours might be ending, but the legacy of the long-running soap lives on thanks to all the epic careers it helped to kick-start. Show bosses announced in March that the iconic Australian show is being axed after 37 years on the air, with the final episode set to be filmed in June.The soap, which began in 1986, has been a breeding ground for acting and singing talent, with many residents of the fictional suburb of Erinsborough going on to make it big in the world of Hollywood and pop music.

If you can count on death and taxes, you can also count on French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin having a new film at the Cannes Film Festival. Desplechin has had ten films play at Cannes either in competition or in other sections, his most recent being 2021’s “Deception” and 2019’s “Oh Mercy.” His latest, “Brother And Sister” (“Frère et Sœur”) stars Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud as estranged siblings who are forced to reunite after 20 years following the death of their parents.

Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's biopic, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor Austin Butler made it clear he hoped Priscilla Presley and Lisa Marie would be happy with his performance. Just a few weeks ago, The King's ex-wife admitted she was "very nervous" about the film, saying she didn't think anyone could fill the star shoes of the star who died in 1977 at just 42. Since then, Baz invited her and Memphis Mafia member Jerry Schilling to a private screening of the film when in Australia.

Meg Ryan is set to direct and star alongside David Duchovny in romantic comedy What Happens Later, a film based on Steven Dietz’s play Shooting Star.

Johnny Depp’s new movie Jeanne Du Barry will be launched for pre-sales at this month’s Cannes market, marking a first narrative feature for the actor in more than three years.

Naman Ramachandran International television, film and digital production and distribution group All3Media is backing “Line of Duty” star Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen’s company, Build Your Own Films.BYO Films, which is focused on both scripted and non-scripted production, was launched by co-CEOs McClure and her partner Owen, who specializes in sports documentaries, including Netflix soccer documentary “I Believe in Miracles.”The upcoming BYO slate includes ITV drama, “Without Sin,” a four-part psychological thriller exploring the relationship which develops between a grieving mother, played by McClure, and the man she believes murdered her daughter. It is produced by Left Bank Pictures and co-produced by BYO Films.

Line of Duty star Vicky McClure’s Build Your Own Films has been backed by All3Media and the indie is co-producing ITV drama Without Sin and developing a six-part political thriller, multi-part period drama, travel show and football doc.