Sean Penn’s ‘Flag Day’ Sells to MGM Ahead of Cannes Debut

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Together,” a new comedy from “Billy Elliot” director Stephen Daldry, will be distributed by Bleecker Street after the indie studio secured North American rights to the film. “Together” stars James McAvoy (“Wanted”) and Sharon Horgan (“Catastrophe”).

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Heartbroken Love Island viewers recalled the late Caroline Flack during the launch of the highly-anticipated 2021 series. While many had been eagerly-awaiting the return of the sun-soaked ITV2 reality show, lots of fans admitted it just “didn’t feel the same” without her.

EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment Group has picked up North American rights to The Gateway, the crime thriller starring Shea Whigham, Olivia Munn, Frank Grillo, Bruce Dern, Taryn Manning, Keith David, and Mark Boone Junior.

Will Thorne Staff WriterTo what lengths will a desperate mother go to recover her kidnapped daughter?That’s the central question posed in Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Ana Mihai’s first fiction feature “La Civil,” which is set to debut at the Cannes Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.“La Civil” was produced by Hans Everaert’s Menuetto with the assistance of four illustrious Cannes winning directors, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Cristian Mungiu, and Michel Franco.Menuetto has

Peter Falk died ten years ago today, and he remains as adored as ever. During the darkest days of the pandemic, it seemed like everyone was finding comfort in rewatches of “Columbo”; in a terrifying world, it was reassuring to know that however tricky the case Falk’s disheveled detective was facing, he was sure to solve it by the time the end credits rolled.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“David Byrne’s American Utopia” and “Freestyle Love Supreme” will receive special Tony Awards at the 2021 ceremony.

Poor T-Pain!

Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk had a messy surprise during their walk with friends over the weekend.

Laura Whitmore has expressed hopes of making the late Caroline Flack "proud" as Love Island returns to screens next week. Caroline, who tragically took her own life at age 40 on February 15 2020, hosted the popular dating show from 2015 to 2019.

Chris Pratt conjured an epic way to celebrate the nation’s colors on Flag Day. The Marvel star, 41, took to Instagram to share a video of himself freefalling with the esteemed Navy Parachute Team -- dubbed the "Leap Frogs" – with the American flag in a vote of unity for all throughout the country.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s another lucrative package set to hit the Cannes market as We are hearing Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn are attached to star in Daddio with Christy Hall on board to write and direct. Endeavor Content will launch worldwide sales at Cannes with CAA Media Finance co-repping the U.S. Johnson will also produce the pic alongside Ro Donnelly through their TeaTime Pictures with Emma Tillinger Koskoff also on board to produce. Hall is also on board to produce.

United Artist Releasing has set a limited theatrical release for Sean Penn’s Cannes Film Festival premiere Flag Day for Aug. 13.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentBelgian director Felix van Groeningen (“Beautiful Boy”) and Charlotte Vandermeersch have started shooting in the Alps on “The Eight Mountains,” an Italian drama based on a bestseller about male bonding set against a mountainous backdrop.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Monica Lewinsky has inked a first-look production deal with 20th Television ahead of the latest installment of the “American Crime Story” anthology series, “Impeachment,” which the Vanity Fair contributing editor is currently producing.“Impeachment” chronicles the events that led to Bill Clinton’s (Clive Owen) impeachment, the first of its kind in American history of a sitting president in over a century, with Edie Falco starring as Hillary Clinton, Sarah Paulson as Linda

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe penultimate episode of “The Stand” finally paid off what Stephen King fans knew was coming ever since the project was greenlit: the destruction of Randall Flagg aka the Dark Man’s (Alexander Skarsgård) debaucherous Las Vegas community.As Randall screams about the traitors in their midst and has Larry (Jovan Adepo) and Ray (Irene Bedard) chained inside a pool that is slowly being filled with water, ominous clouds drift into the Inferno through the