Smart Thrillers, Big Auteur Plays, Genre Fuel Sales Momentum

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has closed a raft of international deals on SXSW Midnighter thriller Kryptic, starring Chloe Pirrie (The Queen’s Gambit).

Big Brother legend Chanelle Hayes was a hit with viewers and catapulted into fame after taking part in the 2007, and successfully continued her career into fame. However, 17 years later, the 36-year-old has decided to quit fame and decided to retrain as a nurse.The former reality star is already thriving in her new career, as she has told fans that she’s secured her first job for after she graduates.

Big Bang member T.O.P has teased that he has “a lot of new music” that will be coming “soon”.T.O.P touched on long-awaited new solo music in a recent Instagram post, where he addressed the cancellation of the ‘dearMoon’ project. The moon trip, funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, was originally set to launch in 2023 using a spacecraft developed by SpaceX.The K-pop idol was first announced as one of eight civilian crew members of the project in December 2022.

Charlie Hunnam has lined up his next big acting project, and he’s playing a character that fans already love!

Selome Hailu SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for “Bulletproof,” the Season 3 finale of “Hacks.” The hacks of “Hacks” are moving up in the world, but not without a cost. After tireless work alongside Ava (Hannah Einbinder), Jimmy (Paul W. Downs) and Kayla (Megan Stalter), the penultimate episode of “Hacks” Season 3 saw Deborah finally land the late-night hosting gig she’d been dreaming of since having her first chance taken away decades ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Five-time Emmy winner Jean Smart (Hacks) and actor-comedian Lil Rel Howery (Get Out) have teamed up for comedy short film Too Good.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent A Berlin Generation Crystal Bear winner and the first foray into film of the Fremantle-backed The Immigrant, Sofía Auza’s “Adolfo” saw its premiere Monday night in Mexico City. With Fremantle handling international distribution, “Adolfo” has a lot to celebrate. Auza’s first feature, it also took best feature at Stockholm, screened as opening night film at last year’s TIFF Next Wave Festival and, testing home market waters, scooped best actress for Rocío de la Mañana at Mexico’s Guadalajara Festival in June.

LG has cut prices on its entire range of smart TVs just in time for the Euros. Whether you're looking for a compact second screen or a large cinema-like device for your living room, shoppers can currently bag up to 20 percent off all LG smart TVs and 50 percent off soundbars.

Citizens Advice has issued a warning that millions of households are not reaping the full benefits of their smart meters.

Hacks (), and since our interview isn't being recorded for video, she doesn't think twice. “We were trying to figure out what to do with my hair, and I didn't have time to redress,” says.When I tell her that showing up in a bathroom makes me like her even more, Smart launches into a recent story worthy of the icon she is:“So I was at SXSW in Austin, Texas, in March to present an award to Hannah (Einbinder, ), and what I wore on the plane was pretty casual and sloppy. Of course my luggage got lost.

EXCLUSIVE: One of the market’s biggest-budget projects, the Will Smith action-crime thriller Sugar Bandits, has sealed multi-million dollar deals across the world for AGC ahead of a planned September start date.

Christopher Vourlias Urban Sales has closed a raft of deals on the upcoming animated feature “Into the Wonderwoods” ahead of its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Special Screenings section. The film, which bows with a special screening May 22 at the prestigious French fest, has sold to 45 territories, the Paris-based sales outfit announced during the Cannes Market. Pic has sold to Volga for the CIS territories and the Baltics; Selim Ramia & Co.

The anarchic spirit of Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner Titane lives on in Emma Benestan’s Critics Week closer Animale, the genre-busting debut of a director who cites Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark, and the naturalist films of Chloé Zhao as influences. More surprisingly, she also credits Abdellatif Kechiche, since her first break was as assistant editor on his 2013 Palme d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Colour. 

EXCLUSIVE: Whitney Peak (Hocus Pocus 2, Molly’s Game, Gossip Girl) has been cast in Aisling Walsh’s Ethel, alongside the previously announced cast of Shira Haas and Sarah Paulson. Bankside Films first launched the title, which is currently in pre-production, earlier this year and has completed a number of international pre-sales in Cannes. 

How can you be a leader to your people if you’re on the run from them? It’s a fascinating question, one that could serve as the basis for a great book or film, but one that’s hard to embed in a six-part mini-series, a format that proves the wrong one for the story of how a fake movie played a role in the life of Black Panthers leader Huey P. Newton.

“Young Sheldon,” ended on Thursday night after seven seasons – but, that’s not the end of the line. A third show in that universe is in the works on CBS, called “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.” Premiering in fall 2024 and helmed by Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro, and Steve Holland, the series will follow Sheldon’s brother, George “Georgie” Cooper Jr.(Montana Jordan) as he marries and has a kid with Mandy McAllister (Emily Osment). “Honestly, just as we watched those two actors in the last couple of seasons [of ‘Young Sheldon’] and how much fun they were on screen, it became clear that this could be a fun thing to follow,” Holland told The Post.

Spoilers ahead for the “Young Sheldon” series finale. In Wednesday night’s series finale, Sheldon (Iain Armitage) agreed to get baptized to please his mother, Mary (Zoe Perry), despite his atheism. He also finally went to Caltech, wrapping up the childhood chapter of his life.

No matter how often you binge Supernatural, we bet that there is still so much that you don’t know about it.

Big Special have shared a statement explaining why they have decided to play The Great Escape amidst the boycott.The gothic Black Country duo – comprised of Joe Hicklin and Callum Moloney – took to their official Instagram account to explain why they will go ahead with performing at this year’s edition of the Brighton-based music festival.The 2024 event – which showcases new and rising artists – is due to take place across various music venues in Brighton from today (May 15) until Saturday (18).The Great Escape is sponsored by Barclays, which has been a source of controversy amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza because of the bank’s financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel.“We will still be performing at The great escape this week and donating our fee to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, of which our label will also match the donation. Here is our statement,” wrote the duo in an Instagram post.A post shared by BIG SPECIAL (@bigspecial_)“There’s been a lot of chat about The Great Escape festival recently and their sponsorship from Barclays, who are helping fund arms sales to Israel, weapons being used to commit war crimes against the Palestinian people.“A lot of bands have boycotted the event in solidarity.

Gregg Goldstein These auteurs are ready for their close-up. When Quentin Dupieux’s comedy about an ill-fated film set, “The Second Act,” opened the Cannes Film Festival May 14, it will be just one of several movies about filmmaking and filmmakers to touch down on the Croisette. After all, directors Christophe Honoré, Paul Schrader and Josh Mond are among the other prominent filmmakers who are ready to premiere semi-autobiographical stories.