‘Suicide Squad’ Filmmaker David Ayer To Direct Jason Statham In Miramax’s Action Pic ‘The Beekeeper’ — Cannes Market Hot Package

Cannes Film Festival was trembling for Austin Butler as the King in Baz Luhrmann’s world premiere of “Elvis.”The film received an uproarious 12-minute standing ovation, the longest of this year’s festival so far.As the the cheers went on and on, a teary-eyed Butler hugged an equally-emotional Priscilla Presley, who flew to the South of France to give her blessing for the movie about her late husband.The Warner Bros. musical drama had Cannes spontaneously erupting into applause as Butler recreated some of Presley’s greatest hits including “Jailhouse Rock,” “Blue Suede Shoes” and “Suspicious Minds.”“Elvis” is one of the biggest titles to screen at Cannes, with a star-studded carpet that included Sharon Stone, Shakira, Kylie Minogue, Diplo and Jeremy O. Harris.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jason Statham had an extra special guest in tow for their recent trip to France for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival — their 3-month-old daughter, Isabella James! On Monday, the 34-year-old model shared a series of photos from their time at France's Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, and the post featured multiple, rare images of the couple's baby girl.Huntington-Whiteley used a white dove emoji to caption the images, which included ones of Huntington-Whiteley breastfeeding her daughter while wearing a hotel robe.A post shared by Rosie HW (@rosiehw)In another pic, the 54-year-old actor was snapped carrying Isabella in a baby carrier toward a plane. Huntington-Whiteley made sure to snap a gorgeous selfie from the hotel, a chic pic on the private jet, and also shared a pic of her and Statham's badges from a Cannes event.While this isn't the first time Huntington-Whiteley has shared a photo of Isabella, she and Staham are notoriously private when it comes to their family. Ahead of Isabella's Feb.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jason Statham had an extra special guest in tow for their recent trip to France for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival — their 3-month-old daughter, Isabella James! On Monday, the 34-year-old model shared a series of photos from their time at France's Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, and the post featured multiple, rare images of the couple's baby girl.Huntington-Whiteley used a white dove emoji to caption the images, which included ones of Huntington-Whiteley breastfeeding her daughter while wearing a hotel robe.A post shared by Rosie HW (@rosiehw)In another pic, the 54-year-old actor was snapped carrying Isabella in a baby carrier toward a plane. Huntington-Whiteley made sure to snap a gorgeous selfie from the hotel, a chic pic on the private jet, and also shared a pic of her and Statham's badges from a Cannes event.While this isn't the first time Huntington-Whiteley has shared a photo of Isabella, she and Staham are notoriously private when it comes to their family. Ahead of Isabella's Feb.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is sharing rare photos of her daughter.

Cannes Film Festival that the pace of deals was almost as glacial as the amount of time it takes to get your check at a restaurant in the south of France.But then, sacré bleu, Netflix struck, shelling out more than $50 million for the rights to “Pain Hustlers,” a conspiracy thriller that unites Emily Blunt with Harry Potter director David Yates, and the move has started to accelerate deal-making up and down the Croisette.This year’s market has been a litmus test for film sales as the U.S. and key international markets emerge from the worst of the pandemic.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is sharing some sweet pics of her daughter!

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Renny Harlin’s actioner The Bricklayer from Millennium Films, slating the pic for release in theaters and on VOD next summer. The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company has also unveiled a new still from the film, starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Nina Dobrev (xXx: Return of Xander Cage), which can be found below.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix might have had a bumpy few weeks, but the streamer is poised to strike the first major Cannes deal on a hot market package.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Renner is set to star as the journalist who helped blow the lid off the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma’s role in the rampant spread of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin. The two-time Oscar nominee will play Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Armstrong in a drama that is being sold here in the Cannes Market through Expanded Media/LBI Entertainment and 101 Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: The starry indie film packages keep on coming in Cannes with news we can reveal that Oscar winner Jamie Foxx (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Oscar winner Robert De Niro (Joker), Scott Eastwood (The Fate of the Furious) and John Leguizamo (John Wick) are set for under-the-radar action movie Tin Soldier, which begins filming next week in Greece.

EXCLUSIVE: A feature about legendary Hollywood director Sam Peckinpah’s wild plan to finance his final film with backing from Colombia’s Cali Cartel is being sold in Cannes.

Another hot project is hitting the Cannes market as Emily Blunt is attached to star Pain Hustlers with David Yates directing. Wells Tower penned the script with Lawrence Grey producing through his Grey Matter Productions banner along with Wychwood Pictures

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).

Jacob Tremblay (Room) and Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon) are starring in The Skeleton Tree, which Sierra/Affinity is selling at the Cannes Market.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe Cannes Film Festival is back at full strength for the first time since 2019, and just in time to mark the iconic event’s 75th anniversary. While the 2021 edition of Cannes was a muted affair with the market going virtual — and the sale of Gerard Butler’s “Greenland” sequel to STX emerging as the hottest deal — this year’s market is back in person with a dynamic, broad array of packages on offer, including a healthy serving of action titles, sci-fi thrillers and historical dramas.

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.

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.

Michelle Pfeiffer has been cast as the lead in Peter Craig’s directorial debut Wild Four O’Clocks. Craig most recently wrote The Batman for Warner Bros. and worked on Paramount’s upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, which is screening at the 75thCannes Film Festival this month.