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Alexander Rodnyansky (“Beanpole,” “Leviathan,” “Loveless”), Variety can reveal.The deal is for a slate of both Russian-language and multilingual shows for Apple TV Plus, set both inside and outside Russia, and creatively led by both Russian and international writers and directors.Although the pact is with Rodnyansky’s L.A.-based AR Content, which he set up three years ago to finance the development of feature films and television, it is his production expertise and experience in Russia that

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDidier Lupfer, the former CEO of Studiocanal, has launched the Paris-based production banner The Media Company with a lineup comprising high-concept films and series, including “The Quest of Fire” and “Front Row.”The outfit is also developing about 10 feature films, including Russian helmer Michael Idov’s “Aspiration,” which is co-produced with Artem Vassiliev at Métrafilms, and thriller “Override,” directed by Dmitry Glukhovsky (“Tekst”).Lupfer said he

Christopher Vourlias Germany’s Sola Media has acquired sales rights across a host of territories for “Finnick,” an animated feature from leading Russian animation studio Riki Group, Variety has learned. The companies will be introducing the film to buyers during the Cannes Film Market.The CGI-animated comedy follows the adventures of 13-year-old Christine, who befriends the young prankster Finnick — one of the furry invisible beings known as Finns — in unlikely circumstances.

The VigilThe Vigil Cast: Dave Davis, Lynn Cohen, Menashe LustigThe Vigil Director: Keith ThomasStreaming Platform: Amazon Prime VideoThe Vigil Stars: 3/5Memories; whether good or bad, they're always a part and parcel of our existence. When they're memories you're trying to run away from or simply take up the 'ignorance is bliss' approach, one day, it all boils down and explodes.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorNew Europe Film Sales has picked up “Reflection,” the next film from Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych, who won best film in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival for “Atlantis” in 2019.“Reflection” was a hot title in the works in progress section of Les Arcs last year, and is considered as a frontrunner for the fall and winter festivals.The film centers on Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy, who is captured by the Russian military forces in

Jamie Lang Originally planned to shoot in early 2020, before COVID-19 lockdowns made that an impossibility, producer-turned-director Thomas Torrey’s “All the Names We Buried” is pitching in the Proof of Concept section of the Frontieres Platform at the Cannes Marché du Film, looking to reignite the project’s pre-COVID buzz and recuperate lost financing.

Kevin Feige told ET on the red carpet ahead of 's premiere. So, while the first film in the studio's fourth Phase is outwardly a swan song for its titular superheroine — an ending for Scarlett Johansson's superspy and Avenger — the movie is equally about setting up what comes next.Or as producer Brian Chapek put it, «This movie needed to do two things: The most important thing was celebrate Natasha's legacy.

Spike Lee made history at the Cannes Film Festival jury press conference Tuesday.

is the powerful and immersive coming-of-age documentary directed by Matt Ogens and executive produced by Nyle DiMarco. The 40-minute film follows a Maryland School for the Deaf football player named Amaree McKenstry as well as his teammates and friends as they navigate their senior year of high school and start to grapple with the reality of what comes next.

Christopher Vourlias Hype Film, the production company behind Kirill Serebrennikov’s Cannes competition title “Petrov’s Flu,” has signed a first-look deal with IVI, the largest Russian VOD platform.As part of the two-year deal, Hype Film will develop 10 and produce at least two Russian-language scripted shows exclusively for IVI, which boasts more than 59 million unique visitors per month.Vadim Sokolovsky, head of IVI Originals, said: “Hype Film is a recognizable brand name in the Russian and

Abel Ferrara’s latest film, “Siberia,” finds his constant muse, Willem Dafoe, in an icy, isolated wasteland not explicitly meant to be the Russian tundra but rather an abstract plane of solitude. His character Clint, an English-speaking bartender out of place in this far-off land populated by indigenous peoples, follows the ambient energy of the area on a metaphysical journey through his own past.

“Thing about Trump is, he can take a beating but he can’t actually take a punch — meaning if half the country hates him he really doesn’t give a damn, but if one person insults him he never gets past it,” then-Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson tells FBI director James Comey who is headed to brief the president in Night 2 of Showtime’s The Comey Rule.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFrench-made suspense thriller “The Pilot” will join the slate of Hong Kong-, Paris- and Los Angeles-based sales agent All Rights Entertainment at the upcoming film markets.The story follows a drone pilot in Mali whose wife and daughter are kidnapped by terrorists. They will be executed if he doesn’t derail the capture by his team of the head of a jihadist network.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorAnimaccord, the Russian company behind one of the world’s top five children’s shows, animation series “Masha and the Bear,” has revealed plans to expand into longer-form content, including a feature film, as well as podcasts, tech-driven content and custom-made content for social media platforms. More than a decade after its launch, the show “just keeps giving and giving,” Animaccord CEO, Claus Tomming, told Variety.

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Sex and the City is once again filming, as revealed by the series' lead, Sarah Jessica Parker.Parker, who starred as Carrie Bradshaw on , the two subsequent movies, and now, the , posted a picture of a very recognizable from door on Instagram on Thursday, June 10. It's of a building in the West Village that was used for the exterior shots of Carrie's apartment, including so many make-ups and break-ups on the stoop and stairs.

Marta Balaga SMF Studio (Soyuzmultfilm), one of the oldest animation companies in Russia, and France-based PlayBig, specializing in distribution, development and production of animation content across linear and non-linear platforms, have announced a partnership to distribute “Captain Kraken and His Crew” to South and Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.The deal – revealed during the Key Buyers Event, taking place online June 8-10 – includes 26 episodes of the show that targets 4