Focus Features is celebrating its 15th anniversary by offering year-long series of retrospective screenings of its titles over the next several months around the world. Focus is kicking off the celebrations with a party here in Cannes tonight that will unveil a Focus 15 initiative that will see Rooftop Film … Read entire story.
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Jesse Eisenberg is set to play legendary mime Marcel Marceau in Resistance, a film written and directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz that will focus on Marceau’s involvement in the French resistance during WWII. The film is said to be in the vein of Life Is Beautiful, where comedy is used as … Read entire story.
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EXCLUSIVE: Stanley Tucci is set to star in John Leonetti’s upcoming feature The Silence from Constantin Film and EMJAG Productions. He’ll join Kiernan Shipka, who was previously announced, in the title. David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment is shopping to foreign buyers this week. Project is produced by Robert Kulzer (Resident … Read entire story.
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There has been much written about the potential of virtual reality as a new medium for artists, but Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s CARNE y ARENA, the first VR project selected for the Cannes Film Festival, might be as definitive for this art form as the Lumières’ L’… Read entire story.
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EXCLUSIVE: Gary Shore (Dracula Untold) is set to direct thriller Red River, written by BAFTA and Oscar-nominated scribe Ronan Blaney. XYZ Films has boarded world sales for the project and is set to shop it to buyers in Cannes this week. Story is set in an isolated town in … Read entire story.
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