A strange tale has emerged from the Cannes Film Festival overnight, with Cormac McCarthy adaptation Blood Meridian shelved mere hours after details of the film were first announced reports Deadline. James Franco (The Masterpiece) had been set to star and direct the adaptation, with Russell Crowe (The Nice Guys) co-starring alongside Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse) and […]
The Callow Way – Why Cannes Still Matters
This week Neil Calloway looks at what winning the Palme d’Or can do to your box office… So we are in the middle of the Cannes Film Festival, and it’s easy to dismiss it as a two-week publicity vehicle for beautiful actresses to get photographed next to middle-aged European film directors on the Croisette, or […]
Miles Teller boxing drama Bleed For This acquires distributions deals at Cannes
In more news coming out of Cannes, the Miles Teller boxing drama Bleed For This has been picked up by both Sony Pictures Classics and Open Road Films for distribution deals for worldwide releases. Open Road has paid $4 million for the North American rights, while Sony is set to distribute the film across various […]
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem to star in Escobar
In casting news coming out of Cannes, Deadline is reporting that Javier Bardem (Skyfall) and Penelope Cruz (Zoolander 2) are set to star in upcoming film Escobar. Based on a true story, Escobar will be directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa (A Perfect Day) who has also written the script for the film. The story tells of […]
George Miller named Cannes jury president
George Miller is returning to the Cannes film festival this May, this time as jury president. The Australian director will make his way to the south of France a year after screening Mad Max: Fury Road out of competition. The film’s rave reviews and impressive box office run led to 10 Oscar nominations, including Best […]
Cannes Film Festival 2018: Full line-up revealed, including Palme d’Or competitors
The full line-up for the Cannes Film Festival 2018 has been announced, including the films vying for the prestigious Palme d’Or. Among the works competing are the latest movies from David Robert Mitchell, Jean-Luc Godard, Asghar Farhadi and Spike Lee. Amidst major controversy over the appearance, or non-appearance, of Netflix at the festival, organisers have […]
Netflix withdraws from Cannes after competition ban
Having debuted Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories at last years Cannes Film Festival, it appears that audiences won’t get a chance to boo the Netflix logo this year, with the streaming giants announcing that they won’t be attending the festival in the wake of their competition ban. Coming fresh off the back of the news […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story to premiere at Cannes
You can forget your Palme D’Or winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, because they’ll only be one film on everyone’s sunburnt lips with the surprise announcement that Solo: A Star Wars Story will receive its world premiere at the festival. Deadline report that the Ron Howard Star Wars standalone will screen on May 15th, […]
