#Why Tentpoles From ‘Planet of the Apes’ to ‘Anyone But You’ Are Flocking to Australia

#Why Tentpoles From ‘Planet of the Apes’ to ‘Anyone But You’ Are Flocking to Australia

Lifetime Los Angeles resident and stalwart industry supporter Ron Howard landed a world away from Hollywood for the creation of his last two live-action features. The 75-year-old filmmaker shot his 2022 Thai cave rescue drama Thirteen Lives in Queensland, Australia and returned just months later to produce his upcoming survival thriller Eden, starring Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney…

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#‘The Girl With the Needle’ Review: A Dark, Urgently Timely Danish Drama About an Unwanted Pregnancy

#‘The Girl With the Needle’ Review: A Dark, Urgently Timely Danish Drama About an Unwanted Pregnancy

Like one of those fiendish knots that tighten the more you squirm, director Magnus von Horn’s Cannes competitor The Girl With the Needle builds to a devastating climax, taut as piano wire. Danish actress Vic Carmen Sonne (Holiday, Godland) offers an understated but multi-layered performance as Karoline, a vulnerable but resilient seamstress living in post-WWI/early-1920s…

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#Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich Sci-Fi Action Film ‘World-Breaker’ Goes to Signature for U.K. (Exclusive)

#Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich Sci-Fi Action Film ‘World-Breaker’ Goes to Signature for U.K. (Exclusive)

U.K. production, sales and distribution outfit Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to action sci-fi movie World-Breaker starring Luke Evans (The Hobbit), Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil), and Billie Boullet (A Small Light) from The Exchange. The news comes as the film wraps production in Northern Ireland and the Cannes Film Festival and market…

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#Cannes, According to… IMDb Founder, Col Needham

#Cannes, According to… IMDb Founder, Col Needham

Col Needham, founder of online entertainment database IMDb, is back on the Croisette this year. Ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, the industry and fest veteran took time to tell THR about some of his best and worst experiences in town. He also addressed his take on reporting the length of standing ovations at premieres. Favorite meal in Cannes?…

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#Donald Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’ to Premiere at Cannes: First Look and What We Know

#Donald Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’ to Premiere at Cannes: First Look and What We Know

It’s official: Donald Trump — or at least a fictionalized version of him — is heading to Cannes. The prestigious French film festival unveiled its 2024 official film selection Thursday in Paris, and Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abassi’s The Apprentice was among the titles revealed for the event’s main competition. The biographical drama stars Sebastian Stan as…

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#Greta Gerwig Named Cannes Jury President for 2024

#Greta Gerwig Named Cannes Jury President for 2024

Greta Gerwig is hitting the Croisette. The Barbie helmer, fresh off her first-ever best director nomination at the Golden Globes (Gerwig’s $1.4 billion toy-to-screen blockbuster picked up a total of 9 Golden Globe noms), has been confirmed as the Jury President for the 2024 Cannes International Film Festival. “A heroine of our modern times, Greta…

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