#Cannes: Austrian Production Company Schubert Launches With Projects From Past Fest Contenders

#Cannes: Austrian Production Company Schubert Launches With Projects From Past Fest Contenders

European cinema has a new production boutique. Austrian producer Johannes Schubert, whose latest work with compatriot Jessica Hauser, Club Zero, is screening in this year’s Cannes competition, has launched a stand-alone production outfit, called simply Schubert. The company’s initial slate includes new features from Austria’s Markus Schleinzer, director of 2011 Cannes competition entry  Michael  and 2018’s …

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#Cannes: Plus M Entertainment CEO on Turning the Family Firm Into a Korean Content Powerhouse

#Cannes: Plus M Entertainment CEO on Turning the Family Firm Into a Korean Content Powerhouse

South Korean executive Jeongin Hong never planned to become a movie mogul. After studying economics at Princeton and putting in distinguished stints in private equity at Boston Consulting and Goldman Sachs (“I’m a science and economics guy,” he says), he was lured back to the family business in 2015. His family’s firm happens to be JoongAng Group, arguably…

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#Cannes Hot List: Andrew Garfield, Keanu Reeves, Florence Pugh, and (Of Course) Nicolas Cage Set to Light Up Film Market

#Cannes Hot List: Andrew Garfield, Keanu Reeves, Florence Pugh, and (Of Course) Nicolas Cage Set to Light Up Film Market

The ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike casts a cloud over what otherwise promises to be a solid Cannes film market. Most buyers and sellers came out of Berlin this year “cautiously optimistic” as the (partial) resurgence of the theatrical market alongside a slowly but steadily growing digital ancillary business offers reason to believe reports of the…

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