#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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#Cannes: Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Julia Ducournau on Competition Jury,  Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ to Close Festival

#Cannes: Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Julia Ducournau on Competition Jury, Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ to Close Festival

The Batman and The Fabelmans star Paul Dano, Titane-directing Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau, I Am Not a Witch breakout filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, and Captain Marvel herself, Brie Larson will help make up the superstar competition jury for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Together with French actor Denis Ménochet, of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and…

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