#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: Kelsey Asbille, Finn Wittrock to Lead Horror ‘Don’t Move’ for Sam Raimi, ‘Barbarian’ Producer Alex Lebovici (Exclusive)

#Cannes: Kelsey Asbille, Finn Wittrock to Lead Horror ‘Don’t Move’ for Sam Raimi, ‘Barbarian’ Producer Alex Lebovici (Exclusive)

Kelsey Asbille (Yellowstone, Fargo, Wind River) and Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story, The Big Short, La La Land) have been tapped to lead the upcoming horror thriller Don’t Move from Sam Raimi’s Raimi Productions, Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Studios and Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios. Principal photography on the feature will commence in Europe in June.  The…

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#Manchin ratchets up battle with Biden

#Manchin ratchets up battle with Biden

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is becoming a bigger problem for President Biden and Democrats in the Senate as he faces an uphill reelection battle in West Virginia, a state where former President Trump won one of his biggest victories in 2020.  Manchin has criticized Biden and Democrats publicly, opposed various nominees and, this week, said…

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#Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Returns to Cannes With New Sales Company (Exclusive)

#Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Returns to Cannes With New Sales Company (Exclusive)

Three years after it was first announced and almost 18 months after the fatal shooting of its cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set, the Alec Baldwin-starring Western Rust has returned to the Cannes market. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Goodfellas — formerly Wild Bunch International — is selling the project, taking over from Highland Film Group…

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