Acclaimed Dutch genre filmmaker Richard Raaphorst (“Frankenstein’s Army”) is returning to feature directing with “Children of the Moor,” a folk horror feature infused with a handmade aesthetic and darkly comic twist. The project will pitch at the upcoming Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film
U.K.-based entertainment financier Goldfinch has inked a strategic partnership with The Squad, the Web3-native production studio founded by filmmaker Jordan Bayne. The deal positions The Squad as the first Web3-native studio to be embedded within a major independent film finance and production group. The alliance
Beta Film has struck a major deal on the Mafia series “Cold Summer” with Walter Presents for the U.S. and Canada, ahead of its linear premiere in the U.K. on Channel 4 on April 13, with the boxset also made available on its streaming service.
Doha Film Institute CEO Fatma Al Remaihi has confirmed plans for a new film festival to be launched in the Qatari capital in November 2025, details of which will be unveiled in Cannes. News that the DFI was planning a new film event surfaced last
BOLLYWOOD BRONZE After a five-year planning process, Bollywood icons Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol will finally be immortalized in bronze this spring as their classic film “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” (DDLJ) becomes the first Indian film to be honored at London’s “Scenes in the Square”
Danish queer sex drama “Sauna,” a Sundance Festival hit, has closed its first significant international market deals, sales house TrustNordisk licensing North America to Breaking Glass, Germany to Salzgeber & Co Medien and Spain to Filmin. Nordisk Film Distribution will bow “Sauna” in Denmark on April
Hilary Swank is opening up about the challenges of being a young actress in a male-centric industry. In a recent sit down with Women’s Heath, the “Million Dollar Baby” star said that when she first started acting, Hollywood “was more patriarchal than ever,” which made
MrBeast has spoken out against President Donald Trump’s global tariffs. The YouTube personality and television host took to X on Tuesday to share how Trump’s new tariff proposal is impacting his line of Feastables chocolate bars. Announced on April 2 during an event dubbed “Liberation