Indian serial entrepreneur Vipul Agarwal is betting $3 million that the next superhero universe won’t have an American accent. In a world saturated with content, Agarwal believes the next Marvel or Harry Potter will emerge not from New York or Los Angeles, but from the
Cannes Frontières buzz title “Skin Side Up,” the directorial feature debut of “Drag Race Down Under” Season 4 winner Robert Ten Eyck, heads to the Creosote exploring a little visited sub-genre – drag queen horror – as it has pacted a key theatrical distribution deal
Norway’s recent contribution to genre movies has largely been via disaster (“La Palma,” “The Quake”), horror comedy (“The Ugly Sister”), supernatural terror (“Handling the Undead,” “The Innocents”) or fantasy thriller (“Troll”). With his feature debut “Light Years” (“Lysår”) to be pitched at Cannes’ Frontières Platform
Federation Spain has boarded psychological horror “Who Knows?” (“Qui Sap?”), to be directed by Carlo Padial. Based in Madrid and part of Federation Studios, the company’s led by Juan Solá, and has joined forces as a producer on the film – now in final development
After stepping down from the role due personal reasons in 2024, Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Rodrigo Sorogoyen has been invited back at Cannes’ Critics Week to preside over the jury of the 64th edition. Sorogoyen is best known for delivering films and series boasting
Robert Ten Eyck’s “Skin Side Up,” Sebastian McKinnon’s “The Stolen Child” and Richard Raaphorst’s “Children of the Moor” look like three potential standouts at this year’s Frontières Platform in Cannes which bids fair to prove one of the festival’s highest-caliber project showcases. Described as Drag
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