German stars Moritz Bleibtreu (“Call My Agent! — Berlin”) and Kida Khodr Ramadan (“Four Blocks”) are set to star in timely gay immigration drama “Hijiamat,” which Arthood Entertainment is pre-selling in Cannes. “Hijiamat” is to be directed by Germany-based Iranian director Nadar Seimar. Principal photography will start
Anna Hints, the Estonian director behind acclaimed documentary “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” is unleashing “Black Hairy Beast,” a folk story and body horror musical “inspired by a personal love story,” she revealed to Variety. “At its core, the film is about love set against the expectations and
FilmSharks has secured international sales rights for “The Woman in the Line” (“La Mujer de la Fila”), a dramatic thriller from acclaimed Argentine director Benjamín Ávila. Ávila is best-known for “Clandestine Childhood” (“Infancia Clandestina”), which premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and was Argentina’s official Oscar
Kelvin Harrison Jr. has been cast as Beetee in Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” an adaptation of the bestselling book by Suzanne Collins. He joins previously announced cast members Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner and
Simon Pegg is a two-time member of the illustrious Tom Cruise cake club. Sure, he gets the famed coconut cake each Christmas like various other A-listers. But he also receives a festive gingerbread house from the star. Technically, however, this cake is for Pegg’s teenage daughter. “Tom’s
Todd Olsson will stop at nothing to get studios interested in his films. To drum up interest in screenings of “Wardriver,” a Dane DeHaan crime thriller that Olsson’s company, Highland Film Group, is selling at Cannes, he channeled those hyperventilating tastemakers who have become ubiquitous
Russian auteur Kirill Serebrennikov, whose latest feature, “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele,” premieres next week at the Cannes Film Festival, has lined up a star-studded cast for his first French-language film, “Après,” which is currently in production. The French cast is led by Ludivine Sagnier (“Lupin,” “And
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” has been revealed to members of the press, and first reactions are praising the film as an exhilarating end to the historic action franchise. Film critic Courtney Howard wrote of the film on X, “[‘Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning’]