Beta Cinema has closed several deals for Fatih Akin’s “Amrum” ahead of the film’s world premiere in the Cannes Film Festival. The drama, which plays in Cannes Premiere, has been sold to France (Dulac Distribution), Spain (A Contracorriente), Japan (Bitters End), Benelux (Cherry Pickers), Czech
Hollywood Thailand has inked a theatrical distribution deal with Commercial Films Siam for “Dream!,” an English-language musical that will hit cinemas across Thailand and the Southeast Asia region in December. The production, directed by Paul Spurrier, marks the first Thai musical in over 50 years
Polish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s (“The Silent Twins”) highly anticipated sentient AI thriller “Hot Spot” has found French distribution with The Jokers, in a deal that was brokered by Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales. Focus Features previously acquired worldwide rights to the film, excluding France, Poland
Ukrainian production powerhouse Film.UA has racked up a raft of deals at the Cannes Market, with “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” distributor ITN Films taking North American and Latin American rights to the forthcoming horror film “The Witch. Revenge,” and Germany’s Splendid Film snatching
Film Factory has picked up worldwide sales rights to “Operation Cronos,” a high-stakes thriller centering on the 2017 terrorist Barcelona attacks. Produced by Nostromo, the shingle behind Netflix hit “Through My Window,” and Beta Fiction, a producer on Spanish box office breakout “Undercover,” “Operation
Taiwan’s theatrical distribution powerhouse Vie Vision Pictures has secured exclusive distribution rights in Taiwan for Indo-Taiwanese action buddy comedy “Demon Hunters,” it was revealed at the Cannes Film Market. The film is directed by Chen Mei-Juin (“The Gangster’s Daughter”) and produced by Light House Productions
Sony Pictures Entertainment saw its operating profit spike 70% in the quarter ended March 31, according to financial results released Tuesday evening Pacific time by Sony Corp. Sony Pictures delivered operating income of $354 million, a gain of $146 million from the year-ago quarter. Revenue
Sarah Sherman is giving her side of the Aimee Lou Wood “Saturday Night Live” beef. Back in April, “SNL” aired a parody of “The White Lotus” featuring Sherman as an extremely unflattering caricature of Wood’s character, Chelsea. In a recent sit-down with Vanity Fair, Sherman