In a move that’s sure to delight devotees of the bizarre and offbeat corners of cinema, Cultpix has inked a comprehensive deal to become the exclusive streaming home for Something Weird’s vast library of exploitation and genre films. The pact, revealed Saturday at the Cannes
Nile Entertainment, the Nigerian distribution company launched last year by veteran film executive Moses Babatope, has landed African theatrical rights to “Son of the Soil,” a Lagos-set action-thriller from the U.K.’s Sovereign Films and its genre label Action Xtreme. Featuring British Nigerian actor-writer Razaaq Adoti
BRS Studios, a Lagos-based production outfit launched by three West African industry veterans, has revealed a slate of new features following on the heels of their Netflix hit “Tokunbo,” which cracked the streamer’s top 10 in more than 50 countries last year. The company’s current
Oscar winners Marisa Tomei and Sam Rockwell plus Chris Messina and Ivan Martin are set to star in zombie comedy “Hellhound” for director Zach Golden (“High Heart”) Newly-formed sales company Vaneast Pictures, owned by Danielle Gasher, is launching sales in Cannes. Written by Golden Martin,
Christian Petzold’s “Miroirs No. 3,” which has its world premiere on Saturday in Directors’ Fortnight, is set in present-day Germany but it evokes a gothic fairytale, albeit set in a landscape reminiscent of the American Mid-West. At the start of the film, Laura, played by
Óscar Casas (“Mi soledad tiene alas”) is the man on the lightning-fast bike in the MotoGP action film “Idols.” The up-and-coming Spanish actor will star in the film for Film Mode Entertainment, 4 Cats Pictures and Warner Bros. alongside multi-platinum pop star Ana Mena. Mat
When someone has an acting career in the sharp ascendancy, casting directors lining up to offer starry roles and a newly-crowned label as Hollywood’s latest It Boy, it’s unlikely that they’d then opt to take a break from the screen for an entire year. Nor
Indonesian filmmaker Angga Dwimas Sasongko is making a return to the director’s chair with “Queen of Malacca,” a crime-action thriller that melds Southeast Asian mysticism with gritty underworld violence. The project was unveiled at the Cannes market. Sasongko heads Indonesian studio Visinema. After spending two