Berlin According to Sales Veteran LauraAustin-Little
LauraAustin-Little, an EFM veteran, is heading back to Berlin, this time with brand-new company Black Bear International, the extension of Teddy Schwarzman’s production-finance outfit that was announced out of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The executive vp, international sales, who joined the company from STX, is heading to the first in-person EFM in three years […]
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Mia Galuppo
Berlin: Cinedigm Takes ‘Country Gold’ for North America
Cinedigm has snapped up North American rights to Country Gold, a surrealist country music film from director Mickey Reece (Alien, Climate of the Hunter). Reece co-wrote Country Gold with John Selvidge and plays the lead, the up-and-coming country music star Troyal Brux. The offbeat comedy follows a fateful evening in 1994 when Troyal meets up […]
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Scott Roxborough
Berlin Flashback: The Fest Went Nuts for Walt Disney and His Nature Doc ‘Perri’
Walt Disney’s visit to the 1958 Berlinale hardly went unnoticed. The very fact that the co-founder of the Walt Disney Co. was flying to Germany made the front page of The Hollywood Reporter. As the Cold War was heating up, the staunchly conservative Disney, then 56, made the rounds in Berlin, appearing at the Brandenburg […]
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Gregg Kilday
THR Hidden Gem: Animated Environmental Sci-Fi Film ‘White Plastic Sky’ Creates a Frightening Vision
The first few minutes of White Plastic Sky, the animated feature from Hungarian directors Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó that debuted at the Berlin Film Festival 2023, sketch a future world with echoes of past cinematic dystopias. The world has been stripped of life, the soil poisoned, and all animals driven to extinction. Humanity survives […]
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Scott Roxborough
Berlin: Is a U.S. Theatrical Release Still Necessary for Films to Succeed Internationally?
In early January this year, the Guy Ritchie spy comedy thriller Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre — a typically frenetic Ritchie actioner starring Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza and Hugh Grant — started earning decent figures around the world. In Russia, it topped $9 million, while in Australia it passed $4 million. In Saudi Arabia — […]
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Alex Ritman, Scott Roxborough
Michael Cera on ‘The Adults,’ ‘Barbie,’ Meditating With David Lynch and Avoiding the Limelight: “I’m Just a Very Sensitive Person”
It’s been two decades since he first broke out as the comically meek GeorgeMichaelBluth on TV in Arrested Development and 16 years since he became the cinematic face of hilariously awkward teens as Evan in high-school comedy smash Superbad. While these are often two of his most talked about roles— together with perhaps Juno and […]
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Alex Ritman
Berlin: Regina Hall to Star in Horror Comedy ‘Breitenbush’ for Director Jim Strouse (Exclusive)
Girls Trip and Scary Movie star Regina Hall is set to star in and produce horror comedy Breitenbush, which has been acquired by Yale Entertainment. The actress —who produced and starred in hot Sundance 2022 feature Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul, which sold for $8.5 million to Focus Features and MonkeyPaw —produces alongside her […]
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Alex Ritman
Berlin First Look: Jean-Claude Van Damme Takes on L.A. Gangs in Action Film ‘Darkness of Man’ (Exclusive)
JCVD gets mean in this exclusive first-look still from neo-noir action film Darkness of Man. Directed by James Cullen Bressack, the L.A.-set feature —news of which was first unveiled by The Hollywood Reporter at the American Film Market in 2022 —sees the Jean-Claude Van Damme, the Muscles from Brussels, play an out-of-shape (well, for him) […]
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Alex Ritman
Berlin: Entertainment Squad Acquires LGBTQ Horror Comedy ‘Summoning Sylvia’ (Exclusive)
Entertainment Squad has acquired the newLGBTQ-themedhorror comedy Summoning Sylvia for worldwide distribution under its TheHorrorCollective banner. Written and directed byWesley Taylor(Smash, The Spongebob Musical) andAlex Wyse(Marvel’sIron Fist, Masters of Sex) – who together created the Emmy-nominated digital seriesIndoor Boys– the film will have a day-and-date release in select theaters and on most major TVOD streaming […]
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Alex Ritman
Berlin: Saban Buys Scandinavian Thriller ‘Good Boy’ for North America (Exclusive)
SabanFilms has picked up the North American rights to Scandinavian thrillerGood Boyfrom Blue Finch Films. Written and directed by Viljar Boe (Til Freddy),the film stars Gard Lokke (Troll), Katrine Lovise Opstad Fredriksen in her feature film debut and Amalie Willoch Njaastad (Cabin Crazy).Saban is targeting a third-quarter theatrical release. Good Boy, which premiered to acclaim […]
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Alex Ritman
Berlin: ‘Chornobyl 2022’ Doc to Tell Story of Russian Army Occupation of Nuclear Plant (Exclusive)
The incredible story of how the staff at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant — site of the 1986 nuclear disaster —prevented another nuclear catastrophe from occurring after it was occupied by Russian troops in early 2022 has been turned into a feature documentary being launched at the European Film Market. Chornobyl 2022 (which uses the Ukrainian […]
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Alex Ritman
Berlin: hom*oerotic Chiller ‘Latent Image’ Snapped Up for U.S., U.K., Australia (Exclusive)
Alexander McGregor Birrell’s hom*oerotic thriller Latent Image has landed distribution deals for North America, the U.K., as well as Australia and New Zealand in deals brokered by U.K. sales outfit 7&7 Producers’ Sales Service. Latent Image —which is having its premiere market screening at the European Film Market in Berlin —stars Joshua Tonks as a […]
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Alex Ritman
Berlin: Sydney Sweeney on Becoming NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner for Docu-Fiction ‘Reality’
On the morning of June 3, 2017, a 25-year-old former Air Force linguist improbably named Reality Winner was surprised by the FBI at her home in Augusta, Georgia. Over the next few hours, Winner would be interrogated and eventually charged with leaking evidence of Russian interference in the U.S. election of Donald Trump to the […]
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Scott Roxborough
With ‘Kandahar,‘ Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Is Ready for its Close-Up
Just a couple of years ago, few people in Hollywood would have heard of AlUla (or known the somewhat unique way to spell it). Located in Saudi Arabia’s northwestern region, in an area awash in sand dunes, desert oases and ancient ruins, some dating back to the Neolithic period of the Stone Age, it was […]
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Alex Ritman
Eminem Was the First Choice for Mark Wahlberg’s Role in ‘The Fighter,’ Producer Reveals
Eminem hasn’t focused much on a career path as an actor, but he apparently was in the running for a film that could have potentially changed his trajectory and had nothing to do with Mom’s spaghetti. Film producer Todd Lieberman was a guest on the latest episode of the Hollywood Gold podcast, where he revealed […]
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Ryan Gajewski
Marc Maron Recalls “Ridiculous” ‘Avatar 2’ Audition, Says He Had “Nothing Invested” in Role
Marc Maron says that while he got a box of cigars as a consolation from James Cameron for auditioning for a part in his Avatar sequel, the entire experience was “ridiculous.” While speaking to Happy Sad Confused podcast host Josh Horowitz for a recent 92Y conversation, Maron opened up about going out for a role […]
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