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Exclusive: Goodfellas has unveiled one of its biggest European Film Market slates ever featuring upcoming films by Cristian Mungiu, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Saeed Roustaee, Claire Denis, Mario Martone and Raoul Peck.

The company is also handling a trio of Berlin Film Festival titles: Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Golden Bear contender The Ice Tower with Marion Cotillard; Burhan Qurbani’s No Beast. So Fierce. in Berlinale Special; and a fresh acquisition, Bálint Dániel Sós’ Growing Down.

The latter film, which premieres in the new competitive Perspectives section aimed at first films, revolves around a widowed father of two who is tested by fate when he becomes the only witness of a serious accident involving his stepdaughter caused by his youngest son.

Goodfellas will begin pre-sales on Romanian director Mungiu’s first English-language picture Fjord, with Oscar nominee Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) and Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World...

It’s nice when promises are kept, nicer yet when those promises are a new Claire Denis movie shooting in a matter of months. Following September’s report that she’d roll cameras on Le Cri des Gardes (The Cry of the Guards) in January, Deadline informs us the previously involved Riley Keough has been swapped for Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex) as the project rolls cameras as soon as next week. She’ll be playing Leoné, mentioned in this plot description from autumn:

“As project supervisor Horn is welcoming his young partner Léone into the hut he shares with young and impetuous engineer Cal, a black man called Alboury appears outside the railings surrounding their quarters. Inflexible, hovering like a ghost in the darkness, he is determined to stay there until they return the body of his brother to him, who was killed on the site.”

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Exclusive: Mia McKenna-Bruce, recipient of last year’s BAFTA Rising Star laureate and star of Molly Manning Walker’s breakthrough hit How to Have Sex, has joined Claire Denis’ new film The Cry of the Guards. She replaces the previously announced Riley Keough.

The fast-rising British actress travels to the Republic of Senegal in West Africa next week for principal photography on the Denis movie with longtime attached actors Matt Dillon and Isaach De Bankolé, who starred in Denis’ 1990 masterwork No Fear, No Die and her films Chocolat and White Material, and more recently in The Brutalist and Black Panther.

Denis returns to the continent that defined her childhood to make The Cry of the Guards, which during development was also known as The Fence — and there’s chatter about it reverting back to that title — to film the intense drama focusing...

General Hospital spoilers spill Willow Corinthos (Katelyn MacMullen) has never been happier. While she didn’t want Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell) to find out about her makeout sessions with Drew Quartermaine (Cameron Mathison), she is relieved to no longer be carrying the secret behind her husband’s back.

Of course, she has no idea that he’s aware of her second smooch with Drew, and her deceptiveness in allowing him to believe it was only one time that meant nothing.

To add insult to injury, it appears quite likely that Sasha Gilmore Corbin (Sofia Mattsson) may end up knocked up as a result of her one-night stand with Michael.

General Hospital Spoilers — Michael Corinthos Wants To Keep His Marriage Intact

When that happens, he’ll want to do everything in his power not to disrupt the marriage has committed to keeping intact. But Willow may not be on board when...

Global sensation “Call My Agent!” is set for a glamorous Spanish-language adaptation starring two-time Goya Award winner Javier Gutiérrez,, Marta Hazas and Goya winner Manuela Velasco (“Velvet”).

The Madrid-set series is being produced by Mediawan’s well-established Spanish outfit Good Mood, whose previous credits include “I’m Alive,” “The Fence,” “The Accident” and “Deudas.” Mediaset Espana’s Telecinco is co-producing the show and has commissioned it.

Filming will kick off in two weeks on location in Madrid. Daniel Écija, the revered founder of Good Mood who has more than 30 series and eight films under his belt, is executive producing “The Agencia.” The rest of the cast and cameos will be announced at a later stage.

The original French series, titled “10 Pour Cent,” smashed ratings throughout four seasons on local broadcaster France Televisions, as well as ranked as the most watched shows on Netflix under its English title “Call My Agent.

We can start our week extending thanks to Arte France Cinéma, who’ve given two of France’s greatest directors the cash flow to support immediate endeavors: per Cineuropa, Claire Denis and Arnaud Desplechin can soon begin production on new features. The former’s is Le Cri des Gardes (The Cry of the Guards), which sounds an awful lot like The Fence, a project she detailed in March. Matt Dillon, Riley Keough, and Denis mainstay Isaach de Bankolé will star in the feature, described in these very Denis-like terms:

“As project supervisor Horn is welcoming his young partner Léone into the hut he shares with young and impetuous engineer Cal, a black man called Alboury appears outside the railings surrounding their quarters. Inflexible, hovering like a ghost in the darkness, he is determined to stay there until they return the body of his brother to him, who was killed on the site.

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers and updates for Wednesday, August 21 note some major bombshells on the horizon in Port Charles. The daily preview has just been released, and it offers some explosive insight.

Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) warns Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi) to stay quiet, while Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) and Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) don’t see eye-to-eye on something, and Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) issues an ultimatum.

In addition, Molly Lansing-Davis (Kristen Vaganos) and Tj Ashford (Tajh Bellow) agree to a name for their baby, while John “Jagger” Cates (Adam J. Harrington) tells Ava Jerome (Maura West) the secret to bringing Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) down, while the mob boss and Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) discuss Anna.

What’s set to unfold during Wednesday’s episode? Time to find out!

General Hospital Spoilers – Hush-Hush Time

The Gh preview video for Wednesday, August 21 starts off on a dramatic note...

Now 78, French auteur Claire Denis shows no signs of slowing down, as she has two new projects on the way, including “The Fence,” which is in active development. But The Film Stage reports (via a new interview with Screen Slate), Denis made an aside about the most unlikely movie fans would expect of her: a superhero movie. And not just any superhero, but Batman, recently played by her “High Life” leading man Robert Pattinson.

Continue reading Claire Denis Says She’d Make A ‘Batman’ Film So Long As It Didn’t Involve “A Lot Of Post-Production” at The Playlist.

Acclaimed French filmmaker Claire Denis has offered rare praise for a Hollywood blockbuster with her lauding of Robert Pattinson’s “intimate” portrayal of Batman in Matt Reeves’ The Batman.

In a fascinating discussion with Screen Slate about her restoration of 1992 film No Fear No Die, Denis delved into what makes Pattinson’s nuanced lead performance stand out against the spectacle of a $200 million comic book tentpole.

“I like the way he constructed his Batman,” Denis told the publication. The veteran director, who worked with Pattinson on 2018’s High Life, was drawn to his ability to extract complex characterization from beneath the Dark Knight’s cowl.

“It’s very intimate and delicate,” Denis elaborated, noting Pattinson infused Bruce Wayne with vulnerabilities the role doesn’t always allow. She compared his inward-looking take to experiencing “two films in one” – the emotionally grounded Batman story within the CGI-fueled blockbuster around it.

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Five upcoming Spanish TV fiction projects, involving top local production and distribution companies, feature in Coming Next from Spain, a showcase of series unspooling March 19 at Series Mania.

Atresmedia TV’s “Sanctuary,” Movistar+ Plus’ “Fine Arts,” Filmax’s “Dating in Barcelona” Season 2, The Good Mood-Mediawan’s “The Other Life” and Onza Distribution’s “Heartless” will be presented at the event, proving once more that Spanish fiction production is in good health.

Six years after high-end Spanish TV series lifted off on the global market, championed by hit series such as “Money Heist” and “Elite,” Spain has become one of the steadiest suppliers for worldwide platforms.

The successful trend continues as of today, with Mediaset España and Alea Media series “Wrong Side of the Tracks,” whose Seasons 1, 2 and 3 have reached the top 10 of most watched non -English TV fiction shows on Netflix for the period March 4-10, 2024, cumming 41.6 million hours viewed.

Qumra master Atom Egoyan has expressed his desire for a new “wave” of Armenian filmmakers and encouraged international projects to consider the region for post-production.

Speaking to Screen following his Qumra masterclass at the Doha incubator, Egoyan – who is Canadian, born in Egypt and of Armenian heritage – described Armenia as “an extraordinarily resilient, stubborn country” with “a rich cinema history”.

“I’m nothing but positive about the ability to make films in Armenia,” said Egoyan, who did acknowledge “political instability” following the Azerbaijani military offensive in the disputed Artsakh region on September 19 and 20 last year, which has been classified as...

Qumra master Atom Egoyan has expressed his desire for a new “wave” of Armenian filmmakers and encouraged international projects to consider the region for post-production.

Speaking to Screen following his Qumra masterclass at the Doha incubator, Egoyan – who is Canadian, born in Egypt and of Armenian heritage – described Armenia as “an extraordinarily resilient, stubborn country” with “a rich cinema history”.

“I’m nothing but positive about the ability to make films in Armenia,” said Egoyan, who did acknowledge “political instability” following the Azerbaijani military offensive in the disputed Artsakh region on September 19 and 20 last year, which has been classified as...

Qumra master Atom Egoyan has expressed his desire for a new “wave” of Armenian filmmakers; and encouraged international projects to consider the region for post-production.

Speaking to Screen following his Qumra masterclass at the Doha incubator, Egoyan – who is Canadian, born in Egypt and of Armenian heritage – described Armenia as “an extraordinarily resilient, stubborn country” with “a rich cinema history”.

“I’m nothing but positive about the ability to make films in Armenia,” said Egoyan, who did acknowledge “political instability” following the Azerbaijani military offensive in the disputed Artsakh region on September 19 and 20 last year, which has been classified as...

At 77 years young and with nearly 20 feature-length films under her belt, French filmmaker Claire Denis is still going strong with no plans to retire. In a new interview with Screen Daily at a Qumra event in Doha, Qatar, Denis confirmed talk of a new film shot in Cameroon, a country she lived in as a child. Denis was raised in various countries in colonial French Africa, where her father was a civil servant, and has made at least two films about the experience with “Chocolat” and “White Material.”

Tentatively titled “The Fence,” the African-set movie will center on “four main characters, three men and a woman.” Three of them have been cast, though it’s unknown who they are at the moment.

Continue reading Claire Denis’ Next Film Is The African-Set ‘The Fence’ & Has No Plans To Retire at The Playlist.

Films Boutique has sold Anthony Schatteman’s Berlinale title Young Hearts to a raft of distributors around the world, including key European territories.

Belgian director Schatteman’s film, which centres on a 13-year-old boy who feels attracted to his new neighbour, won a special mention in the Generation Kplus section of the Berlinale.

Young Hearts has been acquired by I Wonder Pictures in Italy, Flamingo Films for Spain, Epicentre (France), Angel Distribution (Denmark), Salzgeber (Germany and Austria), Cinobo (Greece), Lev Cinema (Israel), Cine Canibal (Latin America), Lucky Dogs (Sweden), MCf Megacom (ex-Yugoslavia) and A2B Entertainment (Switzerland).

Negotiations are...

Just last summer it was learned Claire Denis would soon location-scout her new feature in Cameroon, where she grew up and would use as a central area for Chocolat and White Material. Because scoop sites were not exactly running through every contact for further info we’ve only now learned next details. Speaking to Screen Daily in Doha, Denis gave this film a tentative title, The Fence, and noted it centers on “four main characters, three men and a woman,” three of whom have been cast (actors currently unnamed).

This missing member might engender some rewrites, and in addition to certain location details being undetermined, Denis talked about the film in a curiously ambivalent manner:

“The script, I know it’s solidly built; there is something I could trust easily. But I realized since December, I have described them, I know the way they look, I could even describe their clothes.

Claire Denis is gearing up to shoot her next film The Fence [working title], an Africa-set feature that has a completed script.

Speaking to Screen at the Qumra event in Doha, Qatar, Denis said, “The script is finished; I have to do some corrections because I’m not sure about locations until today. One person is missing in the cast, so I might have to rewrite some parts.”

Denis sparsely described the project as “a film with four main characters, three men and a woman.” Three of the four cast members are attached, although Denis would not confirm names.

“It takes place in Africa,...

Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, and Harry Trevaldwyn have been cast as Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut in Universal Pictures’ live-action take of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon.

They join Mason Thames and Nico Parker who are set to star as Hiccup and Astrid in this adaptation from original How to Train Your Dragon filmmaker Dean DeBlois, who is also directing, writing and producing this new reboot.

Gerard Butler will reprise his role as Stoick the Vast and Nick Frost joins the franchise as Gobber the Belch.

Three-time Best Picture Oscar nominee Marc Platt will produce for his Universal-based Marc Platt Productions alongside Adam Siegel, President of Marc Platt Productions.

The pic hits theaters on June 13, 2025.

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The BBC has released two first-look images from its upcoming real-time thriller ‘Nightsleeper.’

The story is about the hacking of a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London, and a government agency’s frantic efforts to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard. Can two people who’ve never met, one on the train and one not, work together to save the lives of its disparate group of passengers as the Heart of Britain overnight service hurtles towards what might quite literally be its final destination?

Alexandra Roach (The Light in the Hall) and Joe Cole (Gangs of London) lead the cast of the suspense thriller, written by BAFTA award-winning writer Nick Leather (Murdered For Being Different) from Fremantle’s Euston Films, coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in early 2024.

Roach plays Abby Aysgarth, the Acting Technical Director at the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, who’s finally about...

UK feature has been self-released in theatres.

Vertigo Releasing has secured UK-Ireland rights to William Stone’s UK comedy drama The Fence in a direct deal with the film’s producers.

Vertigo has acquired VOD, digital and physical rights to Stone’s feature directorial debut and plans to release later this year.

In the UK, the film is being self-released theatrically by the filmmakers through their production outfit, Red Anchor Films. After opening at two locations on September 2, the Showcase Cinemas chain will expand its run to at least 10 venues around the UK from September 16.

This has been spearheaded by Guy Davies,...

UK feature has been self-released in theatres.

Vertigo Releasing has secured UK-Ireland rights to William Stone’s UK comedy drama The Fence in a direct deal with the film’s producers.

Vertigo has acquired VOD, digital and physical rights to Stone’s feature directorial debut and plans to release later this year.

In the UK, the film is being self-released theatrically by the filmmakers through their production outfit, Red Anchor Films. After opening at two locations on September 5, the Showcase Cinemas chain will expand its run to at least 10 venues around the UK from September 16.

This has been spearheaded by Guy Davies,...