African Duo Makes History in Cannes With Un Certain Regard Premieres ‘Congo Boy,’ ‘Ben’Imana’

“Matilda the Musical” star Alisha Weir is set to lead upcoming coming of age feature “Underdogs,” the debut film from writer and director Fabia Martin (“The Rev”). The adventure comedy follows two teenage girls, Nel and Zadie, as they run away from foster care only to find themselves competing at the world-famous pedigree dog show […]

Globo Filmes, one of Brazil’s biggest film production forces, is set to back “Spring of the Dragon,” a fiction feature bio focusing on arguably the greatest of the country’s film directors, Novo Cinema icon Glauber Rocha. The news comes as Globo Filmes and production house Conspiraçao have released new details about “The Brokers,” one of […]

Beckinsale will also executive produce the action movie, with Highland Film Group launching worldwide sales at Cannes.

ITV is still in “active discussions” with Sky over a sale of its network to the pay-TV giant. The UK’s oldest commercial broadcaster has been quiet over the deal in recent months but used a Q1 trading update to note its position this morning. It said it will “update the market in due course.” ITV […]