Kevin Spacey To Lead WW2 Drama ‘Melodies In The Forest’ — Cannes Market

The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate Darren Aronofsky with its Honorary Leopard Award. The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema will celebrate the American auteur on Aug. 14 during a ceremony on its 8,000-seat Piazza Grande. Aronofsky will also present his films “The Fountain” (2006) and “Mother!” (2017) and take part in an onstage public […]

A literary scouting subscription service is launching out of the UK today. Bo-sco is the brainchild of novelist and media researcher Arianna Reiche, and debuts with the mantra of curating information on IP available for option for producers and development execs. Specifically, Bo-sco will deliver subscribers a monthly intelligence report on “overlooked, optionable literary IP.” […]

Berlin-based Picture Tree Intl. has boarded international sales on “The Perfect Holiday” (Der perfekte Urlaub), the latest feature from hit German filmmaker Bora Dagtekin. Picture Tree will introduce the project to buyers during the Cannes Market with a first teaser. Dagtekin has directed a string of hit comedies in Germany, all starring Elyas M’Barek, “Turkish […]

Matthew Rhys is leading a BBC drama exploring the work of one the most iconic British journalists of all time. The Americans and Beast in Me star is playing former Sunday Times editor Harry Evans in Dragon Slayers, which will act as a potted 20th century history of UK investigatory work including when Evans’ team […]