Netflix Reveals Content Spend Over The Past Decade As Ted Sarandos Says: “While Other Entertainment Companies Pull Back, We’re Leaning In”

Online retailing giant eBay has turned down GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s unsolicited $56 billion takeover proposal, calling it “neither credible nor attractive.” On May 3, GameStop submitted a nonbinding offer to acquire of eBay for $125/share (supposedly comprising 50% cash and 50% GameStop common stock), valuing eBay at $55.5 billion. But questions immediately arose about […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sébastien Laudenbach’s Viva Carmen, an animated retelling of Georges Bizet’s famous opera Carmen, debuts in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight this week and Deadline reveal a first clip. In Seville in 1945, a pulsating town of sailors and small-time crooks, teenage Salvador, assistant to the gifted knife grinder Antonio, encounters a captivating young gypsy woman, Carmen. […]

VMI Worldwide is bringing 40 Years of Fuckin’ Up, the documentary feature on the punk band NOFX, to the Cannes Market.  Directed by James Buddy Day and produced by Fat Mike, 40 Years of Fuckin’ Up is described as “an unfiltered, high-energy chronicle of legendary punk band NOFX, capturing four decades of chaos, controversy, and […]

The 79th Cannes Film Festival gets underway today with plenty of talking points in both the festival and market. Check out our talking points and notes to date below. Market Movers There’s no shortage of volume, that’s for sure. Among the bigger-budget items are a handful of intriguing packages. First up is Park-Chan Wook’s starry […]