Peter Jackson On Handing Directing Reins Over To Andy Serkis For ‘Lord Of The Rings: Hunt For Gollum’; Also Another ‘Tintin’ In The Works – Cannes

Ahead of this year’s Marché du Film in Cannes, former festival distributor Moritz Schneider is launching Miralot, a data-driven film festival matching and submission platform aimed at helping filmmakers navigate the increasingly fragmented global festival landscape more strategically. The Berlin-based platform, founded by Schneider and Justus Timm, is backed by Roger Crotti, former Disney chief […]

EXCLUSIVE: Screenbound International Pictures is at the Cannes Market with the feature film Amazing Grace, starring Hannah Walters (Adolescence), for which we can share a first look from above.  Walters stars alongside writer and performer Daniel P. Lewis (Our Kid) as Walter, a man on the brink of suicide and deeply isolated who forms an […]

EXCLUSIVE: Filming has wrapped in New York on thriller 20/20, starring Sarah Gadon (Alias Grace) and Tony winner John Gallagher Jr. (10 Cloverfield Lane). 20/20 follows the story of a once thriving young professional woman (Gadon), who becomes increasingly terrified by threats from a family member. Also starring are Ella Rae Peck, Scott Shepherd, Denny Dillon and Aaron […]

“Lord of the Rings” filmmaker Peter Jackson doesn’t “dislike” AI being used in film — but he thinks it’s a shame that the debate surrounding it is partly why Andy Serkis will never win awards for his motion-capture performance as Gollum. Speaking at a Cannes Film Festival masterclass the day after he was bestowed an […]