‘Pray For Me: Pope Francis’: Vatican-Backed Doc Lands Sales Out Of Cannes 

Anonymous Content has signed fast-rising Australian writer, director, producer and actor Nick Annas for representation, followed what it describes as a competitive situation. Based in Sydney, the 20-year-old is, according to Anonymous, “one of the most exciting young multi-hyphenate voices of his generation.” Annas is currently in post-production on his debut feature film “Crashout,” a […]

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran agent Ollie Fitzgerald has joined WME as Executive, Music for Visual Media. Based in London, he will report to Bradley Rainey, Head of Music for Visual Media at WME. Fitzgerald joins from Cool Music, where he led the UK team, representing some of the UK’s most prominent composers in film, TV, and gaming, including […]

MoviePass has signed a new strategic partnership with the Independent Cinema Alliance (ICA). The pact will allow the ICA to provide an integrated subscription model to its network of theaters, which includes approximately 180 member companies and nearly 5,000 independently operated screens across the United States and Canada. In an interview, MoviePass Founder Stacy Spikes […]

Cyrille Bolloré, Chair and CEO of the Bolloré Group, has encouraged Universal Music Group (UMG) management to reject a $64.4B offer from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square. Speaking at the Bolloré Group AGM in Paris on Wednesday, Bolloré said he believed the offer undervalued the company and also questioned whether Ackman’s management style suited the music […]