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EXCLUSIVE: In-between its months-long pursuit of Paramount, Skydance has found time to make what we understand to be an $80M-$85M global deal for Chris Pratt Cannes package Way of the Warrior Kid. We make this one of the single biggest package deals since Apple splashed on Emancipation back in 2020…

EXCLUSIVE: Out of the Cannes market, Sony Pictures Classics has bought North American rights and a raft of international territories on Walter Salles’ anticipated first narrative feature in more than a decade: I’m Still Here. In I’m Still Here, the acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker, known for critical…

EXCLUSIVE: Buffalo 8 has acquired worldwide rights out of Cannes to The President and the Dragon, a Jimmy Carter documentary from Sudanese writer, director and producer Waleed Eltayeb and Irish director-cinematographer Ian D. Murphy. The film watches as the former U.S. President, a motley crew of…

Netflix has tied up a deal in the $34M range for the John Lee Hancock-directed package Monsanto, we can reveal. The pic will star Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie and Oscar winner Laura Dern. CAA Media Finance cut the presale after launching with Rocket Science last week. Netflix has been quieter at…

EXCLUSIVE: Francis Ford Coppola's $120 million passion project Megalopolis has closed a fresh raft of deals following its buzzy world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival last week.  It has sold to Australia (Madman Entertainment), Benelux (September Films), Bulgaria (Profilm), Czech…

EXCLUSIVE: Liam Neeson is set to lead police on an epic televised cross-country car chase in action-thriller Mongoose, which was an under-the-radar project at the Cannes market. Amazon Prime Video has pre-bought most of international on the movie in a deal we understand closed this week at around…

EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas and Utopia have announced a slew of sales for Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl following its launch at the Cannes market. The movie, starring Pamela Anderson as a veteran Las Vegas showgirl forced to reinvent her life, was a hot title in the lead up to the market this…

EXCLUSIVE: Buffalo 8 has acquired streaming and VOD rights to INT. HALLWAY/NIGHT, an existentialist dark comedy from actor-director Billy Zane (Titanic), out of the Cannes Film Festival. Details as to the release plan haven’t been disclosed. Co-written by Zane, Andre Alves, Nick Loeb and Hugo Melo…

EXCLUSIVE: The cast just keeps getting better for Ruben Östlund’s next movie The Entertainment System Is Down with word that Joel Edgerton is joining the fray. The Golden Globe-nominated Loving and Animal Kingdom star joins Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Brühl, Nicholas Braun and Samantha…

In a competitive situation, A24 has acquired U.S. rights to Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood, which will star Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer. It hails from Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company. Lyrical is fully financing the film. Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a buzzy debut this week at the Cannes Film Festival, Parisian-based filmmaker Julien Colonna's debut feature The Kingdom has been picked up by Metrograph Pictures, who will release the film in North America.  The Kingdom screened in the festival's Un Certain Regard sidebar and…

EXCLUSIVE: Wscripted has unveiled the projects and talents selected for its fourth Cannes Screenplay List supporting scripts by women and non-binary writers. This year's list, which is presented in collaboration with long-standing partner Mubi, was curated by an international jury featuring…