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Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast!I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline. Today, I am chatting with actress Dolly De Leon, veteran stage and screen actress from the Philippines whose star is on the rise in Hollywood. She received her long-overdue…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation at the Cannes market, A24 is landing an eight-figure deal to acquire U.S. rights to one of the biggest art house crossover projects in town in The Entertainment System is Down, the next movie from two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund.The deal was struck between…

Keanu Reeves (John Wick) is now confirmed for Ruben Östlund's anticipated upcoming film The Entertainment System Is Down and we can reveal that he’ll be joined in the cast by Kirsten Dunst (Civil War) and Daniel Brühl (Rush). We can also reveal some intriguing plot and production points about the…

"My role is to sometimes talk to the press or to fight with policemen," Cannes Delegate General Thierry Fremaux joked during a keynote this evening at the Göteborg Film Festival. Fremaux had been making a comedic reference to his altercation with a local police officer on the pavement outside the…

Director Ruben Östlund announced in Cannes that he wanted one of the scenes in his upcoming airplane disaster movie The Entertainment System Is Down to prompt the biggest walkout in the history of cinema. Seven months on, the Swedish two-time Cannes Palme d'Or winner is getting closer to realizing…

Swedish director Ruben Östlund has been announced as a guest of honor at the 15th edition of France's Les Arcs Film Festival, in the role of its Talent Village Ambassador. The two-time Cannes d'Or winner has a strong connection with the festival's Alpine setting, having shot his breakthrough 2014…

Cannes jury head has described the process of selecting the Competition winners as a “very intense experience”, at the jury press conference following the Palme d’Or victory for Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall. You can see the full list of winners here. “We had a lot of fun and intense discussions,&#8221…

The Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off Tuesday night with Michael Douglas receiving an honorary Palme d'Or, and Catherine Deneuve making a surprise appearance during the opening ceremony — ahead of the world premiere screening of Maïwenn's Johnny Depp-starrer Jeanne du Barry, arguably one of the…

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the eight members of the main Competition jury, who will join its previously announced president Ruben Östlund at the 76th edition, running May 16-27. They comprise Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter and…

Ruben Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff's company Plattform Produktion has issued an apology to Berlin-based Argentinian artist Lola Arias over the use of her name in the 2017 Cannes Palme d'Or Winner The Square. "We understand that the use of Lola Arias’ name, which was not discussed as clearly as it…

The Cannes Film Festival has appointed Swedish director and two-time Palme d'Or winner Ruben Östlund as jury president for its upcoming 76th edition, running from May 16 to 27. Östlund’s jury duty will fall exactly 50 years after late compatriot, actress Ingrid Bergman also served in the role in…

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists. Today's subject is Ruben Östlund…