“My Notes on Mars,” Lili Horvát’s first English-language feature, which stars Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend, has secured a raft of pre-sales ahead of the Cannes Film Market kickoff. Now in post, the film is repped internationally by Paradise City Sales. UTA Independent Film Group is handling North America. Blending romance and science fiction, “My…
Actor, comedian, and major cinephile Patton Oswalt is joining the documentary project In Search of Nosferatu as executive producer. The film directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, described as “a global archival treasure hunt for decaying prints of F.W. Murnau’s seminal vampire classic [Nosferatu],” began principal photography earlier this month. It’s being showcased in Cannes at…
Casper Kjær Jensen has been cast as Hans Christian Andersen in Nikolaj Arcel’s upcoming feature My Fairytale Life. The announcement was made this afternoon during a presser at Cannes held by Zentropa. My Fairytale Life is described as an “epic feature film” about the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Arcel has reteamed with co-writer Anders…
Turns out TV is also like a box of chocolates. BritBox has ordered period drama Chocolate Wars (working title) alongside UKTV and Sony Pictures Television. The scripted series is inspired by a book chronicling confectionery empire-building in the 19th-century, during which time British Quaker dynasty the Cadbury family established themselves among Britain’s biggest chocolate makers. Sony-backed…
Focus Features/Blumhouse’s $15M+ pick-up of Curry Barker’s romantic horror movie, Obsession, has grossed $2.6M in previews between Thursday night and Wednesday shows. Now get this, that number is higher than the previews for Paramount’s Smile, which were $2M, but that movie opened to $22.6M. It remains to be seen whether Obsession plays to that level….
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed writer and producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins for representation in all areas. “Treadwell-Collins is well-known for crafting high-stakes, culturally resonant television that commands massive global audiences, displayed in the smash hit Rivals, which he showran, executive produced, and adapted from Jilly Cooper’s seminal novel,” the agency touts. The series, which explores 1980s sexual and racial politics,…