The WGA West appears to have finally reached a tentative agreement with its staff union. The Writers Guild Staff Union said on Friday that they’d reached a deal on their first union contract with their employers after nearly three months on the picket line. Now, the agreement will be put to the full 116-member bargaining…
In a release put out on the eve of its opening on May 13, Cannes Marché du Film has unveiled record attendance against a complex geopolitical backdrop. It said 40,000 professionals were expected overall at the festival with 16,000 participants from 140 countries registered to attend, which is slightly up from 2025. The U.S., France…
EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Black Forest Studios is hitting the Croisette this week with a psychological horror series and a mission to pitch itself as Europe’s first fully-integrated microdrama studio. Path of the Lost has completed production, with its maker saying it combines the “intensity of psychological thrillers with the accessibility and pacing of modern short-form entertainment…
There are 12 rules of karma in eastern philosophy. In Hollywood, there’s an unofficial 13th: Marion Cotillard will inevitably return to the Cannes Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actress hits the Croisette this year with two new projects, representing her 14th and 15th premieres on the famed red carpet in the South of France. One is…
Netflix has been on the cutting edge of live unscripted series in the last year or two with series such as Pop The Balloon and Star Search sitting alongside events such as its BTS live special and Skyscraper Live. Jeff Gaspin, VP, Unscripted at the streamer, speaking at Deadline’s Reality TV Summit, said, “Sports is…
As Nicolas Winding Refn teams with NEON Rated for his Cannes return, the film marks an important collaboration ahead of the indie banner’s 10th anniversary. The co-writer and director of Her Private Hell, debuting May 18 at Cannes before its July 24 U.S. premiere, recently explained how his 2016 film The Neon Demon inspired the…