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Japan has picked Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Cloud as the country’s Oscar submission for Best International Film. The film will premiere out of competition at the Venice Film Festival this week. Cloud is produced by Nikkatsu Corporation and Tokyo Theatres Company. With Nikkatsu handling world sales, the feature has been acquired for France (Art House Films), Spain (A Contracorriente Films), Italy (Minerva Pictures) and Taiwan (Sky Digi Entertainment) so far. Starring Masaki Suda, Cloud is a thriller that follows a young man named Yoshii who resells goods online and ends up triggering a series of mysterious events, blurring the boundaries between the…

Prime Video & CBC Buy Sophie Turner-Starring ‘Joan‘ Joan, the ITV and CW drama starring Sophie Turner as jewel thief Joan Hannington, has sold to the likes of Prime Video, CBC and BritBox. In Africa, a pan-territory deal has been struck with Prime Video, while in Australia, Stan has the rights following a deal with distributor All3Media International. BBC Studios struck a deal covering Asia (including India and the Indian subcontinent) for SVOD drama channel BBC First and BBC Player, while in Canada, CBC has premiere rights with BritBox taking a second window. NBCUniversal bought the six-parter in a pan-territory…

French acting legend Isabelle Huppert, who is president of the Venice Film Festival jury this year, was joined by her panelists as artistic director Alberto Barbera hosted the opening press conference for the 81st running of the event this morning. It’s a different look this year, with no one sporting Writers Guild strike t-shirts à la 2023. This morning’s session was brief but earnest, with many of the jury members speaking about the concerns around contemporary cinema. “I’m worried about the things everyone is worried about. Making sure that cinema continues to live because it is very weak now,” Huppert…

RTL Deutschland Lands “Huge” ZDF Streaming Package German broadcaster RTL Deutschland has secured a “huge” package of series to stream from compatriot ZDF Studios. The deal comprises nearly 1,000 episodes, giving RTL+ a bump to its offer from September 15. ZDF shows such as Wilsberg, Der Bergdoktor and Das Traumschiff are included. “As a leading German private broadcaster and streaming service, we want to be the first port of call for all partners in Germany,” said RTL Deutschland COO Andreas Fischer. “That’s why we are very pleased that we have now been able to agree a new licensing deal with…

Quentin Tarantino doesn’t want to play with Toy Story anymore. The famed director recently appeared on an episode of the comedy podcast Club Random with Bill Maher, where, among other things, he discussed the difficulties of wrapping up a trilogy in a satisfying manner for the audience. Because of his love for the initial Toy Story trilogy, the Kill Bill helmer said he had “no desire” to view subsequent films. “I don’t watch all the animated movies and stuff, but I’m a big fan of the Toy Story trilogy,” he said in a clip that has since gone viral on…

Oppenheimer and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning were among the winners at the 11th Annual Location Managers Guild International Awards Saturday in Beverly Hills. Rachael Harris (Suits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) hosted the ceremony that’s meant to spotlight outstanding filming locations that sent the tone and enhance the narrative for international features, television and commercials. The LMGI Humanitarian Award was also given to the Motion Picture & Television Fund for continuing to provide a range of health and social services to the entertainment community. Accepting on behalf of the MPTF was Jennifer Jorge, MPTF’s Director of Community Social Services. Here are the winners of the 11th annual Location Managers Guild International Awards: OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN…

“I forgot to remember to forget,” sang Elvis Presley in 1955, and similar mental gymnastics are required to figure out what’s actually happening — or has been happening — in this upscale twisty-turny horror thriller. But although it raises serious and intriguing questions about hot-button issues and features a top-notch cast that couldn’t possibly be bettered, Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut winds up leaving us to ponder more moral conundrums than it can properly answer in the format of high-end genre film. The premise is a very good and timely one (think of a female-fronted Get Out), but the script doesn’t…

Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro‘s A Pale View of Hills will be distributed by GAGA Corporation and produced by Japan‘s Bunbuku and the U.K.’s Number 9 Films. Set to be released in Japan in summer 2025 and already in production, A Pale View of Hills is exec-produced by Ishiguro and directed by Kei Ishikawa. Ishikawa directed Gukoroku: Traces of Sin and A Man, which both premiered in the Venice Film Festival. U-Next’s Hiroyuki Ishiguro will lead the producing team of the film. A Pale View of Hills is Ishiguro’s debut novel, with his other works like Remains of the Day…

This article contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus. Despite having the biggest movie of the week, there are some critics Fede Álvarez just can’t convince. The Alien: Romulus director briefly dropped into an Alien franchise subreddit this week to chat with fans about his new sequel, but the moderators weren’t having it, flagging Álvarez as an imposter in a notice that he is “permanently banned” from the subreddit. “Got banned from the ALIEN subreddit for apparently trying to impersonate, myself,” he wrote on X with a laughing emoji, sharing a screenshot of the message. The moderator shared an update that Álvarez…

18 international projects have been selected as part of the Busan Story Market, which runs during the Busan International Film Festival. There are 10 projects from Taiwan, six from Japan and two from France. These selections join the 29 Korean IP selections for the Busan Story Market and 30 titles for the Asian Project Market, which all fall under the Asian Contents & Film Market umbrella. This year’s edition of the Busan Story Market features French IPs selected by the Cultural Service of the Embassy of France in the Republic of Korea, which include one book and one web novel.…