EXCLUSIVE: Mind the Gap Productions is in Cannes launching sales on The Effects of Lying, a comedy-drama starring the likes of Ace Bhatti (Bohemian Rhapsody, Line of Duty), Laila Rouass (Spooks) and Mark Williams (Harry Potter franchise).
27.04.2023 - 17:19 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: The White Lotus S2 breakout Beatrice Grannò has been cast to star opposite Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) in sci-fi romance Daniela Forever, marking her English-language movie debut.
Production is due to start next month in Madrid, Spain, on the film from Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal).
Struggling to come to terms with the sudden death of his girlfriend (Grannò) in an accident six months prior, Golding will play a man who signs up for a sleep trial that allows him to reconstruct his life with her through the use of lucid dreams.
Nahikari Ipiña and Nacho Vigalondo are producing at Sayaka Producciones, along with Benoit Roland at Wrong Men, Leire Apellaniz at Señor y Señora, and XYZ Films. XYZ is financing, with investment funding coming from IPR.VC, and will continue worldwide sales at the upcoming Cannes market.
Italian actress Grannò recently won a SAG Ensemble Award for her role as Mia, the aspiring lounge singer in the second season of HBO hit The White Lotus. She also received an MTV best duo award nomination with co-star Simona Tabasco. The role marked Grannò’s English-language debut.
Additional credits include Italian films The Time of Indifference, Security, and I Wonder When You’ll Miss Me, and Italian series Zero, Doc – Nelle Tue Mani, School Hacks, and Il Capitano Maria.
XYZ’s current projects include Berlin competition title Blackberry starring Glenn Howerton and Jay Baruchel, Ash with Eiza González and Aaron Paul, Seven Veils with Amanda Seyfried and Sundance selection Run Rabbit Run starring Sarah Snook.
Grannò is repped by Entertainment 360, Volver Actor, and Yorn Levine.
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EXCLUSIVE: Mind the Gap Productions is in Cannes launching sales on The Effects of Lying, a comedy-drama starring the likes of Ace Bhatti (Bohemian Rhapsody, Line of Duty), Laila Rouass (Spooks) and Mark Williams (Harry Potter franchise).
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) and Vincent Cassel (La Haine) in action-thriller Damaged, which wrapped this spring in Scotland.
EXCLUSIVE: Dark star Louis Hofmann, one of Germany’s most in-demand young actors, is joining Bella Ramsey (The Last Of Us), Dominic West (The Crown), Ruth Negga (Loving), Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter) in period drama Monstrous Beauty, which HanWay is selling at the Cannes market ahead of a planned September shoot.
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Tim Burton, one of the most original voices in Hollywood history, is the subject of a four-part documentary series heading to the Cannes Market.
EXCLUSIVE: Benedict Cumberbatch has signed to star in Dylan Southern’s adaptation of Max Porter’s acclaimed novel Grief is the Thing With Feathers about a father and his two young sons dealing with the sudden death of their wife and mother.
In a rare weekend with fewer new studio wide releases, IFC Films had a one-two punch at the box office with Matt Johnson’s film BlackBerry grossing $473k nationwide in 450 theaters, for a U.S. per theater average of $1.05k and cracking the top ten on Friday. It will gross an estimated $740k in North America this weekend, with Elevation Pictures handling Canada.
EXCLUSIVE: Palisades Park Pictures (PPP) will be representing global sales for action-thriller Duchess from director Neil Marshall (Hellboy).
The title theme from The White Lotus has become iconic, but composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer said he took a very experimental approach to crafting the music for the HBO series.
These women are backing buzzed-about Spanish projects, many of them co-productions. With noteworthy titles — Goya-nominated “Advantages of Travelling by Train,” Locarno standout “The Sacred Spirit” — proud Basque Country native Apellaniz has grown step by step.
EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of his acting return at the Cannes Film Festival, Johnny Depp has set a buzzy cast for Modi, his first directorial effort in 25 years.
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some neat casting. Zoë Kravitz (The Batman) and Thomasin McKenzie (Leave No Trace) are set to lead psychological horror film Self-Portrait which Mona Fastvold (The World To Come) will direct from a script she co-wrote with Brady Corbet (Vox Lux).
EXCLUSIVE: Action-thriller Classified, starring Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin and Tim Roth, has completed principal photography on location in Malta.
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off starring in season two of HBO’s The White Lotus, Theo James has been set to lead new horror movie The Monkey, based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “These leads! They’re trying to murder me.” Emmy winner Jennifer Coolidge has her sights on her second consecutive statuette for her turn as Tanya in HBO’s hit black-comedy series “The White Lotus.” Coolidge has chosen to submit herself into the supporting drama actress category for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, Variety has learned exclusively. Confirmed by HBO and Coolidge’s reps, the news comes after Variety reported Coolidge and her team were mulling a switch to the lead actress category where Sarah Snook has declared her change for “Succession,” another HBO Emmy hopeful, which was followed by her co-star Brian Cox.
Henry Golding is going to be a dad again!
Henry Golding and his wife, Liv Lo.The Crazy Rich Asians star announced baby no.
EXCLUSIVE: Amid simmering unease over the impact of the writers’ strike, the upcoming Cannes market is getting a shot in the arm with the arrival of Guy Ritchie’s next project, a big-budget untitled action movie which will star Henry Cavill (Man Of Steel), Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Spider-Man: Far From Home) and Eiza González (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw).
The White Stripes have announced details of their upcoming book The White Stripes Complete Lyrics.According to Third Man Books, The White Stripes Complete Lyrics is a “300+ page hardbound book documenting all of Jack White’s original words written for the six-time Grammy Award-winning duo he and Meg White formed in 1997 through the release of their final album in 2007.”The lyric collection also features never-before-seen and rare rough drafts, alternate lyrics and photographs as well as essays by American poet Hanif Abdurraqib (official White Stripes archivist and Third Man Records co-founder Ben Blackwell) and American author Caroline Randall Williams.A post shared by The White Stripes (@thewhitestripes)There is also a limited edition version that comes with a signed bookplate by Jack Whiteavailable directly from Third Man Books. The White Stripes Complete Lyrics is set for release on October 3.Last month, the band released a deluxe edition of their seminal fourth studio album ‘Elephant’ to celebrate its 20th anniversary.Back in March, journalist Lachlan Markay sparked discourse after posting a now-deleted tweet which read: “The tragedy of The White Stripes is how great they would have been with a half decent drummer.Numerous public figures stepped in to defend drummer Meg White, such as The Roots’ drummer Questlove, who said: “I try to leave ‘troll views’ alone but this right here is out of line af.
A night to remember! Despite the Met Gala’s no phone policy, several celebs were sneak enough to give fans a glimpse inside the biggest fashion event of the year.
Jennifer Coolidge is reacting to Natasha Rothwell returning to season 3 of , and she's intrigued about what it could mean for her character!The 61-year-old actress was in a bit of a jesting mood Wednesday while on the red carpet for the TIME 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York City — where she's hosting and also being honored — and she told ET's Rachel Smith she hadn't heard about Natasha Rothwell returning to the hit HBO series. But she offered her thoughts on whether fans might see her character, Tanya McQuoid, return to haunt Rothwell's character, Belinda Lindsey, from the dead.«Oh, I didn't hear that [she was back] but now that Belinda's in.