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EXCLUSIVE: UK production company Mad As Birds (MAB) — best known for pics such as Six Minutes to Midnight, POMS, The Vanishing, and The Almond And The Seahorse — has landed a major cash injection from a private investor as it sets out a diverse slate of projects for the Cannes market.
We understand the investment is around the seven-figure mark. The investor, whose identity has been kept private, approached the UK-based indie headed by Celyn Jones, Andy Evans, and Sean Marley with the unique deal, which is set to supercharge the company’s work across film and TV, with several MAB projects heading to the Cannes market this week.
New MAB film projects hitting the market include:
Away from the big screen, MAB are also moving forward with an international TV series titled Minotaur, with French-Moroccan actor Assaad Bouab (Call My Agent, The Pursuit Of Love, Bad Sisters) attached to lead. The series has been described as a “heightened thriller” and will feature six parts. The series will be English language, with some French, and will be set between Paris and North Wales. The series was created by MAB’s Jones.
We understand MAB are also near to closing contracts with a UK distributor to bring their last pic, The Almond and the Seahorse, starring Rebel Wilson and Charlotte Gainsbourg, to UK cinemas. The UK-set film debuted at Zurich last September and was released in North America by IFC Films on 16 December. The film will land on UK screens this year. MAB will also set an expansion of its post-production services and launch a full post facility in North Wales.
Speaking with Deadline about the new investment and their expansion plans, Jones and Marley said their previous pace of growth was “limited by resources not
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Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss are still in contact with scheduled phone calls, ET has learned.
Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss are still in contact with scheduled phone calls, ET has learned. While on a flight to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on Sunday night, a fellow passenger took a photo of the Vanderpump Rulesstar on the phone while Leviss' name showed on his cell phone screen. Fans soon started speculating that Leviss checked out of the facility where she is seeking mental health treatment. However, a source tells ET, «Tom was talking to Raquel during a scheduled phone call when he was spotted on the plane with her name on his phone.
The Scottish Government has been urged to help a mum and her son to find lifesaving treatment for Lyme disease.
Not having it! Ariana Madix shut down claims that Raquel Leviss thought Tom Sandoval was in an open relationship at the beginning of their affair.
Ariana Madix is gearing up for the first part of the three-part reunion to debut, and there's a few things she hopes fans will keep in mind when watching the dramatic «Scandoval»-packed special.Madix spoke with ET's Brice Sander after working the Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers counter in El Segundo, California, hours ahead of part one of the reunion set to air Wednesday night.«A lot of people are saying online, 'We're sick of hearing about it,' or, 'Why is this dragging out?' Our show is shot over the course of the summer and week-to-week you see installments of that. So, I mean, I get it, but it's definitely where we were, mentally, on March 23rd [when we shot the reunion].»The reality star explained that the reunion was shot when the wounds of her split from Tom Sandoval amid his cheating scandal with Raquel Leviss were still very fresh.
Ariana Madix has moved on, but she hasn’t moved out. Despite being photographed outside the home she shares with her ex, Tom Sandoval, with boxes and a moving truck, she’s still living there. On Monday, the Vanderpump Rules star was spotted presumably moving out of Valley Village, following Sandoval’scheating scandal with Raquel Leviss.She posted on her Instagram Story, smiling as she posed in front of her boxes. «Ready to dip out,» she wrote alongside the video, as a nod to Sandoval's much-used phrase.She later took to Instagram to clarify she wasn't moving — yet.«I’m moving up, not out,» she said in an ad on her Instagram Story.
Shutting the rumors down. Ariana Madix explained why she isn’t looking any further into the speculation that Tom Sandoval and Billie Lee had an affair.
Tom Sandoval had heads turning when he was spotted several times with a new mystery woman — but it may not be what it seems!
EXCLUSIVE: France tv distribution has launched sales on French director Benoît Jacquot’s upcoming crime thriller Belle starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Guillaume Canet.
Ariana Madix is opening up about life after Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules.
If there’s anyone qualified to judge the winners and losers emerging from the “Vanderpump Rules” scandal that’s been dubbed Scandoval, it’s the series’ namesake, Lisa Vanderpump.
Is Tom Sandoval already moving on from Raquel Leviss???
Ariana Madix didn’t miss a beat during her first post-Scandoval interview, and she continued to take no prisoners on the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen after show on Wednesday, May 17.
Vanderpump Rules, Ariana Madix appeared on and opened up about what the world just witnessed.«I thought it was laughable,» Madix said of watching the finale playback. As for what she found most cringe-worthy about the scandal and Tom Sandoval's lies, she said, «the fabrication of the narrative that was being formed like the entire time without my knowledge, behind my back, by not just my ex-boyfriend but his little flying monkeys, as well.»While she didn't have an inkling about the affair, Madix said she did feel that something was off with Sandoval in the months leading to news of the affair becoming public.«It's like I wasn't suspicious about an affair or about Raquel, but I was like something was clearly going on with him mentally, and that is what I was picking up on,» she shared.As for how she's doing now, Madix is getting by with the support of her friends.«I feel good, I definitely feel as though my friends have me in like the best position to be able to heal and grow and I am honestly just looking forward, only forward, and not looking back,» Madix said.And she's doing exactly that, showing up to the with her boyfriend, Daniel Wai, by her side as she made her way into the clubhouse.
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is launching sales in Cannes on thriller Boneyard, the true crime thriller starring Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Oscar winner Mel Gibson.
EXCLUSIVE: Normal People and Where the Crawdads Sing star Daisy Edgar-Jones is the latest star attached to Oscar winner Ron Howard’s next movie Origin Of Species, which is a hot project at the Cannes market.
Ariana Madix is providing a timeline for Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair.
EXCLUSIVE: New Europe Film Sales has unveiled fresh deals for Danish director Ulaa Salim’s sci-fi drama Eternal.
Diane Lane (Man Of Steel), Kyle Chandler (The Wolf Of Wall Street), Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale), Zoey Deutch (Zombieland Double Tap), Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton), Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters), and Daryl McCormack (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande) have been set as the starry cast of thriller Anniversary.