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Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRegina King and the stars of her feature directorial debut One Night In Miami piped into the Venice Film Festival this afternoon to discuss the very timely picture that’s inspired by a real-life 1964 meeting of friends Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorVanessa Kirby, who has two movies at the Venice Film Festival, today hit the Lido to talk about Kornél Mundruczó’s Pieces Of A Woman. The film tells the story of a couple whose home birth goes devastatingly wrong, resulting in the loss of their child, and deeply explores the mother-daughter relationship.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorSometimes controversial director Abel Ferrara addressed the idea of cancel culture in today’s world and whether it had become more difficult to make the kinds of films he once did. “It’s on the artist to uncancel himself, to come clean with himself,” he said.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorPedro Almodovar and Tilda Swinton heated things up at the Venice Film Festival this afternoon, speaking to the press after the screening of the Spanish maestro’s first English-langauge project, The Human Voice. “Freely” based on the 1930 Jean Cocteau play, the 30-minute movie was shot after the coronavirus lockdown was lifted.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIf, like most Venice Film Festival attendees, you have a rented bike, you can get to the festival center from the Lido’s main drag in under 10 minutes. There has already been security to check passes and bags in past years, but I’ve rarely come across any significant bottlenecks.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAfter a day of early press screenings and conferences, the Venice Film Festival officially was declared open this evening by the directors of several major European fests including Venice’s own Alberto Barbera and Cannes’ Thierry Frémaux.But before they got to the stage of the Sala Grande, there was plenty to remark upon during the first evening of the first major film industry gathering of the COVID pandemic era.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorThis is absolutely not a plug for the pandemic, but coronavirus-imposed health and safety protocols at the Venice Film Festival’s press conferences I attended today made for a welcome change.Typically, getting into and out of these briefings and Q&As with film talent features racing, jostling, jockeying for seats and bottlenecking.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorVenice Film Festival jury President Cate Blanchett is “very excited to be having a conversation with adults,” she told journalists on the Lido today, quipping, “I have been talking to pigs and chickens for the past six months.” That was one bit of levity during a press conference that touched on some more serious subjects including the implications of streaming’s growth during lockdown, certain countries’ “obtuse” response to

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIn a sign of unity, Artistic Directors of several major European Film Festivals gathered for a press conference here in Venice this afternoon. Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera and the others will appear on stage at this evening’s opening ceremony to reassert the importance of cinema and in solidarity towards the global film industry which has been hit hard by the COVID pandemic.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorDisney’s live-action take on its 1998 Oscar-nominated animated classic Mulan has finally been set for a China release on September 11.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorKorea’s recent coronavirus resurgence has already taken a toll on the box office over the past two weekends, and exhibitors are now feeling a further pinch. According to the Yonhap news agency, Lotte Cultureworks, which includes multiplex chain Lotte Cinema, said it will offer voluntary retirement to employees who have been with the company for at least five years.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorFrance’s Prime Minister Jean Castex on Wednesday said that the state has earmarked 2B euros ($2.36B) for the cultural sector in the wake of the coronavirus.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: After being closed for over five months, Cineworld reopened about 200 of its Regal Cinemas in the U.S. this past weekend.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIn an effort to rein in resurgent coronavirus cases in Seoul, Korean authorities last week tightened restrictions on public gatherings. This dealt a blow to the local box office which has seen strong performances over the past several weeks with titles like Peninsula and Deliver Us From Evil.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Peninsula, the hit sequel to 2016 Korean zombie smash Train To Busan became a runaway success when it bowed locally in mid-July, at the time setting an opening day record for the year. It has now grossed about $28M at home, where it is the No.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: As the rolling process of cinema reopenings continues across various markets, IMAX has recently enjoyed strong grosses with local-language movies in Asia as well as the reissue of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar in China. This week in the Middle Kingdom, it’s set to have a particularly vibrant frame with war epic The Eight Hundred.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: After hitting the fall film festival circuit of Telluride, Venice and Toronto with her edgy coming-of-age directorial debut Palo Alto back in 2013, Gia Coppola is returning to the Lido with sophomore effort Mainstream. The film will screen in the Horizons section on September 5 with star Maya Hawke and producer Fred Berger, among others, also in town.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIt’s not so much mischief managed as it’s magic managed: Warner Bros’ reissue of Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone has become the second film in the franchise to cross $1B worldwide. The film, originally released in 2001, counts a global cume of $1,001,260,000 after debuting in a remastered 4K 3D version in China this weekend.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Focus Features President Robert Walak will be stepping down from his position and moving into an advisory consulting role with the Universal specialty studio. Walak will continue to work with Focus on projects he helped shepherd into development while there, and there are no plans to replace him in the role of President.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Adrian Politowski’s LA-based Align has come aboard to contribute production financing on animated comedy Blazing Samurai. The $46M toon is a re-imagining of Mel Brooks’ classic Blazing Saddles and is currently in CG production with Aniventure at Cinesite’s Montréal and Vancouver facilities.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorChristopher Nolan’s highly anticipated Tenet has been set for a September 4 release date in China. This will come on the heels of Warner Bros launching the event picture’s rollout in a host of offshore markets beginning on August 26 and in the U.S.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorDespite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Sony Pictures Entertainment continued an upward trend in first quarter results with a $230M profit for the three months ending June 30, 2020. That compares to a $3.7M profit in the same quarter of 2019 and a $68M loss the previous year.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAs suggested by Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera last week, the 77th edition has added to its lineup.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIn an introduction to the Venice Film Festival lineup announced this morning in Rome, Alberto Barbera, commented, “The winter of our dismay turned into a springtime of anxiety, and then slipped slowly into a summer marked by uncertainty and fear over a fraught future.” The fest’s director later spoke with Deadline about the process — and challenges — leading up to today’s unveiling of what’s to come at the first major

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRefresh for latest…: The Venice Film Festival is unveiling its lineup for the 77th edition this morning in Rome. This will be the first major international film event to take place physically since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and will be held from September 2-12 on the Lido.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorOn their first Friday back to operations, Chinese cinemas did roughly $2.92M worth of box office business — more than tripling Thursday’s figures and making a sizable jump from Monday when theaters opened to about $501K in low-risk areas across the country.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIn a first for an Italian movie in over a decade, Daniele Luchetti’s Lacci has been set to open the Venice Film Festival’s 77th edition on September 2. The drama is based on the novel by Domenico Starnone and stars Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Adriano Giannini and Linda Cadri.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorWith some of China’s cinemas reopened this week in low-risk areas, and as tomorrow sees Beijing get partially back to business as well, box office has continued to rise. As of 11:30PM tonight local time, Thursday’s takings hit $940K, according to ticketing service Maoyan.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Germany-based production and distribution powerhouse Constantin Film has renewed the contracts of long-serving CEO Martin Moszkowicz and Management Board member Oliver Berben early, and for an extended period of several years. The Supervisory Board of the Resident Evil producer extended Moszkowicz’s contract this month, taking effect from January 1, 2021.