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PROTAGONIST PICTURES BOARDS REBEL WILSON'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT 'THE DEB'

EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s Protagonist Pictures has boarded Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut The Deb and landed a UK-Ireland deal with Vertigo Releasing.

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COSMO JARVIS TO LEAD 'YOUNG STALIN' BIOPIC

Cosmo Jarvis, star of FX’s smash hit series “Shōgun,” will star as future Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in “Young Stalin.” Georgian-French helmer Géla Babluani (“13 Tzameti,” “Money”) has signed on to direct the period thriller that is being financed by Access Entertainment.

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BAFTA LONGLIST

'Mad About The Boy - The Noël Coward Story' and 'Tetris' make the 2024 EE BAFTA Longlist.

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REBEL WILSON TO MAKE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL COMEDY 'THE DEB'

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Based on the hit Australian stage musical about a debutante ball in rural Australian considered a "hetero-normative shitshow," the feature is being produced by the teams behind 'Tetris' and 'I, Tonya.'

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, DUA LIPA AND BILLIE EILISH LEAD GOLDEN GLOBE BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOMINATIONS

FORBES: Bruce Springsteen is back after a lengthy absence with his tune “Addicted to Romance.”

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REBECCA MILLER'S BERLINALE ROM-COM 'SHE CAME TO ME' STARRING PETER DINKLAGE, ANNE & MARISA TOMEI ACQUIRED BY VERTICAL

DEADLINE: Vertical has nabbed U.S. rights to the romantic comedy She Came To Me, starring Emmy winner Peter Dinklage, Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway and Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei, with plans to release the film in theaters nationwide on a date that has yet to be determined.

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TETRIS TRAILER: TARON EGERTON STARS IN MOVIE ABOUT THRILLING REAL-LIFE STORY BEHIND HIT VIDEO GAME

YAHOO! NEWS: The trailer for Tetris has just dropped — and it's more gripping than one might expect.

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DONALD GLOVER'S 'SWARM' SERIES, APPLE'S 'TETRIS' MOVIE AMONG SECOND WAVE OF SXSW FILM AND TV PROGRAMMING

VARIETY: Headliner presentation “Tetris” stars Taron Edgerton in the story of the American video game salesman who discovered Tetris in 1988 and the drama behind bringing it to the U.S.

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN PENS ORIGINAL SONG 'ADDICTED TO ROMANCE' FOR REBECCA MILLER'S BERLIN OPENER 'SHE CAME TO ME' (EXCLUSIVE)

VARIETY: Bruce Springsteen has penned an original song for Rebecca Miller’s new film “She Came to Me,” which will have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival this week.

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'SHE CAME TO ME' REVIEW: PETER DINKLAGE LEADS A SLY ENSEMBLE COMEDY THAT RETURNS DIRECTOR REBECCA MILLER TO HER PERSONAL VELOCITY

VARIETY: Marisa Tomei and Anne Hathaway also star in a tart tale of everyday disorders that reaffirms the ebullience of Miller's filmmaking voice.

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SHE CAME TO ME REVIEW: PETER DINKLAGE LEADS SPARKLINGLY CONVOLUTED ROMANTIC COMEDY

THE GUARDIAN: Dinklage plays a composer who writes an opera about his affair with tugboat captain Marisa Tomei, in a comedy from Rebecca Miller that has something of Normal People.

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REBECCA MILLER'S 'SHE CAME TO ME' STARRING PETER DINKLAGE, ANNE HATHAWAY TO OPEN 2023 BERLINALE

SCREEN DAILY: Rebecca Miller’s US romantic comedy She Came To Me will open the 2023 Berlin Film Festival on February 16.

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ADAM LAMBERT CONTRIBUTES 'MAD ABOUT THE BOY' COVER FOR NOEL COWARD DOCUMENTARY

VARIETY: The former “American Idol” finalist and touring vocalist in Queen called Coward “an inspiration.”

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ALTITUDE BOARDS DOCUMENTARY 'MAD ABOUT THE BOY - THE NOËL COWARD STORY' FROM BARNABY THOMPSON

DEADLINE: Altitude has picked up international sales and UK and Irish distribution rights to Mad About the Boy — The Noël Coward Story, a feature documentary about the life of Noël Coward from Barnaby Thompson (St. Trinian’s).

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NICOLAS CAGE CHOOSES 3 OF HIS MOVIES HE'D SAVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

SCREENRANT: Nicolas Cage chooses the three movies of his that he'd like to save for future generations.

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PIG, ZOLA AND THE LOST DAUGHTER AMONG THE WINNERS AT THE 2022 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

EMPIRE: Pig duo Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block scored Best First Screenplay

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PIG: LITTLE WHITE LIES RECOMMENDS

LITTLE WHITE LIES: Nicolas Cage reveals his sensitive side in Michael Sarnoski’s warm-hearted porcine revenge western.

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PIG, REVIEW: NICOLAS CAGE DITCHES THE HAM AND CARRIES THE TALE

THE TELEGRAPH: Cage as the owner of a kidnapped truffle-hunter out to get her back? This drama could have been Taken meets Babe, but it's so much more

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NICOLAS CAGE'S ‘PIG’ GETS EUROPEAN PREMIERE AT EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

This year’s 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival will host the European premiere of Nicolas Cage’s latest flick “Pig,” the debut directorial feature from award-winning editor Michael Sarnoski (“The Testimony”).

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'PIG' REVIEW: COME BACK, TROTTER

THE NEW YORK TIMES: “Pig,” Michael Sarnoski’s stunningly controlled first feature, is a mournful fable of loss and withdrawal, art and ambition.

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'PIG' REVIEW: NICOLAS CAGE IS AT HIS MELANCHOLIC BEST IN THIS STRANGE, SAD PORCINE DRAMA

VARIETY: A million miles from ‘Peggy Sue Got Married,’ Cage goes searching for his beloved truffle pig — and himself — in Michael Sarnoski’s intimate character study.

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PIG TRAILER: FANS REJOICE AS FIRST LOOK UNVEILED FOR NICOLAS CAGE THRILLER ABOUT STOLEN TRUFFLE-HUNTING ANIMAL

INDEPENDENT: In the trailer released on Thursday, Cage’s character is seen foraging with the animal, until a seemingly violent event leads to the pig’s disappearance

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NICOLAS CAGE SEARCHES FOR BELOVED STOLEN PIG IN NEW TRAILER

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Cage plays an Oregon mushroom forager (and, it seems, a former professional chef) living alone in the woods, and one day his truffle-finding pig is taken. He then goes on a quest to find said pig and the swine who stole her. Here’s the trailer:

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NICOLAS CAGE-STARRING REVENGE THRILLER ‘PIG’ RELEASING IN JULY; TRAILER COMING THIS WEEK

BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM: NEON will be releasing Michael Sarnoski‘s revenge-thriller Pig this summer, with the distributor announcing today that the Nicolas Cage thriller arrives in theatres on July 16.
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APPLE BOARDS TARON EGERTON-STARRING ‘TETRIS’ FROM ‘STAN & OLLIE’ DIRECTOR JON S. BAIRD, ‘ROCKETMAN’ PRODUCER MATTHEW VAUGHN

DEADLINE: The film is being produced and financed by Matthew Vaughn’s Marv Films, with Leonard Blavatnik’s AI Film. Producers also include Gregor Cameron via his banner Unigram, which has tied up with AI Film (this is the first project from that pact), and Gillian Berrie. Screen Scotland helped bring the production to the country.
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NEON WINS DOMESTIC RIGHTS TO NICOLAS CAGE REVENGE THRILLER 'PIG' (EXCLUSIVE)

VARIETY: Neon, the U.S. distributor behind Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar winner “Parasite,” has won domestic rights to “Pig,” a revenge thriller from Nicolas Cage and first time filmmaker Michael Sarnoski, Variety has learned.
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NICOLAS CAGE REVENGE THRILLER 'PIG' LANDS AT NEON

SCREEN DAILY: Neon has acquired US rights to Pig, the revenge thriller that stars Nicolas Cage and Alex Wolff from Hereditary.
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NICOLAS CAGE & ALEX WOLFF TEAM FOR TRUFFLE HUNTER PIC 'PIG'

DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage and Hereditary‘s Alex Wolff have boarded Michael Sarnoski’s Pig.
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NICOLAS CAGE, ALEX WOLFF TO STAR IN PULSE FILMS' 'PIG'

SCREEN DAILY: Nicolas Cage and Hereditary star Alex Wolff will star in Pig from Pulse Films, which is scheduled to begin production in Oregon today (23rd September 2020).
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AMERICAN ANIMALS TAKES HOME DEBUT SCREENWRITER PRIZE AND BEST EDITING AT BIFAS

SCREEN DAILY: Bart Layton’s American Animals also picked up two awards: the Debut Screenwriter prize for writer-director Layton, which added to the Best Editing craft award.
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AMERICAN ANIMALS RECEIVES 11 NOMINATIONS FROM THE BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

DEADLINE: Following The Favourite is Bart Layton’s heist pic American Animals with 11 nominations, Michael Pearce’s Beast with 10 and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here scooping eight. Each is also competing in the Best British Independent Film race
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ALLISON JANNEY ON OSCAR WIN: "I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF!"

VARIETY: Allison Janney won her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress on Sunday night, sweeping the major awards shows with her unflinching portrayal of Tonya Harding's abusive mother in "I, Tonya".
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ALLISON JANNEY THANKS TONYA HARDING DURING GOLDEN GLOBES WIN

VARIETY: Allison Janney took home the Golden Globe for her supporting role in “I, Tonya” at the 75th annual awards show.
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'I, TONYA': MARGOT ROBBIE, SEBASTIAN STAN DESCRIBE 'LOVELY' AND 'STRANGE' ENCOUNTERS WITH REAL TONYA HARDING, JEFF GILLOOLY

VARIETY: It's been nearly 24 years since "the whack heard 'round the world," but figure skating villain Tonya Harding and her rival, Nancy Kerrigan, are back in the spotlight thanks to the upcoming release of "I, Tonya".
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PROSTHETICS! REVERSE CONTOURING! HOW MARGOT ROBBIE TRANSFORMED INTO TONYA HARDING FOR I, TONYA

VOGUE: The newest trailer for I, Tonya is proof: Margot Robbie is the ultimate on-screen chameleon.
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NEON & 30WEST LAND ‘I, TONYA’ FOR $5 MILLION – TORONTO

EXCLUSIVE: After three all-night negotiations, Neon and 30WEST tag teamed to skate off with a deal for I, Tonya, the Craig Gillespie-directed black comedy from Miramax about the epic fall from grace of Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding.
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MEL GIBSON, ANDREW GARFIELD AND BILL MECHANIC ON THE 15-YEAR ORDEAL TO SCALE ‘HACKSAW RIDGE’

DEADLINE: The moment they received a sustained standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, Gibson and Garfield put themselves into the awards season race with Hacksaw Ridge, capping a remarkable 15-year ordeal to bring to the screen the story of the first conscientious objector to win the Medal Of Honor.
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‘I, TONYA’ FINDS ITS NANCY KERRIGAN IN CAITLIN CARVER

DEADLINE: Caitlin Carver has been cast as champion figure skater and Tonya Harding rival Nancy Kerrigan in the biopic I, TONYA starring Margot Robbie.
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MEL GIBSON'S 'HACKSAW RIDGE' LANDS 6 OSCAR NOMINATIONS

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: The film stars Andrew Garfield — who also earned a best actor nom — as a conscientious objector in World War II
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'HACKSAW RIDGE' BECOMES BIGGEST IMPORTED WAR FILM IN CHINA

SCREENDAILY: Bliss Media distributes the World War II drama directed by Mel Gibson, which has crossed $50m in China and earned a rare extension
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MIRAMAX ACQUIRES US RIGHTS TO 'I, TONYA'

SCREENDAILY: One of the buzz titles of the recent AFM has found its US home. Miramax has picked up US rights to the edgy comedy that will star Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding, the disgraced figure skater who was convicted of hindering the prosecution in a 1994 attack on her skating rival Nancy Kerrigan.
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MEL GIBSON ON 'HACKSAW RIDGE' AND FAITH

SCREENDAILY: Mel Gibson tells Jeremy Kay why he chose to make a return to directing with Hacksaw Ridge - a Second World War drama about faith, love and redemption - after an infamous decade in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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LEN BLAVATNIK'S AI TO FINANCE TONYA HARDING MOVIE STARRING MARGOT ROBBIE

SCREENDAILY: Len Blavatnik’s AI Film will fully finance Craig Gillespie’s upcoming, I, Tonya, with Sierra/Affinity due to commence international sales at this year’s AFM. Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad) is in negotiations to star as American figure skater Tonya Harding as well as produce the edgy comedy, with Bryan Unkeless (The Hunger Games) for Clubhouse Pictures, Tom Ackerley for LuckyChap Entertainment and Steven Rogers already attached to produce.
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SIERRA, FILM4, AI FILM TEAM ON 'AMERICAN ANIMALS' WITH EVAN PETERS

SCREENDAILY: X-Men and American Horror Story star Evan Peters will lead cast in Bart Layton’s (The Imposter) heist movie American Animals. Sierra/Affinity has boarded sales on the true story, which is co-financed and developed by Film4 and AI Film.
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LEN BLAVATNIK'S AI FILM BOARDS MARGOT ROBBIE-STARRER ‘I, TONYA’

DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD: Len Blavatnik's AI Film has come aboard to fully-finance Craig Gillespie’s upcoming Tonya Harding comedy I, Tonya. Margot Robbie is in negotiations to star as the American figure skater as well as produce the title with Bryan Unkeless for Clubhouse Pictures.
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IAN MCKELLEN ON PLAYING THE ICONIC MR HOLMES, RE-TEAMING WITH BILL CONDON

VARIETY: Ian McKellen stars in Mr Holmes, the Bill Condon-directed film that bows on DVD and Blu-ray Nov 10. The actor worked with writer-director Condon on 1998’s Gods and Monsters, the first of McKellen’s two Oscar® nominations (so far).
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AI FILM ENTERS LAVA BEAR'S 'THE FOREST'; NATALIE DORMER, TAYLOR KINNEY STAR

MOVIEPILOT.COM: If you're looking for a haunting picture in the woods next year, then your wait is over. “The Forest” will satisfy your desire to see everything and anything that can go wrong when a young women comes across savage spirits while trying to track down her younger sister in the backwoods of a foreign country.
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FIRST LOOK: LIAM NEESON IN MARTIN SCORSESE’S SILENCE INDIEWIRE:

It seems like a rare bird these days, but Liam Neeson is making a movie that doesn't find him employing a special set of skills to immobilize faceless baddies. The actor has reteamed with his "Gangs of New York" director, Martin Scorsese, for the filmmaker's long brewing passion project, "Silence", and the title doesn't just refer to the Shûsaku Endô book being adapted for the big screen.
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FIRST IMAGE OF IAN MCKELLEN IN BILL CONDON’S MR HOLMES

VARIETY: Bill Condon’s “Mr. Holmes” has started to shoot, with additional cast announced, and the first image released of Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes at the age of 93. The pic is being produced by Anne Carey, producer of Anton Corbijn’s “The American,” through her venture Archer Gray, along with Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films, producers of “The King’s Speech,” with Aviv Giladi, CEO of AI Film, and Len Blavatnik exec producing. Christine Langan, head of BBC Films, is an exec producer on behalf of BBC Films, who are also co-financing, as is Amy Nauiokas of Archer Gray. .
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LEE DANIELS ON 'BUTLER'S' NAACP NOMINATIONS: IT 'TOUCHES MY VERY SOUL'

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Lee Daniels' The Butler nabbed nominations for outstanding motion picture as well as writing and directing noms for Daniels. The Weinstein Co. film also received nominations for outstanding actor, outstanding supporting actress Oprah Winfrey and supporting actor nominations for Cuba Gooding Jr., David Oyelowo and Terrence Howard.
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BILL CONDON’S MR. HOLMES LANDS U.S. HOME WITH MIRAMAX, ROADSIDE

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Continuing to ramp up, a reinvigorated Miramax has acquired all U.S. rights to Bill Condon's unique Sherlock Holmes tale Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellan and Laura Linney. Miramax will partner with Roadside Attractions on the theatrical release of the movie, now in post-production.
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