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Audrey Diwan's highly anticipated English-language Emmanuelle reboot starring Noémie Merlant in the titular role has begun shooting in Paris. Venice Golden Lion Happening writer-director Diwan announced the start of shoot on her Instagram account in a post reading, "Excitement is the word…

Is it possible to produce a serious awards contender on a budget of less than $5 million? That was one of the questions on the table in a panel at the Zurich Film Festival's industry-focused Zurich Summit this weekend. "There’s probably several different opinions on this matter but I think it’s…

As Hollywood writers head back to work after 148 days on strike, there is hope that there will be recovery in the marketplace but it's still a "sensitive time" for the independent film business according to CAA's Roeg Sutherland.  Stepping into Deadline's Zurich Summit Studio on Saturday, the CAA…

Leonine Studios founder and CEO Fred Kogel has said he does not expect his Germany-focused content group to expand much more in the near future, after four years of rapid and continuous growth. The veteran film and TV exec was talking about the journey around the creation of Leonine Studios in 2019…

Plan B Entertainment partners Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner play their cards close to their chests when it comes to strategy and upcoming plans. Co-president Kleiner gave a rare insight into the company's inner workings this week at the San Sebastian Film Festival's Creative Investor…

Yellow Veil Pictures has boarded international sales on Where The Devil Roams, the latest feature from The Adams Family filmmaking trio who made waves with 2021 horror road trip picture Hellbender. The New York and Los Angeles-based sales and distribution company will also co-represent North American…

EXCLUSIVE: At a party in Paris on Thursday evening, original Wild Bunch co-founders Vincent Maraval and Brahim Chioua bid farewell to the legendary company name they created in 2002. The move cements the separation of their assets from the pan-European Wild Bunch AG film group, which was created in…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA Media Finance has picked up North American sales rights to the folk-thriller Inland, starring Mark Rylance. Billed as a "modern folktale," the film explores a young man’s fractured identity after his mother’s mysterious disappearance. Guided by a father figure and old friends who care…

Former Lionsgate film chief Patrick Wachsberger, Carol producer Christine Vachon, Neon CEO Tom Quinn and SPC bosses Michael Barker and Tom Bernard will be among industry executives taking part in the Zurich Summit on Saturday in Switzerland. The Zurich Film Festival’s flagship industry event, an all-day confab about…

The San Sebastian International Film Festival has long been one of the Spanish-speaking world's most prominent film festivals and as the 70th edition of the festival is nearly underway, the much-loved European event has looked to beef up its industry components in a bid to attract a wider pool of delegates, notably…

EXCLUSIVE: Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat is set to helm Running Wild, an adaptation J.G. Ballard's novella off a screenplay by David Leland. CAA Media Finance will represent this film's worldwide rights with Hillcoat producing with Jonathan Pavesi through Blank Films Inc. The movie is set in an exclusive gated…

The rise of streamer content has created anxiety for talent and their reps, because of models that require ownership of a project in perpetuity. Because product starts on a streaming site and then never leaves, there is no chance of backend windfalls. Just look at the creators and cast of Squid Game to see what that…