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EXCLUSIVE: Canadian film and TV production outfit 9 Light Entertainment is launching a sales and distribution arm which will kick off its activities with upcoming comedic thriller Sound & Fury. Scheduled to go into production this fall, Sound & Fury is the directorial feature debut of SXSW short…

EXCLUSIVE: Bendita Film Sales has acquired international rights to writer-director-artist Ann Oren's second feature Objet a ahead of its world premiere in the Locarno Film Festival's main International Competition in August. The new film follows Oren's bold 2022 feature debut Piaffe, which also…

Mubi has acquired global rights to Making Marie Antoinette directed by the late Eleanor Coppola. Making Marie Antoinette is a behind the scenes look at Sofia Coppola’s Oscar winning 2006 film Marie Antoinette, and was shot by Eleanor Coppola. The documentary was produced by Lorenzo Mieli, Mario…

Bleecker Street has taken U.S. rights to the Rachel Zegler, Penn Badgley and Amy Ryan psychological thriller, NDA. Pic reps the feature directorial debut of Nike, Gatorade commercial director Audrey Ellis Fox, whose original script landed a spot on the 2024 Black List and was selected for the…

Paris Hilton’s animated series, Paris & Pups, has been adopted at Sky Kids in the UK. The series was unveiled as part of Sky’s latest children’s TV slate for content releasing across Sky Kids platforms this year. We first told you about Paris & Pups over two years ago. Inspired by Paris…

EXCLUSIVE: The Assassin‘s upcoming second season is already making a killing, with a host of international buyers now attached. Season 2 of the Prime Video series, which counts Australia’s Stan and Germany’s ZDF as co-producers, has been acquired by several networks and streamers who ran Season…

EXCLUSIVE: Antenna Releasing has acquired North American rights to Lemonade Blessing after the film’s Tribeca Festival world premiere and a popular run on the Letterboxd ‘Unreleased Gems’ VOD platform. The coming-of-age film is the directing debut of Chris Merola. It stars Jake Ryan, who has…

Warner Bros. has snapped up Siren Head, a feature package based on the viral horror meme from Trevor Henderson, which has Brian Duffield set to direct from a script co-written with Zach Cregger, Deadline can confirm. Sources said the project, based an original take by Cregger, landed at the…

UPDATED with deal done: Neon has officially acquired, from Amazon MGM Studios, global rights to Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial. The film, written by SNL‘s Simon Rich, chronicles the days leading up to the sudden firing and reinstatement of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI, as the fate of who gets to…

EXCLUSIVE: Watermelon Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to El Sett, which translates as “the lady,” chronicling the life of legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. It is the latest feature from Marwan Hamed who previously made waves at home and internationally with The Yacou…

The BBC has acquired Ghosts Australia, which will sit alongside the British and American versions at the UK pubcaster. The eight-part series from BBC Studios Australia Productions stars Tamala (Cleverman, Nowhere Boys) and Rowan Witt (Totally Completely Fine, Book Of Mormon) as the couple who…

EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has posted a slew of international deals for Spanish directorial duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's Cannes breakout La Bola Negra. In Europe, the film has sold to Benelux (Cinéart), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Germany and Austria (Pandora Film), Greece (Rosebud), UK & Ireland…