‘Here’ Review: It’s Not a Wonderful Living Room (It’s a Mawkish ‘Forrest Gump’ Reunion)
Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite for, essentially, a high-tech museum diorama The post ‘Here’ Review: It’s Not a Wonderful Living Room (It’s a Mawkish ‘Forrest Gump’ Reunion) appeared first on TheWrap.
John Magaro Joins Josh O’Connor & Alana Haim In Kelly Reichardt’s Art Heist Pic ‘The Mastermind’
EXCLUSIVE: John Magaro (Past Lives) has closed a deal to star opposite Josh O’Connor and Alana Haim in writer-director Kelly Reichardt’s next film, The Mastermind.Monica Barbaro Latest To Join Bart Layton’s Amazon MGM Thriller ‘Crime 101’ Magaro comes to the project after collaborating with Reichardt on her A24 films First Cow and Showing Up, having earned a Gotham Award nomination for Best Actor for his work on the former. While the new film centers on an audacious art heist amid the backdrop of the Vietnam War, there’s no word yet on the role Magaro is playing. Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, and Vincent...
Sales Agents Shift Away From Drama Films Amid Market Challenges: ‘It’s Led Us to Diversify Our Slate’
The global appetite for drama films has significantly diminished, according to a panel of international sales agents at the BFI London Film Festival.Gay Rom-Com 'A Nice Indian Boy' Unites 'Deadpool's' Karan Soni, Jonathan Groff and Roshan Sethi: 'Everyone Was Turned On' Sophie Green, head of acquisitions and development at Bankside Films, summed up the current market sentiment by saying: “The big sort of takeaway at the moment from the market is anything but drama. That really is kind of like double underlined everywhere that we go.” The panel, which included Sata Cissokho, head of acquisitions at Memento International; Virginie Devesa, founder of...