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‘In Waves,’ Park Chan-Wook Deals End Cannes Market With A Bang

‘In Waves,’ Park Chan-Wook Deals End Cannes Market With A Bang

Published by Daniella Wilson

After a sluggish opening week that left many sellers staring at their phones, the Cannes Film Market found something like a second wind in its final days, with a flurry of high-profile acquisitions injecting some much-needed energy into what had been a cautious, defensive Marché. The late surge was headlined by two deals that had been quietly percolating on the Croisette. Netflix moved to acquire the animated feature In Waves, while Warner Bros.’ nascent specialty label Clockworks entered exclusive negotiations to take Park Chan-wook‘s upcoming revenge Western The Brigands of Rattlecreek — a project that had been flagged by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the market’s most coveted packages before the first screening had even unspooled. Netflix took worldwide rights outside of France for In Waves, which opened Cannes Critics’ Week. The hand-drawn French animated feature, from Franco-Vietnamese director Phuong Mai Nguyen, is an adaptation of the graphic novel by AJ Dungo and is a love story set in L.A. between AJ, a shy, skateboard and art-loving teen, and Kristen, a surfer girl. Will …

Joan Collins, Isabella Rossellini Bring Old Hollywood Class to Cannes

Joan Collins, Isabella Rossellini Bring Old Hollywood Class to Cannes

Published by Daniella Wilson

Joan Collins and Isabella Rossellini look amazing. Collins is fresh from the Cannes red carpet, where the night before she had outshone starlets a third — a quarter — her age. At 92, the actress brought a blast of old Hollywood glamour to a festival that, this year especially, has often felt strangely drained of it. Her sculpted white orchid gown, a custom Stéphane Rolland Haute Couture number with a sweeping train, paired with dramatic black opera gloves, diamond jewelry and similarly encrusted needle-toe pumps, gave off unmistakable Alexis Carrington energy — a reminder of the 1980s, when Collins, as the scheming queen of Dynasty, practically dictated the decade’s fashion vocabulary. “It was very exciting. I had my glam squad do me up, the hair, the makeup,” she says. “I looked — well, I won’t say how I looked, but you can read what they wrote.” Sitting opposite me now on the Carlton Beach, Dame Joan is only slightly more casual, wearing a thigh-length patterned summer dress and oversized hexagonal sunglasses the size of tea saucers. …

Frank Sinatra Movie Sinatra! Eternity With Michael Madsen Gets Release

Frank Sinatra Movie Sinatra! Eternity With Michael Madsen Gets Release

Published by Daniella Wilson

A feature about Frank Sinatra is aiming to get under viewers’ skin. Hemdale Film Corporation has acquired North American rights to indie film Sinatra! Eternity, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The late Michael Madsen leads the cast that includes Rico Simonini, Eric Roberts, Lukas Haas and Harry Dean Stanton for the drama movie from directors Giorgos Papatheodorou and Michael Oblowitz. Sinatra! Eternity stars Madsen as journalist Harry Cohn, who sets out to interview an aging Sinatra as the famed singer recounts highlights from his life and career. Simonini portrays Sinatra and also produces the film. Related Stories Hemdale, the Oscar-winning studio that was recently revived as a releasing division under Hannover House, acquired the title on the first day of Cannes. The companies plan to release Sinatra! Eternity theatrically in major U.S. and Canadian markets in October, with a streaming release eyed for December. Greece’s Crisis Cinema represents the feature that will screen next week at the Cannes Market. “Sinatra! Eternity presents an insightful look at one of the world’s best-known celebrities,” says Hemdale Films and Hannover House CEO …