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Elsewhere Neon - the home of the last three Palme d’Or winners Triangle of Sadness, Titane and Parasite - picked up Justine Triet’s Cannes Competition feature Anatomy of a Fall for NA.Īmerican Idol: In a stark sign ‘o’ the times, the hottest ticket in town this week was the premiere of a TV show, Sam Levinson’s sex-filled Euphoria follow-up The Idol. Mubi has also been busy, picking up two Un Certain Regard pics, Rodrigo Moreno’s The Delinquents (Los Delincuentes) and Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers, for major territories. The biggest deal thrashed out at this year’s Cannes Market is Prime Video swooping to pre-buy international rights - excluding Germany - to Liam Neeson action sequel Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky for around $17M – another story broken by Deadline. The pic, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, is an early frontrunner in the Palme d’Or chatter here in Cannes alongside Jonathan Glazer’s latest The Zone of Interest, which has secured a slew of European and Asian sales. The film premiered at Cannes last Saturday, and received a hearty eight-minute standing ovation. The pact is being finalized by CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group, with Rocket Science brokering international deals. Deadline broke the news that Netflix has picked up Todd Haynes’ Competition title May December in an $11M deal for North American rights. Away from street beefs, the Cannes Market has been heating up, with a series of high-profile deals locked out of the Croisette. French media reported that the incident occurred after Fremaux was caught riding his electric bike outside the grand establishment. Footage of the scrap, captured by veteran French journalist Eric Morillot, made its way to social media sites, showing Fremaux and the officer exchanging insults and minor blows outside the Carlton Hotel. Things kicked off with Festival Delegate General Thierry Fremaux caught up in an altercation with a local police officer. One to watch.įremaux fights, deals done: Over to Zac Ntim, who’s been on the ground in Cannes since the start… It’s been an eventful second week here in Cannes. All this harks back to the insurance woes that characterized the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, when TV shows and movies were stood down en masse due to a sudden inability to commercially insure. In a sector still shaking off the last vestiges of the Covid-19 pandemic and plagued by layoffs, crashing ad markets and wonky streamer economics, the last thing anyone needs is indie filmmakers facing another hurdle to getting their projects made. Studio films won’t be impacted, as they are self-bonded, but SAG-AFTRA talent working overseas on series shoots could impact the TV sector.

Deadline’s sources say any sizeable indie film who’s shoot bleeds into the SAG-AFTRA talks period will struggle to reach deals with bond companies. SAG-AFTRA members could strike on July 1 if a deal can’t be struck with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Joker star Phoenix and Mara ( Carol), both SAG-AFTRA card carriers, were forced to return home and the film is now in limbo. The Island’s producers found this out the hard way, as they were told the film couldn’t be bonded on the eve of shooting in Spain. His scoop about the shut down of Pawel Pawlikowski’s Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara-starrer The Island revealed a new problem for the indie film sector: bond companies are refusing to insure movies due to impending SAG-AFTRA and DGA action. Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara and Pawel Pawlikowski Gettyīroken bonds: Andreas broke one of the biggest stories of the year Tuesday.