Two-time Oscar winner Renée Zellweger is set to star in psychological thriller Phantom Son, which will be directed by Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts filmmaker David Yates. AGC Studios will finance, co-produce and launch sales on the project, which has an original screenplay by Ian Scott…

EXCLUSIVE: Alexandra Shipp (Barbie) and Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) are set to star in sci-fi horror Lost Planet, which Daniel Baur’s K5 International is launching ahead of the American Film Market. The film takes place in the near future where a leading…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the American Film Market, LA-based sales firm Concourse Media has appointed Kristin Harris as its new Head of Acquisitions. Harris most recently served as SVP of Production & Development at distributor Vertical Entertainment, where she worked on movies including The…

EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the American Film Market, Protagonist Pictures has boarded international sales on Jay Baruchel starrer The Stunt Driver. UTA Independent Film Group is representing the U.S. rights. Above is a first look image of Baruchel (This is the End) and Ed Helms (The Hangover) in…

EXCLUSIVE: Not many low-budget indie debuts without name cast get a wide theatrical release. That’s the plan for supernatural thriller Hunting Matthew Nichols, we’re told. According to producers, Markian Tarasiuk's debut feature will be released in March next year on 1,500 screens after…

EXCLUSIVE: Thomasin McKenzie and Ansel Elgort are attached to star in Dinner With Audrey, a feature film from Wayfarer Studios, Hyde Park Entertainment and Mad Chance Productions. Two-time Oscar nominee Michael Shannon is in talks to board the Abe Sylvia-directed movie based on the true story of the…

Lionsgate has made a deal with Millennium Films to acquire rights to develop and produce all derivative works, including future film and TV productions, of The Expendables franchise, as well as worldwide distribution rights to John Rambo, the upcoming sixth installment of the Rambo film…

EXCLUSIVE: Quantify has boarded international sales rights to Nastasya Popov's buzzy SXSW comedy Idiotka as it revs up for its debut at the American Film Market. The film, which premiered to rave reviews at SXSW, stars Anna Baryshnikov and Camila Mendes, with Julia Fox, Benito Skinner, Owen…

EXCLUSIVE: Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), Cameron Crovetti (The Boys), Sarah Bolger (Mayans M.C.) and Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) are set to star in creature horror thriller Claire. Producers Matthew R. Cooper and Anna Dragoo of Objectively Good Media (OGM), along with Sterling Beaumon and…

EXCLUSIVE: Smile and Strange Darling star Kyle Gallner has written and will star in the upcoming monster horror/survival thriller Man Vs, which David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment is launching for the American Film Market. Producing are Roy Lee (Weapons) and Steven Schneider (Insidious)…

EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars alum Daisy Ridley is set to star in the true story of an ICU nurse who became a ferocious MMA fighter. Killa Bee will tell the story of Bryony Tyrell, a mother of two with a master’s degree in nursing and a degree in molecular biology who worked at the ICU by day, navigating…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear will handle sales in Asia and MENA (Middle East North Africa) on Jason Statham action pic The Beekeeper 2, which is in production in London. Black Bear will be talking to buyers in the 15-20 territories ahead of the American Film Market, which gets underway this month in…