Here's your first look at Angelina Jolie in Pablo Larraín's latest Venice-bound biopic Maria.  Larraín directs the film from a screenplay by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders). The pair previously collaborated on Larraín's last biopic, Spencer.  The film's official synopsis reads: Maria tells the…

Disney’s merger with Reliance Industries in India is going ahead after the country’s competition authority gave the deal a greenlight. In a social media post earlier today, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said the merger could go ahead, “subject to the compliance of voluntary modifications.&#8221…

Updated with further details: Georgian anti-Putin drama The Antique, which was due to premiere in Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA), has had its screenings suspended following the issuing of an emergency decree on behalf of Russian and Croatian producers claiming copyright issues with…

EXCLUSIVE: The trailer for Neo Sora’s debut fiction feature Happyend has been unveiled, ahead of its world premiere in the Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti competition. Magnify, formerly known as Magnolia Pictures International, is handling global sales for the Japanese-language title, excluding…

Sigourney Weaver welled up Wednesday at the Venice Film Festival as she considered whether her work had impacted the rise of Kamala Harris. In response to a reporter who linked her role as Ripley in Alien to Harris, Weaver considered the thought and tears filled her eyes as she said: “We're all so…

French acting legend Isabelle Huppert, who is president of the Venice Film Festival jury this year, was joined by her panelists as artistic director Alberto Barbera hosted the opening press conference for the 81st running of the event this morning. It’s a different look this year, with no one sporting…

Netflix’s ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ Season 2 Gets Trailer Season 2 of Netflix’s Gyeongseong Creature now has a trailer. The science fiction K-drama is teleporting the action from Season 1’s 1945 to the present day, and will star the likes of Park Seo-jun, Han So-hee, Lee Mu-saeng and Bae…

Seoul-based Finecut has picked up international sales rights for A Girl With Closed Eyes, ahead of the film’s Toronto market screening and Busan world premiere. The thriller-drama follows a murder suspect and a detective with a shared past, reunited through the murder of a bestselling author. A Girl…

The Match Factory has boarded international sales on An Urban Allegory, the new short film by Alice Rohrwacher and JR, ahead of its world premiere at Venice Film Festival, Out of Competition. The work marks the second collaboration between Italian filmmaker Rohrwacher (La Chimera, Happy as Lazzaro, Th…

Thirty-six years after Tim Burton and Michael Keaton collaborated on classic supernatural comedy Beetlejuice, the pair are unveiling the sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice here at the Venice Film Festival. The follow-up will have its gala world premiere this evening after having screened for the press this…

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Folivari International has acquired world sales rights for hit French animated series Samuel. The deal with French production company Les Valseurs follows the short format show's runaway success in France, Germany and Spain. Consisting of simple black and white…

Rebecca Ferguson has signed on to star in the upcoming film adaptation of Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree. Ferguson has joined the cast in the role of Dame Snap, the story's terrifying headmistress.  The film is currently shooting in England at Shinfield Studios. Adapted by BAFTA…