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Why Bumble — Yes, the Dating App — Is Backing a High-Profile Abortion Film

An abortion documentary backed by Hillary Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence is taking an unusual route to audiences courtesy of Bumble Inc, the Austin-based dating app company. Zurawski v Texas, which screened to critical raves and sold out crowds at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend, will have a special screening in Austin on […]

Molly Duane, a senior attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, in 'Zurawski v. Texas'

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Outfit MK2 Inks Multi-Year Financing Deal With IPR.VC

French production and sales outfit mk2 films has signed a multi-year financing deal with the Finnish private equity fund IPR.VC to bankroll a slate of new projects, the two companies unveiled on Thursday. The new capital will come in handy for mk2, which is looking to build on recent crossover success, including its co-productions The […]

French drama Anatomy of a Fall relied on regional exclusivity in its financing and distribution across Europe.

Zurich Festival to Honor ‘Conclave’ Director Edward Berger

The Zurich Film Festival will this year present director Edward Berger with its prestigious Golden Eye A Tribute To…Award, honoring his life’s work. Berger, whose 2022 war epic All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 4, is back in the award conversations this year with his latest feature, Conclave. […]

Edward Berger

The Abandon’s Leading Man: Jonathan Rosenthal’s Journey to Success

This story was created in paid partnership with Chris Gallagher. Actor Jonathan Rosenthal has never been one to back down from a challenge. He knows the bigger the obstacle, the stronger he will come out on the other side. He took this mentality into his role in The Abandon, in which he plays the main […]

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Toronto’s So-So Sales Bode Ill For Future Market

Measured against recent Toronto Film Festivals, business at TIFF 2024, which wrapped on September 15, was average. There was one big studio deal: Paramount Pictures snatching up worldwide rights outside of Germany-speaking Europe for Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5, a newsroom thriller on the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attacks, which is already being touted a major awards […]

The Brutalist

Sosie Bacon Opioid Drama ‘Hazard’ Lands Early 2025 Release (Exclusive)

Starring Sosie Bacon and Alex Roe, the drug-focused drama feature Hazard is set to hit theaters early next year. Writer-director Eddie Mensore’s film has been acquired by Emphatic Pictures and RBL Films for theatrical release on Jan. 10, 2025, in the U.S, Canada, the U.K. and other territories. Steven Ogg and Dave Davis round out […]

Sosie Bacon and Alex Roe in 'Hazard.'

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