The global film industry is betting that eventually there'll be a box office rebound. Studios and streamers, international distributors and global sales agents were doing business at the Virtual Cannes Market, the two parallel online film markets held June 22 to 28 in lieu of the canceled physical festival, as if the future were bright.
Apple nabbed the Antoine Fuqua-directed actioner Emancipation, starring Will Smith, after getting into a bidding war with Warner Bros.
over the film project. CAA and FilmNation presented the package at Virtual Cannes. Other big-ticket titles included Rocket Science's Brit drama Mothering Sunday, starring Colin Firth and Olivia Colman; Hanway's The Card Counter with Oscar Isaac; and James Gray's Armageddon.
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