David Yates: Last News

Ben Croll Cartoon Movie, the European animation sector’s flagship co-production and pitch forum, closed out its 25th edition besting pre-pandemic attendance numbers, welcoming just below 900 industry participant and noting a 40% increase in buyers. Overall, 58 feature projects were presented (and 16 countries encompassed), and — in a testament to France’s robust animation ecosystem — Gallic outfits had a hand in nearly half of them. The forum also reflected the enduring strength of the family market, with 59% of all projects aimed at that demographic. Here are four takeaways from this year’s session, which ran from March 7 – 9 in Bordeaux.

Netflix has unveiled its 2023 feature film slate, consisting of 49 titles. 

Outgoing BFI festivals director Tricia Tuttle has joined the National Film And Television School as Acting Head of Department for the directing fiction course.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass and Andy Garcia will join the cast of “The Pain Hustlers,” teaming up with Emily Blunt and Chris Evans in the Netflix movie. Brian d’Arcy James (“Spotlight,” “West Side Story”) and Chloe Coleman (“My Spy,” “Marry Me”) are rounding out the ensemble. David Yates, best known for directing several “Harry Potter” movies, is helming “The Pain Hustlers,” which is said to be tonally similar to American Dream-esque crime dramas like “The Big Short,” “American Hustle” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” According to the official logline, the film follows an unemployed “blue-collar woman struggling to raise her daughter [who] takes a job at a failing pharmaceutical start-up, only to get involved in a dangerous racketeering scheme.”

David Yates’ Netflix film The Pain Hustlers has begun rounding out its cast, with Andy Garcia (Father of the Bride), Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Jay Duplass (Industry), Brian d’Arcy James (West Side Story) and Chloe Coleman (My Spy) signing on to star alongside Emily Blunt and Chris Evans.

Harry Potter creators over "teen audience appeal" in unearthed letters that came to light after his death.The award-winning actor played the role of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, but in unearthed letters expressed his frustrations with how the seventh film had been directed.The legendary actor's true feelings were exposed in 2018 when a collection of letters were released after his death.It came as David Heyman, the director of the second Harry Potter film, told Rickman he understood his “frustrations” in a letter.The director told Rickman: “Thank you for making HP2 a success."I know, at times, you are frustrated but please know that you are an integral part of the films."And you are brilliant," he added.Another letter from 2009, written by Rickman himself, was titled: “Inside Snape’s Head.”In the letter, he once again spoke up about what irritated him about his character’s inner-workings during the filming of the seventh Harry Potter film which was directed by David Yates.Rickman wrote: “It’s as if David Yates has decided that this is not important in the scheme of things i.e. teen audience appeal.”The star also received a letter from Harry Potter author JK Rowling.Rowling thanked Rickman for "doing justice to my most complex character"."Rickman starred in all eight films and heartbreakingly died  of pancreatic cancer not long after the final film aired.However, it was revealed that the award-winning actor nearly left the franchise after a couple of movies.His decision, however, was overturned after a couple of choice words from author J.K.

Just days before Chris Evans' new Netflix movie The Gray Man debuts, the actor is staying in business with the streaming service.The 41-year-old actor is in final negotiations to join Emily Blunt in the crime drama Pain Hustlers, according to Deadline.Netflix picked up the global rights to the project for $50 million out of Cannes, with Harry Potter director David Yates attached to take the helm. More Netflix:Just days before Chris Evans' new Netflix movie The Gray Man debuts, the actor is staying in business with the streaming service Co-star:The 41-year-old actor is in final negotiations to join Emily Blunt in the crime drama Pain Hustlers, according to Deadline Netflix:The 41-year-old actor is in final negotiations to join Emily Blunt in the crime drama Pain Hustlers, according to DeadlineThe story centers on Blunt's character Liza Drake, described as a, 'high school dropout dreaming of a better life for her young daughter.'She ends up with a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in Central Florida in a decaying strip mall.

Chris Evans is taking on a new role.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Evans is in final negotiations to join Netflix’s Pain Hustlers opposite Emily Blunt.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaChris Evans has joined the cast of “Pain Hustlers,” teaming up with Emily Blunt in the upcoming Netflix production. The package was the hottest sale at this year’s Cannes market, commanding a price tag in excess of $50 million.

Netflix has a message for Hollywood: We’re not broke.In the wake of a massive stock slide triggered by a subscriber dip during the first quarter, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, head of global film Scott Stuber and head of global television Bela Bajaria have launched a charm offensive, stressing to top creators and agents that they will continue to spend aggressively to make and market movies and shows. In calls and in-person meetings, sources say they have positioned the April stock drop as a setback, reassured filmmakers and showrunners that they remain well-capitalized and informed them that they don’t believe the answer to their current predicament is to stop competing for buzzy content.

Jude Law) past entanglements with the dangerous dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen taking over for Johnny Depp) in a new adventure you won't want to miss. Die hard and new fans alike will love the slew of new terrifying and awe-inspiring beasts in this epic film, as Dumbledore enlists the help of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his intrepid team of wizards and witches.Directed by David Yates (now marking his  film in the franchise) and co-written by J.K.

Cannes Film Festival that the pace of deals was almost as glacial as the amount of time it takes to get your check at a restaurant in the south of France.But then, sacré bleu, Netflix struck, shelling out more than $50 million for the rights to “Pain Hustlers,” a conspiracy thriller that unites Emily Blunt with Harry Potter director David Yates, and the move has started to accelerate deal-making up and down the Croisette.This year’s market has been a litmus test for film sales as the U.S. and key international markets emerge from the worst of the pandemic.

It looks like Emily Blunt‘s new movie is heading to Netflix!

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNetflix is wrapping up a deal for “Pain Hustlers,” a conspiracy film from David Yates that is set to star Emily Blunt.The pact, which is for global rights to the package, is said to be in the $50 million range, according to a knowledgable insider. The sale is the biggest one so far out of Cannes, where dealmaking has been slow going.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix might have had a bumpy few weeks, but the streamer is poised to strike the first major Cannes deal on a hot market package.

Ellise Shafer Emily Blunt will star in “Pain Hustlers,” a criminal conspiracy film directed by “Fantastic Beasts” helmer David Yates that will be introduced to buyers at Cannes.From a script by “The True American” writer Wells Tower, the film is produced by Lawrence Grey through his Grey Matter Productions banner and Wychwood Pictures.The movie’s official logline reads: “Dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter, Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout, lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Liza’s charm, guts and drive catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.

Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) is attached to star in the upcoming film Pain Hustlers, from director David Yates (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore). Pic will be introduced to buyers at the Cannes Film Market by The Veterans and CAA Media Finance, going into production in late August.

Another hot project is hitting the Cannes market as Emily Blunt is attached to star Pain Hustlers with David Yates directing. Wells Tower penned the script with Lawrence Grey producing through his Grey Matter Productions banner along with Wychwood Pictures

Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone’s indie studio Sister has entered a first-look deal with the new production company Wychwood Media, from Harry Potter filmmaker David Yates and his producing partner, Lewis Taylor. Under the pact, the pair will develop and produce both scripted and unscripted film, television and documentary content for Sister’s offices in both the U.S. and UK. Yates will also have the option to direct projects coming together through the deal.

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