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Holly Jones Forqué-nominated Spanish director Gala Gracia (“Evanescente”) will debut her tender first feature, “Remnants of You” (“Lo que queda de ti”), in competition at this year’s Malaga Film Festival. The narrative follows Sara (Laia Manzanares, “Internal Affairs,” “Estoy Vivo”), a young jazz pianist living in New York who’s returned home to Spain’s Pyrenees after news of her father’s abrupt death.

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‘Game of Gods’ Getting Film Adaptation From Italy’s Rainbow Group and Wattpad Webtoon Studios

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italy’s Rainbow Group — the company behind the hit “Winx Club” animation franchise — has optioned the rights to adapt mythological saga “Game of Gods,” which has drawn millions of young adult readers on user-generated fiction platform Wattpad. The “Game of Gods” film adaptation will be produced by Rainbow and its Colorado Film live action unit, in tandem with Wattpad Webtoon Studios as associate producer.

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Mel Gibson, who Trump praised as ‘special envoy,’ embraces Las Vegas movie production as Hollywood struggles

Mark Wahlberg is an industrious guy and great to work with. The production experience in Vegas was topnotch,” the “Lethal Weapon” star told the Las Vegas Review-Journal over the weekend.

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‘Bad Boys 3’ Directors Shooting Saudi Blockbuster ‘The Seven Dogs,’ First-Look Image Revealed

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “Bad Boys 3” directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are shooting Saudi blockbuster “The Seven Dogs,” featuring Egyptian stars Karim Abdel-Aziz and Ahmed Ezz and involving the fight against a dangerous new drug called Pink Lady that is flooding the Middle East. Turki Al-Sheikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia‘s General Entertainment Authority, conceived the story of the $40 million action movie, the screenplay for which is written by Mohamed El Dabbah.

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Paula Martel’s Buzzy Malaga-Bound Teen Western ‘First We Take Anillaco’ Builds Eye-Catching Four-Way Co-Production Alliance (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent In a sign of a potentially potent Latin American movie project, “First We Take Anillaco,” a teen Western set in Argentina’s direst of crises in 2001, has forged an eye-catching four-way alliance between Argentina’s Colectivo Rutemberg, Chile’s Color Haus, Brazil’s Filmes Sem Sapato and Uruguay’s Circular Media. Subject of a bold pitch by writer-director Paula Martel at Mar del Plata’s Film.Ar in 2017 where she pulled out a (mock) revolver to illustrate the film’s climax, “First We Take Anillaco” will now hit this week’s 2025 Malaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event (MAFF) as one of its buzz projects.

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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Legal Saga to Be Explored in ‘He Said, She Said’ Doc for Channel 5, Investigation Discovery

Alex Ritman The ongoing Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni saga is set to be explored in a swiftly-made documentary from ITN Productions. The 90-minute “He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni,” which is unlikely to be the only doc to emerge about the still rumbling legal battle between the actress and her “It Ends With Us” director, will premiere in the U.K. on Channel 5 Monday night.

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Blake Lively Vs Justin Baldoni ‘He Said, She Said’ Doc Heading To Investigation Discovery & Channel 5

EXCLUSIVE: Investigation Discovery and 5 (formerly Channel 5) are diving deep into the Lively v Baldoni saga via a fast-turnaround doc from ITN Productions (ITNP). Watch trailer below.

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‘Bad Boys’ Directorial Duo Adil & Bilall’s Saudi-Shot Action Thriller ‘Seven Dogs’ Unveils First Images

First images for Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Saudi-shot action thriller have been unveiled as the production shoots outside the capital of Riyadh.

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BBC star Emilie Dequenne dies aged 43 after being diagnosed with rare cancer

Actress Emilie Dequenne has tragically passed away at the age of 43 following a battle with a rare cancer.The Belgian star was diagnosed with adrenocortical carcinoma, a cancer affecting the adrenal gland, two years ago. Emilie bravely fought her illness and in October 2023, she announced the start of her treatment. By April 2024, she shared an uplifting update that she was in remission, expressing her relief in a heartfelt message: "I was close to forgetting because I was leaving the hospital today after 13 days...

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FilmSharks Snatches Worldwide Rights to ‘60s Era Comedy, ‘Virgins,’ as Teaser Bows Ahead of Malaga Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Anna Marie de la Fuente Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has swooped on the worldwide rights to “Virgins” (“Virgenes”) the latest comedy by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo (“Lord, Give Me Patience”) ahead of its premiere at the Malaga Film Festival on March 17. Powerhouse indie studio Filmax will release the film theatrically on June 20 this year. With a stellar cast led by César Vicente Romero (“Pain and Glory”), Xavi Caudevilla (“Los Protegidos ADN”)and Carlos Scholz (“Awareness”), “Virgins” is set in 1960s tourist haven Torremolinos in Southern Spain where Northern Europeans have escaped to in the winter months.

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Fernando Tato’s Malaga-Bound ‘Goodbye Berta’ From Kraken Media Boarded by Tornasol Media, Abano Producións (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Produced by Galicia’s Kraken Media, Fernando Tato’s “Goodbye, Berta,” a buzzy project heading for this week’s Málaga Festival Fund Co-Production Event (MAFF), has added further production partners in Spain’s Tornasol Media, behind Academy Award winner “The Secret in Their Eyes,” and Abano Producións, a producer of “Unicorn Wars.” Disney will handle the theatrical distribution of “Goodbye, Berta” in Spain. Kraken Media’s Adrián Castiñeiras and Alba Gallego and director Tato will present the feature at MAFF, one of the centrepieces at the Malaga Festival’s MAFIZ industry forum.

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‘Adolescence’ Secrets: Netflix Reveals Number Of Takes For Each Episode & How Drone Shot Filmed

After Adolescence shot to the top of Netflix‘s most-watched charts, the streaming service spent some of the weekend answering questions about how the searing Stephen Graham series was made.

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CJ ENM Boss Reveals Bumper $818M Content Spend As He Declares 2025 The “First Official Year Of Global Expansion”

Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM is readying a bumper slate of 65 projects this year after boosting its content budget by 10% despite what its head honcho terms a “subdued” local market.

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‘The Brightest Sun’, ‘Pavane For An Infant’ To Open HKIFF; Leos Carax & Ando Sakura Among Filmmakers Set To Attend

Japanese filmmaker Nakashima Tetsuya’s The Brightest Sun and Malaysia-Hong Kong co-production Pavane For An Infant, directed by Chong Keat-Aun, will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (April 10-21).

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France TV Distribution’s Corsica Blood Feud Thriller ‘Vendetta,’ from ‘A Prophet’ Producer Marco Cherqui, to Launch at Series Mania (EXCLUSIVE)

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “Vendetta,” the awaited Corsican blood feud drama-thriller from Marco Cherqui, who produced Jacques Audiard’s breakout movie “A Prophet,” will be brought onto the sales market at Series Mania by France TV Distribution. Set up at CPB Films, behind Rebecca Zlotowski’s 2019 Toronto player “Savages” and the upcoming series expansion of “A Prophet,” both produced by Cherqui as CPB head of TV drama and cinema, “Vendetta” is co-produced by public broadcaster France TV, where it will air on France 2.