What To Make Of This Year’s AFM?
deadline.comThe first in-person AFM in three years was a relatively quiet affair. Movies have been sold, projects were launched, but there few big-canvas theatrical features and no major deals have been announced to date.
Cannes was busy, but this felt more sedate. Among significant projects launched for the market, which wrapped this week, were Guy Ritchie’s WWII pic The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare with Henry Cavill, Pawel Pawlikowski’s black and white drama The Island with Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix, and the Night Of The Living Dead sequel.
We heard good things from buyers about projects including Clown In A Cornfield, The Pack, The Return To Silent Hill, The Radleys and The Threesome.
AGC closed a raft of deals on thriller The Silent Hour, as did Mossbank on post-apocalyptic thriller Elevation from A Quiet Place producer Brad Fuller.
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