EXCLUSIVE: Multi-faceted UK outfit Altitude, which is on the Croisette this year with Asif Kapadia’s anticipated documentary Diego Maradona, is in development on a movie about the lives and careers of dance siblings Fred and Adele Astaire, and World War II thriller The Zero Hour about one man’s personal quest to track…

EXCLUSIVE: Altitude will launch sales in Cannes on ’80s homage thriller Coming Soon, from the producers of The Witch and upcoming action-sci-fi Riot Girls. Currently in pre-production, the movie is set to star Ajay Friese (Legendary TV’s Lost In Space) in the lead role. Filming is set for later this year and Altitude…

Indie music outfit Concord, via its film and TV department, is partnering on James Erskine’s upcoming documentary, Billie. The film chronicles legendary singer Billie Holiday’s life story. Concord is the successor to the Billie Holiday estate which is providing access to her music and recordings. The doc, originally…

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Reeve and Robert Halmi Jr.’s London-based Great Point Media (GPM) has made three additions to its film and TV sales team. Jordan Allwood joins as Sales Executive after working most recently at Altitude Film Sales as International Sales Co-ordinator. Joining as Sales Assistant are both Lucas Meurin…

EXCLUSIVE: Altitude Film Sales, which previously sold U.S. box office hit 47 Meters Down, has boarded international sales rights to Aussie shark thriller Great White, I can reveal. The company will launch sales this week in Cannes and below I can reveal the movie’s first marketing poster. Currently in pre-production…

It’s the ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s’ turn to get the doc-biopic treatment. Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, whose credits include LA 92 and Undefeated, are teaming up with Lightbox duo Simon Chinn (Man On Wire) and Jonathan Chinn (Whitney) on a feature doc about iconic singer Tina Turner. The film, which has full buy-in from…

EXCLUSIVE: The Grand Budapest Hotel star Ralph Fiennes is set to flex his comedy muscles again, this time as composer George Frederick Handel in period comedy-drama Hallelujah!, I can reveal. Veep helmer and The Thick Of It star Chris Addison will direct the movie which comes from Rush producer Andrew Eaton and Yardie…

EXCLUSIVE: Irish period drama Black 47 will have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, so take a look at this clip of the feature that stars James Frecheville, Hugo Weaving, Freddie Fox and Jim Broadbent. The revenge story is set during the Famine following an Irish Ranger fighting abroad for the British…

Altitude Film Sales has boarded international sales rights for Tribeca hit The Boy Downstairs, starring Zosia Mamet and Matthew Shear, and will be shopping the project to buyers in Cannes this month. The company's distribution arm, Altitude Film Distribution, has taken UK rights to the title. UTA is repping North…

Oscar- and Emmy-winning producer Lili Fini Zanuck is returning behind the camera to direct documentary Eric Clapton: A Life In 12 Bars. She’ll team with Passion Pictures’ John Battsek (Searching For Sugarman) who’ll produce what’s billed as an unflinching and deeply personal journey into the life of a legend. Altitude…

Luke Evans and Kelly Reilly are set to star in Noel Clarke's upcoming cat-and-mouse thriller 10×10, which Altitude Film Sales is shopping to buyers at the American Film Market this week. Suzi Ewing directs from Clarke's script while Clarke and Jason Maza will produce through their Unstoppable Entertainment banner…

Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald and producer Simon Chinn and his Lightbox Media partner Jonathan Chinn are partnering with producer Lisa Erspamer on a feature documentary about late singer Whitney Houston. Billed as the official documentary, the film will take a revealing look at the life and genius of the…