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UPDATED with additional info: The Toronto Film Festival said it has withdrawn its Gala Presentation slot for Galveston, the Mélanie Laurent-directed drama based on Nic Pizzolatto's 2010 novel. The festival, which opens on Thursday, had planned a September 14 gala screening for the pic starring Ben Foster and Elle…

RLJE Films has acquired U.S. rights to Galveston, the indie drama that bowed this year at SXSW adapted from True Detective writer Nic Pizzolatto’s 2010 novel. Mélanie Laurent directed the pic, which stars Ben Foster, Elle Fanning, Lili Reinhart and Beau Bridges. The deal comes as the pic landed a spot in September’s…

The French have a long running history of great film noir with such auteurs as Jean-Pierre Melville, so it becomes all the more intriguing to hear that actress/director Melanie Laurent is putting her Gallic spin on the genre with the feature adaptation of Nic Pizzolatto’s novel Galveston. The pic marks her first…

The French have a long running history of great film noir with such auteurs as Jean-Pierre Melville, so it becomes all the more intriguing to hear that actress/director Melanie Laurent is putting her Gallic spin on the genre with the feature adaptation of Nic Pizzolatto’s novel Galveston. The pic marks her first…

Martin Wallström is set to co-star alongside Jack Huston, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Ralph Ineson in Cinestate's thriller Militia. Henry Dunham is directing from his own script, which was on the 2015 Black List. Filming is slated to begin later this year with Dallas Sonnier producing for Cinestate. The story follows the…

EXCLUSIVE: A whole new side of Betty Cooper was revealed last night on Riverdale, and now the actress who plays the Archie Comics character in the CW series has added a whole new role to her resume. Lili Reinhart has joined the Mélanie Laurent-directed Galveston to star alongside Ben Foster and Elle Fanning, I've…

Low Spark Films and Jean Doumanian Productions have completed financing on Galveston, the adaptation of True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto’s novel. Embankment Films is handling foreign sales here in Cannes with shooting to start in October. Financing for the film was arranged by CAA and Cinetic Media, which also…