EXCLUSIVE: Scott Speer, the director whose credits include Step Up Revolution, Til I See You and the Bella Thorne-Patrick Schwarzenegger romancer Midnight Sun, has come aboard to helm S21, a dark and edgy romantic comedy from Catapult Entertainment Group. The news is being announced at the American Film Market in…

4th Update, Sunday AM: Sci-fi/fantasy movies with heavy VFX  (no, we’re not talking superhero titles, Star Wars, Hobbit or Harry Potter) which no longer work stateside continue to be pumped out by studios as they seek to capitalize on such fare’s appeal in burgeoning overseas markets.

Legendary has delivered many of th…

Remember The Others, that spooky haunted house story with the kids who can’t stand the light of day? Well, Bella Thorne’s Midnight Sun character Katie Price has the same deal, and she’s no ghost.

In this first trailer for director Scott Speer’s upcoming tearjerker, Thorne’s Katie, a 17-year-old girl with a rare genetic…

Midnight Sun, the Bella Throne-Patrick Schwarzenegger romance about a young woman who is sensitive to the sun but comes alive at night, now will open on March 23 via Open Road Films, a week earlier than planned.

Directed by Scott Speer, the pic is based on the 2006 Japanese film from Norihiro Koizumi.

In addition, Open…

EXCLUSIVE: Italian producer Cattleya has set Emmy-nominated docu filmmaker Francesco Carrozzini to direct Midnight Sun, an adaption of the bestselling Jo Nesbo novel. Cattleya, the production company behind the superb Italian language mob TV series Gomorra and Romanzo Criminale, acquired the Nesbo novel and intends to…

It’s been more than 40 years since classic French comedy Les Aventures Du Rabbi Jacob became the No. 1 movie of 1973 — and now it’s getting a sequel. Oscar nominee Danièle Thompson, who wrote the original film with her father Gérard Oury, is teaming with Haut et Court and comics writer Jul to develop follow-up, Rabbi J…

Internationally-geared French drama is building a hot streak with significant sales on two co-productions as Mipcom kicks off.

The highly-anticipated second season of hit English-language drama Versailles, handled by Zodiak Rights, will broadcast in 2017 with BBC Two and Amazon now aboard in the UK. The Anglo-French…

EXCLUSIVE: Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to Midnight Sun, a Scott Speer-directed romantic drama that stars Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle and Quinn Shephard. Open Road committed a seven-figure minimum guarantee and a P&A commitment for a wide release. The distributor has set a wide release…

EXCLUSIVE: In a pre-American Film Market move, ambitious German distributor Square One Entertainment has acquired rights to Midnight Sun from Mister Smith Entertainment. Currently in production, the film stars Bella Thorne (The Duff), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Grown Ups 2) and Rob Riggle (22 Jump Street). Scott Speer (St…

David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment will handle international sales on the Scott Speer-directed YA love story Midnight Sun.

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EXCLUSIVE: This is no joke: Rob Riggle has been cast in Midnight Sun, the YA romantic drama that stars Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger. It begins production next week in Vancouver. Based on a 2006 Japanese film, Midnight Sun centers on Katie (Thorne), a 17-year-old girl sheltered since childhood and confined…

EXCLUSIVE: Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger have been cast as the leads of Midnight Sun, a YA love story that will be financed by Boies/Schiller Film Group. Scott Speer (Step Up: Revolution) is set to direct the pic from a script by Eric Kirsten.

Based on a 2006 Japanese film, Midnight Sun centers on Katie…