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Searchlight Pictures has titled its previously untitled murder mystery See How They Run, and released its first image from the project with stars Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell. Besides Ronan and Rockwell, the all-star ensemble includes David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody and Ruth Wilson, with Tom George directing. The film…

EXCLUSIVE: On one of the hot Cannes Virtual Market packages, Amazon Studios has moved into exclusive talks on a worldwide rights deal for Foe, source said. Bidding was ferocious all weekend. This is the Garth Davis-directed thriller that stars Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and LaKeith Stanfield in an adaptation of Iain Re…

EXCLUSIVE: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and LaKeith Stanfield will star in Foe, an adaptation of the Iain Reid bestselling science fiction novel. Lion helmer Garth Davis will direct a script he wrote with the author and filming will get underway in January in Australia. Pic takes shape as a hot title in the upcoming Cann…

EXCLUSIVE: Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell and David Oyelowo have signed on to star in a new untitled murder mystery thriller from Searchlight Pictures. This Country director Tom George is on board to helm from a script by Mark Chappell. Iron Lady producer Damian Jones will produce following his work with Searchlight on…

The temptation will be too great for some critics to resist proclaiming, "Ammonite is dynamite!," as in some respects it is, specifically in the way it resembles a hand grenade thrown into the midst of an otherwise decorous, serious-minded 19th century British period piece. James Ivory might be proud and even jealous…

Neon has released the first trailer to Francis Lee’s Ammonite, a romantic period drama starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet and Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan. Set in 1800s England, the plot follows acclaimed but unrecognized fossil hunter Mary Anning (Winslet) who works alone on the rugged Southern coastline. When a…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

EXCLUSIVE: While we wait for the Sundance acquisitions market to get going, I’ve learned that a coveted title not in the festival has sold in a substantial preemptive deal after a bidding battle. Tom Quinn’s NEON has landed Ammonite, a Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) scripted and directed drama that stars Kate Winslet…

Greta Gerwig’s Little Women may have a shot at the Academy’s top prize – Best Picture – as per Monday morning’s Oscar nominations announcement, with Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh nominated for acting, Jacqueline Durran for Costume Design and Gerwig herself for Adapted Screenplay, but she missed out for directing, a…

Saoirse Ronan may not be the youngest Oscar nominee, but she can lay claim to being in that rare club of actors who have been nominated three times before their 30th birthday. And with another five years to go before that particular milestone, there's plenty of time for a fourth. Could it be for her turn this year in G…

After beginning limited overseas rollout in late December, Sony's Little Women continues marching to strong numbers. With two Golden Globe nominations on Sunday, the Greta Gerwig-directed update of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel has enjoyed notable post-Christmas launches in the UK, Australia/New Zealand, France…

Greta Gerwig had always loved Little Women, Louisa May Alcott's tale of four Civil War-era sisters, especially its protagonist, rebellious writer Jo. "It’s impossible for me to tease out at this point if Jo March was like me, and that’s why I was drawn to her," Gerwig says, "or if I liked Jo March, and thus I made…