At the Cannes press screening of director Nicolas Winding Refn’s teen horror fashion thriller The Neon Demon, there reportedly were boos. That is no big deal — French critics especially love to show their distaste vocally. But as I say in my video review above, there certainly were no boos when I caught it at its…

Nicolas Winding Refn has done it again. The Danish filmmaker, in competition for the third time at the Cannes Film Festival, debuted his LA-set psychological horror thriller The Neon Demon on Friday, the day after a press screening that wildly divided critics. The reaction has been compared to the response provoked by…

"If billionaires liked to party as much with scientists as they do movie stars, we might be in a moment of great scientific progress," reflects Gabriel Hammond. To be sure, the movie stars usually win and Gabriel, 37, and his brother, Daniel, 33, are prime examples. Having made their billions on Wall Street, the pair…

Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn this year marks his third time in the Cannes competition with The Neon Demon screening tomorrow. The LA-set horror film stars Elle Fanning and Abbey Lee in Refn's first female-driven effort. With a résumé that included such films as Valhalla Rising, Bronson and Pusher, he moved to…

EXCLUSIVE: In its second corporate pact in as many days, sales company Insiders has closed a multi-year, multi-picture production financing deal with Vendian Entertainment. As part of the deal, which was brokered by CAA, Vendian will provide financing for a majority of the films on Insiders' slate. Those pics…

EXCLUSIVE: Nicolas Winding Refn and UK-based producer-distributor Rupert Preston are pulling together a passion project, acquiring the remake rights to Michael Reeves’ 1968 Witchfinder General. Re-titled The Conqueror Worm in its U.S. debut at the time, the historical horror drama became a cult favorite. Refn, who…

Vendian Entertainment and Wild Bunch have partnered with Nicolas Winding Refn's Space Rocket Nation in a multi-year first-look deal which will also serve as an incubator for edgy and innovative commercial filmmakers. Under the pact, the alliance will have a first option to provide financing for Space Rocket's…

Amazon Studios and Broad Green Pictures have made a deal to co-distribute Nicolas Winding Refn’s upcoming Cannes Film Festival pic The Neon Demon, which will now bow in U.S. theaters on June 24. Under terms of the deal, Amazon and Broad Green will co-distribute the pic in theaters, with Broad Green handling the home…

On the day that Nicolas Winding Refn’s film The Neon Demon was selected to play at the Cannes Film Festival, the Drive director beamed into Amazon Studios lunch to give his support to cinema owners. Several times this week, many filmmakers and industryites on state here at Las Vegas have winked and knocked The Screenin…

We’re getting a first look at Nicolas Winding Refn’s LA-set horror tale The Neon Demon, announced this morning as an Official Selection in the 69th Cannes Film Festival’s Competition lineup. Starring Elle Fanning, The Neon Demon tells a story about an aspiring model in L.A. whose youth and beauty becomes an obsession…

As Joan Harris (née Holloway) Christina Hendricks became one of the most-loved characters on AMC's Mad Men. With her artfully-drawn portrait of a dynamic woman in a male-dominated workplace, Hendricks seemed made for the role, bringing depth and complexity to Joan's biting charm. Hendricks says, "Joan would say these…

Gaumont and Wild Bunch have racked up strong sales on Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon. Deals have been done for Germany (Koch Media), UK (Icon), Italy (IIF), Benelux (Cineart), Latin America (California Filmes), South Korea (Double and Joy), Indonesia (Pt Amero), Japan (Gaga), Philippines (Pioneer), Taiwan…