It’s Friday and it means the same thing, people: another version of International Insider. Jesse Whittack is here to take you to film and TV next week.
Attacking the Cannes Lions
Climate chaos: Caroline Frost, our fearless weekend editor, ventured into the chaos of Europe this week to reach the mega ad Conf Conf Cannes Lions in France. When she was there listening to favorites from Ryan Reynolds, Ted Sarandos and Regina Hall, she was dominated by a series of stunts drawn by climate cmpaigners Greenpeace that week. Caroline herself was caught in an incident after a group of protesters stormed WPP Beach after a group of protesters measured the roof of the Palace de Festivals after ad-man-activist Gustav Martner attacked the stage to protest against the fossil fuel advertisement. Delegates were barred from entering the building. The police eventually recovered them and allowed our reporter to go his own way, watching Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos speak. Beautifully in French fashion, when a local police officer asked what had happened, he nodded to the ceiling and ignored, saying: “Greenpeace.”
Sarandos speaks: Once inside the Palais, Caroline was able to hear Sarandos confirming that Netflix was talking to several potential partners in ad sales deals, as Streimer is ready to go back to everything previously believed and launch another ad-subsidized low-cost tier. Year Google, Roku and NBC Universal are all said to be in the running, although former CEO Jeff Shell was less likely to appear on his Cannes Lions panel, jokingly saying: “I am not surprised that some of our SVOD partners are entering advertising. Business – Where’s the Money? “Elsewhere in Sarandos’ conversation, he doubled down on Netflix’s defense of controversial comedians such as Dave Chappell and Ricky Gervais, saying:” The idea is to protect diversity of expression. It’s good for culture, it’s good for society – not just for America but everywhere. “That’s a rumble.
“Receiving Deadpool Made hell “: Ryan Reynolds was generally clear in his Cannes Lions talks, revealing how he spent 10 years trying to gain support. Deadpool The movie. “It was hell,” he told delegates. “We took some test footage, some absolute bastards leaked it on the internet, and it made a movie.” However, the star was not in town to shoot in Hollywood. Instead, he appeared in his capacity as chief creative officer of the ad-tech firm MNTN, and revealed how he used unconventional methods to promote. Deadpool – Hitting the street in his superhero costume to sell the 20th Century Fox movie. The film’s financial success (bodysuit stunts we’ll never really know) led Reynolds to buy an aviation gin and, in his own words, “unknowingly, we became a marketing company.” Aviation Gin later sold for $ 600M – don’t some people have all the luck?
Paramount + Stars Loose in London
In the showcase: The stars came out on a warm Monday night in London as Paramount + celebrated its local launch. Kevin Costner, Michelle Pfeiffer, Viola Davis, Gillian Anderson, Michael Shannon and Jessica Chestine were just a few of the names that appeared on the Glitz showcase, attended by your real and fellow international TV co-editor Max Goldbart (sadly with very little fanfare). . Stallone, who is set to star in Taylor Sheridan’s Crowd series Tulsa KingSpeaking of the evening, journalists, executives, producers, agents and spectators were mesmerized by the decision to leave the teleprompter and go to the Rollercoaster 10-minute rumble instead.
Take your seat: The next day, our own Baz Bamigboye Stallone, Costner, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Chastain and Shannon revealed that they have dedicated seats at the Princess Anne Theater in BAFTA, Piccadilly, as part of the org’s Take a Seat fundraising campaign. The names of all of them will be printed on the seats, with Costner’s name eventually boasting on the stage. “I don’t know what that means, but I’m glad I got the seat,” he joked. The falcon later attended the Paramount + Dinner and took the revelation Yellowstone Producer Sheridan will direct the pilot 1883: Bass Reeves, Who plays David O’Leary as the legendary Wild West Law. Read on
Studio Circle CineEurope
Travel with: Fresh from his successful Cannes Film Festival stay in May, Tom Cruise returned to Europe this week at Barcelona’s Cine Europe. The star is in Cloud Nine for mega success Top gun: Maverick And Paramount Slate appeared live on stage in the presentation, standing up and clapping. Our Nancy Tartaglion, in attendance, wrote that the room “applauded positively.” Cruz told them “These movies will continue to be distributed to you … you know I’m here and I know you’re here for me.” The first of those coming from Paramount will be next year’s tent pole Mission: Impossible – Dead Count. There are smiles all around. Read more here.
Talking slate: The last Impossible mission Not only was Paramount’s slate a point to talk about, Mark Vian, chairman of International Distribution, also highlighted Damien Chagel’s point. Babylon, Dungeons and Dragons: Respect among Thieves, Transformers: Rise of the Beast And another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Disney provided 12 minutes of delicious footage Thor: Love and roar And special scenes from Avatar: The path of waterWarner Bros. fans were delighted to see Jason Statham behind the scenes The Meg 2: The Trench And touted its next 18 months of DC movies. Dwayne Johnson, star Black AdamAppeared via video to round out the presentation. Elsewhere, Universal got its first look at Jason Momoa and Brie Larson Fast and Furious X. After Sony shuts down things with new scenes from Monday Lyle, Lyle crocodile. As Steven O’Dell, president of Sony Pictures International Releasing, announced: “As an industry, we’ve done everything.”
No Eurovision is for fairy tales Ukraine
Eurovision veto: Despite emotional pleas from Ukraine’s political leaders, the war-torn country will not host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, in keeping with tradition following this year’s winner. The European Broadcasting Union (EUB) has decided that the runner-up will be in the UK, despite support from British leaders. The welfare of the thousands of employees required to host the competition and the fans expected to attend was given as an argument by EBU – a decision that is understandable and heartbreaking on a similar scale. Fortunately, this year’s Ukrainian winner Kalush Orchestra is set to play the UK’s Glastonbury Music Festival this weekend. Caroline had the details.
Paul Haggis did the research
House arrest: Details around Accident Director Paul Hagis, who is being held in Italy on sexual assault charges, is due to appear this week. He has been in police custody near the southern Italian port city of Brindisi since Sunday after an unidentified British woman accused him of having unprotected sex for several days. He is unlikely to attempt to escape because of a judge’s decision to extend Hughes’ house arrest. Hughes maintains “complete innocence” according to his Italian lawyer. This one has not ended anywhere, with the next stage being a pre-trial hearing of special evidence outside the court. Our new senior international film correspondent Melanie Goodfellow (welcome, Melanie) had a lot to say.
Necessary items
Hot: Baz revealed Steve Kugan’s stage show Alan Partridge Live: Strategy Amazon Prime video will stream in the UK and Ireland later this year.
Another hot: Ambika Mode and Joe Woodall will lead the Netflix series adaptation of David Nichols’ novel. One day. I had a scoop.
And next: Her dark material Producer Bad Wolf gave dramatic rights a choice No-show From British author Beth O’Leary. Max had the news.
Burning: Podcast The assassination of Robert Vaughan The podcast is being turned into a TV drama series by AYR Media and Arrested Industries.
On fire: Max revealed that the BBC is now involved in the Rise Films drama in the phone hacking scandal that rocked Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. More here.
In conversation: As soon as we found out that Netflix’s Chris Susman was coming out of the streamer, Max reportedly set out to implement a new season of Apple TV +. Trying.
ल्दै Opening a store: Peaky Blinders Producer Joe Donaldson launched Magic Hour Television, with the support of All3Media.
🏢 Also opening: Global VFX and animation firm ReDefine is launching a studio in Barcelona as part of its ongoing expansion. Nancy had it.
Box Office: Top gun: Maverick In less than a month after its release, it has grossed over $ 900M worldwide.
More box office: In terms of quick features, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Globally crossed the 400M threshold.