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Tom Rothman on Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Blockbuster Success, Being Outbid for ‘Obsession’ and More

Sony’s Tom Rothman took a bit of a victory lap with the studio’s boffo success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” which has become the highest-grossing film of 2026 to date. Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Motion Picture Group, spoke Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, an international film and entertainment conference […]

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‘SNL U.K.’ Adds Freddie Meredith to Cast

“Saturday Night Live U.K.” has added a new castmember for its second season with Freddie Meredith joining the gang. The comedian has previously starred in “Such Brave Girls” and “Big Boys.” Meredith, who recently won an award for best newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe for his show “Need a Light?”, joins returning castmembers Hammed Animashaun, […]

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Pamela Anderson Speaks Out on Overcoming Hepatitis C in Powerful Speech at amfAR Venice: ‘I’m Not a Victim. I’m a Victor’

When Pamela Anderson was diagnosed with hepatitis C in the late ’90s, there was no cure. “It was a death sentence. That’s what my doctor told me — that I probably had around 10 years to live,” the “Baywatch” star recalled in a moving speech at the amfAR Gala in Venice. “I’m sure that colored […]

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Female-Driven, Premium Period Dramas Spearhead Latest French Fiction Revolution

It’s been almost 240 years since France started its very first Revolution. But fear not, French TV producers still have what it takes to bring yet another one to modern fiction, blending hints of past, present, and future. From Toronto-bound “Alice” recently boarded by SND to France Télévisions genre-bending thriller “Swapped” and Wild Bunch’s latest […]

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Screen Industries Adopt Five Thematic Declarations at Lumiere Summit, Setting Terms on AI, Piracy, Gender, Education and the Environment

Countries, screen industry bodies and rights organizations adopted five thematic declarations at the Lumière Summit on Monday at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, establishing shared frameworks across artificial intelligence, piracy, image education, gender equality and environmental sustainability. Among the signatories are France, the Republic of Korea, SACEM — the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et […]

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France Launches Global Initiatives to Support Independent Cinema and Establish Framework for Alliance of State Film Commissions: Lumiere Summit

Top filmmakers including Richard Linklater, Rebecca Zlotkowski, Jafar Panahi, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Wim Wenders, Tarik Saleh and Jia Zhang-ke have signed on to take part in the International Resilience Initiative for Independent Screens unveiled Monday during the Lumiere Summit in France. The French government has launched what has been dubbed IRIS as a bid […]

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Emmanuel Macron Calls for Global Initiatives to Protect Film and Warns About Dangers of Social Media as Lumiere Summit Opens

Emmanuel Macron called for global initiatives to protect the future of cinema and he sounded the alarm about the threats to artistic expression posed by the endless scroll of social media platforms during his opening speech at the Lumiere Summit on Monday. The French president delivered heartfelt remarks that stressed the urgency of the need […]

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France TV Distribution Unveils Female-Led Actioners in Le Havre Lineup

France TV Distribution is presenting four new TV movies, including two female-fronted action thrillers, a light crime drama and a dramedy, at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre, which runs Sept. 7-10. The sales company’s muscular lineup already includes the historical drama “Swapped,” about a young wet nurse in 19th-century Paris forced to secretly […]

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France and Korea Launch $1.16 Billion Screen Industry Financing Partnership at Lumiere Summit

France and Korea have each pledged €500 million ($581 million) to a joint initiative designed to strengthen the global screen industries, with the first funding instruments deploying from 2027 through 2031. The Lumière Partnership, unveiled Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, is open to additional countries and will prioritize companies with the ambition and […]

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Toho Europe, Indonesia Film Fund, Cinepolis Pact Among Deals Unveiled at Lumiere Summit

Monday’s Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence generated a cluster of industry announcements alongside its headline declarations, with deals spanning co-production financing, distribution, exhibition and education. Toho Europe, the regional arm of Tokyo-based entertainment group Toho Co., Ltd. – founded in 1932 and best known internationally for the “Godzilla” franchise – announced a new branch in France. […]

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Heritage Foundation ALIPH Targets Ukraine, Syria and Indonesia in New Film Rescue Program

With only an estimated 20% of the world’s film heritage safeguarded, the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage is making its first move into cinema. Announced Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, ALIPH’s new Program for the Safeguarding of Cinematographic and Audiovisual Heritage at Risk will bring together emergency intervention, preservation, physical […]

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Regal Cinemas, IFTA, CNC Launch Pilot to Test Whether Smarter Programming Can Reverse Falling Theater Admissions

Regal Cinemas and the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), together with the CNC, launched the Future of Distribution pilot on Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, – a new international initiative that will hand under-used cinema screens to a neutral programmer in a bid to reverse falling theater attendance. The pilot gets […]

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