Tuesday: Cate Blanchett Retirement Talk; Florence Pugh Stunt; Cannes Critic's Week; Skydance & Paramount; Jesse Eisenberg's New A24 Film
It's Tuesday, April 15th. Here's what you need to know.
Today's Headlines
Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett Is Considering Retirement. She told Radio Times that she is serious about quitting the business soon, even though her family "rolls their eyes every time I say it". Source: The Hollywood Reporter and Radio Times
Florence Pugh described what it was like to Jump Off The World's 2nd Tallest Building for her role in the upcoming film Thunderbolts. Source: Vulture
The Cannes Film Festival has announced their official Critic's Week Selections. The animated film Dandelion's Odyssey is Set to Close the Week. Source: Cannes Film Festival and Animation Magazine
Skydance founder (and Paramount suitor) David Ellison was Spotted With President Trump at a UFC event over the weekend. Source: The Wrap
Oscar nominated writer/director Jesse Eisenberg's New Film is being set up at A24. The musical comedy stars Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti and Halle Bailey. Source: The Wrap
Now Hear This
Matt Belloni from Puck and Lucas Shaw from Bloomberg debate How A Trade War Would Hurt Hollywood, and which studio could be most vulnerable. Source: The Town Podcast on Spotify
Box Office Rankings (Sunday, April 13th)
1) A Minecraft Movie - $23,500,404
2) The King of Kings - $5,558,692
3) The Amateur - $3,393,316
4) Warfare - $2,009,215
5) The Chosen: Last Supper 3 - $1,757,013
Source: Box Office Mojo
Film Festivals/Conferences Today
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong - April 10-21
Istanbul Film Festival, Turkiye - April 11-22
Upcoming Film Festivals/Conferences
San Francisco International Film Festival, US - April 17-27
Sunny Bunny LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, Ukraine - April 18-25
Atlanta Film Festival, US - April 24-May 4
BCN Film Fest, Spain - April 24-May 2
Canneseries, France - April 24-29
Far East Film Festival, Italy - April 24-May 2
HotDocs, Canada - April 24-May 4
JFilm Festival, US - April 24-May 4
Milwaukee Film Festival, US - April 24-May 8
MNP Studio Stock Index
(Market Close, Tuesday April 15th)
Movie News Pro welcomes the scrappy Cineverse to our make believe Studio Index (remember - this a virtual stock index, with no actual money invested). We sold off equal weight of the index's other imaginary shares across the board to bring the stock into the fold. Cineverse rewarded us handsomely by popping 6.69% on the day. Every other studio followed them into positive territory, except Amazon, down 1.39%.
MNP Streaming Index
(Market Close, Tuesday, April 15th)
Mixed day for the streaming stocks, with Google and Amazon trending down. Netflix and Warner Brothers Discovery ended up.
MNP Theater Index
(Market Close, April 15th)
Solid day for the theater stocks in our index. AMC continues to bounce around the $3 mark.
Watch This Tonight
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, (1975) Directed by Chantal Akerman
If you're in the mood for slow cinema, this is as good as it gets. Perfectly described by the Criterion Collection as "A singular work in film history." The 2022 Sight & Sound Critics Poll named this unusual film as the greatest of all time.
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