The American Pavilion Announces Programming At The 2018 Cannes Film Festival

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Acclaimed actors, filmmakers, movie executives, and journalists will be among those featured during the upcoming “Industry In Focus” Series and “In Conversation” programming at The American Pavilion at the 2018 Cannes International Film Festival, it was announced by Julie Sisk, Founder and Director of The American Pavilion (www.ampav.com).

The American Pavilion’s discussions and one-on-one in conversations take place in the Roger Ebert Conference Center and are open to all AmPav members.

Exciting panels and In Conversation events include filmmakers and stars of films ARCTIC, BEST F(R)IENDS, BLACKKKLANSMAN, HOUSE OF CARDIN, LEAVE NO TRACE, RAFIKI, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, UNDER THE SILVER LAKE, THE EYES OR ORSON WELLES, WHITNEY, WILDLIFE and many more.

Programming includes executives and moderators fromCinetic Media, CSA, Focus Features, Gunpowder & Sky, IFC Midnight, ICM, IMDb, Indiewire, Pinewood Atlanta Studios, Roadside Attractions, SAG-AFTRA, Screen International, SingularDTV, Submarine, Sundance Film Festival among other notable speakers.
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“13 Reasons Why” Season 2 Trailer Drops

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Netflix has released an intense new trailer for Season 2 of “13 Reasons Why,” revealing more stories to tell after season 1’s controversial ending. “I just felt like this whole thing was gonna be over. But it’s not,” says Dylan Minnette’s character Clay Jensen.

The teen mystery drama television series, based on the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, follows the story of Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) who takes her own life after experiencing a series of demoralizing circumstances brought on my people around her at school, a series she outlined in 13 cassette tapes which she left to her schoolmates.

Season one was told in the same sequence that Hannah made the tapes. The series lead Dylan Minnette is Clay Jensen, a close friend of Hannah who listens to the tapes and narrates what happened to her.

Based on the trailer, Season two will deal more about the aftermath of her death, most likely connecting a few loose ends suggested in last year’s finale episode. The show was also a hit for Netflix and received a few accolades, which somewhat guaranteed the follow-up series.

Season 2 of “13 Reasons Why” is set to premiere on Friday 18 May on Netflix.

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New “Sherlock Holmes” Film Set For Holiday 2020 Release

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Its been seven years since we last saw Robert Downey Jr. play Sherlock Holmes, and it looks like we are finally getting a sequel.

Warner Bros. has announced that a third installment to the hugely successful period action mystery film is set to be released on Chrisetmas Day, 2020 with both Downey as the titular British detective and Jude Law as Holmes’ assistant returning.

No director is currently attached to the film but “Sherlock Holmes” (2009) and “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” (2011) were both helmed by Guy Ritchie.

This release date currently pits the film in a very crowded holiday season that year, with James Cameron’s “Avatar 2” currently scheduled to debut on Dec. 18, 2020 and Universal Pictures’ animated musical sequel “Sing 2” set on Christmas Day.

But competition of Avatar didn’t seem to bother the original film’s release date, which was also on Christmas Day in 2009, a week after Cameron’s original boxoffice behemoth. Sherlock Holmes eventually grossed $209 million in the US.

Based on the character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the film franchise has grossed more than $1 billion at the boxoffice.

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LAIKA Announces “Missing Link” As Its Next Film

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Ever wonder what studio behind that incredible film Kubo and the Two Strings has been up to? Well now we have an answer.

LAIKA chief Travis Knight unveiled today its highly-anticipated feature “Missing Link,” the animation studio’s fifth film and set to be its most ambitious to date. The film was revealed today at the Cannes Film Festival.

Described as a fun-filled, globe-circling extravaganza with a profound message of acceptance and finding one’s place, the film will feature global stars such as Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Timothy Olyphant, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Ching Valdez-Aran and Amrita Acharia.

The film is written and directed by Chris Butler, who was nominated with Sam Fell for a Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards for ParaNorman. LAIKA also most recently released the the Academy Award® nominated Kubo and the Two Strings as well as The Boxtrolls, and Coraline.

“Missing Link is an artistic and technical wonder,” said Mr. Knight. “Led by our visionary director Chris Butler, LAIKA has once again blended fine art, craftsmanship, and cutting-edge technology to achieve something we’ve never tried before: a raucous comedy entwined with a swashbuckling epic, underscoring the universal need to find belonging. Commingling keenly felt emotion, madcap humor, and retina-bursting visuals, Missing Link is a kaleidoscopic cinematic experience unlike any other. It’s the most striking thing we’ve ever done.”

Annapurna Pictures is eyeing Spring 2019 for the film’s U.S. Release, with AGC International handling its foreign sales.

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New “Bill & Ted” Film Is Officially Happening

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Party on, dudes: 27 years after their last excellent adventure, time traveling metalheads Bill & Ted is set to return in “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” the third installment of the cult comedy franchise.

Keanu Reeves will reprise his Ted “Theodore” Logan role and Alex Winter will also be back as William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. The film was announced at the Cannes Film Festival.

Audiences last saw the duo on 1991’s “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey” which sees the two being killed by their evil android doubles, then attempt to come back by challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games, and eventually returning to Earth for the Battle of the Bands.

According to the new film’s synopsis, Bilil & Ted now “find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny.”

Bill & Ted franchise creators Ed Solomon (“Men in Black”) and Chris Matheson (“Mr. Wrong “) have written a script while and Dean Parisot (“Galaxy Quest”) will direct. The team has a marquee player on board this time in the form of Steven Soderbergh who is be executive producing with Scott Fischer, John Ryan Jr., John Santilli.

“Bill & Ted Face the Music” is currently in pre-production and no release date has been announced. MGM will release in the U.S. under their Orion Pictures banner.

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Final “Adrift” Trailer Shows Lover’s Fight For Survival

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STX Entertainment has just released an intense final trailer for “Adrift,” a romance survival drama film set for release this summer.

Based on the true story of avid sailors two Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp who 1983, sailed directly into Hurricane Raymond, one of the most disastrous hurricanes ever documented in history. The duo was delivering a 44-foot yacht from Tahiti to San Diego when the storm hit.

The trailer shows their yacht riding down massive waves during the storm, with Tami (Woodley) shown rescuing Richard (Claflin) after he’s thrown overboard.

Woodley was last seen on the big screen in 2016’s Snowden and HBO’s acclaimed Big Little Lies. British actor Claflin recently appeared the war drama Journey’s End.

Directed by Icelandic actor, theater and film director Baltasar Kormákur (A Little Trip to Heaven), from a script by Aaron & Jordan Kandell, Adrift was shot in Fiji and New Zealand. The filmarrives in theaters this summer on June 1.

Here’s the film’s synopsis:

As the two avid sailors set out on a journey across the ocean, Tami Oldham (Woodley) and Richard Sharp (Claflin) couldn’t anticipate they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope for rescue, Tami must find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved.

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Janet Jackson To Receive Billboard Icon Award

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Pop royalty Janet Jackson is set to receive the Icon Award at this year’s Billboard Music Award, Dick Clark Productions and NBC announced Monday.

Previous recipient of the award include Prince, Neil Diamond, Celine Dion Stevie Wonder, Cher, and Jennifer Lopez.

The “All For You” singer has a long and celebrated history with Billboard, being the current record holder of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits on the Hot 100, and 19 No.1s on the Dance Club Songs chart. Billboard Music Awards has nominated her a total of 18 times, winning 10 of them.

Throughout her career, Jackson has achieved global record sales of more than 100 million, which makes her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

Jackson is also scheduled to perform during the show, marking her first television performance in nine years. She will join previously announced performers set to take the stage, including Camila Cabello, BTS, Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa and Shawn Mendes.

Kelly Clarkson has been tapped to host this year’s, her first to host an awards show. NBC is set to air the ceremony live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT.

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“Solo: A Star Wars Story” Pre-Sales In Record Pace

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Disney has another boxoffice phenomenon on the horizon as its “Solo: A Star Wars Story” is pacing ahead of Black Panther in advance ticket sales, according to Fandango. The film’s tickets went on sale May 4th.

This would put “Solo” among 2018’s best first days of presales, and second to “Avengers: Infinity War.” Current projections puts the film’s four-day Memorial Day holiday in the $170 million range.

If these estimates hold, it would put the Disney and Lucasfilm Star Wars spin-off ahead of the current record set by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, which opened to $139.8M during Memorial Day weekend in 2007.

According to the press release, fans who buys a ticket or more from Fandango will receive a poster of the movie while supply lasts. To see the promo, please go to fandangofanshop.com.

Directed by Ron Howard and produced by Lucasfilm from a screenplay by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan, the film is an origin story of the iconic character and focuses on his adventures. Alden Ehrenreich is playing the younger version of the title character, while also in the film are Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Joonas Suotamo.

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ is slated for release on May 25, 2018. The spin-off is set to premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2018, ten full days before its official release in the United States on May 25, 2018.

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“Avengers: Infinity War” Reaps $1B Worldwide In Record Speed

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The superhero ensemble continues its march towards the record books as “Avengers: Infinity War” tops the weekend box-office once again, surpassing the $1B faster than any movie in history.

According to estimates, $1.16 billion worldwide so far as of this weekend, which place it number 15 on the all-time list merely 11 days since its global release. “Avengers: Infinity War” opens in China next weekend, its final location.

Domestically, it continues to be unchallenged, with an estimated $112.4 million from playing in 4,474 locations in its sophomore weekend for a North American total of $450.8 million 10 days since release.

The success of “Avengers: Infinity War” has helped propelled Walt Disney Studios’ boxoffice to $3B so far this year, which according to Deadline is another record, beating the benchmark set by the studio two years ago when Captain America: Civil War, Zootopia and The Jungle Book ruled the charts in that year’s first five months.

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Marvel and Stitcher to Release Season Finale of ‘Wolverine: The Long Night’

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“Wolverine: The Long Night” Episode 10 will be released on May 7 at 9:00am ET

Marvel and top podcast listening service and content network Stitcher (“Heaven’s Gate,” “Katie Couric,” “The Paris Review”) will release the final episode of “Wolverine: The Long Night” on on May 7 at 9:00am ET. Episode 10 will be available for listeners exclusively on Stitcher Premium.

“Wolverine: The Long Night” follows agents Sally Pierce (Celia Keenan-Bolger) and Tad Marshall (Ato Essandoh) as they arrive in the fictional town of Burns, Alaska, to investigate a series of murders and quickly discover the town lives in fear of a serial killer. The agents team up with deputy Bobby Reid (Andrew Keenan-Bolger) to investigate their main suspect, Logan (Richard Armitage). Their search leads them on a fox hunt through the mysterious and corrupt town.

In the finale, Logan and the Agents finally have their long-awaited face to face, and Pierce and Marshall each have to make their hardest decision yet.

“Wolverine: The Long Night” is Marvel’s first-ever scripted podcast. The series was written by award-winning comic book author Ben Percy (“The Wilding,” “Red Moon”) and directed by Brendan Baker (formerly a producer for Radiotopia’s “Love & Radio”) with sound design by Chloe Prasinos (formerly a producer for Gimlet’s “Reply All”). The series is produced by Daniel Fink of Marvel and Jenny Radelet of Stitcher.

In addition to Armitage, the show’s cast includes notable actors Scott Adsit (“30 Rock”), Bob Balaban (“Moonrise Kingdom”) and Brian Stokes Mitchell (“Mr. Robot”).

Also cast in the series are actors Zoe Chao, Chaske Spencer, Jordan Bridges, David Call, Michael J. Burg and Lannon Killea. Chris Gethard, host of the popular “Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People” podcast, will also make a cameo appearance.

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