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Jonathan Pryce and Nick Mohammed are set to lead the cast of Mat Whitecross’ comedy murder mystery Sleeping Lionsfor Mister Smith Entertainment, which is launching sales at the European Film Market.

Developed and to be distributed by Sky in the UK and Ireland, the film will shoot in the UK later this year.

Written by James Roblin, Sleeping Lionsis a contemporary adaptation of Cyril Hare’s 1951 novelAn English Murder.

Pryce will play the dying Earl of Warbeck who summons his nearest and dearest for a final Christmas at Warbeck Hall. When a snowstorm hits, the guests are cut off from...

Neon presents Spencer on just under 1,000 screens, Pablo Larraín’s well-reviewed psychological drama about the weekend Princess Diana rewrote the future of the British monarchy. The film is said to be looking at a $2 million-$2.5 million opening with an 84% Certified Fresh critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes but a 50% audience score (albeit from fewer than 50 ratings).

Meanwhile, Eternals is tracking to a $70M+ opening with flipped scores — 49% critics, 86% audience.

This is a period where counter-programming — a key role of independent film, specialty and arthouse fare, documentaries, barely exists. If recent Marvel Cinematic Universe release weekends are precedent, this one will be all Eternals all the time for the mostly younger crowds that are repopulating theaters.

Yet, even with no new wide-release superhero-mega-franchise hitting last weekend, nothing else opened well (except maybe Funimation’s My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission). That includes indie Last Night in Soho despite a solid media campaign,...

Updated with full trailer: Neon has released the firts full trailer for Spencer, its Princess Diana biopic starring Kristen Stewart. Watch it above and the teaser from last month below.

Previously, August 26: Early-risers at Neon’s CinemaCon presentation this week got a first look at the trailer and an extended clip for Spencer, the biopic about Princess Diana that stars Kristen Stewart and which will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 3, then move on to TIFF.

See the trailer, which was released widely Thursday, above.

There’s been a lot of attention on the prospect of Stewart’s portrayal of the iconic Lady Di (she was last in Venice playing another real-life woman in 2019’s Seberg).

The trailer footage begins with the arrival at Sandringham for the Christmas weekend and takes us through preparations for dinner while Diana is clearly stressed in a bathroom as she’s called to the table.

Dream Demon (1988) will be available on Blu-ray From Arow Video June 23rd

A young bride-to-be s anxieties over her upcoming wedding take on a horrifying, demonic form in this underseen 1988 rubber reality shocker from director/co-writer Harley Cokeliss (Black Moon Rising), starring Timothy Spall and Jemma Redgrave.

As her marriage to decorated war hero Oliver draws near, well-heeled Diana moves into her sprawling new London home where she starts to experience strange and terrifying nightmares. But are these blood-curdling night terrors merely the symptom of an unsettled mind, or the sign of something far sinister at work? Hounded by a pair of sleazy journalists (Timothy Spall and Jimmy Nail), Diana soon crosses paths with American tourist Jenny, who appears to have a strange connection to the foreboding house and its sinister past.

Long dormant on home media since its original VHS release, Dream Demon – a terrific blend of psychological horror...

Radioactive

Marjane Satrapi continues to work in the English language with fifth feature, Radioactive, a UK production financed through Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title and co-produced through Paul Webster of Shoebox Films. A biopic of scientist Marie Curie, played by Rosamund Pike, Satrapi’s Amazon Studios/Studiocanal film also features Sam Riley as Pierre Curie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aneurin Barnard and Simon Russell Beale. Oscar winner Anthony Dod Mantle (2008’s Slumdog Millionaire) serves as cinematographer. Satrapi won the Jury Prize in Cannes for her 2007 debut Persepolis, which also won Cesars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best First Film.…...

William Oldroyd, the director behind Tiff standout Lady Macbeth, has found his next project.

Oldroyd will direct mafia story Body Cross for Focus Features. The story follows two immigrant brothers living in London, where a Russian agent has risen to become a mafia boss’ trusted lieutenant and is soon instructed to assassinate one of his fellow countrymen.

Eastern Promises writer Steven Knight penned the feature, which is being produced by Paul Webster.

Oldroyd, who was nominated for a DGA for outstanding directorial achievement for a first-time director, is repped by Wme and the U.K.'s United.

William Oldroyd, the director behind Tiff standout Lady Macbeth, has found his next project.

Oldroyd will direct mafia story Body Cross for Focus Features. The story follows two immigrant brothers living in London, where a Russian agent has risen to become a mafia boss’ trusted lieutenant and is soon instructed to assassinate one of his fellow countrymen.

Eastern Promises writer Steven Knight penned the feature, which is being produced by Paul Webster.

Oldroyd, who was nominated for a DGA for outstanding directorial achievement for a first-time director, is repped by Wme and the U.K.'s United.

Steven Knight has written the script about the Russian mafia in London.

William Oldroyd, who made his feature debut with Lady Macbeth, has signed to direct the London gangster movie Body Cross for the UK’s Shoebox Films, with Focus Features financing the project.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has written the script, which is described as a mafia tale about two immigrant brothers living in London.

Paul Webster will produce Body Cross for Shoebox, the company he runs with Guy Heeley and director Joe Wright. Webster and Knight are frequent collaborators, having worked together on films including Eastern Promises,...