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Tendrá su estreno mundial en el Festival de Málaga. © Alfa Pictures

Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler de la película La huella del mal, la adaptación cinematográfica de la novela de Manuel Ríos San Martín que él mismo dirige y que se proyectará fuera de concurso en el Festival de Málaga.

La huella del mal comienza con una macabra sorpresa durante una visita escolar al Centro de Arqueología Experimental (Carex). Un grupo de estudiantes descubre el cuerpo sin vida de la visita guiada de una joven en el lugar donde debería estar la réplica de un enterramiento neandertal. La joven es Eva Santos, una chica del pueblo cercano de Atapuerca, y está muerta. Su cuerpo está desnudo y colocado en posición fetal. Un espeluznante crimen ritual que recuerda a otro ocurrido hace seis años en la misma zona. ¿Habrá regresado el “asesino del yacimiento”, que consiguió escapar hace seis años?...

The characters in Dunder Mifflin always managed to make us laugh. During its nine-season run, The Office‘s worst episode is rated at 6.4 on IMDb, which speaks a lot to the quality of the series. Unfortunately, that sad title goes to the 19th episode of Season 8, titled Get the Girl. It was an Andy-focused episode and Ed Helms’ character wasn’t exactly fan-favorite like Michael Scott.

Ellie Kemper and Ed Helms as Erin and Andy in The Office | Credits: NBC

In particular, the episode focused on Andy’s relationship with Erin, which didn’t sit well with many fans of the series. The Andy-Erin romance was dragged along for too long, from Season 5 to Season 9, only for Erin to end up with someone else leaving Ed Helms’ character a wreck at the end.

Ed Helms’ Andy and Ellie Kemper’s Erin storyline made one episode the worst of The Office...

Exclusive: Oscar nominee Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin) has joined The Boat, an Oscar-qualified live-action short from writer-director Luke Morgan, as executive producer.

Based on a true story, the film follows a father who, in discovering that his daughter Dhukia is showing the early symptoms of leprosy, must make a devastating choice.

Dhukia’s story was the inspiration behind the Global Leprosy Eradication Programme, an initiative on the part of The Mission To End Leprosy, which is a global network of organizations looking to help end the oldest known and still existing communicable disease in human history. The short looks to the Oscars after winning qualifying awards at the Foyle Film Festival and Cork Film Festival.

Jake and Luke Morgan produced via their Ireland-based Morgan Brothers. Currently, the film can be viewed on online platform Omeleto.

Said EP Gleeson, “The Morgan Brothers’ The Boat is a powerful short film...

One can understand how a long-running series could become stale. There is a lot of inertia in one direction that can be challenging to reverse as gameplay conventions, lore bloats, and deviation from what fans expect to become more ingrained and riskier. Something like Fallout London can excel in that situation.

Fallout London was released on July 26, 2024. | Credit: Team Folon.

The mod team behind this massive (and totally free) Fallout 4 conversion, Folon, approached the project with new ideas and perspectives without worrying about offending Fallout fans. But this mod’s enormous success didn’t happen overnight.

There Was an Enormous Obstacle in front of Team Folon While Making Fallout London Fallout London wasn’t an overnight success. | Credit: Team Folon.

Businesses must have a clear idea of what they are getting into and be certain they want to do it before they can commit to something as big as Fallout London.

Un crimen en los yacimientos de Atapuerca. © Julia Carballada

Ha finalizado el rodaje de La huella del mal, la adaptación cinematográfica de la novela de Manuel Ríos San Martín que él mismo dirige.

La huella del mal comienza con una macabra sorpresa durante una visita escolar al Centro de Arqueología Experimental (Carex). Un grupo de estudiantes descubre el cuerpo sin vida de la visita guiada de una joven en el lugar donde debería estar la réplica de un enterramiento neandertal. La joven es Eva Santos, una chica del pueblo cercano de Atapuerca, y está muerta. Su cuerpo está desnudo y colocado en posición fetal. Un espeluznante crimen ritual que recuerda a otro ocurrido hace seis años en la misma zona. ¿Habrá regresado el “asesino del yacimiento”, que consiguió escapar hace seis años?

La película está protagonizada por Blanca Suárez y Daniel Grao. Completan el reparto Aria Bedmar (Hermana muerte), Víctor Palmero...

Un crimen en los yacimientos de Atapuerca. © Julia Carballada

Ha comenzado en Burgos el rodaje de La huella del mal, la adaptación cinematográfica de la novela de Manuel Ríos San Martín que él mismo dirige.

La huella del mal Durante comienza con una macabra sorpresa durante una visita escolar al Centro de Arqueología Experimental (Carex). Un grupo de estudiantes descubre el cuerpo sin vida de la visita guiada de una joven en el lugar donde debería estar la réplica de un enterramiento neandertal. La joven es Eva Santos, una chica del pueblo cercano de Atapuerca, y está muerta. Su cuerpo está desnudo y colocado en posición fetal. Un espeluznante crimen ritual que recuerda a otro ocurrido hace seis años en la misma zona. ¿Habrá regresado el “asesino del yacimiento”, que consiguió escapar hace seis años?

La película está protagonizada por Blanca Suárez y Daniel Grao. Completan el reparto Aria Bedmar...

María José Rodríguez, the veteran international TV executive who just exited her role in charge of original production at Amazon’s Prime Video in Spain, has been hired as managing director of Globomedia, the Spanish-based content producer run by The Mediapro Studio.

In the new role, Rodríguez, who worked in several capacities at Globomedia from 1997-2007, will be tasked with overseeing Globomedia’s content strategy and production operations, the Madrid-based company said Monday. She will report directly to Mediapro Studio CEO Laura Fernández Espeso and starts September 1.

“Globomedia is a pivotal brand for the studio, playing a crucial role in our overall strategy,” Espeso said. “With her extensive experience and impressive track record, María José brings invaluable expertise in both fiction and non-fiction content production. She is a respected and well-regarded professional within the industry. We are delighted to welcome her to our team, where she will lead such an important brand for us.

For those who enjoyed Callum Turner in The Boys in the Boat, his show Masters of the Air on Apple TV+ is a must-watch. Turner's range shines in historical pieces like these, showcasing bravery and perseverance during World War II. Fans of Turner can look forward to seeing him in future projects like Atropia, Eternity, and the TV adaptation of Neuromancer.

Callum Turner's most recent movie, The Boys in the Boat, is now streaming on Prime Video, and those who enjoyed the biographical drama should check out Turner's other historical 2024 release. Though Turner got his start in the 2010s, the British actor has recently seen quite a spike in his career, with big franchises like Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and notable releases like Emma. Among Turner's most exciting roles is his part as Joe Rantz in George Clooney's The Boys in the Boat.

The Boys in the Boat...

Crime dramas can sit on a pretty broad spectrum: some are campy, cosy and even comfortingly formulaic, whereas others make you need to sleep with the light on. The one guarantee is that in the UK at least, there’s such an appetite for detectives and crime stories that TV will never run out of new cases to solve.

We’ve already had some top examples in 2023, from the Happy Valley and Endeavour finales to the excellent Belfast-based Blue Lights, but there are plenty more fresh crime dramas on the way, from police procedurals to true crime and murder mysteries. See what’s coming up below.

After The Flood

Very much what it says on the tin, After The Flood begins… after a flood, which devastates a town, but when the waters clear they leave behind an unidentified dead man in the lift of an underground car park. PC Joanna Marshall is on the case,...

Coming Next from Spain, a showcase of five series, unspooled at Series Mania on March 21 just after a Spanish series, “Wrong Side of the Tracks” from Mediaset España and Alea Media, had scored 149.6 million watching hours in three weeks on Netflix for Seasons 1 and 2.

That platform connection and power of Spanish series threaded most of the series and much of the commentary at Tuesday’s Next from Spain, supported by Audiiovisual from Spain.

At least in terms of titles now ready to hit the market, there’s little sign as yet of platform pullback in Spain. Rather, it remains a ground zero in the streamer wars.

2023 will see the release of 70 new Spanish scripted series and 27 returning seasons of titles such as “Elite” “Rapa” “30 Coins” and “Veneno,” presenter Irene Jiménez, at Audiovisual 451, told a Next From Spain audience.

Of these new titles, 36% will be produced by linear TV broadcasters,...

Exclusive: Corey Nickerson is moving from ABC Studios to CBS Television Studios with a new two-year overall deal. Under the pact, Nickerson will develop new television projects for broadcast, cable and/or streaming services for the studio.

Nickerson most recently served as an executive producer for the Emmy-nominated and Peabody-award-winning ABC/ABC Studios comedy series black-ish. She spent four seasons on black-ish, and was recently honored for an episode she wrote tackling the subject of post-partum depression.

Before joining ABC Studios, Nickerson co-created and co-wrote with Fresh off The Boat and Don’t Trust the B— creator Nahnatchka Khan the Fox comedy pilot Fatrick and served as a co-executive producer on Don’t Trust the B—. Her credits also include Scrubs and My Boys. Nickerson’s first scripted series staff writing job was on Fox’s The Bernie Mac Show.

"We have to consider that they're all lying to us." Gravitas Ventures has debuted an official trailer for an indie thriller titled Disappearance, the feature debut of filmmaker Matt Shapira. This is another one of these seductive sailboat mysteries where something goes wrong and someone dies (or disappears) from a boat and they have to figure out what really happened. Who really killed him? After the author George Boulangé disappears from his sailboat one night, Detective Kenny Park must try to figure out what happened by interviewing his wife, girlfriend, and the captain. Starring Matt Marsden, Hutch Dano, Cortney Palm, Jemma Dallender, Reggie Lee, Brian Thompson, & Guy Wilson. This looks bland and forgettable, and very cheesy (that awful music in the trailer my goodness). This one you can skip. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Matt Shapira's Disappearance, direct from YouTube: When author George Boulangé agrees to the wishes of his wife,...

"Better than Titanic!" Yellow Veil Pictures has debuted an official promo trailer for an indie dark comedy horror thriller titled Harpoon, the latest feature from Canadian filmmaker Rob Grant. This just premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival this year and is on the hunt for distributors at the Cannes Market, which is where this trailer comes from. Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean due to suspicious circumstances. Sounds a bit like Holiday or The Boat, but maybe not entirely. Starring Christopher Gray, Munro Chambers, and Emily Tyra. The best part about this trailer is the ridiculous fake quotes they use throughout, mocking all the ridiculous quotes that usually appear in most trailers anyway. Ha. Good stuff. Here's the first promo trailer (+ festival poster) for Rob Grant's Harpoon, direct from YouTube: Harpoon is...

The Mediapro offices in Madrid’s Fuencarral district have for years boasted the logo of Globomedia, Spain’s premier scripted series production house.

But in the second half of April, a new logo, the Mediapro Studio, will replace the old. The change marks a near-total reinvention of the company’s scripted series production paradigm, says Mediapro partner Taxto Benet.

For years, Globomedia produced content for Spain’s three nationwide broadcast networks. Now its production partners span the globe, from many of the most important U.S. companies such as HBO and Netflix, to Mexico’s Televisa, Sweden’s Dramacorp, Italy’s Palomar, Finland’s Yle, Argentina’s two biggest broadcasters Telefe and Artear, plus Spain’s Mediaset España, Atresmedia and Tve. Mediapro also has four shows in development with U.K. producers, says Laura Fernández Espeso, the Mediapro Studio co-head of TV.

For years, Spanish broadcasters fully financed series, retaining...

Madrid — Mediapro, one of Europe’s biggest independent film-tv groups, has tapped Spanish writer-showrunner Diego San José, co-scribe of the smash-hit “Spanish Affair” movie franchise, to develop exclusive new TV fiction contents.

San José has previously been involved in two Mediapro projects, as co-writer and co-creator of political comedy “Vota Juan,” a co-production with Turner España aired on TNT, and co-writer of Borja Cobeaga’s “Fe de Etarras,” Netflix’s second original Spanish film, released in 2017.

He joins an already large list of content creatives tapped by Mediapro in recent years with the aim of strengthening its growing role as a key TV fiction powerhouse in Spain and the international market. That team takes in Emmy-winning Ran Tellem (“Homeland”), Iván Escobar (“Vis a vis”), Javier Olivares (“The Department of Time”), Marc Vigil (“Red Eagle”), Fernando González Molina (“The Boat”) and Daniel Burman (“Edha”), among dozens of other screenwriters and directors.

Applications also open for Breakthrough emerging talent strand.

London Screenings, the export market dedicated to UK film, has announced its dates and a new venue for the 2019 event.

This year’s market will be held at the Picturehouse Central in Soho for the first time and will take place from June 24-27, 2019.

It is moving from the BFI Southbank, where it had been held for the past 15 years.

Run by Film London, London Screenings brings some 150 international buyers and festival programmers to London to watch around 45 selected titles handled predominantly by UK sales companies.

Applications are also open for the...

Winston Azzopardi’s The Boat Sets Sail for Fantastic Fest Nautical Supernatural Thriller Austin, TX – Latina Pictures and Carnaby International are proud to announce the world premiere of Winston Azzopardi’s The Boat. The longtime producer makes his directorial debut alongside his son and collaborator, Joe Azzopardi, who co-wrote and stars in the film. The Boat …

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Back in September, the first wave of programming for the Telluride Horror Show was revealed, including a 30th anniversary screening of Killer Klowns from Outer Space, and if you're still wondering whether or not to purchase tickets and point your car hood in the direction of the Rocky Mountains later this month, the festival's second wave of films should help persuade you, as screenings of Heretiks, Terrified, The Boat, Tigers Are Not Afraid, and many more movies have been announced:

Press Release: Telluride, Co - October 3, 2018: The second wave of films has been announced for Telluride Horror Show 2018.

Second wave highlights include Tigers Are Not Afraid, Terrified, and The Boat, as well as the short film Mad God (Part 3) from legendary filmmaker and visual effects producer Phil Tippett.

Creepy Campfire Tales, the Ice Scream Social and Annual Pig Roast are among events making their return to this year's festival.

The second wave of films from this year’s Telluride Horror Show have been announced and I’m certainly intrigued by what’s on the menu! From the horror comedy Deadtectives to the one-man psychological (and supernatural?) thrill ride that is The Boat, this year is undoubtedly going to be one hell of an experience for all those […]

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For 2018, Fantastic Fest played host to over 100 horror, sci-fi, and action-themed feature and short films, and Daily Dead had the opportunity to see numerous titles while in Austin for all the movie-related festivities. For today’s review round-up, here are my thoughts on the supernatural-driven tale of Indian horror, Tumbbad, the psycho-sexual thriller Cam, and Winston Azzopardi’s survival horror film (with a twist), The Boat.

Tumbbad: I feel slightly uncultured, but Tumbbad from directors Adesh Prasad and Rahi Anil Barve is my first foray into Indian genre filmmaking (save for some over-the-top clips from some ’80s movies I viewed in passing while at various Drafthouses over the years), but based on their efforts here, I’m an instant fan, and I hope Tumbbad leads to more projects for this directorial team, because they both prove that they have the chops to deliver lavish, concept-heavy themes without sacrificing all the...

While you may get some instant survival vibes when reading the premise of Winston Azzopardi’s The Boat, there are also some other genre elements at play that begin to reveal themselves the more time we spend upon the eponymous water vehicle, making The Boat a quietly surprising viewing experience.

While at Fantastic Fest 2018, Daily Dead caught up with Joe Azzopardi, the star and co-writer of The Boat, to discuss how this project evolved from a previous short film he had collaborated with his dad on, and how they came together for this feature project. Joe also discussed some of the physical challenges he faced during production, as well as finding ways to tap into his character, who has very minimal dialogue, but appears in every single scene of The Boat, which wasn’t an easy feat by any means.

I’m sure you’ve heard a few comparisons to Dead Calm so far,...

For August, we had an “Aquatic Terrors” themed “Month of Dread”, and the upcoming nautical creeper The Boat would have fit in perfectly. Winston Azzopardi, who worked behind the scenes as a producer on blockbusters like World War Z and Assassin’s Creed, is making his directorial debut with The Boat, which he co-wrote with his […]

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The trailer for The Boat set sail ahead of its World Premiere at the forthcoming Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Described as an insidious tale of man vs sea vessel, Winston Azzopardi directs this thriller that stars Joe Azzopardi as a lone fisherman on his daily run who finds himself lost in a thick fog which proves impossible to navigate. The worst is yet to […]...

"I am sick of this game!" The first official trailer has launched for a creepy new sailing survival film titled simply The Boat, the feature directorial debut of producer Winston Azzopardi. Starring his own son Joe Azzopardi as the sailor, the film is about a captain who goes out to see and finds an abandoned vessel, but discovers there's something mysterious going on. He ends up locked inside the head of a sailboat which is heading at full steam on autopilot. Where to? There's only one way to find out. This looks creepy and very clever, a bit more than just another lost at sea sailing movie. This is premiering at Fantastic Fest later in the month, which is why this trailer has been released to build some buzz for its premiere there. Worth a watch. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Winston Azzopardi's The Boat, direct from YouTube...

Exclusive: Here’s the first trailer for low-budget thriller The Boat, which will get its world premiere at Austin’s upcoming Fantastic Fest.

The well-sold feature was written by father-and-son team Winston and Joe Azzopardi, with the former directing and the latter starring in the movie. It follows a lone fisherman who boards an abandoned sailboat. Finding no signs of life, he emerges back on deck to discover that his own boat has disappeared, and a nightmarish journey ensues as he becomes imprisoned inside as the vessel presses on into unknown waters.

Deals have previously closed in France, Germany, Benelux, Scandinavia, Latin America, South Korea and more. Winston Azzopardi was a co-producer on Brad Pitt-starrer Troy.

Buster Keaton was a born showman, performing in his parents’ vaudeville act from the age of four as a “human projectile” who got thrown around stage like a dart — he even had a handle on his back. Despite that, “Old Stone Face” — who was far more expressive than that enduring moniker suggests — is said to have only gotten slightly injured twice in more than 10,000 childhood performances.

That’s just one of the facts offered by Peter Bogdanovich’s “The Great Buster: A Celebration,” a loving documentary tribute to the Silent Era icon that could have used more of his mischievous spirit. Keaton was an ahead-of-his-time innovator, and though Bogdanovich honors that legacy he doesn’t always live up to it: You’ll leave the film knowing more about its subject than you did when you walked in, but there’s little here that feels like it couldn’t be found...

Fantastic Fest 2018 is now about a month away, so it's time for the second wave of programming, which includes the North American premiere of Timo Tjahjanto's May the Devil Take You and the U.S. premieres of David Gordon Green's Halloween and Jeremy Saulnier's Hold the Dark. I'm probably most curious, though, about the world premieres in this round, including Bloodline, The Boat, Feral, Girls With Balls, Savage and Starfish. Will they emerge as unexpected discoveries in the midst of genre goodness from better-known filmmakers? Or disappear into the night? I hope for the former, but we shall see. The festival will be held in Austin, Texas, from September 20-27. Visit the official site for more information. Below is a list of the films in...

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Fantastic Fest unveiled their second wave of programming today which will include the continuing bloody knife-happy adventures of Michael Myers via David Goron Green’s Halloween starring the original scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis — who will be in attendance alongside producers Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. And for all you Halloween purists out there, don’t worry, this installment is canon.

The fest, which kicks off on Sept. 20 and continues through Sept. 27, will also include the U.S. premiere of Jeremy Saulnier’s new psychological thriller Hold the Dark starring Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgård and Riley Keough. Gaspar Noe’s trippy fever dream of dance movie Climax will also make it’s U.S. premiere.

Fantastic Fest will continue its championing of genre titles including the World Premiere of haunting shocker The Boat, an insidious tale of man vs sea vessel; Girls With Balls, where a female French...

Jamie Lee Curtis’ “Halloween” has been selected as the opening night film of the 14th edition of Fantastic Fest on Sept. 20 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Tex.

Curtis is expected to be attendance along with producers Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. She is returning to play the iconic Laurie Strode in the “Halloween” franchise. Universal Pictures will open the film on Oct. 19.

Curtis’ character will have a final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. David Gordon Green is directing from a script he co-wrote with Danny McBride.

Fantastic Fest made the announcement Wednesday as part of unveiling its second wave of programming. It also announced that it will hold the U.S. premiere of Fantastic Fest alum Jeremy Saulnier’s psychological thriller “Hold the Dark,” starring Jeffrey Wright,...

Around 150-160 buyers and festivals programmers attended the dedicated UK event.

International buyers gave a mixed response to this year’s London Screenings, which closed with a 15th anniversary reception at BFI Southbank on Wednesday night (June 20).

Organised by Film London, the three-day event brings some 150-160 international buyers and festival programmers to London to watch a selection of films screened by UK sales agents.

Erik Engelen, the head of the Benelux arm of Splendid Films, said the event provided buyers with the opportunity “to screen five or six movies that otherwise, be it in Cannes or Toronto, you would...

Around 150-160 buyers and festivals programmers attended the dedicated UK event.

International buyers gave a mixed response to this year’s London Screenings which closed with a 15th anniversary reception at BFI Southbank last night (June 20).

Organised by Film London, the three-day event brings some 150 -160 international buyers and festival programmers to London to watch a selection of films screened by UK sales agents.

Erik Engelen, the head of the Benelux arm of Splendid Films, said the event provided buyers with the opportunity “to screen five or six movies that otherwise, be it in Cannes or Toronto, you would not...

Survival tales The Boat and Summit Fever have both scored key deals for UK film sales outfit Carnaby International.

In completed UK thriller The Boat, a lone fisherman, lost in a deep mist, boards an abandoned sailboat. Finding no signs of life, he emerges back on deck only to discover his own boat has disappeared. First-time feature director Winston Azzopardi directs his son and relative newcomer Joe Azzopardi in the low-budget genre pic which caught the attention of some established buyers in Cannes.

Deals have been sealed with Metropolitan Filmexport for France, Splendid Film for Germany, Dutch Filmworks for Benelux, Mis. Label for Scandinavia, Impacto Cine for Latin America, Front Row for Middle East, Green Narae Media for South Korea and Suraya Filem for Vietnam, Malaysia, and Philippines. The deals were closed in and soon after Cannes and the film will be screened again for buyers at London Screenings this...

Carnaby International has sealed a raft of international deals for high-concept adventure thriller “The Boat.”

The film sees was written by father-and-son team Winston and Joe Azzopardi, with the former directing and the latter starring in the movie. It tells the story of a lone fisherman who boards an abandoned sailboat. Finding no signs of life, he emerges back on deck to discover that his own boat has disappeared, and a nightmarish journey commences as the vessel he is on presses on into unknown waters.

Dutch Filmworks has the picture for the Benelux region, Metropolitan Filmexport for France, Splendid Film for Germany, Mis. Label for Scandinavia, Impacto Cine for Latin America, Front Row for the Middle East, Green Narae Media for South Korea, and Suraya Filem for Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

“’The Boat’ is a fantastic film based on a simple idea,” said Tim Grohne, president of international and production at Carnaby International.

The company has also presold Summit Fever to Koch Films for Germany.

UK-based sales agent Carnaby International has confirmed a raft of deals for adventure thriller The Boat off the back of last month’s market in Cannes.

Territories sold include Benelux (Dutch Filmworks), France (Metropolitan Filmexport), Germany (Splendid Film), Scandinavia (Mis. Label), Latin America (Impacto Cine), Middle East (Front Row), South Korea (Green Narae Media) and Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines (Suraya Film).

Directed by Winston Azzopardi, starring his son Joe and produced and written by the pair, The Boat takes in a fisherman lost in deep mist who boards an abandoned sailboat.

Carnaby International has added three new genre titles to its slate ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, the company announced Tuesday. The new titles include survival dramas “The Boat” (pictured) and “Summit Fever,” as well as Indonesian superhero title “Valentine.” The U.K.-based independent production and international sales company will introduce all three titles to buyers in Cannes.

“The Boat” sees Joe Azzopardi star as a lone fisherman who boards an abandoned sailboat he discovers in the mist, only for his own boat to disappear while he is aboard the abandoned craft. It is produced and written by the actor alongside his father, Winston Azzopardi, who also directs. The completed film will screen to buyers in Cannes.

“The Boat” is joined on Carnaby’s slate by another survival drama, “Summit Fever.” The film, which started shooting in January and is scheduled to continue production this summer, sees Freddie Thorp...

New acquisitions include superhero action film ‘Valentine’ starring Estelle Linden.

UK sales outfit Carnaby International has added three genre titles to its Cannes slate on the eve of this year’s market.

Adventure thriller The Boat stars Joe Azzopardi as a lone fisherman who boards an abandoned sailboat. Discovering no signs of life, he emerges back on deck to find his own boat disappeared. The film, which is completed and screening to buyers in Cannes, is directed by Azzopardi’s father Winston Azzopardi.

Valentine is a superhero action vehicle directed by Agus Pestol and Ubay Fox. The film stars Estelle...

The Performer | J.K. Simmons

The Show | Counterpart

The Episode | “Shaking the Tree” (Feb. 18, 2018)

The Performance | Whereas the opening weeks of Starz’s Counterpart were largely plot-driven, Episode 5 slowed down a bit as Howard and Prime took closer stock of each other’s worlds — including the women in them. As they did, Simmons registered each man’s surprise, relief and, yes, disappointment.

As our Howard, Simmons communicated so much curiosity in his exchanges with the Prime Emily. You could tell, if he hadn’t come out and said as much, that he had so many questions for this other version of his comatose wife.

Spanish actress Blanca Suárez turns in a captivating performance as Ruth, one of two ex-lovers abandoned by the same Don Juan (Guillermo Toledo) in Pedro Almodóvar’s high-flying new comedy, I’m So Excited. Ruth discovers that life in the clouds can be as complicated and precarious as it is at ground level, especially when sex and death are involved. Opening June 28, the film is a biting satire on the state of our world and features an ensemble cast that includes Javier Cámara, Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo, José María Yazpik, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas, and Paz Vega. At a roundtable interview, Suárez discussed working with Almodóvar again after starring in The Skin I Live In, his meticulous directing style, the challenges of shooting a bicycle scene pedaling up a steep hill in a dress and high heels, the enormous success of fellow countrymen Penélope Cruz,...