Sony Classics Buys North America & Multiple International Markets On Cannes Animated Film ‘Iron Boy’

Sony Classics Buys North America & Multiple International Markets On Cannes Animated Film ‘Iron Boy’

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all rights in North and Latin America, India and Southeast Asian TV to Iron Boy, Louis Clichy’s hand-painted animated feature. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the childhood drama has drawn some enthusiastic notices from critics. The French-language film is co-written by Clichy…

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Wall St opens lower as oil jumps on renewed Mideast concerns

Wall St opens lower as oil jumps on renewed Mideast concerns

Published Thu, May 21, 2026 · 09:45 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (May 21) as oil prices surged following a Reuters report that Iran’s Supreme ‌Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei ordered the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium not be sent abroad, dimming hopes for progress in talks between Washington and Teheran. The…

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Ex-TikTok Exec Stuart Flint To Advise Caspar Lee’s Influencer

Ex-TikTok Exec Stuart Flint To Advise Caspar Lee’s Influencer

EXCLUSIVE: Former TikTok exec Stuart Flint has joined the advisory board of Influencer, the global creator marketing biz founded by Caspar Lee and Ben Jeffries. Flint was TikTok’s VP, Sales in Europe, leading the social media app on commercial operations in the continent and is now SVP and Managing Director, EMEA for DoubleVerify. We hear…

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US to invest in quantum computing firms in exchange for stakes

US to invest in quantum computing firms in exchange for stakes

Published Thu, May 21, 2026 · 08:52 PM THE Trump administration is awarding grants to a handful of companies, including IBM, that are focused on quantum computing in exchange for stakes in some of them. The investments deepen the Trump administration’s push into taking equity stakes in companies considered critical to the domestic supply chain…

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‘Victorian Psycho’: Maika Monroe Is A Crazed Governess In First Teaser

‘Victorian Psycho’: Maika Monroe Is A Crazed Governess In First Teaser

Here’s your first teaser trailer for Maika Monroe horror Victorian Psycho, which debuts today in Cannes‘ UCR section. Based on the novel by Virginia Feito, the synopsis reads: “When eccentric governess Winifred (Monroe) arrives at a remote gothic manor in Victorian England, her unnerving charm hides a deadly secret. Strange, unsettling incidents become harder to…

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‘Fatherland’ Producer Ewa PuszczyƄska On Working With PaweƂ Pawlikowski, Poland’s Growing Production Landscape & “Finding Common Ground” With Filmmakers

‘Fatherland’ Producer Ewa PuszczyƄska On Working With PaweƂ Pawlikowski, Poland’s Growing Production Landscape & “Finding Common Ground” With Filmmakers

Polish producer Ewa PuszczyƄska has long been one of the country’s most recognized film producers who has steadily built a reputation for supporting some of the most ambitious cinema to come out of Europe across the last decade. She’s worked with directors such as PaweƂ Pawlikowski, David Lynch, Jonathan Glazer, Jesse Eisenberg and Agnieszka SmoczyƄska…

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