Irish Film & TV Academy Names Rising Star Nominees The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) and Screen Ireland (Fís Éireann) have unveiled the four Rising Star nominees ahead of the IFTA Awards Ceremony on February 14 in Dublin. They are Say Nothing and Masters of the Air actor Anthony Boyle…

Everardo Gout (Days of Grace, The Chosen One, The Forever Purge) has signed on to direct action thriller Clementine, a co-production between Stuart Ford's AGC Studios and Yeardley Smith and Ben Cornwell's U.S. independent production company Paperclip Ltd. Gout will direct from the 2022 Black…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the November 25 Paramount+ launch of his holiday comedy Dear Santa, Bobby Farrelly has closed a deal to direct Driver’s Ed, a teen ensemble comedy to be fully financed and co-produced by Stuart Ford’s AGC Studio. While we’d reported in October that Sporkinfeesten, a…

Justin Kurzel started touring festivals with neo-Nazi thriller The Order – starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult and Tye Sheridan – in Venice in September where the film world premiered in Competition to strong reviews. Directed from a screenplay by Zach Baylin based on the 1989 book, The Silent Brot…

The 45th American Film Market launches tonight in a new host city, Las Vegas, amid the tension and distraction of a hotly contested U.S. presidential election. Despite last year’s edition being beset by logistical challenges, organizer IFTA (Independent Film & Television Alliance) says office…

Oscar nominee Dev Patel (The Green Knight) is set to star in The Journeyman, a new crime thriller fro director Tarsem Singh (The Fall) and Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, which will produce and fully finance the project. AGC International reps the film’s international distribution rights and will…

EXCLUSIVE: Almost 25 years after Russell Crowe waged war on the Roman Empire — and won an Oscar for his trouble — in Gladiator, the actor is once again set to stir the warrior within for The Last Druid. The movie will tell the story of a Roman Emperor who discovers a secluded Druid stronghold in…

Desert Warrior was unveiled in 2021 as a rallying cry for Saudi Arabian filmmaking. Starring Captain America's Anthony Mackie and Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, the $150M epic was set up by Riyadh media giant MBC to project a vision of ancient Arabia to the world, inspire a new generation of local…

CAA Media Finance co-head Roeg Sutherland, FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner, Mediawan Pictures Elisabeth d'Arvieu and Constantin Film CEO Oliver Berben will be among the industry executives participating in the 10th Zurich Summit this weekend. Dubbed by organizer the Zurich Film Festival…

Speakers including Fresh Off The Boat's Hudson Yang, Beach House Pictures' Donovan Chan and Joonsuh Park from Korean drama producer JTBC-SLL are among the speakers confirmed for the second edition of the East By Northwest (EXNW) Summit in Vancouver (July 26-28).  Organized by Canada's Racial…

Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Masry have signed on to star in the sports drama Giant from AGC Studios about the life of British-Yemeni boxer Prince Naseem "Naz" Hamed and his rags-to-riches ascent to a world championship under the tutelage of his Irish-born boxing trainer Brendan Ingle. El-Masry…

AGC Studios Chief Creative Officer Lourdes Diaz has been promoted to partner and has taken up a seat on the executive board as part of a new multi-year agreement at the indie studio.  "Ever since her arrival in the early months of AGC's existence, Lourdes has been a hugely influential…