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EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear on Tuesday announced the supporting cast for its Matthew McConaughey film The Rivals of Amziah King, which has wrapped production. Actors set to join include Golden Globe nominee Kurt Russell (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Cole Sprouse (Lisa Frankenstein), Owen Teague (Kingdom…

A new Guy Ritchie project is launching at the Cannes market with Black Bear. Plot details are being kept under wraps and casting is in process but Wife And Dog will deal with class in a similar vein to recent Netflix TV series The Gentlemen. Ritchie is coming off the starry action-comedy The Mini…

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali is set to star with Tom Hardy in 77 Blackout, a crime thriller set on the night when the city that never sleeps lost power and plunged into chaos and lawlessness. Cary Joji Fukunaga is directing. Fresh from the Oppenheimer Best Picture Oscar, Charles Roven…

Olivia Wilde (Don’t Worry Darling) has signed on to star in I Want Your Sex, a new thriller from director Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin) and Black Bear. Blithely exploring desire, domination and fantasy, the film asks the question, how far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job…

EXCLUSIVE: The in-demand Sydney Sweeney, coming off hit rom-com Anyone But You and horror pic Immaculate, is shifting gears again as she is set to portray trailblazing boxer Christy Martin in a new biopic which could be a knockout for buyers at the Cannes market where Black Bear will be…

Joel Edgerton (The Gift) and Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) are set to star in Train Dreams, the newest feature from Jockey director Clint Bentley, which will be introduced to international buyers at EFM by Black Bear. Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing) penned the script which is an…

EXCLUSIVE: Guardians of the Galaxy and Dune actor Dave Bautista has found his next big-canvas action movie in the shape of post-apocalyptic adventure story Afterburn, we can reveal. Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson (The Hitman's Bodyguard, Django Unchained) is also aboard for this one, which is set 10…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear's management arm has signed the Swedish actor and model Simon Lööf for representation. Lööf is currently on set in the lead role of Netflix's Swedish thriller An Honest Life, directed by Mikael Marcimain (Blackwater, The Laser Man, Call Girl), which is due to be released…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear and BlockFilm — the new production label of former Miramax boss Bill Block — are set to heat up the AFM market some more today with action movie Levon’s Trade, which will star Jason Statham (Fast & Furious franchise) and be directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad) from a screenplay…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear has closed a raft of international deals on Guy Ritchie's next project, the as yet untitled action film which wrapped principal photography in Spain this week. Black Bear will directly distribute in the UK and Ireland and sold the film to buyers including Elevation Pictures in…

Ahead of the AFM, Black Bear is launching international sales on Fifth Season crime-thriller She Rides Shotgun, which is set to star Golden Globe winner Taron Egerton (Rocketman) in the lead role. Nick Rowland (Calm With Horses) will direct the screenplay written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (T…

Oscar winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and Oscar nominee Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) have been set to lead “twisted” romance Wicker, which Black Bear will be launching for sales at next week’s AFM. Colman will play a “smelly Fisherwoman” who sparks outrage and jealousy in her conservative…