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The Buzziest Films and Packages for Sale at Cannes 2024: ‘The Apprentice,’ Pamela Anderson’s ‘Last Showgirl’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ Starring Selena Gomez
Top movies vying for distribution dollars at Cannes this year include the Trump-centered 'The Apprentice' and a Selena Gomez crime musical.
Notable works of hers to have premiered here include “Cow,” “American Honey,” and “Fish Tank.” Add to that the star power of Keoghan and “Passages” breakout Rogowski, plus the familiar Arnold terrain of teenage rebellion and surviving broken families. “Emilia Perez”Cast: Selena Gomez, Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldana, Edgar Ramirez Director: Jacques Audiard Agency: CAA Why Buyers Care: Audiard is a household name in France and won the Palme d’Or for his 2015 feature “Dheepan.” Mind you, this was after setting the film world on fire with his universally praised 2006 drama “A Prophet.” Here he takes the star power of Gomez, Saldana and Ramirez for a wild genre ride – musical crime comedy – about an unsatsfied young lawyer who falls in with a cartel leader longing for a different life. These include: “The Queen of Fashion,” a biopic of style icon Isabella Blow, costarring Emilia Clarke, Hayley Atwell and Richard E. Grant; “Way of the Warrior Kid,” a McG film produced by and starring Chris Pratt as a Navy SEAL who helps his struggling nephew; the railroad thriller “Let the Evil Go West” reuniting “Pam & Tommy” stars Sebastian Stan and Lily James; James McAvoy’s directorial debut “California Schemin,’” about two Scottish guys posing as rappers who find unexpected success and must hustle to keep their lie going; and the Kirsten Stewart-Oscar Isaac ‘80s vampire indie “Flesh of the Gods.”
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