COURT RULES THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE WILL SCREEN IN CANNES: A Paris court has ruled that Terry Gilliam‘s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote will screen at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19th. The film has been decades in the making and hit a roadblock as Paulo Branco and his Alfama Films tried to prevent it from screening at Cannes. Distributor Ocean Films tweeted in victory after the ruling: “The Cannes Film Festival breaks the spell. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote enters the history of cinema. In all rooms on May 19, 2018.” The dispute stemms from rights over the project. Gilliam ousted Alfana Films after their promised budget allegedly never materialized. There are still questions to be resolved over the film’s release in theaters but Gilliam and his team see this as a first step toward eventual victory. The film features Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgrd and Olga Kurylenko.(Deadline– Click our Twitter or Facebook buttons to share this link!)FX & HULU PARTNER ON NYT DOCUSERIES: FX is teaming up with Hulu for The New York Times‘ program The Weekly. FX has committed to a minimum of 30 episodes. The show, a narrative documentary program featuring one or two of the papers’ biggest visual stories every week, is scheduled to premiere later this year. Episodes will be available on FX‘s VOD service FXNOW and FX+.
SHREK PRODUCER JOHN WILLIAMS TEAMS UP WITH RIVERSTONE: Shrek producer John Williams is teaming up with Deepak Nayar and Nik Bower‘s Riverstone Pictures on a series of animated features with budgets of $15M-$20M apiece. Already set are Goose Chase and The Silk Road Rally, which will both be written by Charming’s Ross Venokur. Goose Chase follows Mother Goose characters as they try to save the world and find love, and The Silk Road Rally features a car race conducted by a zany cast of characters along the famous Chinese trade route. Other projects include Genetapets, Alien Rock Band, Zorgamazoo and Brobots.
KATE WALSH SET FOR THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: Kate Walsh has landed a recurring role in The Umbrella Academy, Netflix‘s live-action series based on Gerard Way‘s popular graphic novel series. The story follows a family of superheroes as they try to work together to solve the mystery of their father’s death. Their divergent personalities and abilities often intercede. Luther (Tom Hopper), Diego (David Castaeda), Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman), Vanya (Ellen Page), Klaus (Robert Sheehan) and Number Five (Aidan Gallagher) star; Walsh will appear as The Handler.
ANNE V. COATES DIES: The Oscar-winning film editor Anne V. Coates has died at age 92. She won a golden statue for her work on David Lean‘s saga Lawrence of Arabia. BAFTA tweeted the news of her passing. “We’re so sad to learn that British film editor Anne V. Coates has died,” BAFTA wrote. “During her incredible career, Anne was BAFTA-nominated four times for work including ‘The Elephant Man’ and ‘Erin Brockovich,’ and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2007. She will be greatly missed.” Coates received five Oscar nominations for Becket (1963), The Elephant Man (1980), In the Line of Fire (1993) and Out of Sight (1998) in addition Lawrence of Arabia (1962), which she, of course, won.
