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$10.4M in Thursday previews puts A24 and Chernin’s Backrooms on track to smash the studio’s opening record and turn Kane Parsons’ feature debut into a breakout. The psychological horror adaptation is tracking as a major profit engine off a $10M production budget and a heavily online-built IP base.
Germany would force streamers to reinvest at least 8% of local revenue into domestic and broader European production or face penalties equal to 75% of the shortfall. Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount+ are fighting the draft as Berlin simultaneously boosts public film funding to €250 million.
New Zealand’s first stop-motion feature bows at Annecy with Jemaine Clement and Olivia Tennet in attendance; Vendetta Films takes NZ and Australia theatrically while CAKE shops world sales. NZFC and NZ On Air back the project as the Kiri and Lou IP keeps expanding across screen and licensing.
Fantasia’s Frontières and TIFF are using the market to showcase genre packages for buyers and financiers; the launch reinforces Montreal and Toronto as key North American launchpads for indie horror.
Tom Hardy’s MobLand future is in flux as Paramount+ weighs the next season and reports swirl around on-set issues; Helen Mirren’s post lands as the show wraps season 2 and Jez Butterworth’s Paramount deal nears expiry.
HBO and A24 are paired on an ’80s IP play while Paramount keeps shopping for its next movie buy amid broader leadership churn at the company. The item reads as a grab-bag of transaction chatter, but it still flags active premium buyers in the market.
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