Haynes is repped by CAA, and Cinetic Media’s John Sloss.Moore ( The Sherlockian), again turning to historical events for the basis of a thrilling plot, tackles the “war of the currents,” which pitted Thomas Edison against George Westinghouse in a turn-of-the-century New York legal battle. Koney also produced and fully financed through their respective companies Project Infinity and Taylor & Dodge. May December is produced by Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum of Gloria Sanchez, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler, and Portman and Sophie Mas. RELATED: Cannes Film Festival 2023 In Photos This deal could help loosen the deal logjam. The thinking coming in is that sellers would see a premium for completed films that can be slotted on slates, and packages that can mobilize quickly post-strike. International distributors have reported a strong market, but this, and the deal we told you about for The End We Start From, have been among the only splashy North American pacts to have happened on the ground, where a writers’ strike has hobbled a business which was already seeing a reduction in big acquisitions from the streamers.
RELATED: Deadline’s Complete Coverage Of The Cannes Film Festival Sparks fly between the three of them as unresolved issues resurface in a romantic drama that reunites the director with Moore after they made Oscar nominee Far From Heaven together. The film’s trigger is the interaction between the couple (Charles Melton plays the husband) and an actress (Portman) who travels to Maine to study the life of the woman she will play in a film. As happened in the May-December romance between teacher Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau, Moore’s character served time for seducing an underaged teen, but eventually married the youth, and they moved away to raise a family and live quietly.
May December refers to the nature of a scandalous romance between a married woman and a 13-year-old that was a tabloid staple when it happened 20 years ago. Read about the deal here: /iRsX3lvrXm- Deadline Hollywood May 23, 2023 Director Todd Haynes on Netflix’s overnight purchase of ‘May December’: “It’s just made all of us feel emboldened…” #Cannes
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