International Insider: Festival Fever Returns; France In Focus; Bullying And Hypocrisy Exposed; Reasonable Results For ITV; Settling In Paradise
deadline.comHello and welcome to another week that was in international entertainment. Jesse Whittock here, back to guide you through the big stories and scoops.
Also, a warm welcome to another new face in our London office, Zac Ntim, who’s joined us as International Film Reporter. Drop him a note and say hello. Very nice, Venice: Venice and Toronto fired the opening shots of the 2022/23 awards season as they unveiled their line-ups this week.
Opening the Venice Film Festival on August 31 will be Noah Baumbach’s Netflix picture White Noise, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.
Venice chief Alberto Barbera said the film was “worth waiting for,” using a ton of adjectives to display his excitement – spanning ‘ambitious,’ ‘compelling,’ ‘dramatic,’ ‘ironic’ and ‘satirical.’ We’re sold.
