Hong Kong's ACT3 and Philippine producer Blackops Studios Asia have cast Cuba Gooding Jr., Luke Ford, Keith Duffy and Qymira in "Lotus," the first project under their five-film slate deal. Principal photography runs September-October in Manila, with additional sequences in Brazil.
Director James Gray said at the Cannes Film Festival that 20th Century Fox took the 2019 sci-fi film "Ad Astra" away from him and made it longer than he intended. He said his cut would have been about 12 minutes shorter. Gray is at Cannes promoting his new film "Paper Tiger."
Filmmaker Boots Riley said on X that the Cannes Film Festival has passed on all three of his major projects, including new heist comedy "I Love Boosters," 2018's "Sorry to Bother You" and 2023 series "I'm a Virgo." Distributor Neon launched the latest film at SXSW.