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EXCLUSIVE: Briarcliff Entertainment has closed a deal for U.S. distribution rights to DogMan, the Luc Besson-directed revenge thriller that stars Caleb Landry Jones. A first quarter 2024 theatrical release is the plan for a film that made its world premiere this fall at the Venice Film…

Luc Besson’s Dogman had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday night, scoring a nearly six-minute standing ovation from the crowd inside the Palazzo del Cinema. Caleb Landry Jones stars in the Bessonian action thriller, which already has gotten a rave review from Deadline. He was…

Luc Besson's Dogman is a superhero movie in search of a comic book, which makes a refreshing change amid the summer's raft of DC disappointments. It skews a little close to Todd Phillips’ Golden Lion winner Joker in terms of weirdness and (especially)…

An emotional Luc Besson and his actors Caleb Landry Jones and Jojo T. Gibbs got a rapturous reception at the press conference for their Venice Film Festival movie DogMan. The filmmaker and lead Landry Jones were applauded on multiple occasions, with one journalist moved to tears when asking her…

EXCLUSIVE: Caleb Landry Jones has built an eclectic resumé since he first appeared as Boy on Bike in 2007’s No Country for Old Men. His diverse credits include X-Men: First Class, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Get Out and Nitram, Justin Kurzel's 2021 mass murder drama which earned Landry Jones…

Luc Besson’s DogMan has become one of the first films to receive a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement that will allow talent to do press during the fall festival season. Actors will be allowed to promote the pic at its Venice Film Festival premiere. Given how early it is in process, there are no…

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera has shown once again that he is not scared to court controversy. The festival head has given Roman Polanski a safe festival berth for his new movie The Palace at Venice, in a selection that is likely to spark debate alongside the inclusion of…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal the first trailer for Luc Besson's new feature Dogman amid growing expectations that the film will world premiere on the fall festival circuit. Billed as the incredible story of a child, bruised by life, who finds his salvation through the love of his dogs, the feature…

France's highest appeals court dismissed accusations of rape by Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy against French director and producer Luc Besson on Wednesday. According to local media reports, the Court of Cassation in Paris rejected an appeal lodged by the actress in relation to the 2021 dismissal…

'Power Of The Dog' Producer Tanya Seghatchian To Lead London Film Festival Jury Film producer Tanya Seghatchian (Power of the Dog, Cold War) has been announced as the jury president for the Official Competition of the 66th BFI London Film Festival, running from October 5 – 16. Seghatchian will be…

Tunisian-French film producer Tarak Ben Ammar has finalized a deal to purchase Studios de Paris, the production facility outside the French capital which recently housed the Netflix series Emily In Paris and Netflix's Murder Mystery 2, Deadline can confirm. Ben Ammar co-founded and part-owned the site since 2012 with…

The judge responsible for overseeing a rape complaint brought against filmmaker Luc Besson today dismissed the case following a lengthy investigation. This follows a request made by the Paris public prosecutor's office in October that the case brought by actress Sand Van Roy be tossed out. Besson's attorney, Thierry…