Checking the Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics / Emilia
Perez Trailer / Megalopolis Still Costing Coppola
CHACKING GTHE DISTRIBUTORS: SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
I think it's fair to say that no distributor has had a longer term relationship with the Telluride Film Festival than Sony Pictures Classics. SPC's presence at TFF has been a staple for many years. His a reminder of the films from SPC that have played the fest over the last ten years:
2013: The Invisible Woman, Jodorowsky's Dune, The Lunchbox, The Past, Tim's Vermeer.
2014: Foxcatcher, Leviathan, Merchants of Doubt, Mr. Turner, Red Army, Salt of the Earth and Wild Tales.
2015: Son of Saul
2016: The Eagle Huntress, Toni Erdmann, Maudie, Norman: The Moderate Rise...
2017: Fantastic Woman, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Foxtrot, Loveless, The Rider.
2018: The White Crow
2019: Pain and Glory, The Climb, Lyrebird
2020 (if it had happened): The Duke, The Father, The Truffle Hunters
2021: Julia, The Duke
2022: One Fine Morning, Living, The Return of Tanya Tucker, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song.
2023: The Teachers' Lounge, They Shot the Piano Player, Daddio, Strange Way of Life
This year SPC could bring Pedro Almodovar's The Room Next Door, Walter Salles I'm Still Here and an outside possibility is Sylvain Chomet's animated The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (though IMDb Pro has it listed as still filming).
The Room Next Door is Almodovar's first English language feature film. Last year his Strange Way of Life was at TFF #50 and the director has had a long history with Telluride.
Walter Salles' I'm Still Here also has a TFF history (Central Station 1998, The Motorcycle Diaries 2004) but it has been a long time since he last had a film in the San Juans.
Chances:
The Room Next Door 50%
I'm Still Here 35%
Marcel Pagnol 10%
EMILIA PEREZ TRAILER
We have a foreign language trailer for Jacques Audiard's Cannes prize winner Emilia Perez. Here it is from YouTube:
MEGALOPOLIS STILL COSTING COPPOLA
We noted last week that Lionsgate had picked up Francis Ford Coppola's passion project. Since then The Hollywood Reporter reported last week that the $120 million deal did not include any money for marketing. THR's Aaron Couch and Kim Masters wrote:
"Lionsgate, it appears, will not be paying for marketing. Instead, Coppola is expected to provide the spend himself. Lionsgate intends to put the feature on more than 1,500 screens, which sources in the distribution world say would require around $15 million to $20 million in marketing. It’s unclear how much Megalopolis’ campaign will entail."
I'm just going to say it, I hope Megalopolis plays TFF #51 and I think it could happen.
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