At the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film (14-23 May), Protagonist Pictures will kick off sales for Blithe Spirit by director Edward Hall, starring Dan Stevens and Judi Dench. The film has already secured deals in Spain, Greece/Cyprus and the UK/Ireland. Currently in pre-production, the movie tells the story of a best-selling crime novelist, Charles (Stevens), who suffers from terrible writer’s block and is struggling to finish his first screenplay. Charles’ quest for inspiration leads him to invite the eccentric mystic Madame Acarti (Dench) to perform a séance in his home.

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Buyers will also be able to see a sizzle reel of Satan Is Real, which stars Ethan Hawke and Alessandro Nivola in director Phil Morrison’s recounting of the true story of two brothers bound together by love and music, but ripped apart by their personal demons. Rights throughout the world are available.

Protagonist Pictures has also boarded Mitch Jenkins’ mystery The Show, written by Alan Moore. Starring Tom Burke, Ellie Bamber and Moore himself, the Northampton-set film has world rights available. Exclusive footage is available to be viewed at Cannes.

More exclusive footage is also available for Monsoon [+leggi anche:
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The British outfit will also be showing exclusive images from Christopher MacBride’s The Education of Fredrick Fitzell, the French-US-Belgian co-production The Sound of Philadelphia [+leggi anche:
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There will be a first market screening of Two/One [+leggi anche:
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The British company’s slate also includes Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ Monday [+leggi anche:
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