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It's just a movie," someone yelled as a swelling crowd of journalists pushed and shoved to get past the barricades and up the red carpet for the first ever screening of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

CANNES - India's biggest film producer Reliance Big Entertainment, which made waves here this week with the announcement of a new billion-dollar film fund, has followed up by unveiling a slew of development deals with eight of Tinseltown¹s best-known names.

BBC Films may have revamped its management and bolstered its annual budget by a couple of mil to 12 million puonds ($23.5 million) but its roster of filmmakers remains an eclectic mix.

Continental Entertainment Capital is continuing its sweep through the global film industry with the Citigroup affiliate planning to offer financial advisory services to North American and European clients.

U.K. indie distributor Axiom Films has secured all U.K. rights to Wim Wenders' Competition title "Palermo Shooting" ahead of its screening to buyers and official unspooling Saturday May 24.

Senator Film in Germany and BAC in France have pounced on Christophe van Rompaey's romantic comedy "Moscow, Belgium," acquiring rights in their respective territories for the Critics Week's title from Bavaria Film International.

Ben Barnes, currently on screens as Prince Caspian, will lay down his sword after being cast to play Oscar Wilde's iconic character Dorian Gray in an adaptation of the author's novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

Polyband, the documentary division of German distributor Splendid, has picked up German/Austrian rights to "The Two Horses of Genghis Khan," the new film from Oscar-nominated director Byambasuren Davaa.

Berlin-based Egoli Tossell has lined up a cast of A-list German characters actors for its $15 million biopic of 1960s filmstar and chanteuse Hildegard Knef, "The Gift Horse," including Johanna Gastdorf ("Sophie Scholl"), Christian Berkel ("Downfall"), Michael Gwisdek ("Good Bye

Jean Labadie's start-up distribution and sales venture Le Pacte is teaming up with London-based Hani Farsi's Corniche Pictures, with Corniche taking an undisclosed capital stake in Le Pacte, described as "minority but significant."

Miriam Kruishoop's upcoming romantic comedy "Sam's Story," starring Neve Campbell and Gabriel Macht, has been snatched up by international buyers, with Telepool grabbing the Velvet Octopus title for Germany, Ssamzie securing South Korean rights and Blue Sky taking Eastern Europe.

Asia's biggest fantastic film festival, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, is launching a film market dedicated to genre movies, organizers told The Hollywood Reporter.

The myriad makeshift signs people waved outside the Palais Sunday said it all: "Me, Indi Jones tickets, please" as hundreds of fans and moviegoers started amassing in hopes of securing passage to the world premiere of the fourth installment of