Blockbuster Bloat: Trade Roughage 04/24/08

By Karina Longworth posted 5 months ago

With almost-sure thing comic book blockbusters (Iron Man), long-awaited franchise extenders (Indiana Jones and The Rise of Shia LeBeouf), and chick flick counter-programming for us old maids (Sex and the City) projections suggest that this May’s box office tally may break records.
Recently installed replacement governor David Patterson showed up at the Tribeca Film Festival’s opening press conference yesterday to hype the state’s new tax incentives designed to combat runaway film production. Meanwhile, festival co-founder Robert DeNiro was shooting a film in Connecticut. Seriously.
Montreal’s Just for Laughs comedy festival is putting its Just Comedy industry conference on the map by featuring a one-on-one conversation between Jason and Ivan Reitman. It takes place on July 17.
10 features have been added to the Cannes lineup, via the Critic’s Week sidebar. Five of the films are by first-time directors; none of them are from the U.S.