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With Cannes Market Half Over, Sellers Remain Optimistic While Deals Remain Scarce

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Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterWhile the Cannes Film Festival has served up punishing 80-plus degrees weather every day so far, that heat has yet to translate to the iconic festival’s film market.At the halfway point, Cannes 2021 has not seen the expected flurry of deals at the festival’s concurrent Marché du Film.

The only significant sales have come in the form of an eye-popping $75 million from STX for the global rights to Gerard Butler’s forthcoming “Greenland” sequel, and a multimillion-dollar pact from Netflix for the low-fi horror “CURS>R” with Asa Butterfield.Numerous industry players who spoke with Variety noted the sluggish sales pace on the ground, especially considering many available titles pre-screened for buyers in June at.

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