{"id":825,"date":"2026-05-29T05:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=825"},"modified":"2026-05-29T05:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:07:10","slug":"paramount-wins-bidding-war-for-florence-pugh-fantasy-drama-the-midnight-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Wins Bidding War for Florence Pugh Fantasy Drama \u2018The Midnight Library\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<svg><\/svg> <span>Logo text<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nParamount is closing in on acquiring hot Cannes film market titles <em>The Midnight Sun<\/em>, to be directed by Garth Davis and to star Florence Pugh, sources tell <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=823\">Martina McBride Drops Out of Freedom 250 Concert Series: \u201cTurned Out to Be Misleading\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tParamount is paying more than $30 million for the rights to the film. StudioCanal, which is backing the feature project, will distribute the film in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Benelux, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, with Paramount distributing in the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe adaptation of the book by Matt Haig is likely the biggest deal out of the Cannes film market. The story centers on Nora Seed, who finds herself in a magical library between life and death, filled with books that offer her to see the many outcomes of lives not lived. Pugh is slated to play Seed.<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>The Midnight Sun<\/em> won\u2019t be Davis and Pugh\u2019s first collaboration, as the two worked together on the upcoming limited Netflix series <em>East of Eden<\/em>. Davis has also helmed the Oscar-nominated <em>Lion<\/em>, the Elizabeth Moss-starring <em>Top of the Lake<\/em> and <em>Foe<\/em> (2023). <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=821\">\u2018Prime Minister\u2019 Takes Top Prize at 2026 News &amp; Documentary Emmys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tPugh led Marvel\u2019s <em>Thunderbolts*<\/em> last summer, and will also appear in <em>Avengers: Doomsday<\/em> later this year for the franchise. She\u2019s also starred in the second <em>Dune<\/em> film, Christopher Nolan\u2019s <em>Oppenheimer<\/em> and received her sole Academy Award nomination for her turn in Greta Gerwig\u2019s <em>Little Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGraham Broadbent and Pete Czernin of Blueprint will produce alongside Pugh and Anita Overland. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tBen Knight and Diarmuid McKeown of Blueprint will executive produce, alongside Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern and Dan MacRae for StudioCanal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=819\">How Andrea Martin\u2019s Hollywood Ambitions Came Full Circle at THR\u2019s Women in Entertainment Canada Gala<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tPuck was first to report on Paramount\u2019s deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount is in talks to buy &#8216;The Midnight Sun&#8217; helmed by Garth Davis and starring Florence Pugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,798,799,115],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-cannes","tag-florence-pugh","tag-garth-davis","tag-paramount"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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