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13 May 2010

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Jinga strikes deals for Finale, Disappeared

The sales and production company has closed a number of deals as the Cannes Market gets underway.
5 and counting

An ambitious new international player has emerged from Germany in K5 Media Group, the Munich-based development, finance and sales outfit. Principals Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur speak to Mike Goodridge.
6 Sales secures deals for Miffy The Movie

Miffy The Movie goes to Warner Bros for distribution in Benelux, Noori for South Korea, and Kino Swiat for Poland at the Cannes market.
A New Hope

George Lucas talks to Conor Dignam and a group of young film-makers about the technological changes revolutionising the film industry and how opportunity for all means the end of the studio system.
Africa United

Pathé’s $6m Africa United is an ambitious UK-South Africa-Rwanda co-production which filmed across three countries. Sarah Cooper reports from Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, where it was the first international project to shoot.
Amalric, Rossellini line up for Satrapi's Chicken With Plums

Celluloid Dreams is handling sales; the film will start shooting at Babelsberg in Berlin.
Anchor Bay strikes deal for Darkness starring Amber Heard

Marcos Efron’s remake of the 1970 British thriller garners a reported seven-figure deal.
Anchor Bay strikes multi-film deal with Corsan

The deal will include Paul Breuls’ (pictured) romantic comedy Meant To Be and drama The Box Collector.
ARP takes French rights to Biutiful

ARP will distribute Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s competition entry Biutiful in France.
Australia relaxes rules for producer offset tax rebates

More offshore films will be eligible to claim the 15% location rebate available for using Australia as a production destination from July 1.
Autlook snaps up Reindeer Spotting

The controversial film as already become Finland’s highest grossing documentary ever.
AV Pictures closes key deals on Josh Reed's Primal

AV Pictures kicks off Cannes Market with key deals on Josh Reed’s Primal.
Bankside slate adds Peter Greenaway, Famke Janssen, Antonia Bird films

UK sales and film financing outfit Bankside Films has struck a first-look deal with Dutch producer Kees Kasander and will be handling worldwide sales on Peter Greenaway’s new feature.
Bankside takes on genre thriller This Little Piggy

Hunger producer Laura Hastings-Smith (pictured) plans an autumn shoot.
Bille August takes train to Lisbon

Perrine Teze’s PTZ International is setting up and selling the $10m film, which will shoot early next year.
Bleiberg starts shoot for 3D thriller Point Of No Return

The US company is talking to buyers in Cannes about film, a tale of a pilot trying to avert global war.
Bloom, Corden join Musketeers

Orlando Bloom and James Corden have joined the cast of Constantin Film and Impact Pictures’ 3D version of TheThree Musketeers.
BRIC countries come under spotlight at Moscow

MIFF Business Square will boast the central theme of development of the film industries between the EU and BRIC countrires (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
Buenos Aires to lure international productions with 0% tax incentive

The Argentine capital
Buyers strike for M-Line’s Blades

Lee Joon-ik’s (pictured) epic action title Blades Of Blood sells to a raft of territories including the UK and Thailand.
Cannes Film Festival Competition Line-up

The opening and closing films plus the competition line for the Cannes Film Festival 2010.
Cannes selection adds Mammuth making-of doc

Fred Poulet’s documentary is sold by Funny Balloons.
Carlo Di Palma to get major exhibition, retrospective

Niemeyer Centre in Aviles next year to launch exhibition, which will travel to Rome and New York.
Cast fires up for Gens' The Divide

Cast has been confirmed for the new Xavier Gens project The Divide (previously titled The Fallout), which has just started principal photography in Winnipeg.
Chinese pop star Cui Jian plans to direct for Beijing Antaeus

The Chinese outfit reveals packed Cannes slate, including the debut film from China’s rock father Cui Jian.
Cineart takes on A Screaming Man, All Good Children

Benelus buyer also takes on Salles’ On The Road and Sorrentino’s This Must Be The Place.
Clive Owen to star in Medallion for Parlay

Clive Owen will star in the action thriller Medallion based on a screenplay by in-demand writer David Guggenheim.
Coproduction Office signs on for Play, Meteora

Cannes slate grows with new feature films by Ruben Östlund (pictured) and Spiros Stathoulopoulos (PVC-1).
Critics' Week

The full line-up for Cannes Critcs’ Week 2010.
CrossDay funding boost to help with development slate including Tom Jones, Esme Lennox

UK-based CrossDay Productions, run by Pippa Cross and Janette Day, will benefit from a new “substantial investment” from a sale of 25% of their equity to a non-film-industry high-net-worth individual.
Curzon Artificial Eye confirms new funding

Dedicated company Curzon Film Rights raised the funding in the form of Film Rights Structured Notes (Lipworth Capital served as advisor).
Danish doc Armadillo stirs controversy

The film’s producer Ronnie Fridthjof has now confirmed that the Danish army is commissioning an official inquiry into alleged misbehaviour by Danish soldiers.
De Niro joins Statham, Owen in The Killer Elite

The film, which started shooting on May 13, is based on Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ 1993 non-fictional novel about Black Ops soliders.
Deepa Mehta sees Webber’s Bombay Dreams

The Indian director will bring Broadway musical Bombay Dreams to the big screen with a score by AR Rahman.
Depardieu and Tahar Rahim join case of Lafosse film

MK2 has acquired and will co-produce the next film from Joachim Lafosse.
Directors' Fortnight

The full line up for Directors’ Fortnight at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Dizzy deals for Blonde, Wild Bunch

Buyers snap up a raft of Wild Bunch titles including Blonde and competition entries Of Gods And Men, Burnt By The Sun 2.
Dubai Film Market counts $2m in deals from 2009 market

The market reveals distribution deals worth $2m (AED7.3m) following its 2009 edition, including Shoreline’s acquisition of City Of Life.
Dubai pacts with Lebanese doc group

The festival will provide support in bid to strengthen Lebanese documentary film-making.
E1 takes world rights on Hellman's Road To Nowhere

Shannyn Sossamon and Dominique Swain star in the noir thriller.
Ealing’s slate led by Dustin Hoffman’s Nightwork

The London studio reveals a raft of forthcoming projects including Hoffman’s Nightwork and the third instalment of St Trinian’s.
Edinburgh Film Festival launches new producers programme

Inaugural participants are Wendy Griffin, Carolynne Sinclair Kidd, Micky MacPherson, Suzanne Reid, Andy Green and Ciara Barry.
Elephant jumps on Silva’s Cats

The New York-based outfit is in Cannes with a slate led by two from Sebastian Silva, the director of The Maid.
EuropaCorp ticks with HP for Boy With Cuckoo-Clock Heart

The companies will collaborate on technology for the animated featre.
Europe’s major studio

Berlin’s venerable Studio Babelsberg is playing a key role in Germany’s production upturn. Now it is looking to strengthen its offer as a co-producer.Martin Blaney reports.
European films account for 59% of screenings across the Network in 2009

There was news to celebrate at today’s Europa Cinemas Network Meeting in Cannes, with the network’s 710 cinemas reporting 59% of their screenings to European films in 2009 (a 4% increased from 2008). That was 36% of totals comprising non-national European films.An overall total of 59m European viewers (an increase from 55 million in 2008) went to cinemas belonging to the Europa Cinemas / MEDIA Network in 2009.
Final Draft Goes Collaborative In Version 9

Final Draft is here in Cannes to host daily workshops and seminars and unveil new plans for version 9 of the software.
Finecut books trio of deals on Competition title Poetry

The film has gone to Golem Distribucion for Spain and Andorra, MCF MegaCom Film for ex-Yugoslavia and Khan Entertainment for Taiwan.
First Run takes US rights to Mugabe and the White African

HanWay handles sales, and has previously sold to France’s Pretty Pictures.
Fortune Star sells package deals

The company closes sales on two packages of library titles, including Johnnie To’s Running Out Of Time (pictured) and John Woo’s Hitman.
Fox International Productions ramps up in Russia and Brazil

Projects include Russian Working Girl remake and Brazil’s first stop-motion animated film.
Fox Searchlight strikes US deal for Wang's Snow Flower

Gianna Jun and Li Bing Bing star in the adaptation of Lisa See’s bestseller about female friendship in 19th century China.
France's UMedia picks up Little Sparrows and Knifer

French outfit UMedia has picked up two new films to add to its lineup.
Friends in all the right places

Who are the German co-producers that international producers need to know when contemplating a shoot in the territory? Martin Blaney profiles a selection.
Funds management

Worth more than $400m per year, Germany’s array of funds can make up a significant portion of a budget. Martin Blaney explores the ups and downs of the territory’s funding options, and how each can be tapped.
Funny Business

A string of French comedies, led by Dany Boon’s Welcome To The Sticks, have scored recent hits overseas bucking the widely accepted trend that local comedies don’t travel. Geoffrey MacNab reports.
Gaumont strikes deals for Santapprentice, Twelve

Santapprentice is a 2D feature, co-produced in association with The Cartoon Saloon, about a reluctant-to-retire Santa searching for a replacement.
Geddes to be festival director for ActionFest

Colin Geddes (pictured) takes new role at ActionFest but will retain TIFF duties.
Gentlemen Broncos rides into Spain, UK welcomes American

ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week.
George Lucas Q&A

The Films Without Borders participants quiz George Lucas on the lessons learned from a lifetime in film
Goteborg to give $128,000 to Nordic Film winner

The Goteborg International Film Festival has upped the prize money for its Dragon Award Best Nordic Film to $128,000 (SEK 1m).
Greg Strause and Liam O’Donnell

The co-director and the co-writer of Skyline talk to Jeremy Kay about working outside the studio system on the upcoming thriller.
Hideo Nakata’s Death Game starts sales

Nippon Television Network has started sales on Hideo Nakata’s (pictured) forthcoming horror flick.
Hilary Swank Dreams with Killer Films, Intandem, Laureate

UK sales outfit Intandem Films is to handle sales on Dreams of a Dying Heart, the film that reunites two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank (pictured) with her Boys Don’t Cry producers Killer Films.
Hubert Bals Fund gives $570,000 in latest round

Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund supports 29 films from 22 countries.
IFC takes Tavernier's Princess for US

IFC Films has acquired US rights to Bertrand Tavernier’s Cannes competition entry The Princess Of Montpensier. The company will release the film theatrically and via its IFC in Theaters on-demand platform.
Image Forum, Bewiz launch new Japanese promo organisation

The new body will promote local films abroad, coordinate showcases and collaborate with foreign organisations on cultural events.
Imagenation unveils first Emirati production

The company has developed, financed and produced Sea Shadow, to be directed by Nawaf-Al-Janahi.
Indian fund Cause aims to raise $45 for socially conscious films

Mumbai-based financial services company DM Capital Advisors is launching a venture capital fund, Cause Entertainment (CE), to invest in socially conscious movies.
India's Avinaash Jumani starts PictureWorks

WEG India sales chief Avinaash Jumani has launched a new company, PictureWorks, to acquire world cinema content for India and produce and sell Bollywood films.
Indonesia in Cannes to entice more foreign productions

The country recently hosted Plan B Entertainment’s Eat Pray Love (pictured) starring Julia Roberts.
Inferno burns for Brad Pitt's Lost City Of Z

James Gray’s red-hot adventure project is based on a true story.
Iron Man 2 holds off all newcomers in the UK, Four Lions debuts in top ten

Paramount Pictures International’s comic book adaptation holds off five new entries to retain the UK number one spot.
Jeremy Hunt named UK culture minister

UK’s new coalition government names Conservative MP has minister for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
Jessica Biel to star in SND's thriller The Tall Man

French director Pascal Laugier will make his English-language debut with the project.
Johnny Lin takes US titles for Taiwan

Taiwan-based Johnny Lin’s Studio Solutions Group (SSG) has acquired rights to several top-tier US titles here at the market.
Jon Amiel to direct Undying starring Kurt Russell

Media 8 is producing alongside LA-based Circle Of Confusion, and financing with Cynthia Stafford’s Queen Nefertari Productions, new partner Northern Lights Films, and London/LA-based E-Motion.
Kapur, LaBute join Love Berlin project

The directors join Oren Moverman on the portmanteau project.
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Kristin Kreuk join Iwai Shunji's Vampire

A hot cast of young Western stars has joined Vampire, the English-language debut of Japanese director Iwai Shunji, including Keisha Castle-Hughes (pictured) and Rachael Leigh Cook.
Kong's Edko sells Life Is A Miracle

Bill Kong’s Edko Films is launching international sales on award-winning Chinese director Gu Changwei’s Life Is A Miracle, starring Zhang Ziyi and Aaron Kwok, here at Cannes. Set in a small Chinese village, where an illicit trade in human blood has resulted in the spread of HIV, the film follows two fellow AIDS sufferers, played by Zhang and Kwok, who fall in love with each other. Produced by China’s Stellar Megamedia and Beijing Forbidden City Film Co, the film is due f
Kusturica to produce mafia comedy

The award-winning director will produce dark comedy Mozzarella Stories by debut director Edoardo De Angelis.
Latido signs on for Norman Foster documentary

The Spanish salesc company will handle internationa rights on the acclaimed documentary.
Lionsgate UK goes Fishing with BBC and Kudos

Creative team includes Lasse Hallstrom, Simon Beaufoy and Paul Webster. Cast led by Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Lionsgate UK takes on Coriolanus, Dangerous Method

The UK-based company has added Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut and David Cronenberg’s next film to its 2011 slate.
Little Film takes on sales for timely oil rig thriller The Elephant

The company will start pre-sales on the film, to be directed by Hans Petter Moland (pictured), in Cannes.
London’s PFM to concentrate on single films, not slates

The event is expanding its offer for financiers; increasing its focus on producers with a single project.
Lotte comes on board for 3D animation Outback

Major Korean distributor Lotte Entertainment has announced that it will become the main investor in Outback, an English-language 3D animated feature. The deal is a first for a Korean company.
LUFF to host premieres including Cherry Tree Lane, Ways To Live Forever

The next edition of the British export event will feature a raft of high profile premieres including Paul Andrew Williams’ Cherry Tree Lane.
Luke and Lucy travel for Delphis

Delphis has closed a number of home entertainments rights deals on the Belgian CG animated feature.
Magnolia takes on Gibney's Eliot Spitzer documentary

Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Alex Gibney’s untitled Eliot Spitzer documentary, produced by A&E IndieFilms and Wider Film Projects.
Marilyn Manson, Evan Rachel Wood to star in retro Splatter Sisters

Edward R. Pressman and David Gordon Green have joined forces to produce the retro slasher movie Splatter Sisters.
Mary J Blige sings as Ealing's Nina Simone

William Morris Endeavor’s Global Finance & Distribution Group brought the film to Ealing Studios to finance, produce and sell internationally.
MDA strikes four-year partnership with Tiger Gate

The slate of projects, which are intended for both theatrical and TV distribution, will be jointly selected and financed by Tiger Gate and the MDA.
Memento adds indie darlings project with So-Yong Kim

The slate also includes Juliette Binoche in Sponsoring and Cate Shortland’s Lore.
Memento closes deals on Moll's The Monk

Deals done with Portugal (Ecofilmes), Hungary (Mokep), Czech Republic (North Video), Russia (Art Pictures) and Benelux (Lumiere) with the UK in talks.
Michael Fassbender gears up for summer shoot of A Single Shot

CinemaNX, Hanway Films and Unanimous Pictures has announced a summer shoot for the poacher story.
New Holland joins Iron Sky team

Nazis on moon project to shoot studio parts in Australia.
Olive Films takes US rights to prison drama R from TrustNordisk

Scandinavian powerhouse TrustNordisk has announced a US deal on Danish prison drama R.
Out Of Competition

Films screening out of competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Pontas seals sales package deal with Cinema Libre Studio

Leading Spanish film and literary agency Pontas has secured European sales rights to several films from US production outfit Cinema Libre Studio.
Prescience strikes alliance with Atlantic Film Group's Australian arm

Atlantic Film Group and UK financier Prescience have created a strategic alliance to give Atlantic Film Group’s Antipodean financing subsidiary, Atlantic South, access to a facility worth an anticipated $20m per year.
Protagonist scares up slew of deals on Edwards' Monsters

Deals have been concluded with Square One Entertainment for Germany, SND for France, Front Row for the Middle East. In CIS, director Timur Bekmambetov and Sergei Yershov’s Film Depot jointly acquired the film.
PTZ readies Nazi Officer's Wife with Rapace, Mikkelsen

Perrine Teze’s PTZ International is putting together financing and handling sales on Barthelemy Grossmann’s Nazi Officer’s Wife.
Pyramide wells Cosa widley, including US deal to Film Movement

France’s Pyramide International has sold Silvio Soldini’s Cosa Voglio Di Piu to Film Movement for North America, the company told Screen.
Qatar unveils umbrella organisation Doha Film Institute

The state of Qatar launched the Doha Film Institute (DFI), an umbrella organisation to oversee its various film-related activities, in Cannes yesterday.
Rachid Bouchareb plans LA shoot for Belleville's Cop

The film was developed by Pathe and will shoot this summer in LA.
Rai Cinema's slate includes Crialese's Terra Firma

Rai Cinema is co producing several pictures by Italy’s hottest auteurs and CEO Caterina D’Amico says that to date in 2010, US$51.6 mil (Euros 40 mil) has been invested in Italian films.Rai Cinema’s support can’t be underestimated in Italy, where issues around diminished state funding is often a point of fury for film-makers here. Rai Cinema’s annual over-all investment in cinema is approximately US$90 mil (Euros 70 mil), says CEO Caterina D’Amico. The effort is paying off. Rai C
Ray Winstone lines up for British thriller A Silent Bark

Directors are Karl Howman and Etham Cetintas through Fog Films.
Red Dragon plans US release for Douchebag

The company will work with Paladin on the release of Drake Doremus’ Sundance title.
Repremiere launches in Cannes to offer 3D conversion

London-based Repremiere 3D is launching as a finance house to fund the 3D conversion of library titles across a range of titles.
Revolver shoots for two new Gunslinger productions

Revolver’s production arm plans hoodie spoof Anuvarhood and girl gang thriller Sket.
Romania's Paunescu launches new sales company

The Death of Mr Lazarescu and Aurora producer Bobby Paunescu has launched a new sales company, Mandragora International, which will handle both Romanian and international projects.
Russia's $30m epic Stalingrad goes 3D

Dmitry Rudovsky has confirmed in Cannes that Fedor Bondarchuk’s (pictured) forthcoming $30 million epic Stalingrad will now shoot in 3D.
Saint Juste shouts for Oy Vey!

Saint Juste Films has picked up worldwide rights to Evgeny Afineevsky’s family comedy OyVey! My Son Is Gay!starring Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek and Carmen Electra.
Salt strikes first-look deal with $30m Brazilian Fund

Newly launched Brazilian film fund Virtù-Schurmann Cinema has signed a first-look deal with UK-based sales and financing company Salt. Salt, which has previously worked on Brazilian titles including City Of Men (Cidade de Homens) (pictured) and Cidade Baixa (Lower City), will help Virtù-Schurmann in identifying and developing Brazilian films with international potential.The $30m fund was set up in January 2010 and will work on Bra
Santana Brothers plan films with Fiennes, Kurylenko, Lewis

The British brothers are going into production on Coronet and thriller Man Is Wolf To Man this autumn.
Sarajevo to open with Tanovic's Cirkus Columbia

It marks Tanovic’s first film set in Bosnia and Herzegovina since Oscar-winning No Man’s Land.
SC strikes German deal for The Romantics

Wild Bunch Germany takes on the Sundance hit.
Screen's Global Top 10 - May 07-09

Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend.
Singapore to launch new international film showcase in June 2011

Singapore is gearing up to launch an international cinema event, ScreenSingapore, to showcase Hollywood and Asian cinema, starting in June 2011.
Sony PlayStation strikes MUBI deal for arthouse titles

Sony Playstation users to get access to auteur titles, including from legendary French film-maker Agnes Varda (pictured).
Spall, McCrory sign on to Tillotson's debut

Timothy Spall and Helen McCrory have signed on to star in Rachel Tillotson’s debut feature, Badstock.
Special Screenings

The Special Screenings at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
Stephen Kijak, director

The director of Directors’ Fortnight entry Stones In Exile talks to Wendy Mitchell about working with the band and taking viewers back to the ‘70s
Stonebrook introduces Twilight spoof Fully Mooned

Stonebrook Entertainment president of international Delphine Perrier is talking to buyers here about FullyMooned, a spoof of The Twilight Saga: New Moon(pictured).
StudioCanal lines up Diane Kruger for chase thriller

The actress will play a French journalist kidnapped in Afganistan in StudioCanal’s Forces Speciales.
Sunstone warms to Teen Patti

Mumbai-based Sunstone Entertainment has picked up international rights to Teen Patti starring Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan.
Swarovski moves into film with Shekhar Kapur's Paani

Swarovski Entertainment, the newly-launched film arm of the luxury crystal brand, and India’s Walkwater Media have boarded Shekhar Kapur’s (picture) passion project Paani (Water).
Synergetic takes two films from FourTwoFive

The distributor has picked up worldwide rights to The House That Jack Built and Five Good Years.
Taylor Hackford, Helen Mirren on Love Ranch

The husband and wife team to Screen about working together on Love Ranch.
Tennant, MacDonald, Eve walk down the aisle with Decoy Bride

Ecosse Films, CinemaNX, Scottish Screen and HanWay Films announced the project today in Cannes.
Teutonic shift

Germany has re-invented itself as an attractive place to make international films. In this special production focus, Screen explores the opportunities inGermany for overseas films, from co-production partners to finance, studios and locations.
The content converters

Run by Mark Ordesky and Ileen Maisel, former senior production executives at New Line Cinema, with New Line stablemate Jane Fleming and documentary film-maker Lawrence Elman, Amber Entertainment is combining new film paradigms with old. The principals talked to Mike Goodridge.
The German connection

With its generous array of finance and an ever-expanding pool of talent, Germany is a natural location choice for film shoots from around the world. Martin Blaney looks at how the territory’s muscular production sector is strengthening its international links.
The Housemaid cleans up for Mirovision

Seoul-based producer and sales agent Mirovision has closed a slew of deals on Im Sang-soo’s The Housemaid.
The Princess of Montpensier (La Princesse De Montpensier)

Dir: Bertrand Tavernier. Fr. 2010.139mins
The Works searches for Happiness with Patrick Dempsey

The Works International has taken on international sales for Katja von Garnier’s Hector and the Search for Happiness, starring Patrick Dempsey.
The Works strikes US deal for Glorious 39

UK sales outfit The Works has announced details of its recent sales deals. Stephen Poliakoff’s Glorious 39 has gone to the US, to E1 Entertainment.
The Works takes international rights to Carney's Zonad

Once’s John Carney co-write and co-directed the Tribeca hit with his brother Kieran.
The Yellow Affair launches as new international sales company

Miira Paasilinna, formerly of NonStop Sales, heads the outfit as Managing Director.
TIFF’s Bell Lightbox to shine on Sept 12

The brand new film centre will be unveiled to the public three days into year’s edition of the festival.
Time To Get Back To Basics

Bob Berney’s resignation from Apparition highlights how much money is required to release prestige movies in the high-spending US distribution arena these days. So perhaps it’s time to get back to basics.
Toei plans 3D version of cult thriller Battle Royale

The 3D version of the original will be ready for market screenings in October and released in Japan on November 20.
TrustNordisk trades in Cash

Daniel Espinosa’s Swedish Hit Easy Money continues to sell; Trust begins pre-sales on the sequel.
Un Certain Regard

The 2010 Cannes Un Certain Regard line-up.
Universal Pictures takes Spanish rights to Napoleon drama Bruc

Universal Pictures has picked up Spanish theatrical rights to Daniel Benmayor’s $8m historical action adventure film Bruc.
Videovision strikes South African deals for Woody Allen, Ken Loach films

Videovision Entertainment has taken South African rights to Woody Allen’s You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger(in official selection) and Ken Loach’s Route Irish (in Competi
Vietnam plans first film festival for October

The Northern city of Hanoi will host the country’s first film festival this October.
Voltage sells out on Faces In The Crowd

Production is underway in Winnipeg on the thriller Faces In The Crowd starring Milla Jovovich and Julian McMahon that Julien Magnat is directing from his screenplay.
Voltage takes on Patrick Wilson comedy

Barry Munday will also star Chloe Sevigny and Colin Hanks.
Warner, Sony snap up market titles

The studios have been seeking foreign rights to stock up their international pipelines.
Weekly International Box Office - May 7-9

ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news.
WestEnd finds love with Meirelles, Jim Sheridan

Cities of Love series, sold by WestEnd, will next travel to Shanghai, Rio and Jerusalem.
WestEnd takes on sales for Lohan's Lovelace project, Inferno

London-based WestEnd Films has taken on worldwide sales on Inferno, the story of notorious porn actress and Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace.
Wide closes US deal on erotic drama Unfaithful

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired all rights to Claude Peres’ English-language film for the US.
Yolande Moreau joins Beta's The Notebook

The project is an adaptation of Agota Kristof’s acclaimed anti-war novel.

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