All Screen articles in 08 May 2009 – Page 2
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NewsUmedia hears Alidi’s Whisper
Kurdish-Iraqi director Shahram Alidi’s Whisper With the Wind, which is screening in Critics’ Week, has been picked up for international sales by UMedia.
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NewsOther Angle sets sights on strong Cannes
New sales house Other Angle Pictures has been enjoying a bright run since its debut at the EFM in February.
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NewsArclight and Axxis pop for Bubblegum Crisis
Arclight Films and Singapore’s Axxis International are among the companies involved in a six-country collaboration to produce a $30m live-action feature based on Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis.
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NewsIFC Entertainment picks up US rights for Korea's Death Bell
IFC Entertainment has acquired North American rights to high school horror title Death Bell from South Korea’s Mirovision.
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NewsD3 Vue join forces with NX
UK multiplex operator Vue Entertainment is to join forces with financier and producer CinemaNX (NX), to release at least three movies directly into Vue cinemas and other theatres across the UK, from the end of this year.
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NewsLe Pacte takes Refuge with Ozon
After a first collabaration on Berlin competition entry Ricky, Le Pacte will reteam with director Francois Ozon for The Refuge.
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NewsPeter Webber to direct Wuthering Heights
Peter Webber has signed on to direct the new big screen version of Wuthering Heights.
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NewsSalt tempts buyers with I Was Bono’s Doppelganger
Salt is tempting buyers with Nick Hamm’s I Was Bono’s Doppelganger starring Charlie Cox, Robert Sheehan, Romola Garai, Bill Nighy and Pete Postlethwaite.
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NewsIFC Films acquires cult drama Red Riding
IFC Films has acquired US rights from Studio Canal to The Red Riding Trilogy based on David Pearce’s cult noir novels about the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper slayings in the UK during Seventies and Eighties.The trilogy includes Julian Jarrold’s 1974, James Marsh’s 1980 and Anand Tucker’s 1983, three self-contained ...
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NewsNeoClassics swoons for Gypsy Love shoot with Matalqa
NeoClassics Films’ new NeoClassics Productions division has set an October 11 start date for its debut feature Gypsy Love from Captain Abu Raed director Amin Matalqa.
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NewsDadi Film moves into sales for Confucius
Beijing-based production outfit Dadi Film has set up an international sales arm to shop its $23m biopic of Chinese philosopher Confucius, starring Chow Yun-fat and Zhou Xun.
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Entertainment 7 promotes Tara Wood, readies Waco
Emilio Ferrari’s Los Angeles-based production and distribution company Entertainment 7 has promoted Tara Wood to head of international sales heading into Cannes.
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NewsHormann plays along with No Game
Director Sherry Hormann has come aboard The No Game, a teenage love story for Doris Kirch’s Blue Angel Films.
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NewsWarner Bros takes Latin American rights to Lope
US studio Warner Bros has signed a deal with Conspiracao Filmes to distribute Andrucha Waddington’s $16m action adventure film Lope across Latin America.
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NewsStrategic Film Partners picks up Lau’s Kung Fu Cyborg
LA-based international sales and distribution company Strategic Film Partners has acquired North American rights to Jeff Lau’s action sci-fi comedy Kung Fu Cyborg, a film produced by Lau’s China-based Leshi Zhenwei Film Productions.
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NewsFinecut sells Iris to the world
Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has picked up worldwide rights to $20m thriller Iris: The Movie, starring Korean heartthrob Lee Byung-hun and actress Kim Tae-hee.
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NewsPrescience and Perpetual team on new financier P2
A new specialist financing company called P2 Bridge Limited (P2) has been launched as a joint venture between Prescience Film Finance and Perpetual Media Capital.
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NewsOdin’s Eye teams with Prime on joint sales venture
Australian sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has struck a deal with Korea’s Prime Entertainment for joint representation of a slate of 14 Korean titles.
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NewsReliance Big Entertainment reveals A-list productions
India’s Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE) has announced the first raft of projects to be approved for development financing through the deals it has struck with the production vehicles of nine Hollywood stars.
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NewsWatson peels Oranges for Icon
Icon Entertainment International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Oranges And Sunshine starring Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham.