All Screen articles in 1 Nov 2012 – Page 16
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Huayi takes Control with Kenneth Bi project
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers is producing $12m action thriller Control, directed by Hong Kong’s Kenneth Bi and starring Daniel Wu and Yao Chen.
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NewsClive Owen, Morgan Freeman to star in The Last Knights
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Johnson’s IF Entertainment arrives at its first AFM with the action adventure The Last Knights.
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NewsChristine D'Souza moves to WME Global
EXCLUSIVE: The highly regarded executive will operate alongside Graham Taylor and the core independent financing and packaging team.
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NewsCinedigm, Alloy Digital strike digital distribution deal
EXCLUSIVE: Digital distributor and theatre conversion specialist Cinedigm Entertainment Group has struck a deal with Alloy Digital to deliver packaged content from the latter’s SMOSH and Clevver YouTube channels to ancillary platforms.
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Premiere Entertainment to start AFM talks on The Outsider
EXCLUSIVE: Elias Axume and svp of sales and acquisitions Jack Campbell will talk up the thriller, which has started shooting and stars Jason Patric, James Caan, the UK’s Craig Fairbrass and Shannon Elizabeth.
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NewsJohn Cusack to star in Cargo's Stephen King adaptation Cell
EXCLUSIVE: The star is getting back into the Stephen King business after the global hit 1408. New York and LA-based Cargo Entertainment arranged financing on Cell and president of distribution Mark Lindsay will introduce what is expected to become one of the buzz titles of the AFM to international buyers. ...
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NewsAmerican Film Festival unveils full lineup
Saftey Not Guaranteed [pictured], Jack and Diane and How To Survive A Plague among titles to screen at the third edition of the festival, which runs Nov 13-18.
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NewsThe Sapphires trio reteam on thriller Six Mile Bottom
EXCLUSIVE: Goalpost Film and Goalpost Pictures re-team with writer Keith Thompson on historical thriller.
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NewsSC Films re-teams with The Animation Picture Company on Flying South
EXCLUSIVE: SC Films acquires 3D family animation Flying South and thriller Bullet ahead of AFM.
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NewsFilm4 marks 30th anniversary with '30 Films for 30p'
From Nov 1, a a different film from Film4’s back catalogue will be available to download each day from Film4OD.
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NewsDafoe, Audiard and Troell to be awarded in Stockholm
23rd edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival runs Nov 7-18.
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FeaturesAFM buzz: US sellers
New titles include Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street and Panorama’s The Voices. Jeremy Kay reports.
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NewsSynchronicity maiden slate to include Elijah Wood in Cooties
President of international distribution Ruzanna Kegeyan arrives at the market with the first three titles since The Solution Entertainment Group and LA-based Siren Studios launched the genre production and sales outfit last summer.
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NewsCelluloid Dreams boards sales on Bone Tomahawk
Wild Side has made a preemptive mid-six figure swoop on French rights to the AFM horror Western to star Kurt Russell, Peter Sarsgaard, Richard Jenkins and Jennifer Carpenter. CAA and UTA co-represent the package and US rights.
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Lightning strikes bundle of sales on AFM slate
The Santa Monica-based production and sales company has licensed action title Dead Drop, Liam Hemsworth wartime romance Love And Honor and comedy Struck By Lightning to Pinnacle Films/All Interactive Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsExclusive Media brings JFK drama Parkland to AFM
Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver have signed on to the JFK feature Parkland. Exclusive Media will finance, jointly produce with Playtone and handle world sales.
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NewsDisney to buy Lucasfilm for $4.05bn; new Star Wars in 2015
The Walt Disney Company is to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05bn in stocks and cash - and is planning to release Star Wars: Episode 7 in 2015.
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Red Sea Media boards world sales on Free Samples, Sleeping Around
Roman Kopelevich’s LA-based production and sales company announced the pair of new projects on the eve of AFM.