All AFM articles – Page 106
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Pedersoli's Smile widens with US projects
Giuseppe Pedersoli’s Rome-based Smile Production has taken the leap into US production.
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NewsBuyers start biting for Celluloid's vampire hit We Are The Night
Five deals already closed and buyers lining up for other major territories.
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Fortissimo scares up Rabbit Horror
Fortissimo Films has picked up worldwide rights, excluding Japan, to Takashi Shimizu’s 3D The Rabbit Horror.
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Anchor Bays sinks claws into The Howling reboot for English-language territories
Fast-rising distributor Anchor Bay Films has acquired all rights for English-speaking territories to The Howling: Reborn.
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NewsIndependent distributors have increased opportunity, AFM panel says
With the studios making fewer films and concentrating on higher budget “four quadrant” fare, the indies have the chance to step into the breach, panelists said.
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Molly Hassell assembles cast on The Giant Mechanical Man
Vamps producer Molly Hassell has assembled a strong young ensemble for rom-com The Giant Mechanical Man, set to commence production in Detroit later this month.
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Cortes unveils Red Lights vision to AFM buyers
Rodrigo Cortes outlined his vision for the psychological thriller Red Lights in a Friday morning [5] buyer presentation hosted by Lisa Wilson’s Parlay Films.
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Singapore's MDA launching $50m fund with CJ, Bang, AMTC
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) is launching a $50m film fund in partnership with Korea’s CJ Entertainment, production company Bang Singapore and Singapore-based Asia Media & Technology Capital (AMTC).
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NewsSex and Zen heats up AFM sales
Hong Kong producer Stephen Shiu’s 3D Sex And Zen: Extreme Ecstasy is raising temperatures at the AFM just a few days after it wrapped in Hong Kong.
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NewsBruce Lee, My Brother strikes slew of deals for Media Asia
Media Asia Distribution has sold Bruce Lee, My Brother, a biopic of the Hong Kong action legend, to a slew of territories including North America which was snapped up by The Weinstein Co.
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Stealth signs on for hiker thriller Dark Peak
Stealth Media Group has come on board another project here at the AFM, sci-fi thriller Dark Peak.
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NewsIFC Midnight strikes deal for Wrecked from eOne
IFC Midnight has continued its buying streak by taking on US rights to Wrecked from eOne.
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NewsIFC Midnight strikes deal for thriller Choose
Psychological thriller Choose (handled internationally by Simon Crowe’s SC Films) has been snapped up for the US by IFC Midnight.
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NewsChris Rock to co-star in Julie Delpy's 2 Days In New York
Rezo selling project, which is now shooting in New York for six weeks.
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Elite Squad 2 among IM Global's prestige Anthem local language slate
IM Global head Stuart Ford has unveiled the Anthem world sales division’s prestige AFM slate, led by Jose Padilha’s smash sequel to his Brazilian crime saga Elite Squad.
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HPI reports surge of sales on Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D
Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International has closed key territories on the supernatural action film Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D to star Nicolas Cage.
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NewsArclight reports strong initial response to crime thriller The Courier
Arclight Films has completed sales in more than two dozen territories on its thriller The Courier starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mickey Rourke and Josie Ho.
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Murphy joins Cortes' psycho-thriller Red Lights for Parlay
Cillian Murphy has joined Sigourney Weaver and Robert De Niro on Rodrigo Cortes’ psychological thriller Red Lights, a hot project that is stirring great interest at the market for Parlay Films.
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FeaturesComing to America
The number of deals at last year’s American Film Market heralded a thaw in the independent sales sector. Jeremy Kay assesses how the sales arena is looking ahead of this year’s AFM (Nov 3-10) while Screen writers profile a selection of English-language market debuts heading to Santa Monica
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Coach 14 gets new investment from Olive's Arshad
French sales outfit Coach14 is teaming with investor Farhad Arshad to back acquisitions of new titles.