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All AFM articles – Page 109
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NewsTF1 buys Media Asia’s Chen Zhen for France
Hong Kong’s Media Asia Distribution has sold The Legend Of Chen Zhen, directed by Andrew Lau and starring Donnie Yen, to France’s TF1.
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NewsWe Distribution sells Bodyguards to E1, CJ
Hong Kong’s We Distribution has sold Cinema Popular’s $23m action thriller Bodyguard & Assassins to E1 Entertainment for the UK and Canada, CJ Entertainment for Korea and Gulf Films for the Middle East.
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NewsMDA unveils first project from International Film Fund
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has announced the first project under its International Film Fund (IFF), a Singapore-China-Korea co-production, Neon Sign, to be directed by Korea’s Pil Gam-Sung.
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Magic Lantern, TF2 Ventures sign $10m development deal
Magic Lantern Entertainment has concluded a $10m development funding deal with TF2 Ventures via its Innovation Entertainment label for up to 20 films over the next three to five years.
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Buyers snap up rights to Arclight's Bait 3D
Arclight Films has closed multiple territory sales on its shark thriller Bait 3D that Russell Mulcahy is set to direct in Queensland in April 2010.
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Fitzgerald teams with Chang on BackNine
Right Angle Studios founder Jon Fitzgerald and design industry veteran Bobby Chang have launched the entertainment company BackNine Studios aimed at creating inspirational stories for global audiences.
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NewsParlay Films Vamps it up at AFM with Amy Heckerling project
Lisa Wilson’s Parlay Films has acquired all international rights to the romantic comedy Vamps, which will be written and directed by Amy Heckerling.
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NewsJulien Temple to direct F&ME’s Fake!
British director Julien Temple has joined forces with Film & Music Entertainment (F&ME), the London-based production company run by Mike Downey and Sam Taylor, to direct the company’s long-gestating $15 million art heist movie Fake!
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NewsDas, GreeneStreet hire Miguel Sapochnik to direct Contortionist's Handbook
Sriram Das’ Santa Monica-based Das Films and GreeneStreet Films have hired British film-maker Miguel Sapochnik to direct The Contortionist’s Handbook. Production is due to start in May next year.
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NewsFinecut unveils second collaboration with Trapero
Korea’s Finecut is co-producing and handling international sales on Argentinean director Pablo Trapero’s new film, tentatively titled Carancho, marking their second collaboration following Lion’s Den.
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NewsSC closes key Euro deals on Gunslinger
Simon Crowe’s ambitious new sales outfit SC Films closed a slew of deals on its Josh Hartnett vehicle Gunslinger ahead of AFM.
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NewsCJ sells Good Morning President to Japan
Korea’s CJ Entertainment has had a busy start to the AFM, scoring sales on new titles White Night and Killer Bride’s Perfect Crime and selling Good Morning President to SPO Entertainment for Japan.
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NewsSobini Films boards Hemingway project with Hopkins, Garcia, Bening
Sobini Films has boarded international sales rights to Andy Garcia’s Hemingway & Fuentes, an account of Ernest Hemingway’s years in Cuba.
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NewsWide Management embraces The Belgrade Phantom
Paris-based sales outfit Wide Management has snapped up rights to The Belgrade Phantom, the docufiction that is being described as the “Serbian Mesrine.”
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NewsBollywood star Mallika Sherawat signs to Nuclear Mango's Love, Barack
Govind Menon and William Keenan’s US-India consultancy and production company Nuclear Mango has bought in New Jack City producer Doug McHenry to direct the romantic comedy Love, Barack. The company has cast Bollywood siren Mallika Sherawat.
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NewsIstvan Szabo’s The Door lands at Bankside
London-based Bankside Films has taken worldwide rights to The Door, the new feature from Academy Award-winning director Istvan Szabo. It will star Helen Mirren.
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NewsPost-Paranormal IM Global rolls out theatrical genre arm
Red hot following the success of the micro-budget Paranormal Activity, Stuart Ford’s LA-based international sales company IM Global is unleashing its Octane genre label at AFM this week, kicking off with Brad Anderson thriller’s The Vanishing On 7th Street.
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NewsOther Angle brings Five Brothers to buyers
After a strong start earlier this year, newcomer Other Angle has announced three fresh projects for the AFM. The first is a thriller directed and produced by Alexandre Arcady, Five Brothers.
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NewsStars align for Abe Sylvia's Dirty Girl
Juno Temple, Sally Hawkins and Lisa Kudrow are joining William H Macy and newcomer Jeremy Dozier in Abe Sylvia’s debut feature Dirty Girl, which is being sold at AFM by Salt.
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News6 Sales closes territories on UTV’s Ex Terminators
Spain’s 6 Sales has closed deals with Ascot Elite for Germany, Four Corners in Benelux and Horizon One in Australia for comedy Ex Terminators which stars Heather Graham, Jennifer Coolidge and Amber Heard as three women who meet in an anger management class.