All AFM articles – Page 68

  • Susan Sarandon
    News

    Radiant shines with Happy

    2014-11-06T15:00:00Z

    Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney and Stephen Amell are in talks to star in Mandalay Pictures’ comedy Whatever Makes You Happy. Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has introduced the project to buyers at AFM.

  • Loews_outside_afm_2012
    News

    Electric to crack market with Hacker

    2014-11-06T15:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has secured all worldwide rights to the international thriller and started talks with AFM buyers.

  • Jackie Chan
    News

    SNC to co-finance Skiptrace

    2014-11-06T15:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Shanghai New Culture Media Group Company Limited (SNC) has come on to co-finance Jackie Chan action-comedy Skiptrace, which Bloom sells internationally.

  • Ron Gell
    News

    Buyers flock to God's Not Dead

    2014-11-06T15:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Buyers have responded strongly to Pure Flix’s $110m worldwide smash, led by a sale to Signature in the UK.

  • Anick Poirier
    News

    Séville trio sparks strong buyer response

    2014-11-06T15:00:00Z

    Séville International has announced a slew of sales ahead of the AFM on The Dark Horse, Elephant Song and An Eye For Beauty.

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    News

    Wild Bunch taps Stone’s Snowden picture

    2014-11-06T15:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Film on National Security Agency whistleblower to shoot in Munich in 2015.

  • Over Your Dead Body
    News

    Mongrel Int'l strikes North American deal on Body

    2014-11-06T15:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Mongrel International in partnership with Celluloid Dreams has licensed North American rights for Takashi Miike’s Over Your Dead Body to Shout! Factory.

  • John Malkovich
    News

    Unlocked thriller bulks up cast

    2014-11-06T14:30:00Z

    John Malkovich and Toni Collette have joined the Bourne-style female action thriller that Bloom represents for international sales at AFM.

  • Loews_outside_afm_2012
    Features

    AFM: Ready for business

    2014-11-06T11:21:00Z

    As A-list projects become more difficult to package, talent heads to TV and the Netflix effect remains uncertain, can AFM offer a silver lining, asks Jeremy Kay.

  • Kaya Scodelario TIGER HOUSE
    News

    Koch enters Tiger House

    2014-11-06T10:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Ed Skrein, Kaya Scodelario star in thriller.

  • Arbitrage
    News

    Solution finds Cedar’s Strategies

    2014-11-06T10:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Richard Gere to star in Oren Moverman-produced drama.

  • Jean Reno
    News

    The Squad flies to buyers

    2014-11-06T10:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: French remake of The Sweeney, starring Jean Reno, is currently shooting in Paris.

  • Blazing Samurai
    News

    GFM rides with Blazing Samurai

    2014-11-06T10:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Rob Minkoff, Yair Landau produce family animation.

  • Xmoor
    News

    Xmoor sells for WTF

    2014-11-06T09:00:00Z

    British horror thriller [pictured] sells to the UK, Scandinavia and Greece.

  • Elliot The Littlest Reindeer
    News

    DDI seals Awesometown pact

    2014-11-06T05:03:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Double Dutch International (DDI) president Jason Moring has announced an output deal to sell worldwide rights to Awesometown Entertainment’s animations kicking off at AFM with $16m Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer.

  • Nova
    News

    Astro Shaw blasts to AFM with Nova

    2014-11-06T03:06:00Z

    Malaysia’s Astro Shaw is bringing a slate of new productions to AFM, headed by sci-fi road comedy Nova, as it ramps up production with an eye on international markets.

  • The House at the End of Time
    News

    Buyers enter Hidalgo’s House

    2014-11-06T02:54:00Z

    Jinga’s Screamfest winner The House at the End of Time has sold to Dark Sky Films for USA and Universum for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

  • Channing Tatum
    News

    Channing Tatum lined up for Hateful Eight

    2014-11-06T01:14:00Z

    Screen sources confirm Magic Mike star lined up for Quentin Tarantino’s western.

  • Michael Shannon
    News

    Bloom boards Elvis & Nixon

    2014-11-06T01:10:00Z

    Michael Shannon will play Elvis Presley opposite Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon in the latest Bloom international sales title.

  • Ioanna Stais
    News

    Heretic starts new fest/sales consultancy

    2014-11-06T00:35:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Producers Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis of Athens-based Heretic Productions are teaming with Ioanna Stais to launch Heretic Outreach, a new initiative to help the global reach of innovative films from Southeastern Europe.