All AFM articles – Page 91
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Lightning talks up Scorned with Billy Zane
AnnaLynne McCord, Zane and Viva Bianca have signed on to the revenge thriller, which Lightning Entertainment is selling at the AFM.
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NewsColin Firth, Michael Fassbender to star in Genius
The acting royalty will star in the true-life drama, which FilmNation is introducing to international buyers at AFM. CAA arranged financing and represents North American rights.
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CommentAFM, are you ready to rock?
Industry veterans put down deal memos long enough to share some tunes on Santa Monica Pier.
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The Bronx Bull joins Arclight sales slate for AFM
Arclight Films has taken on sales rights to The Bronx Bull starring William Forsythe, Joe Mantegna, Paul Sorvino, Natasha Henstridge, Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore and Robert Davi.
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Distribution round-up: Lionsgate Home Ent acquires Hellbenders
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has picked up North America and India to JT Petty’s horror-comedy following the world premiere in Toronto. The Exchange represents international rights and is in talks with AFM buyers.
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eOne takes multiple territories on Scorched Earth
VMI Worldwide announced on Thursday (Nov 1) that it licensed rights on the Sean Bean thriller prior to the market for the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia and Scandinavia.
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NewsMyriad talks up Wonderful Tonight with Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Seyfried
Kirk D’Amico’s Myriad Pictures will handle world sales on Castle Rock’s Wonderful Tonight to star Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Seyfried.
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NewsRoger Avary to direct Castle Wolfenstein film
Panorama Media and Samuel Hadida will partner on video game adaptation Castle Wolfenstein written and to be directed by Pulp Fiction screenwriter Roger Avary.
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Jinga sells Sawney to Grindstone for US
Jinga’s cannibal horror Sawney sells to Grindstone for North America.
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NewsColumbia Pictures acquires US rights to Foxcatcher
The studio has also come on board to co-finance with Annapurna Pictures chief Megan Ellison, whose Panorama Media is handling international sales on Bennett Miller’s Moneyball follow-up.
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NewsForesight lines up Rob Reiner thriller You Belong To Me
EXCLUSIVE: Harrison Ford and Zac Efron (pictured) are in advanced negotiations to star in the psychological thriller backed by Foresight Unlimited that Rob Reiner will direct.
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NewsWestEnd takes Kwanten leap
EXCLUSIVE: Sales outfit boards rom-com The Right Kind of Wrong, starring True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten [pictured].
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Breakthrough to screen Tony Gitone, Summerhood at AFM
Toronto-based Breakthrough Entertainment arrives in Santa Monica with market premiere screenings for The Resurrection Of Tony Gitone, Summerhood and Please Kill Mr Know It All.
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Radiant Films Int'l warms to Decoding Annie Parker
EXCLUSIVE: President and CEO Mimi Steinbauer will handle sales and debut footage at AFM on the drama starring Samantha Morton and Helen Hunt.
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Ariane Fraser, Delphine Perrier launch Highland Film Group slate
EXCLUSIVE: Ariane Fraser’s Highland Film Group and Delphine Perrier’s production and sales company Stonebrook International have joined forces as Highland Film Group and arrive at the AFM with a bumper sales slate led by teen assassin thriller Barely Lethal from producer Brett Ratner.
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NewsSplintered Thing sparks sales for Voltage Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage has closed key sales heading into AFM on its upcoming rom-com A Many Splintered Thing starring Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan. McG is producing with Voltage chief Nicolas Chartier and production is set to begin in Los Angeles on Saturday (Nov 3).
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NewsMetrodome strike UK deal for found footage horror Hollow
Distributor will release the film [pictured], the first on Parkland Pictures’ new genre label Darkland Distribution, in January.
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NewsMemento boards thriller Back in Crime
Paris-based sales company also set to premiere first images from Jim Mickle’s cannibal picture We Are What We Are [pictured].
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NewsThe Works boards LFF hit Kelly + Victor
EXCLUSIVE: Kieran Evans’ acclaimed debut [pictured] stars Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Julian Morris as young lovers in Liverpool.
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NewsMetrodome, Salt team on production slate
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Metrodome will exec produce and distribute the slate, with sales handled by Salt; production partners include Ben Wheatley’s producers Rook Films, Fulwell 72 and Black Camel.