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Imagina sells Chef's Special to 20+ territores.
Nacho G Velilla's debut feature Chef's Special has been sold by Imagina sales to several key territories, including the US, on the back of its success at the Spanish box office. TLA releasing has taken rights to the family comedy for the US, Canada, UK and Ireland; Cine, Video Y ...
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Indy raids global marketplace in search of box office gold
Promising impressive box office returns from a six-day worldwide opening run, Paramount's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull charges into the global marketplace this weekend, havingstarted its international roll-out on Wednesday (May 21) and arriving in North America early on Thursday (May 22).The much-anticipated sequel - with ...
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Tony Manero dances along with five more deals for Funny Balloons
Paris-based sales company Funny Balloons has struck five more deals on Pablo Larrain's Directors' Fortnight title Tony Manero.The film has sold in Cannes to the UK (Network), Italy (Ripley's Film), Australia/New Zealand (Vendetta) and Brazil (Imovision). As previously reported, Sophie Dulac Distribution pre-bought French rights.The Chile/Brazil co-production is about a ...
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Koch Lorber picks up Rohmer's Astree And Celadon for North America
Koch Lorber has acquired North American rights from Rezo Films to Eric Rohmer's The Loves Of Astree And Celadon (Les Amours D'Astree Et De Celadon).Richard Lorber plans an autumn release in New York on the story of an illicit affair between a shepherd and a shepherdess.Koch Lorber previously acquired Rohmer's ...
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Elephant Eye strikes Korean deal with Mars for Planet B-Boy
Elephant Eye Films has sold its breakdancing documentary Planet B-Boy to Mars Entertainment for Korea. Mars plans a theatrical release of up to 200 prints in August.Elephant Eye has also sold the film to Indonesia (Queen Films), Taiwan (Cineplex Films), and The Middle East (Prime Pictures). New York-based Elephant Eye ...
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Music Box Films takes US rights to Mouret's Shall We Kiss
New US distributor Music Box Films has acquired all US rights from TF1 to Emmanuel Mouret's romantic comedy Shall We Kiss and plans a late summer release.Mouret wrote, directed and co-stars in the film, which stars Virginie Ledoyen, Julie Gayet, Michael Cohen, Frederique Bel and Stefano Accorsi. Music Box partner ...
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Kimmel International sells major territories on Motherhood, Synecdoche
Mark Lindsay's Kimmel International has closed key territories on its slate, led by Killer Films and Ideal Partners' comedy Motherhood starring Uma Thurman and Charlie Kaufman's competition entry Synecdoche, New York.Sales on Motherhood closed with Telepool (Germany), Leone (Italy), Sponge (South Korea), Nordisk (Scandinavia), Paradiso (Benelux), Sun (Latin America), Village ...
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After Dark to screen Sean Ellis' The Broken in Horrorfest
After Dark has signed a deal with Gaumont International to screen Sean Ellis' The Broken in its upcoming Horrorfest: 8 Films To Die For.The psychological thriller premiered at Sundance earlier in the year and stars Lena Headey, Richard Jenkins, Asier Newman and Melvil Poupaud. Lene Bausager of Left Turn Films ...
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Sundance Channel picks up US TV rights to Madonna Malawi doc
Sundance Channel has acquired US television rights to I Am Because We Are, Madonna's documentary about the impact of the AIDS pandemic on Malawi.Senior vice president of acquisitions, scheduling and programme planning Christian Vesper negotiated the deal with CAA.Madonna is featured in the film which was directed by Nathan Rissman.
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Demme replaces Scorsese on Bob Marley documentary
Jonathan Demme has replaced Martin Scorsese as director on Tuff Gong Pictures and Shangri-La Entertainment's Bob Marley documentary.The untitled film will be released worldwide on February 6 2010, marking the 65th anniversary of the reggae icon's birth. Fortissimo is handling international sales. Shangri-La is in talks on a North American ...
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FilmSharks sells key Latin American titles
Buenos Aires based sales company FilmSharks International has sold Rodrigo Pla's Critic's Week title The Desert Within to Distrimax for the US.Pla's second feature, following last year's Venice and Toronto award winner La Zona, is an anti-religious parable, which swept the main awards in the Mexican section of the Guadalajara ...
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Essential Entertainment takes world rights on Clive Barker's Dread
Jere Hausfater's Essential Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Clive Barker's Dread, its second collaboration with the horror guru after Book Of Blood. Anthony DiBlasi will direct the psychological thriller from his own adapted screenplay of the short story from Barker's Books Of Blood collection. Production is set ...
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TLA picks up North American rights to Gutterballs, Chef's Special
TLA Releasing has picked up a slew of titles including North American rights on the 80s slasher movie Gutterballs.Ryan Nicholson's feature will be released through TLA's Danger After Dark label.TLA's vice president of acquisitions Jennifer Arndt-Johns finalised the deal at Cannes with DC Medias president David Cholewa.The company has also ...
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Screen Gems promotes Glenn Gainor to head of physical production
Screen Gems has promoted Glenn Gainor to head of physical production as it ramps up production to approximately eight titles a year.Gainor will report to Gary Martin, the president of production administration for Columbia Pictures, and will oversee all Screen Gems films from pre-production onwards.He recently oversaw production on Screen ...
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Jaman.com signs distribution deals with Magnolia, First Look
Entertainment website Jaman.com has signed distribution deals with Magnolia Pictures and First Look Studios.Under the terms of the deal, titles from both companies will be available to rent or purchase over the internet.First Look Studios titles include The Contract starring John Cusack and Morgan Freeman, Little Fish with Cate Blanchett ...
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CBS Films buys spec script Permission from Karen McCullah Lutz
CBS Films has purchased the speculative script Permission from Karen McCullah Lutz, whose credits include Legally Blonde and 10 Things I Hate About You.Jaret Entertainment's Seth Jaret will Lutz will produce and Maria Faillace will oversee the comedy about marriage for CBS Films.CBS Films was established in 2007 and plans ...
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Summit Entertainment to remake 1986 hit Highlander
Summit Entertainment will remake the 1986 sci-fi thriller Highlander and has hired Iron Man screenwriters Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to adapt the story of battling immortals who pursue a mysterious prize.Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery starred in the original. Peter Davis, one of the original producers, who also produce ...
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Beta Films buys two new features from National Lampoon
National Lampoon has sold National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son and National Lampoon's The Legend Of Awesomest Maximus Wallace Leonidas to Beta Films.German-based Beta previously acquired two other National Lampoon films including National Lampoon's Bagboy and handles the films in Germany, Spain, Italy, and Eastern Europe. Beta has just broadened ...
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Gilliam's Doctor Parnassus sells to UK, Australia and Japan
Mandate International says it is continuing brisk sales in Cannes for Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, and Mandate president of international Helen Lee-Kim expects all territories to sell out by the end of the market.The biggest deals in Cannes thus far are to the UK (Lionsgate UK), Australia ...
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Gaga steps up to buy Reeker and sequel from CMG
Ed Noeltner's Cinema Management Group (CMG) has closed a two-film deal with Gaga in Japan on Dave Payne's horror titles Reeker and No Man's Land: The Rise Of Reeker.Noeltner brokered the deal with Gaga's senior executive vice president Nick Morumo. LMK also acquired Portuguese rights to Reeker.CMG's upcoming animated title ...