All Cannes Market articles – Page 125
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NewsPegg goes in for the Kill
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Pegg has come on board the Australian thriller Kill Me Three Times from Red Dog director Kriv Stenders. Cargo Entertainment handles international pre-sales in Cannes.
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NewsSierra / Affinity scores Monster sales
Ryan Gosling’s feature directorial debut How To Catch A Monster currently shooting in Detroit has proved to be a hot seller for Sierra/Affinity.
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Incentive, Recreation strike pact
Incentive Capital will finance LA-based Recreation Media’s mythological fantasy Jason And The Necronauts and the company has targeted a Jul 15 start.
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Anchor Bay takes Buzzkill
Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada, Anchor Bay Entertainment (UK) and Raven Banner Entertainment announced on Friday [17] the Canadian and UK acquisition of effects veteran Paul Jones’ directorial debut Buzzkill.
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NewsMusic Box acquires Michael Kohlhaas
Music Box Films has acquired all US and Canadian rights to Arnaud des Pallières’ Cannes competition entry Michael Kohlhaas starring Mads Mikkelsen.
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NewsTWC plots Crouching Tiger series
Harvey Weinstein plans to make a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon franchise, it emerged during a showreel presentation in Cannes on Friday evening [17].
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NewsNovember Man cast bulks up
Olga Kurylenko, Luke Bracey and Bill Smitrovich have joined Pierce Brosnan in the espionage thriller November Man, which The Solution Entertainment Group is selling in Cannes. CAA represents US rights.
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NewsAnchor Bay enters Lundgren's Battle
Anchor Bay has snapped up US, Australian and New Zealand rights to Battle Of The Damned from Bleiberg Entertainment’s Compound B.
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Content sells Outpost III
Content has closed key sales on Outpost III: Rise Of The Spetsnaz and has licensed US rights to XLrator Media, which released the previous episode Black Sun.
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NewsBuyers feel Statham’s Heat
Sierra/Affinity has licensed its Heat reboot starring Jason Statham to Lionsgate UK and a host of territories.
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NewsIronclad 2 sells for Content
EXCLUSIVE: Content Film has done a roaring trade on Ironclad: Battle For Blood, licensing a slew of territories led by XLrator Media for the US rights and Warner Bros for the UK.
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NewsRT Features boards Gray sci-fi
James Gray, who jets into Cannes for the May 24 premiere of The Immigrant, is lining up a sci-fi thriller with the backing of Brazil’s RT Features. CAA brokered the deal and represents sales.
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NewsIndian books to be pitched at Cannes
India’s The Adaptation Company (TAC) and France’s Best-Seller To Box Office are hosting an event on Saturday, May 18 to pitch Indian books for film adaptation.
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IMG acquires Strategic Film Partners
Inception Media Group has acquired Alex Barder’s Strategic Film Partners through its newly formed subsidiary Inception Film Partners.
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NewsMichael Meyer joins Good Universe
Good Universe has expanded its global sales arm by hiring the veteran business and legal affairs executive as evp of international.
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Primeridian launches with Solzhenitsyn biopic
Primeridian Entertainment has arrived on the scene and hired The Stoning Of Soraya M. director Cyrus Nowrasteh to write and direct a feature about the life of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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NewsElwes, Barnum launch e2b
Cassian Elwes and Robert Ogden Barnum have launched e2b Capital to offer financing and global distribution services to independent filmmakers.
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NewsMedia Asia takes Death Trip
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based Media Asia has picked up international rights to mainland Chinese thriller Death Trip, starring Korean actress Han Boreum.
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Finecuts spreads Miracle
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s Finecut has sealed a slew of deals on hit drama Miracle In Cell No 7 to a slew of territories including a sales to Magnum Films for Australia/NZ and China’s Le Vision Pictures.
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NewsChan’s Police Story books deals
EXCLUSIVE: J & JJ International has closed a raft of deals on Jackie Chan’s upcoming action title, Police Story 2013, which the star produced with China’s Wanda Media.