All Cannes Market articles – Page 125
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NewsNYU Graduate slate comes to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Producer and NYU teacher Robert Nickson has been talking to sales agents on the Croisette about a slate of features from the NYU Graduate Film Program.
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NewsTanweer in buying spree
EXCLUSIVE: Ambitious Tanweer has closed a slew of acquisitions led by Big Eyes and St. Vincent from The Weinstein Company for India and Turkey and Laggies and The Forger from The Solution for India and Greece.
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FeaturesPaul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis, The Canyons
It began with a lucky calamity. Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis originally came together to work on Bait, a movie backed by Spanish money that was set up at Lionsgate. When that fell apart, the two creative forces got talking about making something else.
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NewsTWC acquires Passengers
The Weinstein Company, by far the busiest US buyer on the Croisette this year, has snapped up rights to the Keanu Reeves sci-fi romance Passengers.
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NewsHemsworth boards Aurora Rising
Relativity announced on Monday [20] that Liam Hemsworth will star in the upcoming action film Aurora Rising.
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NewsUniversal nabs Van Damme comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Salt sells comedy Welcome to the Jungle to UPIE for US, UK.
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NewsIM Global, Impuls sign output deal
IM Global has slotted the latest territory into its output network, signing a deal with Impuls Pictures for Switzerland.
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NewsKino Lorber takes A Touch of Sin
Kino Lorber has picked up US rights to Jia Zhangke’s hard-hitting Palme d’Or contender A Touch of Sin, capturing the impact of the economic boom on China.
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NewsRevolution gets third Cannes screening
The producers behind Rob Stewart’s documentary Revolution have added a third screening tomorrow [22] at 2pm in Riviera 1 following two sell-outs in the market.
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NewsCargo unpacks Kristen Wiig comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Cargo Entertainment has been talking up its new Kristen Wiig comedy Welcome To Me to Croisette buyers on behalf of Bron Studios and Gary Sanchez Productions.
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NewsSlot to head World Cinema fund
EXCLUSIVE: Lars von Trier’s longtime collaborator Marianne Slot will be unveiled this week in Cannes as the president of new French funding body World Cinema Support.
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NewsMonterey takes The Citizen for North America
Monterey Media has taken all US and Canadian rights to Sam Kadi’s debut drama The Citizen starring Agnes Bruckner. Radiant Films International launched the film to buyers in Cannes.
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NewsAmerican Dreams opens strongly in China
Peter Ho-sun Chan’s American Dreams In China had a strong opening weekend in China, grossing $17.8m (RMB110m) in three days (May 17-19).
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NewsPepperland among Sanad recipients
Un Certain Regard title My Sweet Pepperland and Mohammed Al Daradji’s In The Sands Of Babylon are among the 16 films to receive grants from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s Sanad fund.
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NewsSolar Studios to launch in Romania
Bobby Paunescu and Jared Underwood’s Solar Entertainment Group (SEG) has partnered with Romanian real estate entrepreneur Dragos Savulescu to launch Solar Studios.
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NewsMongrel acquires Warmest Color
Mongrel Media has acquired all Canadian rights to Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is The Warmest Colour (La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitre 1 & 2) ahead of its world premiere in competition on Thursday [23].
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NewsTomahawk sells for Celluloid, uConnect
2929 Entertainment has come on board to fully finance acquired S Craig Zahler’s Western adventure Bone Tomahawk and will channel it through Magnolia in North America. Celluloid Dreams and uConnect handle international sales.
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NewsCorsan sends Haggis film global
New Paul Haggis movie Third Person has been sold by Corsan to over 20 territories.
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Rapace pushes Alive Alone at Cannes
Actress Noomi Rapace and director Khurram Longi were in Cannes to talk up their new feature Alive Alone, which Protagonist is selling internationally.