All Cannes articles – Page 342
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NewsRussian distributors hit US sellers with ultimatum
Russian distributors have issued a stark warning to US sales agents – renegotiate deals on films acquired before the economic crisis or else they will stop buying altogether.
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NewsE1 and DeaPlaneta beam up Astro Boy
E1 has taken UK and DeaPlaneta has acquired Spanish rights to Astro Boy following a work-in-progress screening and marketing presentation by Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios here.
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NewsKaleidoscope buys rights to The Horseman
The UK’s Kaleidoscope Entertainment has boarded UK rights for Media 8’s film The Horseman.
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NewsScorsese reveals World Cinema Foundation partnerships
Martin Scorsese, founder and chairman of the World Cinema Foundation (WCF), announced two key partnerships.
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NewsRegent Worldwide and CineTel Films join forces
Regent Worldwide Sales and CineTel Films have entered into a strategic alliance for international sales of television and DVD rights.
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Arclight to partner with Jeff Most
Gary Hamilton’s Arclight Films has partnered with Jeff Most Productions to develop and produce the $15m live-action production Razor.
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NewsMagnet Releasing buys US rights to Red Cliff
Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to John Woos’ period military epic Red Cliff from CAA and Howard Frumes of Alexander, Nau, Lawrence, Frumes & Labowitz.
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ReviewsNo One Knows About Persian Cats (Kasi Az Gorbehayeh Irani Khabar Nadareh)
Dir. Bahman Ghobadi. Iran. 2009. 101mins.
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NewsAnchor Bay buys UK rights to Sunshine Cleaning
Anchor Bay Films has acquired all UK rights to HanWay Films’ comedy Sunshine Cleaning starring Emily Blunt and Amy Adams.
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NewsHanWay Films sells Black Death to 12 distributors
UK-based sales agent HanWay Films has already concluded pre-sales with 12 distributors for Christopher Smith’s medieval mystery thriller Black Death
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NewsNext Vikas Swarup adaptation underway
Six Suspects, the new film project based on the next novel by Slumdog Millionaire writer Vikas Swarup, is picking up speed.
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CommentScreenwriters who are helping themselves
Writers need to be more entrepreneurial in the current climate — and that’s good for the film industry, says David Pearson, director of the Screenwriters’ Festival.
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NewsMyriad buys worldwide rights to Serious Moonlight
Myriad Pictures has acquired all international rights from The Film Sales Company to Cheryl Hines’ dark romantic comedy Serious Moonlight following a marathon negotiating session that ran late into Wednesday night
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FeaturesSafety net
Meta Louise Foldager has succeeded Vibeke Windelov as Lars von Trier’s producer and explains the challenges she faced to Jacob Wendt Jensen.