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SPC confirms Hysteria deal
The distributor has confirmed reports that first emerged during Toronto that it had acquired US rights to Tanya Wexler’s rom-com.
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NewsBFI distribution head Peter Buckingham to step down
BFI head of distribution & exhibition to step down after nine years at UKFC and BFI.
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NewsStudioCanal, Universum among Rush buyers for Exclusive
A busy AFM saw Exclusive Films International close a slew of deals on the upcoming F1 drama that Ron Howard will direct starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl. Peter Morgan wrote the screenplay.
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NewsScreen Gems to remake XYZ's martial arts tale The Raid
The Indonesian action film from Gareth Evans earned a wild response from Midnight Madness audiences in Toronto.
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NewsSoda secures US deal on Grant Gee's Patience
The sales arm of Soda Pictures has sold Grant Gee’s documentary to independent US distributor Cinema Guild.
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NewsAnchor Bay Films takes North America on Mother’s Day
Darren Lynn Bousman directed the horror film starring Rebecca DeMornay, Jamie King, Deborah Ann Woll and Shawn Ashmore.
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NewsHigh Fliers buys UK rights to Brake, Elevator at AFM
Brake stars Stephen Dorff, Tom Berenger and Chyler Leigh and centres on a government operative kidnapped by terrorists.
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NewsK5 International picks up sales rights to Benaroya Pictures' Elvis & Nixon
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Cary Elwes and will star Eric Bana as The King and Danny Huston as the former US President.
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NewseOne US, Focus Features sign DVD distribution deal
eOne will handle the DVD release in the US on titles from Focus Features’ recently launched Focus World label.
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NewsImage, W2 sign ancillary US distribution deal
Titles include Toast, Pete Smalls Is Dead, Smile and The Puck Hogs. W2 retains theatrical distribution rights to its slate.
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NewsInstinctive Film launches distributor Interactor Media
The new entity was unveiled at AFM and will focus on digital and home entertainment releases and mount theatrical campaigns for select titles.
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RCR International to handle sales on Phantom
Todd Robinson’s submarine thriller stars Ed Harris, David Duchovny and William Fichtner and wrapped principal photography on Nov 28.
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NewsElephant Eye closes first sales on Swell Season, Old Cats
Both films sell to Mongrel for Canada.
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NewsWrekin Hill deal throws The Flowers Of War into Oscar race
Zhang Yimou’s epic tale starring Christian Bale set against the backdrop of the Nanking Massacre in 1937 is China’s foreign language Oscar submission and may now compete for broader awards recognition.
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NewsMGM to turn Where’s Waldo? into feature
The studio struck a deal with rights holder Classic Media and will adapt into a live-action family adventure.
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NewsGoldwyn takes Island President, Strand Releasing acquires Unforgivable
A flurry of domestic distribution deals were announced on Monday [Nov 7], led by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Strand Releasing taking US rights to The Island President and Andre Techine’s Unforgivable, respectively.
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NewseOne acquires Canadian rights to Hysteria
Tanya Wexler’s rom-com charts the invention of the vibrator and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones.
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NewsWeinsteins confirm US deal on Song For Marion
As first reported by Screen during the AFM, the company has acquired distribution rights to the upcoming release starring Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton and Christopher Eccleston.
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NewsJennifer Lynch talks Chained at AFM
It’s no surprise that Jennifer Lynch is smart and enjoys discussing the darker side of life but she is also disarmingly jolly considering that her credits include Boxing Helena and Surveillance.
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NewsMGM strikes multi-year content deal with Netflix UK
Netflix, which launches in early 2012 in the UK and Ireland, will offer MGM and partner content..