All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 152
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NewsBeta Cinema takes on sales rights to Stolz's Goethe!
Blue-chip German outfit Beta Cinema has taken on international rights to North Face director Philipp Stölz’s next feature film, Goethe!, which comes billed as a “modern pop fairytale” biopic of Germany’s most celebrated writer in the vein of Shakespeare In Love and Amadeus.
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NewsTill’s Icon makes first acquisition with The Way
In one of its first acquisitions since Stewart Till’s takeover of the Icon Group was completed last week, Icon Entertainment International has confirmed that it will handle worldwide sales for The Way, the new film from director Emilio Estevez.
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NewsMulligan in talks to board Ealing’s Effie
Carey Mulligan, the UK sensation who is being tipped for awards glory in An Education, is in advance discussions to star in the title role of Effie, being sold here by Ealing Studios.
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NewsWhite Lightnin' strikes US deal with Sundance Selects
Sundance Selects, a new label from Rainbow Media, has picked up US rights to Dominic Murphy’s White Lightnin’, a winner of the Hitchcock D’Or at the Dinard Film Festival and the winner this week of the international competition at the Mumbai Film Festival.
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NewsSchumacher's Twelve flies for Gaumont
Joel Schumacher’s new film Twelve is proving a hot seller for Gaumont based on a promo reel being screened in Santa Monica.
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NewsMcGuigan signs to T Leaf for Quickfire, The Works
The Works International is partnering with James Atherton’s Quickfire Films on T Leaf, a rom-com caper movie about the aftermath of a heist gone wrong that will be directed by Paul McGuigan.
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NewsExam gets UK deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has picked up UK rights to Stuart Hazeldine’s directorial debut, the UK thriller Exam, and is collaborating with the producers on a theatrical release for the film in January.
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NewsImage takes domestic rights to Accidents Happen
Image Entertainment, Inc. has snapped up all North American rights to Bankside Films’ bittersweet drama Accidents Happen starring Geena Davis.
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News6 Sales closes territories on UTV’s Ex Terminators
Spain’s 6 Sales has closed deals with Ascot Elite for Germany, Four Corners in Benelux and Horizon One in Australia for comedy Ex Terminators which stars Heather Graham, Jennifer Coolidge and Amber Heard as three women who meet in an anger management class.
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NewsStars align for Abe Sylvia's Dirty Girl
Juno Temple, Sally Hawkins and Lisa Kudrow are joining William H Macy and newcomer Jeremy Dozier in Abe Sylvia’s debut feature Dirty Girl, which is being sold at AFM by Salt.
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NewsIstvan Szabo’s The Door lands at Bankside
London-based Bankside Films has taken worldwide rights to The Door, the new feature from Academy Award-winning director Istvan Szabo. It will star Helen Mirren.
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NewsWide Management embraces The Belgrade Phantom
Paris-based sales outfit Wide Management has snapped up rights to The Belgrade Phantom, the docufiction that is being described as the “Serbian Mesrine.”
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NewsSC closes key Euro deals on Gunslinger
Simon Crowe’s ambitious new sales outfit SC Films closed a slew of deals on its Josh Hartnett vehicle Gunslinger ahead of AFM.
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NewsJulien Temple to direct F&ME’s Fake!
British director Julien Temple has joined forces with Film & Music Entertainment (F&ME), the London-based production company run by Mike Downey and Sam Taylor, to direct the company’s long-gestating $15 million art heist movie Fake!
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NewsIntandem takes worldwide on Ways To Live Forever
London-based film finance and international sales company Intandem Films has taken worldwide rights to family drama Ways to Live Forever.
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NewsMetropolis, Timeless board six new films for sales at AFM
A slate of six titles for the AFM has been announced by the two newly formed international sales companies, Metropolis International Sales and Timeless Films.
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NewsPattinson, Kidman board Bel Ami for Protagonist
In an intriguing star pairing, Twilight sensation Robert Pattinson is teaming with Nicole Kidman to star in Bel Ami, the film of Guy De Maupassant’s erotically charged story of ambition, power and seduction.
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NewsGerard Butler joins Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus
Scottish star Gerard Butler is to beef up the cast of Ralph Fiennes’ directorial début Coriolanus.
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NewsDead Cert gains Momentum for Moviehouse
On the eve of the AFM, UK distributor Momentum Pictures has acquired UK rights to vampire thriller Dead Cert from Moviehouse Entertainment.