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Affinity International adds CBS Films romantic fantasy Beastly to slate
Affinity International has picked up international sales rights to CBS Films’ romantic fantasy Beastly starring Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary-Kate Olsen and Neil Patrick Harris.
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Lightning strikes major territory deals on Kill The irishman
Lightning Entertainment has announced major territory deals on its anticipated crime thriller Kill The Irishman (formerly The Irishman) starring Ray Stevenson.
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Anchor Bays sinks claws into The Howling reboot for English-language territories
Fast-rising distributor Anchor Bay Films has acquired all rights for English-speaking territories to The Howling: Reborn.
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Molly Hassell assembles cast on The Giant Mechanical Man
Vamps producer Molly Hassell has assembled a strong young ensemble for rom-com The Giant Mechanical Man, set to commence production in Detroit later this month.
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Cortes unveils Red Lights vision to AFM buyers
Rodrigo Cortes outlined his vision for the psychological thriller Red Lights in a Friday morning [5] buyer presentation hosted by Lisa Wilson’s Parlay Films.
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Elite Squad 2 among IM Global's prestige Anthem local language slate
IM Global head Stuart Ford has unveiled the Anthem world sales division’s prestige AFM slate, led by Jose Padilha’s smash sequel to his Brazilian crime saga Elite Squad.
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HPI reports surge of sales on Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D
Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International has closed key territories on the supernatural action film Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D to star Nicolas Cage.
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NewsArclight reports strong initial response to crime thriller The Courier
Arclight Films has completed sales in more than two dozen territories on its thriller The Courier starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mickey Rourke and Josie Ho.
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Murphy joins Cortes' psycho-thriller Red Lights for Parlay
Cillian Murphy has joined Sigourney Weaver and Robert De Niro on Rodrigo Cortes’ psychological thriller Red Lights, a hot project that is stirring great interest at the market for Parlay Films.
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FeaturesComing to America
The number of deals at last year’s American Film Market heralded a thaw in the independent sales sector. Jeremy Kay assesses how the sales arena is looking ahead of this year’s AFM (Nov 3-10) while Screen writers profile a selection of English-language market debuts heading to Santa Monica
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NewseOne takes global rights to thriller The Hunter
Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor and Sam Neill star in Porchlight’s psychological thriller.
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Indomina takes North America on Scottish horror Outcast
Indomina Releasing’s latest acquisition is the Scottish horror film Outcast following a North American deal with Bankside announced on Thursday [4].
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Carpenter joins Amazon horror Hell Within as executive producer
John Carpenter will serve as executive producer on Los Angeles-based Barry Films’ The Hell Within to be directed by Brazil’s Dennison Ramalho.
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Eckhart takes CIA role in Essential Entertainment thriller
Aaron Eckhart is in talks to star in action thriller The Expatriate which Essential Entertainment is introducing to buyers here.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn takes US rights to The Whistleblower
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up all US rights to the Rachel Weisz thriller The Whistleblower following its recent world premiere in Toronto.
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Relativity taps into Bible Code adventure series
Relativity Media is betting Michael Drosnin’s bestselling Bible Code series will make a strong tentpole release and has acquired rights to the books The Bible Code, Bible Code II: The Countdown and Bible Code III: Saving The World.
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NewsFocus Features, UTA sell out on Mike Mills' Toronto hit Beginners
Focus Features International (FFI) and UTA have virtually sold out on Mike Mills’ Toronto premiere Beginners starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer.
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FeaturesAnd we're off
The big early-autumn festivals marked the beginning of the long journey to awards glory. Kicking off Screen’s Awards Countdown, Jeremy Kay picks over some of the stand-out titles
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NewsExclusive goes Undercover with Miley Cyrus
Exclusive Media Group will produce and fully finance the Miley Cyrus action comedy So Undercover and is introducing to buyers at the market here.
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Stephen Sommers to direct supernatural romance Odd Thomas
Fusion Films partners Howard Kaplan and John Baldecchi are reporting an enthusiastic response at AFM to their $47m+ supernatural adventure romance Odd Thomasto be directed by The Mummy’s Stephen Sommers.