All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1096
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NewsStrand takes US rights to My Year Without Sex
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Sarah Watt’s Australian film My Year Without Sex from The Works International at AFM.
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NewsNeoClassics boards worldwide rights to The Over The Hill Band
Canada-based NeoClassics Films has acquired worldwide rights to Geoffrey Enthoven’s Belgian comedy drama The Over The Hill Band.
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NewsCooper to play The Devil’s Double for Tamahori
Dominic Cooper will star and Ludivine Sagnier is in talks to join him in Corsan’s thriller The Devil’s Double based on the true story of Uday Hussein’s body double that is set to begin shooting in January in Malta.
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NewsBeaver, Red sell out for Summit International
Summit International has virtually sold out on two of its marquee titles here, Jodie Foster’s drama The Beaver starring Mel Gibson and the DC Comics adaptation Red.
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NewsOptimism creeps back into AFM as market enters home stretch
After a brutal 12 months in the independent film business, a mood of cautious optimism is infusing business as AFM 2009 enters the home stretch.
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NewsLakeshore hires Brazil's Heitor Dhalia for spy tale April 23
Lakeshore Entertainment has signed Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia to direct the spy thriller April 23.
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NewsIM Global sells out on alien sci-fi thriller Area 51
IM Global is close to selling out the alien thriller Area 51, Oren Peli’s follow-up to the micro-budget smash Paranormal Activity that stands on the cusp of $100m in North America.
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NewsGenius, Alliance take North American rights to Tell-Tale
In separate deals, Genius Products and Alliance Films have acquired US and Canadian rights to the thriller Tell-Tale starring Josh Lucas and produced by Ridley and Tony Scott.
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NewsIFC acquires all US feature rights to Olivier Assayas' Carlos
IFC Films has picked up all US feature rights to Olivier Assayas’ Carlos, a mini-series about the terrorist Carlos The Jackal that will air on the Sundance Channel in spring 2010.
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NewsChristmas Carol not so merry on $31m as Precious stuns in limited release
Lionsgate’s extraordinary limited launch for the inner city drama Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire eclipsed the muted number one debut of Disney’s A Christmas Carol.
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NewsVendome, Mark Gordon cast Jake Gyllenhaal in thriller Source Code
Philippe Rousselet’s Vendome Pictures has announced its first project, teaming with Mark Gordon on the sci-fi thriller Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Summit International has already pre-sold rights to more than 15 territories at AFM.
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MarVista boards Another Harvest Moon for AFM
MarVista Entertainment has acquired international rights from Ostrow And Company to Another Harvest Moonstarring Ernest Borgnine, Piper Laurie and Cybill Shepherd.
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NewsChain Letter finds home at New Films International
New Films International has acquired worldwide rights to Deon Taylor’s horror film Chain Letter starring Nikki Reed and Brad Dourif.
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NewsGwyneth Paltrow to star opposite Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl
Gwyneth Paltrow will star opposite Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl, the film of David Ebershoff’s novel about Danish painter Einar Wegener (Kidman) who became the first man to undergo a sex change operation in 1931.
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Strategic bulks up market slate with Bangkok Adrenaline
Strategic Film Partners has bolstered its AFM slate headed by the martial arts action film Bangkok Adrenaline.
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NewsK5, PalmStar strike first-look, sales partnership
Munich and London-based K5 International has closed a first-look and partnership deal with New York and Los Angeles-based PalmStar Entertainment.
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NewsMagnolia takes US rights to The Good Heart
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Dagur Kari’s The Good Heart starring Brian Cox, Paul Dano and Isild Le Besco and plans a 2010 VOD platform release under its Ultra VOD label before the theatrical rollout.
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NewsVoltage charged up by Val Kilmer superatural thriller Mr Nobody
Nicolas Chartier’s LA-based Voltage Pictures, here selling the Milla Jovovich psychological thriller Faces In The Crowd, has boarded sales on the supernatural thriller Mr Nobody starring Val Kilmer.
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NewsRupert Friend heads cast on Renny Harlin's Georgia
Shooting is underway in the former Soviet state of Georgia on Renny Harlin’s contemporary drama Georgia starring Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Andy Garcia and Val Kilmer.
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NewsBradley Cooper joins thriller Dark Fields for Relativity, Mandate Int'l
Mandate International has commenced talks with buyers here on Relativity Media’s thriller Dark Fields starring in-demand Bradley Cooper.