All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1097
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Parkes/MacDonald Imagenation acquires Earthbound
Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald of Parkes/MacDonald Productions have acquired Earthbound by cult writer Richard Matheson.
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FIND names eight Directors Lab film-makers
FIND has unveiled the eight 2010 Directors Lab film-makers ahead of the nine-week talent programme.
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NewsAffinity loads up Shotgun Wedding
Affinity International to kick off sales at the European Film Market on the comedy Shotgun Wedding.
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NewsLionsgate kicks sales Ass
Lionsgate sales chief Helen Lee Kim has announced key deals on Matthew Vaughn’s action comedy Kick-Ass (pictured) and Paul Haggis’ thriller The Next Three Days as the EFM gets underway.
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NewsSilverstone reVamps with Heckerling
Alicia Silverstone (pictured) to reunite with Clueless director Amy Heckerling on vampire love story, Vamps.
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NewsIFC takes a shine to Exam as Independent continues foreign sales
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Stuart Hazeldine’s psychological thriller Exam, which UK-based Independent has licensed to a number of territories ahead of its market screening here.
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NewsThe Little Film Company boards Cleese-starrer Spud
LA-based The Little Film Company has boarded worldwide rights to the South African kids film Spud and will commence pre-sales at the EFM.
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NewsUniversal swoops on North American rights to Larry Crowne
The studio acquisition marked the second high profile domestic sale in one day for a key US project on the eve of EFM.
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NewsRoadside drawn to Hawaiian biopic Princess Kaiulani
Roadside Attractions has acquired all US rights to Marc Forby’s Hawaiian historical biopic Princess Kaiulani.
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NewsPhase 4 falls for romantic comedy Finding Bliss
Phase 4 Films has acquired North American rights to Finding Bliss by writer-director Julie Davis and starring Leelee Sobieski.
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NewsSummit picks up domestic on Untitled Seth Rogen / James McAvoy comedy
Summit Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Mandate Pictures’ comedy Untitled Seth Rogen/James McAvoy Project.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires Beadie Finzi ballet documentary
Film Movement has taken North American rights to Beadie Finzi’s Portuguese language documentary Only When I Dance.
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NewsO-Scope swoops on Maurice Sendak documentary
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze’s documentary Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak.
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NewsFilming underway on Dark Sky, Glass Eye Pix' Hypothermia
Chicago-based Dark Sky Films has commenced production on James Felix 4K McKenney’s feature Hypothermia.
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Shorts International, Magnolia return with Oscar nominee screenings
For the fifth consecutive year Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures are staging a series of screenings of the year’s Oscar-nominated Shorts.
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NewsAriel Veneziano launches Recreation sales company at EFM
Ariel Veneziano will be talking to buyers in Berlin under the auspices of his new international sales company Recreation, part of the Recreation Media consultancy he launched last year.
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NewsControversial Oscar nominee The Cove set for Japanese release
Louie Psihoyos’ documentary Oscar nominee The Cove is to finally get a release in Japan, more than a year since its world premiere at Sundance.
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NewsPeter Bogdanovich to adapt high-stakes social drama for Das Films
Peter Bogdanovich is partnering with Santa Monica-based Das Films for his latest project.
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Spitfire, Exclusive rev up on high-speed documentary for EFM
Exclusive Media Group’s (EMG) documentary unit, Spitfire Documentary Films, is teaming with Flat-Out Films and Diamond Docs on a non-fiction project.
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NewsNewly promoted Dana Archer to head up DDA PR's LA office
DDA PR’s Dana Archer has been promoted to senior-vice president and will head up the company’s new Los Angeles office.