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Arclight takes on Bigas Luna comedy Yo Soy La Juani
Arclight Films has bulked upits AFM slate by picking up international rights to Bigas Luna's comedy-drama YoSoy La Juani. Arclight did the deal withManga Films and Luna, whose picture has already made a mark on the Spanish boxoffice and grossed more than $1.7m in two weeks. Yo Soy La Juani ...
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McFadzean to oversee family films at new Wind Dancer
Matt Williams has announced that his partner David McFadzean will overseedevelopment of family films for Wind Dancer Films.The company recently announced a development fund for comedies andcharacter-driven thrillers with an eye on the international market.In addition to family films, Wind Dancer is developing romantic, actionand teen comedies. McFadzean is currently ...
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Rowlands and Deneuve sign on for Persepolis
Gena Rowlands and CatherineDeneuve have signed on to the voice cast of the English-language adaptation ofIranian author Marjane Satrapi's award-winning autobiographical comic books Persepolis and Persepolis 2.The animated feature iscurrently in production in France and will be released through Sony PicturesClassics in North America. Deneuve will voice the role of ...
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New Yorker takes on domestic rights to Treatment
Dan Talbot's New YorkerFilms has acquired US rights from Gotham Sales to Oren Rudavsky's romantic comedy The Treatment. New Yorker plans a spring2007 platform release in New York for the winner of the Tribeca Film Festival'sMade In New York Best Narrative Award.Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssenand Ian Holm star in ...
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THINKFilm International sells Young People Fucking
THINKFilm International's penchant for risque material continuesapace as the new York-based company arrives at AFM with the comedy YoungPeople Fucking anddocumentary War Dance(working title).Young People Fucking is currently in pre-production and centres on an eventful nightfor five different couples at various stages of relationship ranging from firstdate to former lovers ...
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Regent takes worldwide rights to Orientation
Regent Releasing has pickedup worldwide rights to the comedy Freshman Orientation starring Sam Huntington, Marla Sokoloff, BryceJohnson, John Goodman and Rachel Dratch. Regent plans a spring 2007release and Regent Worldwide Sales is handling foreign rights at AFM. The Element Films productioncharts the misguided career of a college freshman who invites ...
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Cinamour goes From Mexico With Love
Los Angeles-based Cinamour Entertainment arrives at AFM with a fresh slate headed by in-house production From Mexico With Love starring Kuno Becker from Goal! The Dream Begins.Currently shooting in San Antonio, Texas, the story follows a self-destructive illegal alien who crosses into the US to pursue his dream of becoming ...
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Tripper travels for Voltage
Nicolas Chartier's Voltage Pictures has closed multiple territories on David Arquette's directorial debut The Tripper.Sales on the horror picture have been concluded in France (La Fabrique Du Film), CIS (Central Partnership), Benelux (Belga), Middle East (Gulf Film), Singapore (Golden Village), and Malaysia (Ram Indo).Jamie King, Thomas Jane, Jason Mewes, Lukas ...
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Media 8 picks up One Night With The King
Media 8 Entertainment has acquired international rights toGener8Xion Entertainment's Biblical drama One Night With The King.The Los Angeles-based sales agency has scheduled screenings at AFMof Michael O Sajbel's tale, which opened in the top 10 in North America lastmonth and has grossed more than $10m.One Night With The King centres ...
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IFTA says AFM attendance breaks records
Hailing 'the biggestAFM yet', the Independent Film and Television Alliance top brass welcomeda record 435 exhibitors from 36 countries and projected a best-ever 8,400attendees from 65 countries compared to 8,014 last year.Organisers have scheduled592 screenings rising from 534 last year, and 431 market premieres compared to382. Both are records.Numerous internationaldelegations ...
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Universal wins remake battle for Korea's The Host
Universal Pictures has won a hard-fought battle forEnglish-language remake rights to Bong Joon-ho's South Korean horror smash TheHost.Gold Circle Films chief Paul Brooks and Vertigo Entertainmentco-chiefs Roy Lee and Doug Davison will serve as producers. Cineclick Asia,which handled sales on the original, negotiated the remake deal.Scott Niemeyer and Norm Waitt ...
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Levant to direct Ex Games for Bauer Martinez
Bauer Martinez Studios hashired Brian Levant to direct the comedy Ex Games and is introducing the picture to buyers at AFM.The company swooped on WillFetters' screenplay about three men with failed marriages who plot to marry offtheir wives to avoid paying alimony, only for one of them to discover that ...
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Myriad takes on sales for The Trailer Park Boys
Myriad Pictures has securedworldwide rights excluding Canada to Mike Clattenburg's Canadian smash TrailerPark Boys: The Movie. The raucous comedy arriveson a wave of publicity following screenings at the Toronto International FilmFestival and is based on Clattenburg's long-running Canadian television serieson Showcase Television.Ivan Reitman served asexecutive producer on the feature-length version, ...
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Kathy Morgan takes on Mackenzie's Camille
Kathy Morgan International(KMI) has picked up international rights to the fantasy romance Camille starring Sienna Miller and James Franco.KMI will show buyers a promoreel on the project, which is in post-production and is being produced by AlRuddy and directed by Gregory Mackenzie.Miller plays an idealisticyoung bride who goes on honeymoon ...
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Grand Illusions teams with Steiner for equity, sets initial slate
Jonathan Sanger, Ed Elbertand Sarah Ryan Black at Los Angeles-based Grand Illusions Entertainment haveannounced they will independently develop, package and fund feature andtelevision projects in the $5m to $30m range.David Steiner, owner ofSteiner Equities Group and Brooklyn-based Steiner Studios is on board asfinancial partner.Projects in the pipelineinclude the Fred Schepisi ...
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Lampert and Mazgedian Anna take top roles at Village Roadshow Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures has named Jeffrey Lampert executive vice president of worldwide feature production and Melissa Mazgedian Anna senior vice-president of worldwide distribution and marketing.Lampert will report to Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment (VRPE)president of production Dana Goldberg.She will oversee a slate that includes the upcoming Music And Lyrics starring Hugh ...
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Cruise, Wagner team with MGM to revive United Artists
In a deal intended to capture the spirit of Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D W Griffith, Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner are reviving the United Artists (UA) label with MGM. Nine weeks after Cruise Wagner parted company with Paramount Pictures, the producing partners have bounced back with ...
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Torres to direct Sense & Sensibilidad for Camelot, Odd Lot
Fina Torres will direct a Latino version of Jane Austen's SenseAnd Sensibility entitledSense And Sensibilidad forCamelot Pictures and Odd Lot Entertainment.Torres co-wrote with Luis Alfaro the screenplay to the LosAngeles-set tale, which is being produced by Camelot principal Gary Gilbert andOdd Lot founders Deborah Del Prete and Gigi Priztker.'Fina and ...
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Media 8 boards George Gallo's Local Colour
Media 8 Entertainment haspicked up all international rights to George Gallo's drama Local Colour starring Ray Liotta, Armin Mueller-Stahl and TrevorMorgan.Local Colour is based on a true story about a troubled18-year-old art student and his disillusioned Russian mentor who help eachother see life anew. Samantha Mathis, Charles Durning and Diana ...
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Arclight seals two year sales, co-financing deal with Silver's Zinc
Arclight Films and Joel Silver's Zinc Pictures have signed amulti-picture two-year co-financing and sales agency deal.Under the terms of the arrangement Arclight will co-finance anddistribute Zinc Pictures titles across all media worldwide that areproduced outside its exclusive theatrical relationship with Warner Bros.The first two pictures will go out under Arclight's ...