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Masterson to make feature directorial debut on Cake Eaters
Mary StuartMasterson will make her feature directorial debut on drama The Cake Eaters starringKristen Stewart and Aaron Stanford.The 57th &Irving Productions project is scheduled to begin filming this summer in the US;it centres on a prodigal son who returns to his smalltown homestead aftertrying to make his fortune in the ...
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CMG gets Tribeca favourite The Treatment for Cannes
Edward Noeltner'sCinema Management Group (CMG) has acquired all international rights to OrenRudavsky's romantic comedy The Treatment starring ChrisEigeman, Ian Holm and Famke Janssen.The story of anerdy schoolteacher who falls for a sensuous Manhattan socialite was one of themost talked about titles at the recent Tribeca Film Festival and won the ...
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Hooper named national publicity chief at Fox Searchlight
Michelle Hooper has joined Fox Searchlight as senior vice president ofnational publicity.The former vice president of entertainment publicity at Fox Broadcastingbegins her new post on May 31 and will report to Searchlight chief operatingofficer Nancy Utley.At Fox Broadcasting Hooper oversaw national publicity campaigns for suchpowerhouse shows as American Idol, Prison ...
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Liberty Media moves in on IDT Corporation
US entrepreneur John Malone's Liberty Media isplanning to buy IDT Corporation for $186m in cash and the assumption ofundisclosed existing debt.The strategic move marks an ideal marriage between carrier and content.Under a five-year output deal Liberty-owned cable operator Starz EntertainmentGroup will carry select IDT Entertainment CG animated releases and live ...
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TWC seals multi-year deal with Roadshow
Roadshow Filmshas become the exclusive distributor of The Weinstein Company's (TWC) upcomingfeatures in Australia and New Zealand under a multi-year deal announced todayon the eve of Cannes.TWC recentlyclosed a similar exclusive deal in France with TF1, an investor in the companywhich was previously partnered with the Weinsteins when they ran ...
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Massis picks up worldwide rights to Upstaged
Alex Massis' FilmSource Company has picked up worldwide rights to Andrew Walkington's US teencomedy Upstaged.Walkington alsoproduced the story of a hapless group of youngsters who stage a production of Macbeth thatturns into a triumphant journey of self discovery.Newcomer WillForster stars alongside Hildegard Neil and British comedian Phil Cool.Upstaged ispart of ...
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High-flying Snakes director claims Asylum
LosAngeles-based Hyde Park Entertainment has signed David Ellis to direct the darkthriller Asylum, which becomes the latestproject to join Hyde Park International's (HPI) dynamic Cannes slate.Thedeal represents a coup for Hyde Park as Ellis' upcoming thriller Snakes On APlane is tracking at a phenomenal level months ahead of itsUS release ...
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David Ellis to direct Asylum for Hyde Park
Los Angeles-based Hyde ParkEntertainment has signed David Ellis to direct the dark thriller Asylum, which becomes the latest project to join Hyde ParkInternational's Cannes slate.The deal represents a coup for Hyde Park as Ellis' upcoming thrillerSnakes On A Plane istracking at a phenomenal level months ahead of its US release ...
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Sundance premieres bookend Seattle festival
Twohigh-profile Sundance premieres bookend the 32nd Annual SeattleInternationalFilm Festival (SIFF), with Neil Berger's period dramaTheIllusionist opening and Michel Gondry's The ScienceOf Sleepclosingthe event.Programmershave picked 419 features and shorts including 19 world premieres for the 25-dayevent, which runs from May 25 to Jun18.Amongthe world premieres are Jordan Albertsen's youth drama The ...
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DeLoach takes top role at Fox Searchlight
SheilaDeLoach has been promoted to senior vice president and general sales manager atFox Searchlight, where she has been vice president of distribution for the pastnine yearsShe willrelocate from new York to Los Angeles reporting to chief operating officerSteve Gilula, who called her a "pioneer in film distribution' and a mentorfor ...
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Lightning Entertainment takes global rights to football drama
SantaMonica sales and distribution company Lightning Entertainment has takenworldwide rights territories excluding Brazil and Germany to Brazilian footballcrime drama Showdebola. Commercialsdirector Alexander Pickl makes his feature directorial debut on the story of ayoungster whose dream of playing professional football may be his only way outof a tough Rio de Janerio ...
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The Day On Fire adds heat to Bleiberg's Cannes slate
LosAngeles-based sales house Bleiberg Entertainment will begin worldwide sales atCannes on thriller The Day On Firestarring Olympia Dukakis.JayAnania directed the tale of four women from different backgrounds whose livesintersect over the course of a turbulent 12 hours in New York punctuated by abombing.CarmenChaplin and Martin Donovan also star and Larry ...
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M:I:3 set to fly past $100m as Da Vinci Code looms
Mission: Impossible 3 will soar past $100m this weekend as it consolidatesits grip on the international marketplace.The action picture stood at more than $83.1m as of May 11 and Paramount and UIPexecutives know this is a key time for consolidation.Next weekend sees the global launch of The Da Vinci Code ...
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The Little Film Company adds eclectic trio to Cannes slate
Robbie and EllenLittle's Los Angeles-based worldwide sales and marketing house The Little FilmCompany has bulked up its Cannes slate with worldwide rights to three projectsin pre-production.Sean Mathias' multi-layered political drama The Colossus based on Ann Harries' novel Manly Pursuits is being produced by Lisa Katselas.Thriller Ghost Maker is writtenand will ...
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New Films doses up on Caffeine for Cannes
Beverly Hills-based NewFilms International (NFI) has picked up international rights to John Cosgrove'sensemble comedy Caffeine and will commence sales at Cannes next week.Mena Suvari, Marsha Thomason, Katherine Heigl, Mike Vogel and Breckin Meyerstar in the story of sex, fidelity and forgiveness.John Cosgrove's feature directorial debut is based on a screenplay ...
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Relativity sets up Gun Hill Road II co-financing with Sony, Universal
Relativity Media hasestablished Gun Hill Road II, an independent co-financing package that providesdiscrete and separate funds for both Sony Pictures Entertainment and UniversalPictures. The arrangement willprovide production funds for a total of 19 features, 11 from Sony and nine fromUniversal, one of which is a co-production between the ...
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Relativity sets up Gun Hill Road II co-financing with Sony, Universal
Relativity Media has establishedGun Hill Road II, an independent co-financing package that provides discreteand separate funds for both Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Pictures.The arrangement will provide production funds for a total of 19 features, 11from Sony and nine from Universal, one of which is a co-production between thetwo.The pictures ...
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Relativity Media fires up Gun Hill Road package
Relativity Media has established Gun Hill Road II, an independent co-financingpackage that provides discrete funds for both Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Pictures.Thearrangement will provide production funds for 19 features, 11 from Sony andnine from Universal, one of which is a co-production between the two.Thepictures are planned for release at ...
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Newmarket takes Sundance winner God Grew Tired Of Us
Newmarket Films haspicked up North American rights to Christopher Quinn's Sundance DocumentaryGrand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner God Grew Tired Of Us.The distributor plans an autumn release on the picture, which profiles theodyssey of three refugees from Sudan's civil war as they try to establish a newlife in the ...
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Hopkins and Dunoyer launch Griot with Chevalier and Minion
Thomas Hopkins andproducing partner Tony Dunoyer haveformed New York and LosAngeles-based production anddevelopment company GriotPictures Entertainment (GPE) andhave announced their first two projects.Period drama Chevalier takesplace in pre-RevolutionaryFrance and charts the real-lifeexploits of fencing and musical maestro Chevalier de Saint George, who becamea hero during the Revolution. Paris Qualles Winnerwrote ...