All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 624
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NewsFifty Shades generates huge pre-sales
EXCLUSIVE: Advance international ticket sales on Fifty Shades Of Grey, set to open day-and-date worldwide via Universal on February 11, have sky-rocketed to 2.75 million across 39 markets.
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NewsMyriad heads to EFM with In The Lost Lands
Milla Jovovich is in advanced negotiations to star as a sorceress in Myriad Pictures’ fantasy adventure based on short stories from the creator of Game Of Thrones.
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NewsCinema Management Group launches European hub
EFM: The Beverly Hills-based sales agency has launched a full-time office in Paris named CMG Europe SAS.
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NewsGood Universe sells The Forest
EFM: Good Universe has closed a host of international sales heading into the EFM on Lava Bear’s supernatural thriller led by a major deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA).
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NewsMarina Cordoni to sell Fall at EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Industry Pictures and Lentin/Odette Productions announced on Monday (February 2) the multiple Canadian Screen Awards nominee will premiered at the market in Berlin.
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NewsChinese Running Brother rules int’l BO
BOX OFFICE: Chinese Running Brother stormed to the top of the international box office charts at the weekend thanks to an estimated $35m haul.
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NewsThe Exchange boards Breaking The Bank
EXCLUSIVE: Brian O’Shea and his team head to Berlin with world sales rights to Vadim Jean’s caper staring Kelsey Grammer.
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NewsAmerican Sniper claims Super Bowl weekend record
Clint Eastwood’s war film held on to number one for the third consecutive weekend as an estimated $31.9m looks to have set a new record for the weekend and boosted the running total through Warner Bros to $248.9m.
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NewsSpotlight lines up Chloe & Theo for EFM
EXCLUSIVE: LA-based Spotlight Pictures heads to Berlin with two new titles on its sales roster.
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NewsAwards round-up: Annies, ADG
The Art Directors Guild and ASIFA-Hollywood handed out their major honours over the weekend.
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NewsMe And Earl triumphs at Sundance
SUNDANCE: The 2015 festival approached the end on Saturday (January 31) as Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me And Earl And The Dying Girl capped a sensational 10 days by scooping both the US grand jury prize and audience awards.
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NewsBleecker Street falls into Dreams
SUNDANCE: The new distributor has acquired worldwide rights to Brett Haley’s I’ll See You In My Dreams following the world premiere on January 27. Separately HBO has taken US TV rights to 3 1/2 Minutes.
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NewsAMBI lines up In Dubious Battle for EFM
James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris, Bryan Cranston and Danny McBride will star in In Dubious Battle, which AMBI Distribution is bringing to the EFM.
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NewsSleepless Night heads to Berlin
FilmNation will introduce EFM buyers to the thriller starring Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan, which Open Road Films is financing and will distribute in the US.
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NewsSony buys multiple territories on November Criminals
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired North America, English-speaking rights and select territories to the thriller starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Ansel Elgort. Lotus will commence pre-sales on remaining territories at the EFM next week.
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NewsIFC Midnight finds Reversal
SUNDANCE: IFC Midnight has swooped on US rights to Dark Factory Entertainment’s revenge thriller following its world premiere at Sundance.
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NewsFortissimo nabs Songs My Brothers Taught Me for EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Fortissimo Films chairman Michael Werner said on Friday (January 30) the company had bulked up its EFM war chest with international rights to Chloé Zhao’s recent Sundance premiere.
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NewsJan Fantl boards Orphans Of War
Producers Gina G Goff of Goff Productions and Rene Sheridan are pleased to announce the addition of
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NewsDigging For Fire finds buyers
SUNDANCE: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired international rights and The Orchard has picked up North America on Joe Swanberg’s drama. In separate deals, Ten Thousand Saints and Fresh Dressed also sold.
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NewsElle Fanning, Diego Luna to star in Io
Jason Michael Berman and Laura Rister have set Elle Fanning and Diego Luna to star in the sci-fi.