All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 648
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NewsElectric to crack market with Hacker
EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has secured all worldwide rights to the international thriller and started talks with AFM buyers.
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NewsSNC to co-finance Skiptrace
EXCLUSIVE: Shanghai New Culture Media Group Company Limited (SNC) has come on to co-finance Jackie Chan action-comedy Skiptrace, which Bloom sells internationally.
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NewsBuyers flock to God's Not Dead
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers have responded strongly to Pure Flix’s $110m worldwide smash, led by a sale to Signature in the UK.
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NewsSéville trio sparks strong buyer response
Séville International has announced a slew of sales ahead of the AFM on The Dark Horse, Elephant Song and An Eye For Beauty.
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NewsMongrel Int'l strikes North American deal on Body
EXCLUSIVE: Mongrel International in partnership with Celluloid Dreams has licensed North American rights for Takashi Miike’s Over Your Dead Body to Shout! Factory.
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NewsUnlocked thriller bulks up cast
John Malkovich and Toni Collette have joined the Bourne-style female action thriller that Bloom represents for international sales at AFM.
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FeaturesAFM: Ready for business
As A-list projects become more difficult to package, talent heads to TV and the Netflix effect remains uncertain, can AFM offer a silver lining, asks Jeremy Kay.
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NewsDDI seals Awesometown pact
EXCLUSIVE: Double Dutch International (DDI) president Jason Moring has announced an output deal to sell worldwide rights to Awesometown Entertainment’s animations kicking off at AFM with $16m Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer.
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NewsBloom boards Elvis & Nixon
Michael Shannon will play Elvis Presley opposite Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon in the latest Bloom international sales title.
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NewsPlaying It Cool goes to Vertical
Vertical Entertainment has acquired US rights to Justin Reardon’s rom-com starring Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Martin Starr and Aubrey Plaza. Voltage Pictures handles international sales at AFM.
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NewsRelativity, Voltage privy to The Secret Scripture
EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Studios has acquired US rights from Ferndale Films and Jim Sheridan to The Secret Scripture, which Voltage Pictures has come on to sell internationally at AFM.
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NewsIM Global touts Free State Of Jones
Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey will star for Gary Ross in the $65m Civil War drama The Free State Of Jones that has got tongues wagging at AFM.
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NewsMyriad gets in ring with Glass Chin
Noah Buschel directed Glass Chin, which premiered at Tribeca and tells of a former boxing champion who falls on hard times and makes a deal with a crooked restaurateur to get back in the game.
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NewsScott Sava finds Chinese partners on Animal Crackers
Scott Christian Sava and Animal Crackers Ltd are partnering with Beijing Wenhua Dongrun Investment Co and China Film Co Ltd on their animated feature Animal Crackers. Odin’s Eye handles international sales at AFM.
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NewsEpic corrals Black Beauty for AFM
Epic Pictures Group is handling international sales at the market on a contemporary adaptation of Black Beauty.
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NewsChris Cooper to play JD Salinger
Chris Cooper will play the reclusive author in Angel Grace Productions’ Coming Through The Rye.
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NewsLotus boards November Criminals
Busy Lotus Entertainment will co-finance and co-produce Sacha Gervasi’s November Criminals starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Catherine Keener and has introduced to AFM buyers.
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NewsTen animated shorts advance in Oscar race
The Academy has selected 10 animated shorts from 58 submissions to advance in the voting process for the 87th Academy Awards.
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NewsBlack And White gets awards run
Relativity is slotting the Kevin Costner drama into awards season with a one-week US qualifying run starting on December 3.
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NewsBreakthrough, Anchor Bay dive into The Drownsman
Anchor Bay has taken all rights in the US, UK and Australia/New Zealand to The Drownsman, which Breakthrough Entertainment is selling at the AFM.