All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 668
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NewsOpen Road, Endgame buy Ed Snowden film
UPDATED NOVEMBER 7: Open Road and Endgame Entertainment have acquired US rights to Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden film, which is proving to be a hot draw at the AFM.
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NewsBlackbird lines up Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn will star in the Jean Doumanian Productions drama.
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NewsIvanhoe options YA novel The Walled City
Ivanhoe Pictures has taken exclusive film rights to action/adventure YA novel The Walled City by Ryan Graudin.
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NewsMPI Media Group finds Redeemer
MPI Media Group has acquired all North American rights to Redeemer uniting director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza with Chilean action star Marko Zaror. XYZ Films launches international sales here at AFM.
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NewsCMG to sell Liz En Septiembre
Cinema Management Group has acquired worldwide rights to Venezuelan hit Liz En Septiembre.
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NewsEpic to sell Who Gets The Dog?
Epic Pictures Group will handle worldwide sales and serve as executive producer on the rom-com starring Alicia Silverstone.
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NewsJae-woo Kim joins 13 Films
Jae-woo Kim has joined Los Angeles-based 13 Films as director of international sales and is at the AFM talking up new titles Voice From The Stone, Extortion and Loitering With Intent.
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NewsLightning boards Now Add Honey
The sales company’s Ken DuBow is talking to AFM buyers on the film starring Portia de Rossi, Lucy Fry, Robyn Butler and Ben Lawson.
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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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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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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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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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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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NewsRadiant shines with Happy
Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney and Stephen Amell are in talks to star in Mandalay Pictures’ comedy Whatever Makes You Happy. Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has introduced the project to buyers at AFM.
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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.