All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 674
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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.
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NewsVoltage brings Standoff to AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures arrives at the AFM with international rights to the thriller Standoff starring Laurence Fishburne and Thomas Jane.
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NewsWoody, Quentin and Al align for AFM
EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation has begun talks at the AFM on the upcoming untitled Woody Allen project, one of several new titles to emerge on the eve of the market.
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NewsFilmSharks touts animation Possessed
EXCLUSIVE: FilmSharks International has come on to sell worldwide rights to the stop-motion feature Possessed (Pos Eso) from former Aardman Animations animator Sam.
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NewsCloud-based marketplace DFCN launches
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ray Bell has announced the commercial launch at AFM of cloud-based online marketplace Digital Film Cloud Network (DFCN).
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NewsIFC takes US on Hungry Hearts
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Saverio Costanzo’s Hungry Hearts from Mimi Steinbauer’s international sales agent Radiant Films International.
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NewsLotus stakes claim to Crucifixion
Lotus Entertainment kicks off pre-sales at AFM on the horror film from Xavier Gens and the producer behind horror hits Annabelle and The Conjuring.