All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 700
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NewsSony options Edward Snowden book
Sony has optioned rights to Glenn Greenwald’s book No Place To Hide and teamed up with James Bond franchise producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions.
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NewsBold hires Matthew Rhodes
Matthew Rhodes has been named president of motion pictures at Bold Films, whose Lost River and Whiplash play in Cannes.
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NewsEdgar Ramirez in Point Break talks
The actor is in talks to play Bodhi in Alcon Entertainment’s reboot, which Lionsgate International represents outside the US.
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NewsSPC acquires Saint Laurent
Sony Pictures Classics led a flurry of acquisition announcements on Wednesday (14) as it picked up North American rights from EuropaCorp to Cannes competition entry Saint Laurent.
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NewsIvanhoe acquires Begin Again for China
Ivanhoe Pictures and Beijing Galloping Horse Film Co have jointly acquired all Chinese rights for John Carney’s Begin Again.
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NewsAnnapurna backs Bigelow’s True American
Kathryn Bigelow and Annapurna Pictures are reuniting after Zero Dark Thirty on a true-life drama to star Tom Hardy.
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Quixote acquires Movie Movers
Quixote Studios has acquired production and talent trailers supplier Movie Movers in a move that creates one of the largest production vehicle fleets in Hollywood.
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NewsHFG boards The Trust for Cannes
Ambitious Highland Film Group (HFG) has come on to handle world sales on crime thriller The Trust starring Nicolas Cage and Jack Huston.
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NewsMillennium pics up Elsa & Fred
Millennium Entertainment has taken US rights to Michael Radford’s romantic Elsa & Fred starring Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer.
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FeaturesBennett Miller, Foxcatcher
“It’s the kind of film that’s very funny until it’s not funny,” says Bennett Miller of his US competition entry Foxcatcher, backed by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures and Columbia Pictures.
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NewsParamount swoops on Story
Paramount Pictures has fired a rocket into the Cannes market, paying what is understood to be $20m for North American and Chinese rights to the Amy Adams sci-fi Story Of Your Life.
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NewsTWC in new Grace deal
The Weinstein Company is understood to be close to signing a new deal that will see it hold on to US rights to Cannes opener Grace Of Monaco.
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NewsXLrator rocks with Duff McKagan
EXCLUSIVE: XLrator Media has acquired North American rights from Vision Films to Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan’s autobiographical documentary.
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NewsFilmSharks snaps up Disney-backed duo
EXCLUSIVE: Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based Film Sharks International has picked up sales on two Disney-backed Patagonik titles that the studio will release in Latin America.
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NewsMPI's Cherry Tree takes root
EXCLUSIVE: MPI is bringing US-Ireland horror Cherry Tree starring Anna Walton, Naomi Battrick and Sam Hazeldine to the Croisette.
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NewsArclight's 'Best Men' return
EXCLUSIVE: Arclight arrives in Cannes with sales rights to A Few Less Men, the sequel to its 2011 comedy A Few Best Men.
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NewsGood Universe takes animation duo
Good Universe arrives on the Croisette with a pair of animation sales titles, Norm Of The North and Zorgamazoo.
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NewsScreen Media laps up Young Ones
The distributor has picked up US rights to Jake Paltrow’s acclaimed Sundance selection, which 6 Sales and The Exchange represent for international sales on the Croisette.
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NewsDon Haber to retire from BAFTA LA
BAFTA LA executive director and COO Donald Haber will step down from the organisation on May 31 after 20 years of service.
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NewsV/H/S Viral attracts Magnet
Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to V/H/S: Viral and has earmarked an autumn release. Epic Pictures represents international rights and commences talks with buyers on the Croisette this week.