All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 777
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Vision boards 10 Things
Vision Films has come on to handle worldwide rights to 10 Things I Hate About Life starring Evan Rachel Wood and Thomas McDonell.
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NewsVertical lines up Abu Ghraib
Vertical Entertainment announced at AFM it has acquired North American rights to the military thriller Boys Of Abu Ghraib. Electric Entertainment handles international sales.
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Double Dutch boards 6 Figures
Jason and Ron Moring’s Double Dutch International will handle international sales on the Fishbowl Films thriller.
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NewsAngus Macfadyen boards She Rises
Angus Macfadyen has joined Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc on Blanc Biehn Productions’ She Rises.
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NewsAFM rocked by FFI closure
Market attendees woke up to the grim reality of Hollywood on Thursday after it emerged that Focus Features International (FFI) is to close at the end of December.
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NewsImage revs up with Drive Hard
EXCLUSIVE: Image Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the action film Drive Hard starring John Cusack and Thomas Jane. Voltage Pictures handles international sales at AFM.
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NewsRed Sea flies with Eighth
EXCLUSIVE: Red Sea Media has come on to handle international sales at AFM on WWII film The Mighty Eighth, which David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of The Fighter are on board to produce.
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NewsFilmSharks picks up Of Horses
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks International has picked up sales rights to Iceland’s foreign-language Oscar submission Of Horses And Men.
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NewsHighland picks up Mind
EXCLUSIVE: Highland Film Group has picked up international sales on Your Right Mind starring Katherine Heigl and Ben Barnes and will introduce to buyers here. CAA represents North American rights.
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NewsPartners launch US-UK Unlimited
EXCLUSIVE: London-based producer Diana Phillips has teamed up with LA’s talent agency Claire Best & Associates and Peter Lang’s Production Company Pictures In A Row to form Unlimited Pictures.
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Tapped sells for Screen Media
Screen Media has licensed Latin America and Brazil to Sato Company and Benelux to Three Lines on Canadian MMA thriller Tapped.
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FeaturesContent Media: Crossover traffic
Content Media Corporation’s John Schmidt and Jamie Carmichael talk to Jeremy Kay about their multi-platform strategies, the importance of sequels and building lasting relationships
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NewsNoble Family debuts in US
Mexican social satire The Noble Family (Nosotros Los Nobles) has grossed approximately $200,000 through Cinelatino in its first weekend in the US.
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NewsKatselas, I-Bankers Direct line up Somewhat Dead
BAFTA-nominated producer Lisa Katselas is using a pioneering equity investment crowdfunding model to finance her next production, Somewhat Dead.
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NewsBlanchett in SBIFF honour
Cate Blanchett will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2014’s Outstanding Performer Of The Year Award.
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NewsWeinsteins pick up Regression
Bob and Harvey Weinstein have signed on to distribute Alejandro Amenabar’s upcoming thriller Regression in 2015 in the US through their fledgling TWC-Dimension label. Separately, Sundance Selects has acquired the German Oscar entry Two Lives.
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NewsWorldview acquires The Search
Worldview Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Michel Hazanavicius’s drama The Search starring Bérénice Bejo and Annette Bening. Wild Bunch handles international sales at the AFM.
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NewsVision adds Identical to AFM slate
Vision Films has picked up international sales rights to The Identical starring Blake Rayne, Erin Cottrell, Amanda Crew, Brian Geraghty, Seth Green, Ashley Judd, Joe Pantoliano and Ray Liotta.
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NewsFFI to close at end of December
Focus Features International (FFI) will cease to operate at the end of December.
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Pomi snags 108 Media's Trap
108 Media’s new Asian office headed by Ryo Ebe has pre-sold Taiwanese rights on Camera Trap to Pomi ahead of the AFM world premiere on November 7.