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Incentive, Recreation strike pact
Incentive Capital will finance LA-based Recreation Media’s mythological fantasy Jason And The Necronauts and the company has targeted a Jul 15 start.
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NewsIMAX, Gaumont to release
IMAX Corporation and Gaumont will digitally remaster Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s The Young And Prodigious T.S. Spivet and release on IMAX 3D across France on Oct 16.
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NewsVertical takes Scenic Route
Vertical Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the thriller Scenic Route starring Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler. Premiere Entertainment handles international sales in the Cannes market.
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NewsCEG, Thunder Road sign financing deal
Philip Moross’ Cutting Edge Group (CEG) has signed a slate financing deal with Basil Iwanyk’s ambitious Thunder Road.
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NewsMusic Box acquires Michael Kohlhaas
Music Box Films has acquired all US and Canadian rights to Arnaud des Pallières’ Cannes competition entry Michael Kohlhaas starring Mads Mikkelsen.
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NewsTWC plots Crouching Tiger series
Harvey Weinstein plans to make a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon franchise, it emerged during a showreel presentation in Cannes on Friday evening [17].
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NewsTWC acquires Philomena
The Weinstein Company has paid in the region of $6.5m for US, Canadian and Spanish rights to Stephen Frears’ upcoming Philomena.
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NewsXYZ Films to sell Night
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has launched worldwide sales here on The Night Comes For Us, its latest collaboration with The Raid creator Gareth Evans.
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NewsNovember Man cast bulks up
Olga Kurylenko, Luke Bracey and Bill Smitrovich have joined Pierce Brosnan in the espionage thriller November Man, which The Solution Entertainment Group is selling in Cannes. CAA represents US rights.
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NewsIM3 crosses $1bn global
Disney executives have announced that Marvel Studios’ summer blockbuster Iron Man 3 passed $1bn at the worldwide box office on Thursday [16].
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NewsAnchor Bay enters Lundgren's Battle
Anchor Bay has snapped up US, Australian and New Zealand rights to Battle Of The Damned from Bleiberg Entertainment’s Compound B.
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Content sells Outpost III
Content has closed key sales on Outpost III: Rise Of The Spetsnaz and has licensed US rights to XLrator Media, which released the previous episode Black Sun.
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NewsBuyers feel Statham’s Heat
Sierra/Affinity has licensed its Heat reboot starring Jason Statham to Lionsgate UK and a host of territories.
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NewsIronclad 2 sells for Content
EXCLUSIVE: Content Film has done a roaring trade on Ironclad: Battle For Blood, licensing a slew of territories led by XLrator Media for the US rights and Warner Bros for the UK.
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NewsRT Features boards Gray sci-fi
James Gray, who jets into Cannes for the May 24 premiere of The Immigrant, is lining up a sci-fi thriller with the backing of Brazil’s RT Features. CAA brokered the deal and represents sales.
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NewsMichael Meyer joins Good Universe
Good Universe has expanded its global sales arm by hiring the veteran business and legal affairs executive as evp of international.
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Primeridian launches with Solzhenitsyn biopic
Primeridian Entertainment has arrived on the scene and hired The Stoning Of Soraya M. director Cyrus Nowrasteh to write and direct a feature about the life of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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NewsElwes, Barnum launch e2b
Cassian Elwes and Robert Ogden Barnum have launched e2b Capital to offer financing and global distribution services to independent filmmakers.
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NewsKetchup, Open Road strike pact
Gareth West, Artur Galstian, and Vahan Yepremeyan’s LA-based Ketchup Entertainment has struck a deal with Open Road Films to handle distribution on its theatrical titles across multiple windows.
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Epic space-bound with Scout
EXCLUSIVE: The LA-based company has locked in the director and cast of sci-fi adventure The Last Scout ahead of start of production this month in Los Angeles.