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FSC scores Crash Reel sales
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company has licensed Australia and New Zealand rights on Lucy Walker’s snowboarder documentary The Crash Reel to Hopscotch/eOne, which plans a day-and-date launch across all platforms in mid-July.
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NewsDinklage to star in Hop Frog
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Dinklage, riding high on the global success of Game Of Thrones, has signed on to star in Hop Frog.
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NewsBanderas joins The 33
Antonio Banderas will star in The 33, the true story of the 33 Chilean Miners whose rescue in 2010 became one of the most televised events in history. Good Universe handles international sales in Cannes.
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NewsStar Trek opens in US on $71m
Stark Trek Into Darkness stormed to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $70.6m opening weekend.
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NewsGatsby rules int'l on $42.1m
The Great Gatsby prevailed over the course of a remarkably close weekend at the international box office, edging out Star Trek and Iron Man 3 by a nose thanks to an estimated $42.1m haul.
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NewsPhase 4 acquires Philosophers
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has acquired all rights in the US and Canada to John Huddles’ sci-fi thriller starring James Darcy. Bankside Films handles international sales on the Croisette.
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NewsCinecoup first Telefilm Canada private partner
Telefilm Canada is promoting Vancouver’s CineCoup Film Accelerator, a reality show-style competition to provide $1m to fund a new feature and guarantee theatrical distribution in Canada.
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NewsPhase 4 takes Free Ride
Phase 4 Films has moved on North American rights to Shana Betz’s feature directorial debut Free Ride starring Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet and Drea De Matteo. Cargo Entertainment handles international sales in Cannes.
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NewsSundance Selects Two Days, One Night
Sundance Selects has acquired US rights to the Dardenne brothers’ upcoming drama Two Days, One Night starring Marion Cotillard.
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NewsWrekin Hill gets Siberian Education
The distributor has picked up US rights to Gabriele Salvatores’ Siberian Education starring John Malkovich in the tale of members of a gang of exiled Siberians who adhere to a strict code.
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NewsFIP Germany readies Doctor, Rico
Fox International Productions (Germany) has lined up two films on the back of Matthias Schweighofer’s box office smash Break-Up Man, the top German release of the year so far on more than $24m.
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NewsFFI reports Black Sea sales surge
Focus Features International has reported a strong response to Kevin Macdonald’s thriller starring Jude Law, led by a multi-territory deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisition.
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NewsCohen Media Group buys Tycoon
Cohen Media Group chairman and CEO Charles S Cohen announced in Cannes that the company has acquired National Book Award winner Edward Ball’s recently published The Inventor And The Tycoon.
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NewsMongrel acquires The Great Beauty
The buyer has acquired all Canadian rights to Paolo Sorrentino’s latest offering, set to premiere in competition here tomorrow [21].
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NewsRADiUS-TWC acquires Blue Ruin
RADiUS-TWC concluded an on-site buy of a festival film on Saturday night [18] as it acquired North American rights to Blue Ruin.
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NewsQED, Huayi strikes China alliance
In the latest US-China pact to take root in Hollywood, QED International and Huayi Brothers Media Company have formed a strategic distribution and co-production partnership.
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NewsRodencia sells for FilmSharks
Guido Rud’s Argentina-based sales company FilmSharks has closed deals on David Bisbano’s 3D animation Rodencia Y El Diente De La Princesa, which grossed more than $1m in Peru through Universal.
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NewsRelativity, EuropaCorp extend pact
One year after Relativity Media and EuropaCorp announced their coproduction and co-financing deal the parties are they will look to extend the relationship with a new slate of product.
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NewsIndomina Pinewood sets opening date
Dominican president Danilo Medina will lead a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 10 to officially open what representatives called the “first stage” of Indomina Pinewood Studios in the Caribbean.
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NewsNFB behind Cross Media Corner
The National Film Board Of Canada (NFB) has launched in Cannes The Cross Media Corner, the first exploration of the intersection between film and interactive media in the market.