All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 819
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NewsSamuel L Jackson joins Barely Lethal
Samuel L Jackson has joined Hailee Steinfeld on RKO Pictures’ Barely Lethal, which Highland Film Group is selling on the Croisette.
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NewsCMG takes on P5ych
Cinema Management Group (CMG) launches sales here on the upcoming horror thriller P5ych from Saw franchise producer Peter Block.
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NewsEfron, Heard ride Autobahn
Zac Efron and Amber Heard have signed on to IM Global’s Europe-set car chase thriller Autobahn.
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NewsBuyers hear Vatican Tapes
EXCLUSIVE: Lakeshore Entertainment and Sierra/Affinity have sold key territories on Mark Neveldine’s horror thriller The Vatican Tapes and Lionsgate has come on to distribute in the US in autumn 2014.
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NewsCasablanca Pics debuts in Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Casablanca Pictures has become the latest global sales and distribution company to enter the market and launches with Danny Roth’s coming-of-age story Tag starring Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
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NewsRelativity takes Time to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Diane Keaton is attached to star in The Most Wonderful Time for Relativity Media. President of Relativity International Camela Galano has launched sales on the Croisette.
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NewsImage takes Winnie Mandela
EXCLUSIVE: Image Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the $15m biopic Winnie Mandela starring Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard.
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NewsRaven Banner buys Frankenstein
EXCLUSIVE: Toronto-based Raven Banner has teamed with the creators of The Last Exorcism and acquired The Frankenstein Theory for Canadian distribution and international sales. Image holds US rights.
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NewsDuhamel, Pike open Window
EXCLUSIVE: Panorama Media has launched sales in Cannes on French Window, an erotic psychological thriller with Josh Duhamel in late negotiations to star opposite Rosamund Pike.
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NewsFox to remake Metro Manila
Fox International Productions (FIP) has acquired remake rights to Sean Ellis’ Sundance World Cinema audience award winner Metro Manila.
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NewsIFC gets A Case Of You
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Kat Coiro’s A Case Of You from Lagniappe Films.
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NewsSony wins Angry Birds rights
The studio has prevailed in the hunt for worldwide distribution rights to the Rovio adaptation of the smash video game and will release the 3D animation on Jul 1, 2016.
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NewsRelativity pacts with Tanweer, Feelgood
Relativity Media has closed two new international output deals with Tanweer in India and Feelgood in Greece.
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NewsTWC prepares Cannes sizzle
Harvey Weinstein will host his company’s annual sizzle reel presentation on Friday [17] at the Majestic Hotel on the Croisette.
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NewsGood Universe sets Departure
The LA-based company is fast-tracking production and has set Billy Ray to direct the sci-fi romance from his original story.
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NewsHoffman joins God's Pocket
Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in Park Pictures Features’ God’s Pocket from directorial first-timer John Slattery of Mad Men fame.
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NewsPelé scores on Croisette
There were more than a few star-struck smiles when Pelé took to the Croisette on Wednesday [15] to talk to Exclusive Media buyers about the upcoming self-titled biopic.
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NewsMyriad sets Scott for Guidance
Myriad Pictures and Depth Of Field, in association with Culmination Productions have cast Seann William Scott in the comedy Guidance.
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NewsWilliams, Edgerton enter Double Hour
Michelle Williams and Joel Edgerton will star in The Double Hour, a remake of Giuseppe Capotondi’s 2009 Italian film of the same name about two lovers who become embroiled in a robbery.
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NewsIM3 reaches $980.3m
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 is on the verge of crossing $1bn after Disney executives reported on Wednesday [15] it had reached $980.3m worldwide.