All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 915
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Samuel Goldwyn Films takes US rights to Renoir
The distributor has swooped on Gilles Bourdos’ drama ahead of its world premiere as the closing night film of Un Certain Regard on May 25.
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Cargo escorts Hendricks film Zipper into Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Cargo Entertainment sales chief Mark Lindsay has been talking up the thriller Zipper starring Patrick Wilson and Christina Hendricks, which Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures is on board to produce.
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Carol Polakoff, Susan Wrubel unveil strategic alliance
EXCLUSIVE: New York and Paris-based producer Carol Polakoff is ramping up efforts to attract talent, funding and partnerships to her eclectic slate and has struck a strategic alliance with veteran acquisitions and packaging executive Susan Wrubel.
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Waterstone eyes Doha hub in deal with Qatari Innovation Film
EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Kalligheri and Stephen Bowen’s Waterstone Entertainment are teaming up with Qatar-based Innovation Films to develop and produce film and television projects in Qatar and will kick off with The Greatest Salesman In The World.
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XLrator Media launches action label Turbo
The slate kicks off with Hong Kong action title Naked Soldier, Blood Money and US production Brawler.
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Cinema Libre lines up Algerian co-pro for Karl Marx project
Cinema Libre Studio has closed a co-production deal with the Algerian Ministry Of Culture to make a feature starring Maximilian Schell about the last days of Karl Marx.
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Millennium, West Coast announce $100m fund
Millennium Films is jointly financing and producing the Gerard Butler thriller White House Taken with West Coast Film Partners as the parties announced a $100m production venture on Saturday.
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NewsThe Solution acquires sales on Simon Pegg comedy Hector
Solution Entertainment Group has been touting the Simon Pegg comedy Hector And The Search For Happiness to international buyers here.
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Radiant Films Int'l in talks on all-star comedy Lullaby
Garrett Hedlund, here in competition in On The Road, will star alongside fellow competition star Richard Jenkins from Killing Them Softly in Avenue Pictures and Ananta Productions’ comedy Lullaby, which Radiant Films International is selling here.
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NewsColin Firth to play Noel Coward for BiteSize
Colin Firth will play Noel Coward in newly announced BiteSize Entertainment’s dramedy Mad Dogs And Englishmen.
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Strategic Film Partners acquires sales rights to lacrosse drama
Alex Barder’s Strategic Film Partners has acquired international sales rights to Crooked Arrows starring Brandon Routh.
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NewsWachsberger: business as usual at post-merger Lionsgate
EXCLUSIVE: Despite his entry into corporate America in the wake of the Lionsgate-Summit merger, Patrick Wachsberger has been ensconced in his office on the Croisette, in the thick of the market as usual.
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Image takes US rights to Ray Liotta thriller Details
Image Entertainment has acquired all US rights to action-thriller The Devil’s In The Details starring Ray Liotta. Epic Pictures handles international sales here in Cannes.
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Lightning closes deals on Jungle, 25th Reich
EXCLUSIVE: Lightning Entertainment has closed a raft of pre-sales on Andrew Traucki’s thriller The Jungle and licensed German and Japanese rights on Australian sci-fi The 25th Reich.
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NewsSebastian Silva, Daniel Radcliffe boost Killer Films slate
EXCLUSIVE: Killer Films principals Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler are in the midst of their busiest ever production cycle and have funnelled a number of prestige titles into the market this week.
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NewsVoltage sparks sales on Don Jon, Charlie Countryman
EXCLUSIVE: Ascot Elite has acquired German-speaking rights to Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut Don Jon’s Addiction as Nicolas Chartier announced pre-Cannes sales on this and Shia LaBeouf action-comedy The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman.
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Cross Creek Pictures to back Todd Field's The Creed Of Violence
The filmmaker is set to direct his first feature since 2006 drama Little Children when he adapts the novel of the same name by Boston Teran. Universal will distribute in the US through its deal with Cross Creek.
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Paradigm to represent Smokewood Entertainment
The agency has signed for representation Precious producers Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness as well as Bobbi Sue Luther and their Smokewood Entertainment label. Paradigm will handle North American rights to Siegel-Magness’ directorial debut Long Time Gone.
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Anthony Bourdain adaptation headed for big screen
Maggie Monteith’s LA-based Dignity Film Finance has unveiled a development slate of four films led by Joshua Michael Stern rom-com Closer To Fine.
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UPI Australia, Screen Corporation seal first-look deal
Universal Pictures International Australia has signed a first-look distribution deal with James M Vernon’s Screen Corporation for Australia and New Zealand.