All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 917
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Jason Alexander to star in Lucky Stiff remake
Christopher Ashley will direct a remake of the 1988 musical, a farce about an English bachelor who inherits a fortune and must take his uncle’s corpse around Europe to get his hands on the money.
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Worldview Entertainment backs The Green Inferno from Eli Roth
The New York-based production and investment company will finance and produce Roth’s directorial follow-up to the Hostel franchise. Exclusive Media is handling sales here and CAA represents domestic rights.
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VVS takes Canadian rights to thriller Ten
VVS Films has picked up Canadian rights to the Arnold Schwarzenegger thriller Ten in a deal with QED International.
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NewsIM Global's Octane unveils slate, scores Earth deals
EXCLUSIVE: IM Global’s genre label Octane arrives on the Croisette with its strongest line-up yet and has already tied up US and multiple international deals on Ends Of The Earth (pictured).
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NewsAldamisa International closes deals on Machete Kills
EXCLUSIVE: Aldamisa International kicks off Cannes with a slew of multiple territory deals on hot title Machete Kills as Robert Rodriguez (pictured) prepares to start shooting in June.
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NewsVoltage announces Code Name Geronimo sales
EXCLUSIVE: Nicolas Chartier has licensed the Cam Gigandet and William Fichtner action-thriller to StudioCanal for the UK and closed a host of key deals as US buyers circle a new trailer.
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Little Film Company to tempt buyers with Sexy Evil Genius
The Little Film Company will be showing footage in Cannes on its new thriller Sexy Evil Genius starring Buffy The Vampire Slayer veterans Seth Green and Michelle Trachtenberg alongside Anthony Michael Hall.
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Lightning Entertainment to sell Whole Lotta Sole, Kikoriki
EXCLUSIVE: The Santa Monica-based company will commence talks with international buyers here on the comedy Whole Lotta Love starring Brendan Fraser and Russian 3D animation Kikoriki: Team Invincible produced by Timur Bekmambetov.
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John Cleese goes Hunting Elephants for Bleiberg, United King
The British comedian and actor will join Sasson Gabai and Moni Moshonov on the cast of Hunting Elephants, which Bleiberg Entertainment is co-funding with United King and selling in Cannes.
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NewsThe Solution boards Joel Edgerton thriller Felony
Joel Edgerton will star in the thriller Felony, which The Solution Entertainment Group is touting to international buyers here. Roadshow Films will distribute in Australia and New Zealand and CAA represents US rights.
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Gens joins Biehn, Aspect on three-film genre slate
French genre master Xavier Gens has come on board to produce the trio of films recently announced by Blanc/Biehn Productions and UK-based Aspect Film.
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NewsSPC takes North America on Love Is All You Need
Susanne Bier’s follow-up to the Oscar winning In A Better World stars Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm and Paprika Steen. SPC negotiated the deal with CAA on behalf of TrustNordisk.
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NewsCargo to handle sales on Hemingway & Fuentes
Financier-producer Edward Walson of Sunrider Productions, Andy Garcia and Cargo Entertainment CEO-managing partner Marina Grasic announced on Tuesday (15) that financing is place for the project. The Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group arranged the financing and will represent domestic rights.
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NewsARC Entertainment takes US rights to Whole Lotta Sole
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor plans a day-and-date theatrical and VoD release this autumn after striking a low seven-figure deal with WME Global’s Deborah McIntosh and Graham Taylor.
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Music Box Films acquires North American rights to Starlet
Music Box has picked up all North American rights to Sean Baker’s drama Starlet following its premiere at SXSW and will release in the autumn.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films takes US rights to Grassroots
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to Stephen Gyllenhaal’s character-driven comedy Grassroots. Intandem represents international sales here in Cannes.
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SPWA takes multiple territories to Ends Of The Earth
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired from IM Global distribution rights to German-speaking Europe, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Italy, Australia and New Zealand, Latin America and South Africa.
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Steve Coogan joins Northern Soul as Little Film kicks off sales
The British actor and comedian joins leads Elliot James Langridge and Josh Whitehouse in a story set against the wildly popular 1970s UK underground music scene of the title. The Little Film Company is introducing the project to buyers in Cannes this week.
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Media Content Capital takes stake in QED International
Bill Block has sold a portion of the company in an eight-figure deal that will enable him to grow the development, production and financing business and boost the agency side of his sales operation by paying minimum guarantees for more projects.
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Sony Pictures sets Aaron Sorkin to adapt Steve Jobs biography
The studio issued the timely press release late on Tuesday (15) as it emerged on the eve of Cannes that Inferno had picked up international sales rights to the rival project Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher.