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Ed Pressman hires Catfish duo for The Monkey Wrench Gang
The New York-based producer has brought on Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman to write and direct the adaptation of Edward Abbey’s 1975 novel.
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Slated backs The Seagull, Polanski doc follow-up
The online film investment forum has lined up the inaugural pair of projects, a modern retelling of Anton Chekhov’s play and the follow-up to Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired.
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NewsThe Avengers crosses $700m worldwide in 13 days
On the day (8) Disney CEO Bob Iger announced Avengers 2 had gone into development, it emerged that Marvel Studios / Disney’s blockbuster added an estimated $28.4m internationally on Monday (7) and a further $18.9m in North America.
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NewsSean Bean to star in Devil’s Peak trilogy adaptation
The gritty crime series will be based on South African author Deon Meyer’s detective novels. The Little Film Company is on board to handle international sales and will commence talks with buyers in Cannes.
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NewsRecreation, Incentive Capital team up on Red Hook Summer
Ariel Veneziano’s sales company and Joe Pia’s Salt Lake City-based media fund have jointly acquired international rights to Spike Lee’s drama and will show to buyers at private screenings in Cannes.
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Breakthrough corrals Think Of Me, A Wake for Cannes
The Toronto-based sales company’s roster is led by Bryan Wizemann’s single mother drama Think Of Me with Lauren Ambrose and dark comedy A Wake starring Nicholas Campbell.
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NewsFront Row snaps up Middle East on CMG Cannes roster
EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Management Group (CMG) head Edward Noeltner has closed a timely deal with the Dubai-based distributor, licensing Middle Eastern rights on its entire market slate to the distributor.The agreement covers LD Entertainment’s anticipated horror thriller The Collection, SXSW Audience Award winner Eden, Enderby Entertainment’s paranormal horror thriller No Tell ...
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NewsVisit Films takes international sales on The End Of Love
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kampe arrives on the Croisette with Mark Webber’s semi-autobiographical drama which Wrekin Hill will distribute in the US in theatres and VoD in the third quarter.
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NewsCargo boards Greg Mclean’s Kill Me Three Times for Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Lindsay, president of distribution at the US sales, financing and production company, will kick off pre-sales on the thriller starring Alice Braga, Abbie Cornish (pictured), Ben Mendelsohn and Sullivan Stapleton. WME Global represents US rights.
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Phase 4 hires Ben Means as svp of global business development.
Means brings more than 20 years of entertainment industry management experience and is a specialist in key account operations, retail distribution, strategic planning, execution and development.
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Radiant Films Int’l adds An Ordinary Man to Cannes slate
Brad Silberling will direct Brendan Gleeson and Abbie Cornish in the dramatic thriller about the relationship between a war criminal and his maid.
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Tribeca Enterprises, IMG Artists launch Tribeca Firenze
Tribeca Film Festival parent company has teamed up with the performing arts and lifestyle event management operators on a slate of films that will screen during the Jun 11-18 Tuscan Sun Festival in Florence, Italy.
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NewsOpen Road acquires US rights to Arnie thriller Ten
Tom Ortenberg has acquired all US rights to the Arnold Schwarzenegger thriller in a pre-Cannes coup for financier QED, which now heads to the Croisette with domestic distribution attached to one of the biggest projects in the market.
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NewsConstellation sets Juliette Lewis for Cabiria remake
The Days Of Mary is styled as a re-imagining of Federico Fellini’s Italian neorealist classic and 1957 foreign language Oscar winner Nights Of Cabiria. Little Film Company handles international sales will introduce to buyers on the Croisette this month.
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Warrior Poets, Snoot launch Warpaint joint venture
Morgan Spurlock’s New York-based production company and Keith Calder’s Los Angeles-based production and financing entity have teamed up with commercial production veteran Shannon Lords to create the commercial production company.
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Fred Milstein attains senior role at Bruno Wu empire
Milstein has been named president of international at Harvest Seven Stars Media Private Equity (HSSMPE) and CEO of Seven Stars Film Studios, effective immediately.
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NewsIMAX, Indomina partner on Tsui Hark’s Flying Swords
The companies will stage a limited North American release in September on the fourth biggest Chinese release of all time — Bona Film Group’s Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate starring Jet Li.
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NewsDisney declares record $207.4m US launch for The Avengers
Marvel Studios’ blockbuster grossed considerably more than the $200.3m estimate issued by Disney on Sunday, according to official results issued on Monday (7).
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NewsAvengers eyes $1bn global as int'l session reaps $152m
Another thunderous performance from Marvel Studios’ superhero soup boosted the running total to $441.5m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International. The record-breaking domestic launch combined for a $641.8m global tally.
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NewsThe Avengers assemble for record $200.3m US launch
Marvel Studios and Disney’s superhero mash-up pulled of the most emphatic summer kick-off imaginable in North America, breaching the $200m threshold in a whopping three days and earning ecstatic reviews from the critics.