All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 963
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NewsSolid AFM deal-flow despite lack of new high-end fare
AFM trade appeared to be solid at the half-way mark despite a dearth of new high-end packages that in light of an extraordinary Cannes market was perceived more as a foible of the production and financing cycle than any harbinger of doom.
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NewsDead Man Down scores multiple sales for IM Global
Stuart Ford’s sales, production and finance company has reported a roaring trade on its fully financed thriller to star Noomi Rapace and Colin Farrell.
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NewsMagnet Media attracts Joe Dante to direct O2
Joe Dante will direct the $50m sci-fi thriller O2, the first of three projects set up by Jeanette Buerling’s Magnet Media Group and effects house Prime Focus.
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NewsSong For Marion inspires string of sales for eOne
eOne Films International has reported a strong response to its comedy drama Song For Marion, which the Weinsteins are poised to buy for the US.
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ITN Distribution picks up AFM sales title Weight Of The Heart
ITN Distribution has acquired international sales on $3m Bosnian dramatic thriller The Weight Of The Heart for AFM.
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MPI Media Group picks up Bounty Hunters for US
Raven Banner Entertainment licensed rights during AFM to the action title which has been set for a spring 2012 release.
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FeaturesThe remaking of MPCA
Brad Krevoy tells Jeremy Kay why he has rebooted his old company with a lively mix of Black List scripts, English-language versions of foreign hits and genre slam-dunks
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FeaturesFilmNation building
FilmNation’s Glen Basner and Aaron Ryder reveal to Jeremy Kay their recipe for success: whip up commercial productions, add a sales roster from leading directors, and feed a network of international distribution partners
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Myriad to handle int'l sales on Kingsley drama A Common Man
Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales on Asia Digital Entertainment’s action thriller A Common Man starring Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross.
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Lightning strikes key sales on Cat Run, Brake
Lightning Entertainment has closed key deals across its slate, led by sales on action comedy Cat Run to Quality Filmes for all Latin American rights excluding Brazilian DVD and to Ster Kinekor for South Africa.
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Freestyle Digital Media takes US on Donner Pass
New digital platform Freestyle Digital Media has acquired US rights to Arroyo Filmworks’ Donner Pass. The story follows a ski party haunted by the spirits of 19th century cannibal settlers.
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Epic brings War Of The Worlds: Goliath to market
Epic Pictures Group is handling international sales at AFM on LA and Kuala Lumpur-based Tripod Entertainment’s $10m 3D animation War Of The Worlds: Goliath.
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NewsHyde Park International studies Liberal Arts
The lighthearted drama stars Elizabeth Olsen who has been drawing awards heat for her breakout performance in Martha Marcy May Marlene.
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NewsSpotlight heads into AFM with four new titles led by The Ghostmaker
The supernatural thriller centres on three friends who discover a coffin that allows them to travel into the world of the undead. It screens on Sunday.
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NewsMission Pictures International adds pair of new titles
Principals Chevonne O’Shaughnessy and Cindy Bond have bolstered their family- and faith-based roster with The 5th Quarter and Seven Days In Utopia.
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NewsParlay's The Words, Arbitrage speak to buyers
Lisa Wilson has reported strong territory sales on two of her leading titles as the AFM heads into the weekend.
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MPI, Salto de Fe Films to produce Here Comes The Devil
MPI Media Group and Mexico City-based Salto de Fe Films are to jointly produce Here Comes The Devil, a thriller from Adrian Garcia Bogliano.
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Seven Arts, GFM take worldwide rights to Cassavetes' Yellow
Seven Arts and GFM have partnered on the first film in their distribution joint venture, taking worldwide rights to Nick Casavetes’ Yellow.
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CBS Films announces further casting on 7500
Jamie Chung, Christian Serratos and Scout Taylor-Compton have joined the cast of 7500, which CBS Films will release in the US and Lionsgate is selling internationally.
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W2 to back The Theatre Bizarre 2
W2 Media will co-finance and distribute The Theatre Bizarre 2, the sequel to Severin Films and Mataluna Productions’ horror anthology.