All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 991
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NewsPhase 4 ties knot for US rights to Another Happy Day
Phase 4 Films has acquired all US rights from Mandalay Vision to Sundance premiere Another Happy Day starring Ellen Barkin, Demi Moore, Ezra Miller and Kate Bosworth.
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Little Film Co closes Latin America on Quaid thriller Darkness
The Little Film Company has licensed the Dennis Quaid thriller Beneath The Darkness to California Filmes for all Latin America.
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Indomina takes world on Basinger drama Over The Wall
Kim Basinger and Nick Stahl are attached to star with Freddy Rodriguez in Over The Wall, which Indomina is representing for worldwide sales here.
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The Iron Lady goes to Weinsteins in US deal
The Weinsteins have picked up all US rights to the Margaret Thatcher biopic in a deal brokered with Pathe.
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NewsDaniels to direct McConaughey, Efron, Maguire in The Paperboy
Buyer interest is swirling around the $20m Lee Daniels project The Paperboy, a sexy thriller that has been reconfigured with Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Sofia Vergara and Tobey Maguire in talks to star.
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Annapurna moves on Terminator as market heats up
Annapurna Films has paid in the region of $20m to make at least two Terminator films following a victorious auction that parachutes another white-hot title into an already bullish Cannes market.
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NewsFilmNation adds Heroes Of Nanking to Cannes slate
Glen Basner’s sales, production and financing company has boarded the bulk of international sales on Zhang Yimou and producer Zhang Weiping’s epic starring Christian Bale.
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NewseOne reports deals on competition entry Sleeping Beauty
EXCLUSIVE: eOne Films International reports strong interest here on Julia Leigh’s psycho-sexual drama Sleeping Beauty, which premiered in competition last night [12].
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NewsUma Thurman in talks to join Clive Owen on Foresight's Blind
EXCLUSIVE: Clive Owen is confirmed and Cannes competition juror Uma Thurman is in talks to star in the romance Blind, which Mark Damon’s Foresight Unlimited is selling here.
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NewsTrevor Wright joins Unified Pictures in consultancy role
The international sales veteran will attend Cannes with Unified founder Keith Kjarval and president of distribution and acquisitions Ann Dubinet.
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NewsFilm Bridge summons 12 Angry Women for Cannes duty
EXCLUSIVE: Film Bridge International has launched talks here on the female ensemble 12 Angry Women, a comic twist on Sidney Lumet’s classic courtroom drama 12 Angry Men.
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NewsVoltage sparks to Bousman's The Barrens
EXCLUSIVE: Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures has picked up international sales rights to upcoming creature feature The Barrens from Saw franchise director Darren Bousman.
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NewsVisit tempts Cannes buyers with Toomelah, Heat Wave, Bellflower
EXCLUSIVE: New York-based Visit Films has acquired international rights to a trio of market titles here, including Ivan Sen’s Aboriginal drama Toomelah which premieres in Un Certain Regard today [13].
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NewsEx Inferis heats up for Opus as Cannes buyers circle
EXCLUSIVE: Ken DuBow’s LA-based Opus Distribution will be introducing buyers on the Croisette to the horror film Ex Inferis from director Leonardo Araneo.
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NewsFilmDistrict, Inferno close US deal for Arabian Nights
FilmDistrict has finalised its US acquisition of the 3D adventure Arabian Nights to star Liam Hemsworth from the upcoming The Hunger Games in a deal that has been in the works since the AFM last year.
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NewsAndrew Niccol to direct The Host starring Saoirse Ronan
Inferno Entertainment and producers Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz have set Andrew Niccol to direct Saoirse Ronan in the Stephenie Meyer adaptation The Host.
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Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler launch Maven Pictures
The New York City-based company aims to produce three to five films a year for distribution across all platforms and will also finance development and provide equity for films across a wide range of budgets.
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NewsVoltage to commence sales on Thanks For Sharing
The Gilbert Films and Class 5 Films project marks the directorial debut of Oscar nominated The Kids Are All Right writer Stuart Blumberg and will star Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins.
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NewsRelativity president Michael Joe segues to Elliot Management Corp
In a sign that New York-based Elliott Management Corporation is tightening its purview over Relativity Media, Michael Joe has moved over from president of Relativity to a new role at the financial backer.
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NewsDe Niro, Keaton say 'I do' to Big Wedding for Nu Image/Millennium
Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl and Amanda Seyfried will star in comedy The Big Wedding aka Gently Down The Stream, which Nu Image is pre-selling in Cannes.