All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 994
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NewsSundance Selects takes US on Sleeping Beauty
Sundance Selects acquired US rights to Cannes competition entry Sleeping Beauty on Sunday night [15] as momentum gathered on several domestic plays on the Croisette.
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NewsThor stays top in US on $35m second weekend hold
Marvel Studios’ superhero adaptation Thor extended its reign at the North American box office through Paramount as the Norse god of thunder added an estimated $34.5m for $119.3m after the second weekend.
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NewsFast Five takes $58m as Thor, Rio reach milestones
Fast & Furious Five remains the top attraction overseas and used an estimated $58m haul through Universal/UPI to boost the running total to $271.7m.
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Miramax, Dimension partner on Amityville sequel
Miramax has delved into the vaults to partner with Dimension on The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes in the first project to go under the partnership with the Weinsteins to make sequels to Miramax properties.
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NewsIM Global impresses Cannes buyers with new titles
By the half-way mark Stuart Ford’s IM Global has reported brisk business on its slate including the Sam Worthington action title The Last Days Of American Crime.
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NewsFilmDistrict boards Angelina Jolie directorial debut
Busy FilmDistrict has inserted the actress’ feature directorial debut In The Land Of Blood And Honey into its 2011 slate and will release in the US on Dec 23.
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O-Scope takes domestic rights to The Other F Word
Oscilloscope Laboratories and Showtime Networks have acquired SXSW documentary The Other F Word
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Indomina invites buyers to Enter Nowhere
Indomina has closed a deal with Falcon for the Middle East on new sales title Enter Nowhere, a horror story starring Sara Paxton, Shaun Sipos, Scott Eastwood, Katherine Waterston and Christopher Denham.
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NewsFilmDistrict acquires domestic rights to sci-fi Looper
FilmDistrict has announced its second major acquisition in Cannes, teaming up with TriStar on Rian Johnson’s highly anticipated time travel conceit.
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Film Bridge adds Madly In Love to Cannes slate
Film Bridge International is handling worldwide distribution on the hit Belgium rom-com Madly In Love (Smoorverliefd) here.
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New Films International to handle sales on Score
EXCLUSIVE: New Films International has boarded dales is talking up Score: A Hockey Musical starring Noah Reid, Allie MacDonald, Olivia Newton-John and Nelly Furtado.
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Wild Bunch takes Julia X 3D for Germany
Wild Bunch acquires from Dixie Theatrical and has tentatively set a 2011 release date
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NewsIndomina closes spate of sales on Reign Of Blood, The Shrine
EXCLUSIVE: Indomina has closed deals on Reign Of Blood with G2 for the UK, Luxor for the CIS and Koch in Germany on the project,
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NewsAnchor Bay takes Annapurna, Benaroya, Emmett's Catch .44
EXCLUSIVE: Anchor Bay Films has picked up rights to Annapurna Pictures’ Sin City thriller Catch .44 starring Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker and Malin Akerman.
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Little Film Co touting Sutherland, Bosworth in Fairytale
Kiefer Sutherland, starring here in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, and Kate Bosworth are lined up to play lovers in Fairytale Of New York, which The Little Film Company has introduced to buyers here.
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NewsBuyers enter Herzog's Cave for Visit Films
EXCLUSIVE: Visit Films has closed further key territories here on Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary Cave Of Forgotten Dreams.
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TLA Releasing takes US, UK to Iceland's Jitters
TLA Releasing has acquired US and UK rights to Baldvin Z’s Icelandic teen drama Jitters (Oroi). The film is based on the novels of Ingibjorg Reynisdottir and follows the lives of youngsters as they deal with sexuality and identity.
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Royal Road, Karim Ainouz swimming with Sharks
Brazilian director Karim Ainouz, here in Directors Fortnight with The Silver Cliff (O Abismo Prateado) is attached to direct 1950s French Riviera thriller The Beauty Of Sharks with Faye Dunaway in talks to play a supporting role.
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Matthew Rhodes appointed president as Mandalay Vision moves to LA
Matthew Rhodes has been named president of Mandalay Vision in the wake of Celine Rattray’s departure to form Maven Pictures with Trudie Styler.
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Prescience, Mandalay strike two-year production finance pact
UK financier Prescience will invest $50m in production financing for up to six films to be produced by LA-based Mandalay Pictures under the terms of a two-year deal.