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NewsLizard’s Salmon swims to MPCA
Los Angeles-bases sales company MPCA has picked up international rights to Broken Lizard’s comedy The Slammin’ Salmon.
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NewsMulan, Hennessy land at Distribution Workshop
Hong Kong-based sales outfit Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to Jingle Ma’s Mulan, a live-action version of the Chinese classic folk story, and Ivy Ho’s romantic drama Crossing Hennessy.
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NewsPeak Global debuts with 20 titles
Fledgling sales company Peak Global Entertainment arrives in Cannes with a lineup of more than 20 titles, including Jose Ivan Santiago’s crime drama Talento De Barrio starring Reggeaton sensation Daddy Yankee.The line-up also features Il Lim’s action title Acts Of Violence with Leelee Sobieski and Ron Perlman, and political thriller ...
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NewsCineart snaps up Amreeka, L’Armee Du Crime
Independent Belgian distributor Cineart arrives in Cannes with two new pickups, Amreeka and L’Armee Du Crime.
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NewsKorea's Sidus to co-produce One Armed Swordsman remake
Korean production outfit Sidus FNH is set to co-produce a $10m Korean-language remake of 1967 Shaw Brothers classic One Armed Swordsman with Hong Kong’s Celestia
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NewsSola Media takes on Lotte sequel
Solveig Langeland´s Sola Media has taken on all international rights to animated feature Lotte And The Moonstone Secret, directed by Janno Poldma and Heiki Ernits.
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NewsCinema Popular unveils China's first superhero movie
Start-up production and financing outfit Cinema Popular is unveiling four new projects at Cannes, including China’s first superhero movie.
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Usen in talks to sell Gaga Communications
Japanese media and communications conglomerate Usen has announced that it’s in talks to divest its interests in film distribution subsidiary Gaga Communications.
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NewsStars rally for Stowe, Hyde Park
Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson are lining up to star in romantic epic Unbound Captives which is being sold by Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International.
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NewsFortissimo takes on Tian’s Warrior, Indian doc
Fortissimo Films has picked up Tian Zhuangzhuang’s The Warrior And The Wolf and Indian documentary Children Of The Pyre on the eve of the Cannes market.
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NewsGaspar Noe goes hardcore
Maverick director Gaspar Noe, whose feature Enter The Void is screening in competition, is hatching a sex film.
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NewsRifkin’s Cheyenne sets two at Intandem
Veteran LA producer Arnold Rifkin and his Cheyenne Enterprises have joined forces with London-based film finance and international sales house, Intandem Films on two films, Clever and Your Perfect Angel.
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NewsEcho Bridge appoints Eastern European sales chief
Echo Bridge Entertainment has hired Sonia Mehandjiyska as vice-president of international sales for Eastern Europe, the latest of four appointments this year designed to bolster the company’s sales ranks.
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NewsWild Bunch unleashes packed slate on Cannes
Wild Bunch has arrived in Cannes with a packed slate including Nikita Mikhalkov’s $68.1m (€50m) follow up to Burnt By The Sun, and the next film from French master Jean-Luc Godard.
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NewsIFC Films acquires Tales From The Golden Age
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Tales From The Golden Age in advance of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard later this week.
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NewsThe Little Film Company tempts buyers to Get It At Goode's
The Little Film Company is commencing worldwide sales at Cannes on Bruce Beresford’s upcoming romantic comedy Get It At Goode’s starring Monica Bellucci, Guy Pearce and Miranda Otto.
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NewsImagenation Abu Dhabi boards first two films with Participant
Imagenation Abu Dhabi has announced that the five-year revolving fund it created last year with Participant Media will partner in the productions of family comedy Furry Vengeance and horror/thriller The Crazies.
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NewsRussia forms organisation to promote local films abroad
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation is to create a government-sponsored, non-commercial organisation for the promotion of the Russian cinema abroad.
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NewsContent and Joost form partnership
Content Republic and global web video service Joost have formed a partnership that will see Content Republic’s upcoming releases made available to Joost audiences across the UK and Germany.