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NewsAlice Creed appears in Cannes with WestEnd
WestEnd Films has taken on international rights to The Disappearance of Alice Creed which stars Gemma Arterton alongside Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan.
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NewsMyriad goes to Main Street
Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights to drama Main Street starring Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Orlando Bloom, Patricia Clarkson and Amber Tamblyn.
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NewsWatson peels Oranges for Icon
Icon Entertainment International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Oranges And Sunshine starring Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham.
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NewsOdin’s Eye teams with Prime on joint sales venture
Australian sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has struck a deal with Korea’s Prime Entertainment for joint representation of a slate of 14 Korean titles.
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NewsReliance Big Entertainment reveals A-list productions
India’s Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE) has announced the first raft of projects to be approved for development financing through the deals it has struck with the production vehicles of nine Hollywood stars.
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NewsPrescience and Perpetual team on new financier P2
A new specialist financing company called P2 Bridge Limited (P2) has been launched as a joint venture between Prescience Film Finance and Perpetual Media Capital.
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NewsFinecut sells Iris to the world
Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has picked up worldwide rights to $20m thriller Iris: The Movie, starring Korean heartthrob Lee Byung-hun and actress Kim Tae-hee.
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NewsStrategic Film Partners picks up Lau’s Kung Fu Cyborg
LA-based international sales and distribution company Strategic Film Partners has acquired North American rights to Jeff Lau’s action sci-fi comedy Kung Fu Cyborg, a film produced by Lau’s China-based Leshi Zhenwei Film Productions.
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NewsWarner Bros takes Latin American rights to Lope
US studio Warner Bros has signed a deal with Conspiracao Filmes to distribute Andrucha Waddington’s $16m action adventure film Lope across Latin America.
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NewsHormann plays along with No Game
Director Sherry Hormann has come aboard The No Game, a teenage love story for Doris Kirch’s Blue Angel Films.
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CommentBattle for hearts and minds
As the international film industry gathers in Cannes this week, the French government is pushing through legislation to stop internet piracy with a bill that appears ill-conceived and could well backfire on the very industries it seeks to protect.
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Entertainment 7 promotes Tara Wood, readies Waco
Emilio Ferrari’s Los Angeles-based production and distribution company Entertainment 7 has promoted Tara Wood to head of international sales heading into Cannes.
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CommentEntertaining the text generation
With technology integral to their lives, teens are growing up expecting everything to be available immediately — and for free. Can the film industry still meet their needs?
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NewsDadi Film moves into sales for Confucius
Beijing-based production outfit Dadi Film has set up an international sales arm to shop its $23m biopic of Chinese philosopher Confucius, starring Chow Yun-fat and Zhou Xun.
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NewsNeoClassics swoons for Gypsy Love shoot with Matalqa
NeoClassics Films’ new NeoClassics Productions division has set an October 11 start date for its debut feature Gypsy Love from Captain Abu Raed director Amin Matalqa.
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NewsJinga takes on sales for Gough's Salvage
UK sales agent Jinga Films has added Lawrence Gough’s Salvage to its Cannes slate.
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NewsIFC Films acquires cult drama Red Riding
IFC Films has acquired US rights from Studio Canal to The Red Riding Trilogy based on David Pearce’s cult noir novels about the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper slayings in the UK during Seventies and Eighties.The trilogy includes Julian Jarrold’s 1974, James Marsh’s 1980 and Anand Tucker’s 1983, three self-contained ...
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FeaturesJapan and India step up at Cannes
The Japanese and Indian presence at Cannes has increased this year as both territories look beyond their huge domestic markets.