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NewsSierra/Affinity-Par deal offers independent opportunity
The synergy between the studio and independent worlds came into sharp focus on Friday with fresh developments on a pair of Paramount titles and, separately, Red Granite’s red-hot Wolf Of Wall Street.
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NewsAmour leads European Film Awards nominations
Haneke’s Palme d’Or winner leads with six nominations; The Hunt and Shame get five nominations.
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Home, Stung sell well for XYZ, Celluloid Nightmares
Celluloid Nightmares has struck a multi-territory deal with Wild Bunch on Home, Nicholas McCarthy’s follow-up to Sundance hit The Pact.
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NewsImposter, Sugar Man lead Cinema Eye Honors nominations
Documentaries including Room 237 and 5 Broken Cameras also up for awards.
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NewsBuyers dreamy for Mister Smith’s Imagine
David Garrett has sold hot new comedy-drama Imagine, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Renner and Julianne Moore, to UK, France, Australia and a host of other territories.
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Myriad Pictures to sell Olivia Wilde comedy Relanxious
CEO Kirk D’Amico has introduced the project from The Allegiance Theater to buyers at AFM.
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CMG closes Sarila deals for Russia, Germany
Ed Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group (CMG) has licensed Canadian 3D animated adventure The Legend Of Sarila to Luxor for Russia, Telepool for Germany and 5 Star Pictures for Israel.
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Leomark closes VoD delas on Pinching Penny
Erik Lundmark’s Leomark Studios has licensed VoD rights to the crime caper Pinching Penny to Beijing-based JY Entertainment.
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Star Alliance to co-produce Masked Warrior, Zombie II
Hong Kong production and sales outfit Star Alliance is gearing up to start shooting two co-productions - Monkey: The Masked Warrior with Thailand’s Nakob Co and Zombie II with Taiwan’s Heyshine International, Sky Films and Entertaining Power.
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Chow Yun-fat bluffs for Wong Jing
Chow Yun-fat is attached to star in gambling-themed action drama Bluffing, which is being produced by Wong Jing’s Hong Kong-based Mega-Vision Project Workshop.
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China's Fantawild unwraps slate of creature features
Chinese theme park giant and content producer Fantawild is attending AFM for the first time this year with a slate of creature features and VFX-driven pictures.
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NewsToei sings with A Chorus Of Angels
Japanese studio Toei is ringing up sales on Junji Sakamoto’s A Chorus Of Angels, which has gone to Hong Kong (Golden Scene) and Taiwan (Skydigi).
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Oz filmmakers spend $66m on filming overseas
New research shows that Australian filmmakers are being much more outward looking than in the past: nearly half of the 28 Australian features that went into production during the 12 months up to June 30, and were made for more than $519,000 (A$500,000), were wholly or partly filmed abroad.
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NewsCJ swings into Jungle
EXCLUSIVE: CJ Entertainment has come on board to close financing on SC Films’ family animation Jungle Shuffle, due for delivery in Q4 2013.
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NewsMomentum high on Altitude’s The Good People
Momentum has taken UK rights to Altitude Film Sales’ horror The Good People, to be directed by Corin Hardy [pictured].
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NewsBuyers flow to WestEnd’s Joe
EXCLUSIVE: Deals on new Nicolas Cage drama include a mid-six figure deal with Wild Side for France.
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NewsRecidive falls for Romeo and Juliet
EXCLUSIVE: Musical Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song has been sold to Recidive SAS for France.
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NewsDeals roundup: Dracula, The Bunny Game, Closed Circuit, UFO
Deals from Filmexport Group, Jinga’s UXB and Gaia Media.
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NewsCineTel boards The Cure by David Gould
CineTel Films has acquired international sales rights to action/thriller The Cure, written produced and directed by visual effects veteran David Gould.
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NewsBuyers go to The Deep and After Lucia with Bac
EXCLUSIVE: Bac has closed a host of territories on its Icelandic and Mexican foreign language Oscar contenders.