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  • Take Off
    News

    Showbox sells Take Off to Japan’s Amuse Soft

    2009-11-07T06:00:00Z

    Korea’s Showbox Mediplex has scored a Japanese deal on local box office smash Take Off, which was snapped up by Amuse Soft Entertainment.

  • Happy_Feet.jpg
    News

    Oz production spend reaches record $325m

    2009-11-07T17:35:00Z

    Two big-budget foreign-financed animated films, Guardians of Ga’Hoole and Happy Feet 2, both involving Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures, boosted the total spend on Australian films in the financial year ending June 30 to a record $325m (A$358m).

  • Carey Mulligan in An Education
    News

    Mulligan in talks to board Ealing’s Effie

    2009-11-07T17:38:00Z

    Carey Mulligan, the UK sensation who is being tipped for awards glory in An Education, is in advance discussions to star in the title role of Effie, being sold here by Ealing Studios.

  • Jeremy Kay, US editor of Screen International and Screendaily.com
    News

    Kay named US editor at Screen International

    2009-11-11T06:00:00Z

    Jeremy Kay has been promoted to US editor of Screen International and ScreenDaily.com effective immediately.

  • Emilio Estevez
    News

    Till’s Icon makes first acquisition with The Way

    2009-11-07T17:45:00Z

    In one of its first acquisitions since Stewart Till’s takeover of the Icon Group was completed last week, Icon Entertainment International has confirmed that it will handle worldwide sales for The Way, the new film from director Emilio Estevez.

  • Oscar sensation Slumdog Millionaire
    News

    Ribbon, Prophet, Slumdog lead EFA Award nominations

    2009-11-09T05:46:00Z

    Cannes favourites The White Ribbon and A Prophet and last year’s Oscar sensation Slumdog Millionaire both figure prominently in the 22nd European Film Awards nominations, which were announced this weekend.

  • North Face director Philipp Stölz
    News

    Beta Cinema takes on sales rights to Stolz's Goethe!

    2009-11-08T00:39:00Z

    Blue-chip German outfit Beta Cinema has taken on international rights to North Face director Philipp Stölz’s next feature film, Goethe!, which comes billed as a “modern pop fairytale” biopic of Germany’s most celebrated writer in the vein of Shakespeare In Love and Amadeus.

  • Lawrence Gough and Sir Sean Connery
    News

    The Works International, Mann Made team on The Drought

    2009-11-08T00:44:00Z

    The Works International is partnering with Mann Made Films on The Drought, an ecological action horror set in a terrifying post-apocalyptic world.

  • News

    The Auteurs unveils membership, visits data

    2009-11-08T00:50:00Z

    Online movie venture The Auteurs, a global VOD platform that bills itself as “a virtual cinematheque,” has revealed details of traffic and activity on its site. Its “executive summary,” published this month, indicates that the platform now has 145,000 registered members.Since its official launch, less than a year ago, ...

  • Paul Giamatti in Ironclad
    News

    ContentFilm's Ironclad slices up the world

    2009-11-08T00:57:00Z

    Buyers are rallying to Ironclad, the historical action epic being sold by ContentFilm International at the AFM.

  • Erick Gandini’s Videocracy
    News

    Videocracy scoops first special jury prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest

    2009-11-09T12:46:00Z

    Erik Gandini’s Videocracy has won the inaugural special jury award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival.

  • Jake Gyllenhaal
    News

    Vendome, Mark Gordon cast Jake Gyllenhaal in thriller Source Code

    2009-11-08T19:19:00Z

    Philippe Rousselet’s Vendome Pictures has announced its first project, teaming with Mark Gordon on the sci-fi thriller Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Summit International has already pre-sold rights to more than 15 territories at AFM.

  • Award-winning documentary Salute
    News

    Cinetic, Phase 4 tie up rights for Salute from Odin’s Eye

    2009-11-09T05:48:00Z

    Odin’s Eye Entertainment has signed separate deals with Cinetic Media and Phase 4 for North American rights to award-winning documentary Salute, chronicling the story behind the iconic black power salute.

  • Confucius
    News

    Dadi seals Asian deals on $23m biopic Confucius

    2009-11-09T06:00:00Z

    China’s Dadi Entertainment has wrapped up a string of Asian deals on its $23m biopic Confucius, including sales to Korea’s J.L. International, Thailand’s Sahamongkol and Singapore’s Cathay Keris Films.

  • Dante Lam
    News

    Huayi Brothers boards EMP’s Stool Pigeon

    2009-11-08T23:21:00Z

    Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Media Corporation has boarded Dante Lam’s The Stool Pigeon, produced by Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP), as an equity partner.

  • Christmas Carol
    News

    Christmas Carol not so merry on $31m as Precious stuns in limited release

    2009-11-08T23:25:00Z

    Lionsgate’s extraordinary limited launch for the inner city drama Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire eclipsed the muted number one debut of Disney’s A Christmas Carol.

  • James Rabbitts' The Clinic
    News

    The Little Film Company picks up Aussie genre pic

    2009-11-08T23:29:00Z

    US sales company The Little Film Company has picked up sales rights to The Clinic, a low-budget privately-financed debut thriller from Australian director James Rabbitts.

  • Jodie Foster
    News

    Beaver, Red sell out for Summit International

    2009-11-09T06:00:00Z

    Summit International has virtually sold out on two of its marquee titles here, Jodie Foster’s drama The Beaver starring Mel Gibson and the DC Comics adaptation Red.

  • Fedor Bondarchuk, director of Russian blockbuster Inhabited Island
    News

    Bondarchuk lines up Winter Queen, Stalingrad epic

    2009-11-09T06:00:00Z

    Fedor Bondarchuk, director of Russian blockbuster Inhabited Island, is making his English language debut on Seven Arts Pictures’ Winter Queen and will follow that with a $30m epic about the battle of Stalingrad which will likely be shot in both Russian and English versions.

  • Dominic Cooper
    News

    Cooper to play The Devil’s Double for Tamahori

    2009-11-09T06:00:00Z

    Dominic Cooper will star and Ludivine Sagnier is in talks to join him in Corsan’s thriller The Devil’s Double based on the true story of Uday Hussein’s body double that is set to begin shooting in January in Malta.