Latest Cannes News – Page 158
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NewsSPC acquires Saint Laurent
Sony Pictures Classics led a flurry of acquisition announcements on Wednesday (14) as it picked up North American rights from EuropaCorp to Cannes competition entry Saint Laurent.
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NewsHFG boards The Trust for Cannes
Ambitious Highland Film Group (HFG) has come on to handle world sales on crime thriller The Trust starring Nicolas Cage and Jack Huston.
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NewsTWC in new Grace deal
The Weinstein Company is understood to be close to signing a new deal that will see it hold on to US rights to Cannes opener Grace Of Monaco.
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NewsTakashi Miike casts The Raid star
EXCLUSIVE: Indonesian action star Yayan Ruhian (The Raid, The Raid 2) has been cast opposite Hayato Ichihara in Takashi Miike’s return to hardcore genre filmmaking.
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NewsMK2 boards Naomi Kawase’s An
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based company adds trio of Japanese titles to slate.
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NewsIrons, Miller join High-Rise
EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller join Tom Hiddleston on RPC satire.
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Cannes: Breakthrough adds Drownsman
Toronto’s Breakthrough Entertainment has picked up sales for Cannes on thriller The Drownsman, which screens in the market on Thursday (15).
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NewsGlee star joins Noel Coward biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave in talks for biopic of UK playwright.
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NewsLuke Evans boards SAS thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Luke Evans, star of The Hobbit, is to play the lead in an adaptation of Andy McNab action thriller SAS: Red Notice.
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NewsK5 lands Mine with Armie Hammer
EXCLUSIVE: K5 International has snapped up psychological thriller Mine, produced by Peter Safran (The Conjuring) and starring Armie Hammer.
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NewsRaven Banner gets Lost After Dark
EXCLUSIVE: Ian Kessner’s horror [pictured] to be introduced to buyers at Cannes.
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NewsParamount swoops on Story
Paramount Pictures has fired a rocket into the Cannes market, paying what is understood to be $20m for North American and Chinese rights to the Amy Adams sci-fi Story Of Your Life.
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NewsStudioCanal pacts with Danish dynamos
StudioCanal and Canal+ Group have joined forces with The Killing creator/writer Soren Sveistrup, Borgen writer Adam Price and veteran Danish producer Meta Louise Foldager [pictured] to launch production company SAM Productions ApS.
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NewsUMedia goes on Zafari
EXCLUSIVE: Apocalyptic tale directed by Steve Barker [pictured] will make its market debut in Cannes.
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NewsShowbox rampant for Kundo deals
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has sealed a string of major territory deals for action feature Kundo: Age Of The Rampant.
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NewsMatch Factory strikes for Martel's Zama
EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory has boarded Lucrecia Martel’s new feature Zama and will begin pre-sales on the period drama in Cannes.
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NewsGarcia hunting Ana & Bruno sales agent
EXCLUSIVE: Prolific Mexican producer-financier Alex Garcia has dispatched a team to the Croisette to appoint an international sales agent for the family animation Ana & Bruno.
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NewsBeta takes German riots drama
EXCLUSIVE: Munich based Beta Cinema has arrived in Cannes with new pick-ups that could provoke heated debate.
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NewsDeneuve joins Van Dormael comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Deneuve has joined the cast of Cannes award-winning director Jaco Van Dormael’s surreal comedy in which God lives in Brussels.
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NewsFilms Boutique takes 'Michael Jackson' film
EXCLUSIVE: German sales company Films Boutique has snapped up world rights to several new titles.