Latest Cannes News – Page 173
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NewsPhase 4 acquires Philosophers
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has acquired all rights in the US and Canada to John Huddles’ sci-fi thriller starring James Darcy. Bankside Films handles international sales on the Croisette.
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NewsSundance Selects Two Days, One Night
Sundance Selects has acquired US rights to the Dardenne brothers’ upcoming drama Two Days, One Night starring Marion Cotillard.
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DIFF to host Cinematic Innovation Summit
The inaugural Cinematic Innovation Summit will be held December 5-6 in conjunction with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
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NewsTWC takes Suite Francaise US rights
Entertainment One and TF1 have confirmed they are partnering with The Weinstein Company (TWC) on World War Two drama Suite Francaise.
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NewsFFI reports Black Sea sales surge
Focus Features International has reported a strong response to Kevin Macdonald’s thriller starring Jude Law, led by a multi-territory deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisition.
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NewsDreamWorks inks Euro output deals
DreamWorks, through their licensing collaboration with David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment, has inked multiple distribution output deals at Cannes, including with Samuel and Victor Hadida’s Metropolitan FilmExport in France.
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NewsQED, Huayi strikes China alliance
In the latest US-China pact to take root in Hollywood, QED International and Huayi Brothers Media Company have formed a strategic distribution and co-production partnership.
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NewsJames Marsh starts the Clock
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning writer-director James Marsh and producer Chris Coen of Unaninous Entertainment are reteaming for the big-screen adaptation of forthcoming novel The Girl With A Clock For a Heart.
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NewsMPM boards Lucrecia Martel's Zama
EXCLUSIVE: Martel’s first feature in five years is set to shoot in Bolivia and northern Argentina mid-2014.
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NewsClio Barnard in talks for Tusk
EXCLUSIVE: British director Clio Barnard is in talks to direct Tusk for Origin Pictures.
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NewsCinecoup first Telefilm Canada private partner
Telefilm Canada is promoting Vancouver’s CineCoup Film Accelerator, a reality show-style competition to provide $1m to fund a new feature and guarantee theatrical distribution in Canada.
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NewsPhase 4 takes Free Ride
Phase 4 Films has moved on North American rights to Shana Betz’s feature directorial debut Free Ride starring Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet and Drea De Matteo. Cargo Entertainment handles international sales in Cannes.
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NewsWrekin Hill gets Siberian Education
The distributor has picked up US rights to Gabriele Salvatores’ Siberian Education starring John Malkovich in the tale of members of a gang of exiled Siberians who adhere to a strict code.
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NewsFIP Germany readies Doctor, Rico
Fox International Productions (Germany) has lined up two films on the back of Matthias Schweighofer’s box office smash Break-Up Man, the top German release of the year so far on more than $24m.
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NewsKapadia, IM Global team on love story
Senna director Asif Kapadia has signed on to direct love story Ali and Nino, which IM Global will begin sales on in Cannes.
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NewsCohen Media Group buys Tycoon
Cohen Media Group chairman and CEO Charles S Cohen announced in Cannes that the company has acquired National Book Award winner Edward Ball’s recently published The Inventor And The Tycoon.
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NewsMongrel acquires The Great Beauty
The buyer has acquired all Canadian rights to Paolo Sorrentino’s latest offering, set to premiere in competition here tomorrow [21].
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NewsRADiUS-TWC acquires Blue Ruin
RADiUS-TWC concluded an on-site buy of a festival film on Saturday night [18] as it acquired North American rights to Blue Ruin.
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NewsMAD launches pan-Arab distribution outfit
EXCLUSIVE: Cairo and Abu Dhabi-based creative consultancy MAD Solutions is launching a pan-Arab distribution outfit, MAD Distribution, focusing on Arab and international films.
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NewsVinterberg toasts drinking culture
EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Vinterberg, here serving on the Un Certain Regard jury, is planning a new film based on the joys of alcohol, with the working title Drinking.