Latest Cannes News – Page 174
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NewsRezo selects SVoD for President
EXCLUSIVE: Deal indicates growing importance of digital players in the market.
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NewsMajor travels to France, Greece
EXCLUSIVE: German M-Appeal has sold Russian Yury Bykov’s Critics’ Week title The Major to French distributors Zootrope and Greek firm Ama Films for theatrical release.
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NewsZellweger debut heads to France
EXCLUSIVE: K5 International has closed a major French deal for Renée Zellweger’s directorial debut 4 ½ Minutes.
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NewsEx-Intandem boss launches new firm
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Intandem boss Gary Smith has revealed details of his new production and financing company Blue Ocean Media.
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NewsPatel to star as genius Ramanujan
Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel is set to star in The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of The Genius Ramanujan, which is being produced by Edward R Pressman of the Edward R Pressman Film Corporation and Prashita Chaudhary’s Cinemorphic Entertainment Company.
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NewsColt 45 writer options Stark
EXCLUSIVE: Colt 45 writer Fathi Beddiar to direct Edward Bunker crime-thriller.
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NewsBackup signs up Lorna Tee
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based Tee is a well-known figure in the Asian film industry.
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NewsPinewood backs thriller Take Down
EXCLUSIVE: Pinewood’s first US production commitment is on Radiant’s Jim Gillespie thriller from Ransom writer Alexander Ignon.
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NewsMacfadyen joins A Miracle
EXCLUSIVE: Brit actor Matthew Macfadyen is to play the lead in Ben Hopkins’ A Miracle, the new German-Turkish-French-British coproduction being put together by Paul Raphael’s Starfield Productions.
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NewsMetrodome takes Siberian Education, Citadel
EXCLUSIVE: Metrodome nabs Gabriele Salvatores’ Siberian Education in Cannes and Ciaran Foy’s Citadel.
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NewsMoviehouse launches production arm
EXCLUSIVE: London-based sales outfit launches production slate.
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NewsZhu signs Franco-Chinese deal
Deal is one of the first official accords to come together since France and China signed a co-production treaty last year.
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NewsBuyers lock into Movie Chainer
Paris-based film financier Backup Media’s new content and rights management software Movie Chainer is proving a hit in the market.
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NewsRussia unveils new titles at Cannes
The Russian Federations’ Ministry of Culture and film promotion body Roskino has showcased nine new and completed Russian films to the international media, distributors, and festival directors.
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NewsSonet launches TV production arm
Swedish film production outfit Sonet Film has launched a new production arm, Sonet Television, complete with a slate of crime dramas.
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NewsRodencia sells for FilmSharks
Guido Rud’s Argentina-based sales company FilmSharks has closed deals on David Bisbano’s 3D animation Rodencia Y El Diente De La Princesa, which grossed more than $1m in Peru through Universal.
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NewsFirst look at The Last Diamond
EXCLUSIVE: In a timely move following the Chopard jewellery theft on Thursday, Paris-based sales company Other Angle has released first images of Eric Barbier’s heist tale with a twist The Last Diamond starring Yvan Attal and Bérénice Bejo.
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NewsFinns pact for US alliance
Helsinki-based Bronson Club and New York-based Uncorked Productions have started a new collaboration, Start To Finnish, to develop English-language international projects for six top Finnish directors.
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NewsCineplus to handle post on EPIC
EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Cineplus Filmproduktion has come on board as co-producers of EPIC, an international co-production between the UK, Germany, Russian and Georgia.
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NewsCorsan on board for Silence
Paul Breuls’ Belgian-based financing and production outfit Corsan has come on board new Martin Scorsese film Silence (sold in the market by IM Global and based on the acclaimed 1960s novel by Shusaku Endo).