Latest Cannes News – Page 177
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NewsMostafa drives from A To B
Emirati filmmaker Ali F. Mostafa is gearing up to shoot his new feature, road movie A To B, with a trio of leading producers from the Arab world and backing from Abu Dhabi’s twofour54.
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NewsBaywatch team reunites for Killing Hasselhoff
EXCLUSIVE: Angelworld Entertainment’s Grazeley Film Fund has come on board to fully finance the feature Killing Hasselhoff.
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NewsArrow goes with Kore-eda
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor Arrow has take UK rights to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Competition entry, Like Father, Like Son [pictured].
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NewsGillibert, Aja In a Perfect World
EXCLUSIVE: Adaptation rights taken for Laura Kasischke’s bestseller.
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NewsM-Appeal sign Two Mothers deals
EXCLUSIVE: German sales outfit M-Appeal has closed some eyecatching details on its new Cannes slate.
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NewsTautou lends voice to Phantom Boy
EXCLUSIVE: French actress (and star of Amelie) Audrey Tautou has come on board Phantom Boy, the new animated feature by Oscar-nominated directors Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli (A Cat In Paris).
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NewsBreakthrough boards Joe's Mountain
EXCLUSIVE: Toronto’s Breakthrough Entertainment has signed on to serve as executive producer and will handle international sales on Joe’s Mountain starring Kris Kristofferson. Helen Hunt is in talks to join the cast.
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NewsReel Suspects books deals
Early in the market, sales outfit Reel Suspects has already announced multiple deals on its Cannes slate.
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NewsCifola’s Lion unveils Terzani biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Former Rai Sesto Cifola [pictured] touches down in Cannes with new company Lion Pictures International.
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NewsScorsese funds Varda digitisation
Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation is financing the digitisation of all French filmmaker Agnes Varda’s American films, including Lions Love, Mur, murs and Documenteur, her daughter Rosalie Varda has revealed.
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NewsJaja joins Streetkids sequel
Amsterdam-based company joins F&ME and TV Zero for the sequel to Berlinale 2011 Generation selection Streetkids United.
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NewsFTS teams with Louise on Hermit
India and UK-based boutique studio Flick The Switch is teaming with Swiss production company Louise Productions to co-produce black comedy The Hermit.
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NewsTWC plots Crouching Tiger series
Harvey Weinstein plans to make a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon franchise, it emerged during a showreel presentation in Cannes on Friday evening [17].
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NewsXYZ Films to sell Night
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has launched worldwide sales here on The Night Comes For Us, its latest collaboration with The Raid creator Gareth Evans.
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NewsTsui Hark revisits Zu Warriors
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark is producing a new 3D installment in his iconic Zu Warriors series, to be directed by Yuen Woo-ping.
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NewsThe Past sales heat-up for Memento
EXCLUSIVE: Intense drama [pictured] starring Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim and Ali Mosaffa premieres in Cannes on Friday.
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NewsArtificial Eye in step with Giant
EXCLUSIVE: Artificial Eye nabs UK rights to Quinzaine title The Selfish Giant [pictured].
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NewsFilmNation buyers find Solace
EXCLUSIVE: Glen Basner and the sales team have closed key territories on the Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell thriller Solace financed by Claudia Bluemhuber’s Silver Reel.
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NewsVoltage, Cusack roar on Hard Drive
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has dropped a new John Cusack film into the market in the form of action title Hard Drive.