Latest Cannes News – Page 180
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NewsIndian books to be pitched at Cannes
India’s The Adaptation Company (TAC) and France’s Best-Seller To Box Office are hosting an event on Saturday, May 18 to pitch Indian books for film adaptation.
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NewsMedia Asia takes Death Trip
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based Media Asia has picked up international rights to mainland Chinese thriller Death Trip, starring Korean actress Han Boreum.
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Finecuts spreads Miracle
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s Finecut has sealed a slew of deals on hit drama Miracle In Cell No 7 to a slew of territories including a sales to Magnum Films for Australia/NZ and China’s Le Vision Pictures.
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NewsRobot Overlords sparks new investment
EXCLUSIVE: UK sci-fi Our Robot Overlords nabs closing finance from Pinewood Pictures, new financier Umbra Telegraph.
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NewsStudio City adds two for Cannes
Studio City Pictures president Jim Harvey has bulked up his sales slate with two completed titles.
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NewsCelluloid, uConnect start with Genesis
EXCLUSIVE: Early in the market, new partners Celluloid Dreams and uConnect have picked up James Napier Robertson’s Genesis, currently shooting in New Zealand and starring Cliff Curtis.
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NewsAutobahn outfit 42 in fast lane
Alongside Autobahn, the UK-based production and management outfit is in post on Monsters: The Dark Continent, among others.
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Werner launches new sales company
Veteran Scandinavian sales agent Michael Werner [pictured], formerly at NonStop Sales, has launched a new outfit called Eyewell which is in Cannes with its debut slate.
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NewsLive Viewing Japan moves into film distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo-based Live Viewing Japan, part of the powerful Amuse Group, is expanding into international film distributionacross the Asian market, on various platforms.
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NewsMarkovics, Serbezija join The Porcupine
EXCLUSIVE: Srdjan Dragojevic adapts Julian Barnes novel.
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NewsAV thrills with Scintilla
AV Pictures’ Cannes slate includes in-demand sci-fi thriller Scintilla [pictured], which eOne has picked up for multi-territories.
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NewsEntre Chien & Loup picks up Betancourt memoirs
EXCLUSIVE: Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt is to executive produce a major new film based on her memoir Even Silence Has An End.
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NewsWTF picks up Hidden in the Woods remake
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre and horror boutique out WTFilms has picked up sales on Chilean director Patricio Valladares’ English remake of his Hidden in the Woods which is due to shoot in the US later this year.
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NewsImage nabs Shiver
EXCLUSIVE: Image Entertainment has picked up US rights to Cyclone Productions thriller Shiver [pictured], directed by UK director Julian Richards.
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NewsImage takes Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Sandra Nettelbeck’s romantic drama [pictured] also sells to Hong Kong and Turkey.
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NewsShoot date set for Wild Oats
Jack Black is still in final negotations to star in the comedy which is due to start shooting in September.
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NewsBeta sells Berlinale winner Child's Pose
German sales powerhouse Beta has reported a roaring start to the market. Distribution rights for Berlinale-winner Child’s Pose [pictured] and German box-office hit Oh Boy are almost sold out.
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NewsBallpark takes UK rights to No Fixed Abode
Ballpark has taken UK rights to 104 Films’ drama No Fixed Abode [pictured].
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NewsFilm4 team talks about Cannes slate
Tessa Ross [pictured] tells Screen that Film4’s Cannes selections — Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant in Directors’ Fortnight, Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril in Critics’ Week — are indicative of the kind of author-driven work that Film4 is championing across its busy slate.
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Attraction drawn to Dragon Girls
EXCLUSIVE: Canadian sales outfit Attraction Distribution (formerly Delphis Films) has gobbled up world sales rights to much hyped doc Dragon Girls [pictured], winner of the Best International Feature Documentary at Hot Docs in Toronto earlier this month.