Latest Cannes News – Page 202
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NewsSilver Reel lines up busy financing slate including Grace of Monaco
EXCLUSIVE: The Zurich-based film financier also eyeing Guilermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio and Ashton Kutcher’s Steve Jobs project.
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Arri goes to Marrakech with Caroline Link
At the start of Cannes, German outfit Arri Worldsales has announced it will handle international sales on Exit Marrakech, the latest feature from Oscar winning German director Caroline Link (Nowhere In Africa.)
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NewsChomet goes back to Belleville
Sylvain Chomet is re-teaming with Paris-based animation house Les Armateurs for a prequel to Belleville Rendez-vous (Les Triplettes de Belleville).
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NewsFormer Screen editor Colin Brown joins Slated
EXCLUSIVE: Colin Brown joins New York-based Slated, the private marketplace for accredited investors to track and back independent film projects online.
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NewsMedia Luna likes Lilet
Media Luna has boarded international sales for Jacco Groen’s Lilet Never Happened, produced by Springfilm and F&ME.
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NewsSenator joins A Most Wanted Man
Senator Film Production has joined the A Most Wanted Man as a co-producer.
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NewsIsabella Rossellini heads ADFF narrative jury
Isabella Rossellini is to head the Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s Narrative Competition jury.
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Yash Raj taps Saleem for Y-Films comedy
India’s Yash Raj Films, which is making its Cannes debut this year, has started production on the third film under its Y-Films banner, comedy Mere Dad Ki Maruti, starring Saqib Saleem.
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NewsUK private investment firm buys Cinesite
Private equity house Endless LLP has acquired visual effects house Cinesite from Kodak for an undisclosed amount.
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Reel Suspects hits stride in Cannes
Matteo Lovadina’s Reel Suspects has seen early demand for its titles in Cannes.
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NewsLongstocking family returns to big screen
EXCLUSIVE: Swedish producer Mirijam Johansson of Wanted Pictures today announces Efraim Longstocking and the Cannibal Princess.
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Birch Tree, Astro Shaw team for martial arts slate
Malaysia’s Astro Shaw and US-based sales agent Birch Tree Entertainment are joining forces to produce and distribute a slate of martial arts action films.
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China Film to roll out giant screen technology
China Film Group Corporation has announced that it will start rolling out its China Film Giant Screen (CFGS) technology this year, starting with 15 screens in cinemas in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and several other Chinese cities.
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Hong Kong’s Pegasus to produce Ip Man 3D
Hong Kong’s Pegasus Motion Pictures is introducing the third part of its hit Ip Man franchise in Cannes – the most ambitious installment yet which the company is planning to shoot in 3D.
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Backup and marche pact on new Cinando rights monitoring service
Backup and Cannes market partner on new rights management service called MoveChainer.
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NewsOscar winners Cotillard and Farhardi unite on Paris-set feature
Shoot set to take place in Paris this autumn; Memento Films International to launch international sales at Cannes.
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NewsPaul Greengrass lines up FC Barcelona documentary
Paul Greengrass is preparing to shoot the FC Barcelona documentary Barça. Anonymous Content is financing and will handle US sales and FilmNation will handle international.
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NewsVoltage announces Code Name Geronimo sales
EXCLUSIVE: Nicolas Chartier has licensed the Cam Gigandet and William Fichtner action-thriller to StudioCanal for the UK and closed a host of key deals as US buyers circle a new trailer.
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Mirovision boards $25m animation Empire Of The Ants
Seoul-based production and sales outfit Mirovision has picked up international rights to $25m stereoscopic 3D CGI production Empire Of The Ants, which is an adaptation of French author Bernard Werber’s novel Les Fourmis.
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NewsPark Circus strikes theatrical deal with Warner Bros
UK distributor strikes back catalogue deal with Warner for classics including Casablanca, A Clockwork Orange and Goodfellas.