Latest Cannes News – Page 254
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Williams, Howard and Wood line up for Sturridge's Bronte
Icon Entertainment International has taken on international sales for Charles Sturridge's Bronte. Lined up to play the Bronte sisters are Michelle Williams, Bryce Dallas Howard and Evan Rachel Wood. ICM is representing North American rights.Bronte is the story of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte, the sisters who grew up in ...
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Vantage sells first movie Marc Pease Experience at Cannes
Paramount Vantage, which is launching its international sales division in Cannes, has introduced its first picture to buyers - The Marc Pease Experience, a comedy starring Ben Stiller and Jason Schwartzman which has just wrapped. Todd Louiso (Love Liza) directs and co-wrote the film which tells the story of a ...
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Clive Owen is back in town with new Capitol project
Capitol Films has added Scott Hicks' The Boys Are Back In Town to its Cannes slate, which will star Clive Owen.The Tiger Aspect Pictures/Southern Light Films co-production is made in association with BBC Films and Film Finance Corporation of Australia.Allan Cubitt has adapted Simon Carr's memoir of the same name, ...
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The Screen Jury at Cannes: 1997 - 2007
Every year at Cannes, Screen International asks critics from around the world to rate each feature in competition, using a scale that runs from four stars (‘excellent’), through three, two and one (‘good’, ‘average’ and ‘poor’) to zero (‘bad’). An average mark is arrived at for each film and the ...
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Frears doesn't expect any 'brutality' as he leads Cannes jury
Stephen Frears and his Cannes competition jury made their first public appearance in Cannes on Wednesday at the festival's opening day press conference.Frears was flanked by jury members Toni Collette, Maggie Cheung, Maria de Medeiros, Sarah Polley, Marco Bellocchio, Orhan Pamuk, Michel Piccoli and Abderrahmane Sissako.When asked whether any of ...
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Becker rocks on Elijah Wood's Iggy Pop story
Becker International has come on for international sales on Nick Gomez's The Passenger, based on Iggy Pop's life during the 1960s and 1970s.Elijah Wood will play the lead, with a script written by Eric Schmid.This Is That Corporation and Traction Media are executive producing, with Traction representing North American rights. ...
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Magnolia, Red Envelope acquire Hallam Foe for North America
Magnolia Pictures and Red Envelope Entertainment have teamed up to acquire North American rights to David Mackenzie's Hallam Foe which had its world premiere in competition at Berlin this year. The film, which stars Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles and Ciaran Hinds, is the story of a young man searching the ...
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Weinstein prepares for controversy over Sicko
Harvey Weinstein arrives in Cannes this week with a battalion of lawyers and PR gurus ahead of a possible legal tow that threatens to overshadow the world premiere of Michael Moore's Sicko.Moore's expose of the US healthcare industry is set to outdo the controversy over his 2004 Palme D'Or winner ...
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Zwick recruits Craig to lead wartime Defiance
Ed Zwick, riding high on the back of his Oscar-nominated global hit Blood Diamond, is preparing the Second World War Polish Resistance epic Defiance and has cast Daniel Craig in the lead.At time of writing several buyers were circling for domestic rights to the Bedford Falls production, which Zwick will ...
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Fukusaku and Oshii unite to lead Toei's Rebellion
Japanese studio Toei is developing a sci-fi action project, Rebellion: The Killing Isle (working title), uniting two of Japan's hottest film-making talents - Kenta Fukasaku and Mamoru Oshii.Battle Royale II director Fukasaku is set to direct the $10m film from a script by Oshii - director of acclaimed anime titles ...
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H2O sign Lajos Koltai to two films
Andras Hamori and Mark Horowitz's H20 Motion Pictures has signed Lajos Koltai to direct two features - Under The Frog and Born Of Fire.Oscar-nominated cinematographer Koltai directed Hungarian Holocaust epic Fateless and next month's US release Evening for Focus Features with a cast including Meryl Streep, Claire Danes, Glenn Close, ...
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Diving Bell makes waves for Pathe
Before the market has even begun, Pathe Pictures International is reporting a roaring trade on Julian Schnabel's competition entry, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly. In advance of its world premiere next week, the adaptation of author Jean-Domninique Bauby's memoir about his life after he was incapacitated by a stroke, ...
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CJ signs French deal with Diaphana for competitor Secret Sunshine
After heated pre-market bidding on Official Competition title Secret Sunshine, Korean sales agent CJ Entertainment has sealed a local distribution deal to Diaphana for France. Ama Film has also come on for Greece.From the director of Venice-awarded Oasis and former Director's Fortnight title Peppermint Candy, Lee Chang-dong's Secret Sunshine stars ...
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Polyband takes German rights to The Turtle's Song
Munich-based Polyband Medien, a subsidiary of Splendit Medien, has acquired German rights to Nick Stringer's The Turtle's Song, a documentary following the epic journey of a baby loggerhead turtle. The film is produced by UK-based Film & Music Entertainment and made in collaboration with Stringer's Big Wave Productions. Mike Downey, ...
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Emperor takes stake in Jay Chou project Kung Fu Dunk
Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) has taken an equity position in the new Jay Chou martial arts action comedy Kung Fu Dunk, and will handle sales of the film to all territories in Europe and the Americas. EMP, which had previously acquired Hong Kong rights to the film, reached ...
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Wide takes on sales for Bonnaire's Her Name Is Sabine
France's Wide Management will handle sales on actress Sandrine Bonnaire's directorial debut Her Name Is Sabine.The film is running in Directors Fortnight alongside another recently acquired Wide title, Counterparts by Jan Bonny.The company is also handling Critics Week special selection Ezra from director Newton I. Aduaka, which also played at ...
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Yoon Jong-bin to shoot Beastie Boys for iHQ
Korean sales agent iHQ has announced Beastie Boys as the upcoming sophomore title from Yoon Jong-bin - whose The Unforgiven was in Un Certain Regard last year. Yoon is re-teaming with lead Ha Jung-woo, who is also in the Cannes Competition title Breath by Kim Ki-dukBeastie Boys is the first ...
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Jack Black goes medieval with Kimmel's Ye Olde Times
Kimmel International chief Mark Lindsey will commence sales in Cannes this week on the upcoming romantic comedy Ye Olde Times starring Jack Black. Shooting is scheduled to begin in September in Gilroy, California, with Michael Mendelsohn producing and Rob A White making his feature directorial debut. Tim Robbins, Will Arnett ...
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Universe strikes Asian deals for Invisible Target
Hong Kong's Universe Films Distribution has concluded several Asian deals on Benny Chan's upcoming action title Invisible Target between Hong Kong Filmart and Cannes. The $8m film, starring Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue and Jaycee Chan, has been sold to India's JDR Films, Singapore's Innoform, Thailand's M Pictures, Malaysia's Grand Brilliance ...
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Capitol takes on new films from Don Roos and Joshua Marston
Capitol Films has added Don Roos' Love And Other Impossible Pursuits and Joshua Marston's The Fortress Of Solitude to its Cannes slate.The Roos project, which he also wrote, stars Jennifer Lopez in the exploration of a woman's moving and funny relationship with her young stepson. Marc Platt of Legally Blonde ...