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  • AA Milne
    News

    Pooh creator biopic hits Cannes

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The Iron Lady producer Damian Jones is teaming with Pinewood Films’ Steve Christian to produce a biopic of Winnie the Pooh creator AA Milne.

  • Yorgos Lanthimos
    News

    Protagonist bites Lanthimos' Lobster

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: UK outfit boards Yorgos Lanthimos’ English-language debut.

  • Emir Kusturica
    News

    Kusturica to direct Love and War

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Double Palme D’Or winner Emir Kusturica is to direct and star alongside Monica Bellucci in Love And War, a new feature to shoot next month in southern Bosnia.

  • Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
    News

    Dinklage to star in Hop Frog

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Peter Dinklage, riding high on the global success of Game Of Thrones, has signed on to star in Hop Frog.

  • Last Days on Mars
    News

    Last Days team open to sequel

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Andrea Cornwell, one of the producers of Directors’ Fortnight title The Last Days on Mars, says that a sequel could be on the cards.

  • Blue Ruin
    News

    Picturehouse takes Blue Ruin UK rights

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor nabs hot Cannes thriller from Memento.

  • The Notebook
    News

    Pretty Pictures takes The Notebook

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Pretty Pictures has pre-bought French rights for Janos Szasz’ Second World War drama Le Grand Cahier (The Notebook), currently in post-production from Beta Cinema.

  • Sam Claflin
    News

    UPI gets Posh as cast gathers

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    Universal Pictures International (UPI) has boarded UK and Irish rights to Lone Scherfig’s drama Posh, which now has The Hunger Games’ Sam Claflin, Great Expectations’ Douglas Booth and The Host’s Max Irons confirmed to star.

  • Carice van Houen
    News

    Black Book star to play Garbo

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXLUSIVE: On the day [May 20] that the Swedish Film Institute celebrates its 50th anniversary, details have emerged of an ambitious new biopic of Sweden’s greatest ever film star, Greta Garbo.

  • News

    Cinemavault boards Johnny Christ

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    The Toronto-based sales company has acquired worldwide rights to Mark Maggiori’s thriller Johnny Christ.

  • News

    FSC scores Crash Reel sales

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company has licensed Australia and New Zealand rights on Lucy Walker’s snowboarder documentary The Crash Reel to Hopscotch/eOne, which plans a day-and-date launch across all platforms in mid-July.

  • Rockin' On Heaven's Door
    News

    Edko, Encore Rockin’ with 9ers

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    Korean sales company 9ers Entertainment has sold Rockin’ On Heaven’s Door to Edko Films for Hong Kong and Encore for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

  • Cheap Thrills
    News

    Films Distribution sells Cheap Thrills

    2013-05-20T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: A Castle in Italy also racking up sales.

  • Antonio Banderas
    News

    Banderas joins The 33

    2013-05-19T21:18:00Z

    Antonio Banderas will star in The 33, the true story of the 33 Chilean Miners whose rescue in 2010 became one of the most televised events in history. Good Universe handles international sales in Cannes.

  • Star Trek Into Darkness
    News

    Star Trek opens in US on $71m

    2013-05-19T21:14:00Z

    Stark Trek Into Darkness stormed to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $70.6m opening weekend.

  • The Great Gatsby
    News

    Gatsby rules int'l on $42.1m

    2013-05-19T20:39:00Z

    The Great Gatsby prevailed over the course of a remarkably close weekend at the international box office, edging out Star Trek and Iron Man 3 by a nose thanks to an estimated $42.1m haul.

  • The Past
    News

    SPC acquires Farhadi's The Past

    2013-05-19T20:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has struck a multi-territory deal for Iranian Asghar Farhadi’s Palme d’Or contender The Past with Memento Films International (MFI).

  • The Philosophers
    News

    Phase 4 acquires Philosophers

    2013-05-19T17:24:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has acquired all rights in the US and Canada to John Huddles’ sci-fi thriller starring James Darcy. Bankside Films handles international sales on the Croisette.

  • Cannes
    News

    Cinecoup first Telefilm Canada private partner

    2013-05-19T16:59:00Z

    Telefilm Canada is promoting Vancouver’s CineCoup Film Accelerator, a reality show-style competition to provide $1m to fund a new feature and guarantee theatrical distribution in Canada.

  • Anna Paquin
    News

    Phase 4 takes Free Ride

    2013-05-19T16:40:00Z

    Phase 4 Films has moved on North American rights to Shana Betz’s feature directorial debut Free Ride starring Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet and Drea De Matteo. Cargo Entertainment handles international sales in Cannes.