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    MMG boards Law & Disorder

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    Meyers Media Group has been in the thick of talks with buyers on Law & Disorder and holds worldwide rights.

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    Freestyle buys Love Sick Love

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    Ellen Wander of Los Angeles-based Film Bridge International and producer Anne Estonilo MouseRoar Productions have confirmed that Freestyle Releasing has acquired US rights to Love Sick Love.

  • Paloma Faith
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    Paloma Faith to star in punk drama

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Platinum-selling singer to star in feature from Wellington Films and Zentropa Sweden.

  • Aviva Silver
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    Silver's Cannes swansong

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Cannes Film Festival is likely to be Aviva Silver’s final appearance as head of the MEDIA unit before moving to a new position within the European Commission (EC).

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    Camille Claudel sold to Canada

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    Wild Bunch has sold two titles at the EFM in Berlin.

  • Isabella Rossellini
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    Rossellini joins Carriere project

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    Actress and film-maker Isabella Rossellini is collaborating with legendary screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrier (The Artist and the Model) on a new project.

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    Hope spreads for Seidl

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    Buyers are continuing to beat a path to Paradise since the final instalment of Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy Paradise: Hope screened in Berlinale’s Competition earlier this week.

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    Toei sells Admiral to France, Russia

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    Japanese studio Toei has sold big-budget war epic Admiral Yamamoto to France (Filmedia) and Russia and CIS (Cinema Prestige).

  • The Guillotines
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    Guillotines flies to Turkey, Middle East

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    Hong Kong-based We Distribution has sold Andrew Lau’s action thriller The Guillotines to Horizon International for Turkey and WEG for the Middle East.

  • Brilliant Orange
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    FuWorks kicks off Dutch football doc

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    The “total football” exploits of the celebrated Dutch team of the 1970s are to shown on screen in a new feature documentary being put together by San Fu Maltha’s Fu Works.

  • Iron Sky
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    Iron Sky producers talk US plans

    2013-02-11T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Blind Spot Pictures, the Finnish outfit behind cult hit Iron Sky, has revealed further details of what is likely to be its first US project, Jeremiah Harm.

  • Marx and Engels
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    Schell and Adorf cast as Marx and Engels

    2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

    Veteran actors Maximilian Schell and Mario Adorf have been cast in a new feature as philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

  • TPB AFK The Pirate Bay
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    Pirate Bay doc gets online boost

    2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

    Controversial feature documentary The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard (about the notorious file sharing website) has been watched by half a million people since its premiere in Berlin on Friday [Feb 8].

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    BAFTAs 2013: Winners

    2013-02-10T19:55:00Z

    Full list of winners from the BAFTA Awards in London on Sunday night (Feb 10).

  • Django Unchained
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    Django Unchained nears $200m

    2013-02-10T19:15:00Z

    Django Unchained brought in a further $18.7m from 65 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International as the running total climbed to $187.1m.

  • Identity Thief
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    Thief rules US on $37m

    2013-02-10T18:53:00Z

    The comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy led the North American session thanks to a $36.6m debut through Universal.

  • Frankenstein's Army
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    eOne marches with Frankenstein's Army

    2013-02-10T15:40:00Z

    MPI Media Group has closed a multi-territory deal with eOne for market title Frankenstein’s Army in France, Scandinavia, Benelux and South Africa.

  • Gallowwalkers
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    VMI sells US, Japan on Gallowwalkers

    2013-02-10T15:15:00Z

    Wrekin Hill has picked up US rights from VMI Worldwide to the upcoming Wesley Snipes supernatural action thriller Gallowwalkers.

  • Blood Sisters: Vampire Academy book cover
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    Buyers taste IM Global's Blood

    2013-02-10T14:24:00Z

    UPDATE: IM Global has virtually sold out the world on its young adult adaptation Blood Sisters, licensing rights to TWC in possibly the biggest US buy in recent EFM history and closing a slew of major international deals.

  • Mathieu Robinet
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    Robinet named BAC Films chief

    2013-02-10T13:28:00Z

    The appointment was confirmed by BAC Majestic’s Roch Lener.