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NewsRon Gell joins Pure Flix
Riding high on the $55m success of God’s Not Dead, Pure Flix Entertainment has hired the industry veteran to head its international division in the run-up to Cannes.
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NewsDistribution: Kino takes Finding Fela
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Alex Gibney’s documentary Finding Fela following its Sundance world premiere in January.
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NewsLeigh Whannell to direct Insidious 3
Focus Features, eOne, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) and Blumhouse Productions announced (7) that the franchise co-creator is back to write and direct the third episode.
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NewsLionsgate, Saban team for Power Rangers
The studio has struck a deal with Haim Saban’s Saban Brands to produce a live-action version of the iconic property.
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NewsLinney joins McKellen on Sherlock film
Laura Linney will reunite with Bill Condon and join Ian McKellen on Sherlock Holmes tale A Slight Trick Of The Mind. FilmNation handles international sales.
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NewsThe Exchange rides Tank
EXCLUSIVE: CEO Brian O’Shea has struck a deal to handle international sales in Cannes on producer Steven Schneider’s horror film, which Open Road will distribute in the US.
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NewseOne takes intl rights to Trumbo
Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston to star as the blacklisted screenwriter; Helen Mirren to play legendary gossip columnist Hedda Hopper.
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NewsTWC, Worldview sign partnership
The parties have ended months of speculation and announced (May 7) a strategic partnership that will see TWC provide at least four distribution slots a year over five years and Worldview offer the Weinsteins film financing support.
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NewsHistory Of Fear wins at Jeonju
Benjamin Naishtat’s debut feature picked up the Grand Prize at the festival in South Korea.
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NewsFortissimo mines Black Coal sales
Berlinale Golden Bear winner picked up by territories throughout Europe.
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NewsEdinburgh launches Teen Spirit strand
New section is aimed at engaging young audiences and programmed by a teenage team.
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NewsEast End fest unveils line-up
World premiere of Dermaphoria, starring The Vampire Diaries’ Joseph Morgan and Ron Perlman, to open 13th edition of the London festival.
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NewsAlfama hires former Le Pacte exec
Cannes slate includes Michael Sturminger’s Casanova Variations.
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NewsFilms Distribution gets Housebound
Films Distribution has picked up international sales on horror comedy Housebound, which premiered to critical acclaim at SXSW this year.
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NewsKiefer Sutherland talks ’24’ movie
The star said that a film is on hold and this latest season will “bring a sense of closure to the show”.
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NewsElisabeth Moss boards 'Monsters'
EXCLUSIVE: Mad Men star to lead horror from American Hustle producer Richard Suckle; Embankment to sell.
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NewsClassmate, Hypnotist top China box office
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Frant Gwo’s romantic drama My Old Classmate held onto pole position at the Chinese box office last week with a futher haul of $34.63m, while opener The Great Hypnotist came in second with $22.28m.
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NewsHPI brings Skin Trade to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Hyde Park International (HPI) president Eric Christenson will commence sales in Cannes on the Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa revenge thriller.
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NewsSicario heads to Cannes
Lionsgate International is breathing fire into the market and has unveiled its second major sales title in the form of the Thunder Road Pictures and Black Label Media action thriller.
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NewsSynchronicity to sell Nightlight
EXCLUSIVE: Synchronicity Entertainment president of international distribution Ruzanna Kegeyan, who heads The Solution Entertainment Group division, will kick off talks with Cannes buyers on the supernatural thriller.