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NewsBeijing announces future-facing theme
Partner agency ECI announces a partnership with producer Tim He, at event in Venice.
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NewsRichard Gere to star in Franny
Gere has set his first film since the acclaimed Arbitrage and will star in the drama from Treehouse Pictures, TideRock Media, Big Shoes Media, Magnolia Entertainment and Soaring Flight Productions. QED International will commence pre-sales in Toronto.
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NewsCMG to sell Revolution
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group will commence pre-sales in Toronto on Rob Stewart’s eco documentary.
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NewsMonsters Uni, Pac Rim excel
Disney executives announced that the Pixar family film Monsters University was on course to cross $700m at the worldwide box office.
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NewsCynthia Kim to Blumhouse Int’l
Heading into Toronto, Jason Blum of fledgling Blumhouse International announced he has hired the former Exclusive Media executive as svp of international sales and distribution.
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NewsXYZ Films to sell Wolf
The Los Angeles-based company has taken on all rights excluding Benelux to Jim Taihuttu’s Dutch crime thriller and will start talks with buyers in Toronto.
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NewsSpader to play Avengers villain
The actor has been cast as the villain in Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron, which Disney will release on May 1 2015.
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NewseOne Int'l gets Watermark
eOne Films International has taken worldwide rights except Canada to Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky’s upcoming documentary. Mongrel Media will distribute in Canada.
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NewsBernal to star in Desierto
Fresh from the triumph of his Venice opener Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron will produce the Gael Garcia Bernal illegal immigrant drama Desierto this winter.
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NewsFilmBuff takes Double Play
New York distributor FilmBuff announced that it will release the documentary and Venice Classics selection Double Play: James Benning And Richard Linklater in 2014. Meanwhile XLrator Media has cut a pioneering first-window deal with DIRECT CINEMA for CBGB.
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NewsElle Driver takes on Happiness
Elle Driver has struck a deal in Venice for international rights to Venice Critics Week opener The Art of Happiness (L’Arte Della Felicita).
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NewsGravitas finds Sunlight Jr
Gravitas Ventures has picked up all North American rights to Laurie Collyer’s Sunlight Jr starring Naomi Watts, Norman Reedus and Matt Dillon.
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NewsPreferred Content boards Dark Matter of Love
EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Iwashina’s Preferred Content has boarded US rights to Sarah McCarthy’s Toronto-bound documentary The Dark Matter of Love.
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NewsHAF to launch documentary award
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) is to introduce a new documentary award worth nearly $13,000.
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NewsSan Sebastian unveils Made In Spain titles
Films include Almodovar’s I’m So Excited and Coixet’s Yesterday Never Ends.
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NewsZurich to honour Michael Haneke
Zurich Film Festival to honour the Oscar-winner director of Amour and The White Ribbon.
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Autlook takes Master of the Universe
Vienna-based sales outfit Autlook has snapped up worldwide rights to Locarno Critics Week winner, Master of the Universe.
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NewsVenice to launch co-pro market
As the Venice Film Market seeks to establish itself as a key autumn networking event for European professionals, market head Pascal Diot has revealed plans for a coproduction market at next year’s event.
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NewsTrier's Louder Than Bombs shelved
Joachim Trier’s first English-language feature, starring Isabelle Huppert, Gabriel Byrne and Jesse Eisenberg, has been postponed just a month before shooting due to financial difficulties.
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NewsBen Wheatley to direct JG Ballard’s High Rise for RPC
EXCLUSIVE: Ben Wheatley to direct Amy Jump’s adaptation of JG Ballard’s novel for Jeremy Thomas; Film4, HanWay on board.