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NewsFilm London, France renew deal
The partnership has so far seen 22 French projects presented at the Film London Production Finance Market.
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NewsMandela biopic scores major sales
Pathe International and Distant Horizon have done roaring business on an upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic.
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NewsMusic Box takes Oh Boy for US
Beta has closed a US deal with Music Box for German box office hit Oh Boy.
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NewsUK's Arrow targets thriller Pioneer
UK distributor Arrow has bought Erik Skjoldbjærg’s 1980s set thriller Pioneer, set at the height of Norwegian “oil boom”, from TrustNordisk.
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NewsLionsgate acquires US on Blood Ties
In what the parties claimed to be the biggest US buy of the festival, Lionsgate/Roadside announced on Wednesday [23] they had acquired Cannes Competition entry Blood Ties.
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NewsFrench Film Festival UK to pay tribute to de Funès, Pialat
The 21st edition to run Nov 7-30 at venues across the UK and is set to screen a restored version of Jacques Demy’s Lola [pictured].
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Primeridian lines up Future
Primeridian Entertainment has hired Roger L Simon to write its second feature project, tentatively titled The Future Is Now.
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NewsSundance Selects gets Blue
Sundance Selects announced out of Cannes it is acquiring rights to Abdellatif Kechiche’s competition entry Blue Is The Warmest Color from Wild Bunch.
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NewsBuyers play Altitude’s Big Game
EXCLUSIVE: eOne, Ascot Elite buy Samuel L Jackson action-adventure, directed by Jalmari Helander.
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NewsLionsgate breaks its Cannes record
Lionsgate has revealed record sales in Cannes, earning more than $250m on the slate of nine titles including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 and 2, Step Up 5 and The Last Witch Hunter.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC buys Tai Chi
RADiUS-TWC has swooped on its second buy of the festival, taking North American rights to Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut Man Of Tai Chi.
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Hutcherson to star in Ape
The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson will star in the psychological thriller Ape from Atomic Owl Pictures and JetLag Productions.
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NewsCoraline producer ties with UK animation firm
Claire Jennings ties with UK animation team Nexus.
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NewsUS attendance up 7% at Marché
Total attendance expected to top 12,000 participants. US attendees rise by 7%.
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NewsHarper, Thorne team for War Book
EXCLUSIVE: Sixteen Films produce London-set thriller from writer Jack Thorne, director Tom Harper [pictured], set to shoot in July.
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NewsIM Global Walks with Redford
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy directed by Robert Redford [pictured] sells to France, Germany, Australia and Latin America, among others.
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NewsWebber to direct The Colour
EXCLUSIVE: Director [pictured] boards adaptation of Rose Tremain’s novel of the same name.
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NewsBuyers take Stranger By The Lake
EXCLUSIVE: Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger By The Lake proves a buzz title at Cannes.
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NewsSugar Man exec making God of Driving
EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Monteith’s Dignity Film Finance is pushing ahead with a movie version of Vanity Fair journalist Amy Fine Collins’ [pictured] autobiographical God of Driving.