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NewsMyriad takes Fishes to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Kirk D’Amico’s Santa Monica-based financing, production and sales company has acquired international rights to Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes starring Jessica Biel and will screen in Cannes.
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NewsEl Ardor kicks off in Argentina
Pablo Fendrik’s revenge tale has commenced shooting and is the first production to emerge from the recently announced Participant PanAmerica fund. Bac Films commenced international pre-sales at the AFM last November and Participant holds North and Latin American rights.
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NewsRialto, StudioCanal strike pact
Two significant alliances in the specialty sector were announced on Monday [29]. Rialto Pictures secured US first-run rights to five titles from StudioCanal while Kino Lorber struck a deal to release the Artsploitation Films slate.
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NewsCannes Classics 2013 line-up
Mark Cousins’ follow-up to The Story of Film is to feature in this year’s line-up of Cannes Classics.
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NewsWIDE adds six titles pre-Cannes
WIDE Management has boarded several new titles ahead of Cannes market.
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NewsCMG to sell Prime Ministers in Cannes
Moriah Films announced on Monday [29] that it has signed and recorded the voice talents of Michael Douglas, Christoph Waltz, Sandra Bullock and Leonard Nimoy for its latest film The Prime Ministers. CMG will handle international sales in Cannes.
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NewsTFF 2013 draws 450k attendees
The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) drew more than 450,000 attendees to screenings, panels, community events and other attractions, festival top brass said on Monday [29].
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NewsExchange takes CBGB to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Brian O’Shea has acquired international sales rights to Randall Miller’s upcoming punk rock saga starring Alan Rickman and Malin Akerman. Paradigm represents US rights and will announce a domestic deal shortly.
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NewsIrvine, Fox join Angel of Death
War Horse star Jeremy Irvine and Phoebe Fox have signed on to star in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.
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NewsHat-trick for Swiss documentaries
Swiss documentaries are currently riding on a wave of success, having picked up main prizes at festivals in Switzerland and Austria at the weekend in addition to the Golden Lola for Markus Imhoof’s More Than Honey.
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NewsChancellor launches UK tax credits
Chancellor George Osborne was today [29] tub-thumping on behalf of the UK’s creative industries and calling for film and TV producers to help revive the UK economy.
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NewsLaurie May departs eOne
Former Alliance Films evp and Maple co-president departs to pursue other opportunities.
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NewsIron Picker to open Sarajevo
Danis Tanovic’s An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker is to open the Sarajevo Film Festival.
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NewsWise Buddah appoints James Doyle
London-based studio is also upgrading a second sound suite to 5.1 after seeing an increase in high-end TV audio post-production work.
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NewsIM3 scores $198.4m int’l record launch
UPDATED APR 29: One Marvel Studios film has replaced another as the international opening weekend record holder after Disney confirmed on Monday [29] that Iron Man 3 had usurped the previous $185.1m mark set by The Avengers and took $3m more than Sunday estimates.
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NewsSan Sebastian adds extreme sports
Savage Cinema strand will be introduced at the 61st San Sebastian Festival in September.
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Far Moor Opens LA Office
Far Moor Media announced on Monday [29] that it has hired producer and UK industry representative Louisa Spring to open the company’s offices in Los Angeles in light of demand for access to the new UK TV tax credit for high-end television.
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NewsPremiere takes Scenic Route
Premiere Entertainment has acquired all international rights excluding North America to the Josh Duhamel thriller Scenic Route and has added it to the Cannes sales slate.