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NewsPeter Webber to direct Emperor for Fellers, Krasnoff/Foster
Webber is in pre-production on the story which takes place in the days after the Japanese surrender in world war two.
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NewsFreestyle Releasing launches VoD platform at AFM
Freestyle Digital Media will offer filmmakers a new digital platform and through a cloud-based service will enable DVD distribution across retail rental sites, kiosks, by-mail, subscription streaming, pay-TV and specialty markets like airlines, hotels and cruise ships.
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NewsStealth greenlights The Paddy Lincoln Gang
Four-week LA shoot gets underway this week, film to tour with new Glen Matlock band
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Sierra / Affinity closes dozen territories on Europa
Nick Meyer confirmed at the AFM on Wednesday [2] that there had been heavy buyer action on the sci-fi adventure.
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NewsWild Bunch picks up Geoffrey Fletcher debut Violet & Daisy
Wild Bunch is introducing the film to buyers this week at the AFM.
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NewseOne takes over Vivendi's home entertainment business in Canada
Labels include Navarre, Classic Media, National Geographic boosting doc and genre share.
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NewsForesight Unlimited to sell Nicole Kidman-starrer My Wild Life
Mark Damon’s sales and financing company will kick off talks with international buyers this week on Mandalay Pictures’ $35m My Wild Life starring Nicole Kidman and to be directed by Phillip Noyce.
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NewsMarket gets underway with slew of hot sales prospects
AFM kicks off today [Nov 2] with a number of commercial draws led by heavyweights like Summit’s Louis Leterrier heist project Now You See Me, IM Global’s gangster thriller Dead Man Down with Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace and Lionsgate’s supernatural shocker Flight 7500.
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Weinsteins closing on domestic rights to Song For Marion
Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Stampl, Gemma Arterton and Christopher Eccleston star in the story about a grumpy old man who joins an unconventional choir and in the process learns to embrace life.
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NewsVerhoeven's hit sequel among Beta's half dozen market premieres
Beta’s AFM slate includes Men In The City II, Summer In Orange, Westwind.
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NewsFilmNation adds two more Malick projects to AFM line-up
Lawless will star Ryan Gosling, currently drawing heat for his performances in Drive and The Ides Of March, alongside Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Bale and Blanchett will also star in Knight Of Cups.
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NewsIM Global to fully finance Dead Man Down
The $30m action thriller that reunites the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo director Niels Arden Oplev with Noomi Rapace and will also star Colin Farrell.
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Summit, Media Pro seal Eastern Europe output deal
Summit and Media Pro have signed a three-year output deal on all films produced by Summit covering the territories of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.
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Little Film to begin international sales on A Doll’s House
Cinema Alterna’s present-day Henrik Ibsen adaptation and feature debut stars Ben Kingsley, Julian Sands, Jena Malone and Michele Martin.
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NewsPenthouse North, Flight 7500 join Lionsgate sales slate
Lionsgate has beefed up its roster on the eve of AFM with several titles including thrillers Penthouse North starring Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton and Flight 7500 from The Grudge creator Takashi Shimizu.
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Maya Entertainment adds Ass Backwards to AFM line-up
The company will commence sales this week on the road movie starring Alicia Silverstone, Jon Cryer and Vincent D’Onofrio.
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NewsOctavia Spencer joins Untitled Diablo Cody Project
The star from The Help is the latest cast member on board Mandate Pictures’ comedy, which Lionsgate will introduce to buyers at the AFM this week. Cody (pictured) wrote the screenplay and makes her feature directorial debut.
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Tribeca Film acquires North American rights to Death Of A Superhero
Tribeca plans to release Ian Fitzgibbon’s animation-drama in theatres and on VOD in 2012.
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Indomina Group options two new Cabin Fever projects
The entertainment company will produce and distribute Cabin Fever: Patient Zero and Cabin Fever: Outbreak and will shoot them back-to-back at its facilities in the Dominican Republic in spring 2012.
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Wrekin Hill acquires US rights to Stuck Between Stations
Brady Kiernan’s drama follows a young soldier on leave who strikes up one-night stand with his childhood crush.