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Phase 4 Films snaps up Streetdance 1 and 2
President and CEO Berry Meyerowitz has landed US rights to the Vertigo Films franchise, which features stars from UK TV hit Britain’s Got Talent.
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NewsExclusive Media eyes Millennium Entertainment acquisition
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Sinclair (pictured) and Guy East’s ambitious company is said to be in early talks with a view to entering the domestic distribution arena as it emerged that at least another three new domestic distributors plan to launch within the next 12 to 18 months.
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NewsCannes market buoyed by new equity, new titles
There were two deluges in Cannes. The torrent of scripts from new sales companies heightened the sense of anticipation heading into the market, but by the rain-soaked midway point a clearer sense of reality had set in.
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Michael Wrenn joins Arclight Films
Wrenn’s areas of expertise include sales and acquisitions, production, development and distribution. He will be based in the Sydney office.
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NewsTLA Releasing takes worldwide rights on Terracino’s Elliot Loves
Elliot Loves charts the adventures of Dominican-American Elliot Ayende as a nine year-old who is best friend to his single mother and as a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City.
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Little Film Company scores sales rights to The Third Half
Robbie Little has taken international sales rights to Darko Mitrevski’s second world war sports drama about a Jewish coach who inspires a football team to win the National Football League in Nazi-occupied Macedonia in 1942.
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SnagFilms picks up trio from Submarine for VoD, digital
Submarine has licensed a package of three films to SnagFilms for exclusive US VoD and digital distribution.
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eOne, RKO Pictures plan joint US release on A Late Quartet
The partners have earmarked an autumn release for Yaron Zilberman’s debut starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken.
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NewsProtagonist books The Sweeney into eOne for US
EXCLUSIVE: eOne continues to ramp its US distribution slate with the acquisition of Protagonist’s The Sweeney, which the distributor had previously picked up for UK and Canada; deals flow for Nick Love’s crime-drama and Vertigo’s Viking epic Hammer of the Gods.
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NewsThe Master, Devil's Knot ignite sales for Weinstein Company
EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company has reported a huge response to it Cannes slate, selling out most of the world on the likes of Scary Movie 5, The Master and Devil’s Knot.
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NewsVisit Films closes deals on Dinotasia, End Of Love
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has struck a slew of sales on key titles here, led by a deal with Ascot Elite for German-speaking Europe on dinosaur documentary Dinotasia.
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Camelot seals Scavengers deal with Splendid for German-speaking Europe
Camelot Distribution Group president Jess Kelly has announced a slew of sales on the Cannes slate, leading with a sale to Splendid for German-speaking territories and Benelux rights to California Pictures’ sci-fi adventure Scavengers.
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NewsLee Daniels chooses Minka Kelly for Jackie Kennedy, talks The Butler
EXCLUSIVE: Lee Daniels talks to Screen about why he connected with The Butler and discloses that he wants Minka Kelly to play Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Pulse set to unveil bicoastal presence in US
Pulse Films has announced its expansion to the US market with bicoastal offices in New York and Los Angeles.
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James McAvoy in for Joel Edgerton on Myriad's Eleanor Rigby
Shooting is set to commence this summer on The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Him and The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Her to star Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, who has replaced Joel Edgerton on the cast. Myriad Pictures represents sales rights and is in talks with buyers here.
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Submarine, Dakota Group partner on Torpedo Pictures
The label will fund and distribute low-budget genre titles in the $500,000-$1.5m range with a focus on auteur-driven directors.
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Prison guard thriller Screwed goes to Inception for North America
Inception Media Group has acquired North American rights to the thriller Screwed, based on the book by former prison guard Ronnie Thompson.
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Anchor Bay, Red Sea strike deals on Officer Down, Pawn
Anchor Bay has swooped on all English speaking territories for action a pair of action films, Officer Down and Pawn. Red Sea Media is handling international sales on both titles Cannes.
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NewsSPC picks up North American rights to Directors’ Fortnight entry No
Pablo Larraín’s story is based on true events and stars Gael García Bernal as an advertising executive who in 1988 is hired to spearhead the Chilean opposition leader’s campaign after military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls a referendum.
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NewsSofia Coppola's Bling Ring is just the thing for FilmNation
FilmNation has reported a roaring trade here on Sofia Coppola’s Bling Ring, licensing rights to Village Roadshow in Australia, Alliance in Canada and Lucky Red in Italy, among others.