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NewsHanWay does deals on Woody Allen, Polanski, Cousins docs
HanWay Select has closed a slew of deals on its doc slate including a US deal for The Story of Film and multi-territory deals for Allen and Polanski docs.
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NewsThe Solution boards Joel Edgerton thriller Felony
Joel Edgerton will star in the thriller Felony, which The Solution Entertainment Group is touting to international buyers here. Roadshow Films will distribute in Australia and New Zealand and CAA represents US rights.
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NewsSPC takes North America on Love Is All You Need
Susanne Bier’s follow-up to the Oscar winning In A Better World stars Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm and Paprika Steen. SPC negotiated the deal with CAA on behalf of TrustNordisk.
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NewsCargo to handle sales on Hemingway & Fuentes
Financier-producer Edward Walson of Sunrider Productions, Andy Garcia and Cargo Entertainment CEO-managing partner Marina Grasic announced on Tuesday (15) that financing is place for the project. The Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group arranged the financing and will represent domestic rights.
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NewsARC Entertainment takes US rights to Whole Lotta Sole
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor plans a day-and-date theatrical and VoD release this autumn after striking a low seven-figure deal with WME Global’s Deborah McIntosh and Graham Taylor.
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Music Box Films acquires North American rights to Starlet
Music Box has picked up all North American rights to Sean Baker’s drama Starlet following its premiere at SXSW and will release in the autumn.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films takes US rights to Grassroots
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to Stephen Gyllenhaal’s character-driven comedy Grassroots. Intandem represents international sales here in Cannes.
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SPWA takes multiple territories to Ends Of The Earth
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired from IM Global distribution rights to German-speaking Europe, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Italy, Australia and New Zealand, Latin America and South Africa.
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Media Content Capital takes stake in QED International
Bill Block has sold a portion of the company in an eight-figure deal that will enable him to grow the development, production and financing business and boost the agency side of his sales operation by paying minimum guarantees for more projects.
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Sony Pictures sets Aaron Sorkin to adapt Steve Jobs biography
The studio issued the timely press release late on Tuesday (15) as it emerged on the eve of Cannes that Inferno had picked up international sales rights to the rival project Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher.
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NewseOne promotes Lara Thompson to new filmed entertaiment role
Lara Thompson has been promoted to the newly created role of evp of filmed entertainment at Entertainment One, effective immediately.
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NewsIsabelle Fuhrman, Isabelle Huppert sign up for Wild Bunch's Suspiria
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch’s slate also includes a number of other genre titles plus Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye To Language 3D.
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NewsKnightley in for Johansson on Exclusive's Song
EXCLUSIVE: Keira Knightley has replaced Scarlett Johansson on Can A Song Save Your Life? which Exclusive Media is financing, producing and selling in Cannes.
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FilmDistrict acquires US rights to Intrepid horror Oculus
EXCLUSIVE: Mike Flanagan will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Howard, based on Flanagan’s acclaimed short film of the same name. Focus Features International is handling sales on the rest of the world in Cannes.
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NewsLocomotive takes on sales for For Greater Glory
EXCLUSIVE: Locomotive Entertainment Group is handling all rights outside the US and Mexico to Dean Wright’s For Greater Glory.
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Should've Kissed to open Korean American Film Festival New York
This year’s Korean American Film Festival New York will showcase emerging filmmakers with a mix of narrative features and documentaries with a focus on auteur-driven stories that explore themes like loss and dislocation through journeys of discovery.
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NewsWaterstone Entertainment finds Mantivities for Chris Pine
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from the Star Trek 2 shoot, Chris Pine will jet into Cannes to meet with sales agents on the new comedy.
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NewsAmy Adams in talks for Paquet-Brenner thriller Dark Places
Amy Adams is in negotiations to star in writer-director Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s thriller Dark Places.
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NewsCBS Films takes US rights to Ends Of The Earth
IM Global’s genre title has been swiped off the shelf on the eve of the Cannes market following a buyers screening in Los Angeles last week.
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NewsWeinsteins acquire most of world on The Sapphires from Goalpost Film
Aboriginal actor and theatre director Wayne Blair directed the Australian production, which will screen in official selection on Saturday.