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NewsTWC acquires Icelandic TV drama 'Trapped'
Icelandic TV drama Trapped, which has been picked up by the BBC, is set to launch in the US after it was acquired by The Weinstein Company.
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NewsToronto wrap: market off pace after sluggish start
The arrival in Toronto of a hefty cluster of prestige titles with US distribution already in place presaged a sluggish buying scene and so it proved to be over the first five days.
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NewsToronto: 'Cromo' TV series set for film treatment
EXCLUSIVE: Argentinean TV drama Cromo, playing in Toronto’s first TV strand, is being developed into a feature film after Pyramide International acquired the sales rights.
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News'Last Cab To Darwin' hailed for Asia, Americas
EXCLUSIVE: Australian box office hit Last Cab To Darwin has been flagged down by distributors in Asia and Latin America.
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NewsIFC Midnight acquires US rights to 'Baskin'
The distributor has picked up Can Evrenol’s Turkish Midnight Madness favourite in Toronto.
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NewsParis Film, Zed Filmworks, Go Insane Films line up 'Numbskull'
Rob Paris’ LA-based Paris Film, Robert Menzies’ Ottawa-based Zed Filmworks and Canadian real estate developer Alphonse Ghossein’s Go Insane Films will co-finance and produce the drama.
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NewsMomentum Pictures buys TIFF entry 'Forsaken'
The distributor has pounced on its second title in Toronto, taking US rights from Minds Eye Entertainment to Jon Cassar’s Western.
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NewsAG Capital lines up 'Cruise'
Alex Garcia and Laura Walker of AG Capital have cast Emily Ratajkowski and Spencer Boldman in the 1980s-set youth culture drama.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires 'Glassland'
The distributor has acquired North American rights from Kaleidoscope Film Distribution to the Sundance 2015 entry.
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NewsToronto: Bleecker Street acquires 'Eye In The Sky' for US
Drone thriller starring Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul sold by eOne.
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NewsGolden Island Filmworks, Antigua plot $125m equity boost
A group of film industry veterans have teamed up with the government of Antigua on an initial slate of five features designed to boost the Caribbean island’s production ambitions.
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NewsConquistador tempts TIFF buyers with 'Big Stone Gap'
EXCLUSIVE: Pascal Borno’s company has reported a strong response from buyers in Toronto to the film starring Ashley Judd, Whoopi Goldberg and Patrick Wilson.
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NewsTIFF buyers hear call of 'London Town'
EXCLUSIVE: Cargo Entertainment/Radiant Films International are handling international sales here via their new partnership on London Town starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Joe Strummer.
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NewsPersistence key for female film-makers
A Warner Bros. executive has called for more scripts written by women writers to help correct the film industry’s gender imbalance.
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NewsNetflix hires Organic PR exec Emma McCorkell
Managing director of Organic to join US VOD giant.
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NewsNetflix eyes Robert Redford, Jane Fonda match
Netflix is reportedly weighing up whether to back a romance that would reunite Robert Redford and Jane Fonda on screen for the first time since The Electric Horseman in 1979.
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NewsRZA to direct Amasia's 'Breakout'
Amasia Entertainment principals Michael Helfant and Bradley Gallo have signed RZA to direct the upcoming action feature.
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News'The Perfect Guy' edges 'The Visit' in US box office race
The Screen Gems thriller starring Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut claimed the North American box office crown at the weekend thanks to a $26.7m estimated debut from 2,221 theatres.
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NewsSierra/Affinity, Good Films strike pact on 'The Infiltrator'
Political thriller stars Bryan Cranston and Diane Kruger.
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NewsNicolas Chartier: 'Piracy will diminish culture'
The Oscar-winning producer and CEO of Voltage Pictures launched into an impassioned attack on IP theft at an industry discussion in Toronto.