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NewsTWC acquires 'Sunshine Girl'
Weinstein Books and The Weinstein Company have acquired the film and publishing rights ton adapted from the hit YouTube web series of the same name.
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NewsContent’s Speeds moves ahead
Leif Tilden’s Life At These Speeds starring Douglas Booth, Billy Crudup, AnnaSophia Robb and Sam Rockwell will start production in autumn and Content will introduce to Cannes buyers.
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NewsSarsgaard, Millepied join ballet comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Embankment boards ballet comedy also starring Vera Farmiga.
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NewsHanWay Select seals 20,000 deals
EXCLUSIVE: HanWay finalises raft of deals on acclaimed Nick Cave doc.
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NewsIt Follows sells for Visit Films
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kampe’s New York-based Visit Films has closed two key deals on David Robert Mitchell’s second feature ahead of its world premiere in Critics’ Week.
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NewsLiam Neeson joins Bayona fantasy
EXCLUSIVE: The star joins Felicity Jones on J A Bayona’s A Monster Calls, which Patrick Wachsberger and his Lionsgate International team will introduce on the Croisette.
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NewsJoe Berlinger to direct Facing The Wind
Fabrication Films will introduce buyers in Cannes to the documentarian’s true-crime saga to star Vera Farmiga, Evan Rachel Wood and Alessandro Nivola.
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NewsLouisiana FF to screen Venus In Fur
Venus In Fur and God’s Pocket are among the line-up at the 2014 Louisiana International Film Festival and Mentorship Program, set to run from May 8-11.
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NewsBruce LaBruce readies Twincest
On the back of Gerontophilia, Canadian enfant terrible Bruce LaBruce has begun writing his follow-up, Twincest (working title).
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NewsDouble Dutch run with 4 Minute Mile
Double Dutch International will commence sales in Cannes on the drama 4 Minute Mile.
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NewsRon Gell joins Pure Flix
Riding high on the $55m success of God’s Not Dead, Pure Flix Entertainment has hired the industry veteran to head its international division in the run-up to Cannes.
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NewsDistribution: Kino takes Finding Fela
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Alex Gibney’s documentary Finding Fela following its Sundance world premiere in January.
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NewsLeigh Whannell to direct Insidious 3
Focus Features, eOne, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) and Blumhouse Productions announced (7) that the franchise co-creator is back to write and direct the third episode.
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NewsLionsgate, Saban team for Power Rangers
The studio has struck a deal with Haim Saban’s Saban Brands to produce a live-action version of the iconic property.
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NewsLinney joins McKellen on Sherlock film
Laura Linney will reunite with Bill Condon and join Ian McKellen on Sherlock Holmes tale A Slight Trick Of The Mind. FilmNation handles international sales.
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NewsThe Exchange rides Tank
EXCLUSIVE: CEO Brian O’Shea has struck a deal to handle international sales in Cannes on producer Steven Schneider’s horror film, which Open Road will distribute in the US.
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NewseOne takes intl rights to Trumbo
Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston to star as the blacklisted screenwriter; Helen Mirren to play legendary gossip columnist Hedda Hopper.
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NewsTWC, Worldview sign partnership
The parties have ended months of speculation and announced (May 7) a strategic partnership that will see TWC provide at least four distribution slots a year over five years and Worldview offer the Weinsteins film financing support.
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NewsKiefer Sutherland talks ’24’ movie
The star said that a film is on hold and this latest season will “bring a sense of closure to the show”.
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NewsElisabeth Moss boards 'Monsters'
EXCLUSIVE: Mad Men star to lead horror from American Hustle producer Richard Suckle; Embankment to sell.