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NewsCooties, Skeleton, Calvary sell
As the industry heads home from Park City, Lionsgate acquired North American rights to Cooties and teamed up with Roadside Attractions for US on The Skeleton Twins while SPWA took international. Fox Searchlight has acquired US and select territories to Calvary.
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NewsMaiden Voyage lines up Mediterranea
Jonas Carpignano will direct the feature version of his Venice 2011 award-winning short A Chjana, one of several films backed by new company Maiden Voyage Pictures.
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NewsASC honour for John Wells
John Wells will collect the American Society Of Cinematographers’ Board Of Governors award in Los Angeles on February 1.
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NewsFortitude Int'l heads to EFM
International sales agent Nadine de Barros, financier-producer Daniel Wagner and veteran producer Robert Ogden Barnum have teamed up to launch the LA-based sales and financing venture.
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NewsWild Bunch moves on Babadook
SUNDANCE: In the most high-profile piece of European business thus far at the festival, eOne and Wild Bunch have struck a deal over Jennifer Kent’s buzzy genre film.
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NewsCAS to honour Edward Zwick
The veteran filmmaker will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award at the 50th Annual CAS Awards on February 22.
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NewsSundance: I Origins, Night sell
SUNDANCE: Amid a flurry of Park City announcements, Fox Searchlight has paid around $3m for world rights to I Origins. Separately, RADiUS-TWC has picked up The Night Comes For Us and A24 has closed its second deal of the festival.
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NewsSlave, Gravity split PGA vote
12 Years A Slave and Gravity advance to the Oscars on March 2 as the frontrunners on paper following the PGA awards ceremony on January 19.
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NewsFocus takes Zach Braff drama
SUNDANCE: The new-look Focus Features led by Peter Schlessel has made its first high-profile acquisition in Park City, reportedly paying around $2.8m for North America, Poland and South Africa on Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here.
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NewsSundance: Green Prince sales
The first two deals have closed on the Day One documentary from producers Simon Chinn of Red Box Films, John Battsek of Passion Pictures and director Nadav Schirman of A-List Films.
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NewsMPI Pictures gets Kink
Christina Voros’ documentary will open theatrically in late summer following the deal, which concluded in Park City.
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NewsRide Along sets MLK record
Universal executives were celebrating as the Ice Cube-Kevin Hart comedy grossed an estimated $41.2m to set a three-day holiday weekend record.
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NewsA24 pays $2m for Laggies
The hip distributor is understood to have shelled out in the region of $2m in the small hours of January 19 for US rights to Lynn Shelton’s coming-of-age story.
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NewsSAG crowns 20th annual winners
The Screen Actors Guild named Matthew McConaughey best actor at its Los Angeles ceremony on January 18 while Cate Blanchett took top actress honours.
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NewsSundance: SPC gets Whiplash
Sony Pictures Classics has paid around $3m for North American, Australian, New Zealand and German rights to Bold Films’ jazz drummer drama. Separately, Pivot and Univision News have acquired Cesar’s Last Fast.
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Paladin picks up Short History
Former war correspondent Michael Maren’s feature directorial debut A Short History Of Decay stars Bryan Greenberg, Linda Lavin, and Harris Yulin.
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NewsSundance: Dinosaur 13 finds home
Lionsgate and CNN Films are believed to have paid in the region of $1m for North American rights following the film’s world premiere in US Documentary competition on Day One (16).
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NewsSanta Barbara honour for Russell
Oscar-nominated David O Russell will collect the Outstanding Director Award at the 29th Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 31.
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NewsSuperman-Batman pushed to 2016
Zack Snyder’s anticipated follow-up to Man Of Steel has moved from its original July 2015 slot and will now face off with an untitled Marvel release.