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  • Mr Morgan's Last Love
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    Image takes Mr. Morgan's Last Love

    2013-05-17T14:41:00Z

    Sandra Nettelbeck’s romantic drama [pictured] also sells to Hong Kong and Turkey.

  • Jason Statham
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    Buyers feel Statham’s Heat

    2013-05-17T14:28:00Z

    Sierra/Affinity has licensed its Heat reboot starring Jason Statham to Lionsgate UK and a host of territories.

  • Ironclad_3.jpg
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    Ironclad 2 sells for Content

    2013-05-17T14:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Content Film has done a roaring trade on Ironclad: Battle For Blood, licensing a slew of territories led by XLrator Media for the US rights and Warner Bros for the UK.

  • James Gray
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    RT Features boards Gray sci-fi

    2013-05-17T13:16:00Z

    James Gray, who jets into Cannes for the May 24 premiere of The Immigrant, is lining up a sci-fi thriller with the backing of Brazil’s RT Features. CAA brokered the deal and represents sales.

  • News

    IMG acquires Strategic Film Partners

    2013-05-17T11:43:00Z

    Inception Media Group has acquired Alex Barder’s Strategic Film Partners through its newly formed subsidiary Inception Film Partners.

  • Michael Meyer
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    Michael Meyer joins Good Universe

    2013-05-17T11:19:00Z

    Good Universe has expanded its global sales arm by hiring the veteran business and legal affairs executive as evp of international.

  • News

    Primeridian launches with Solzhenitsyn biopic

    2013-05-17T09:22:00Z

    Primeridian Entertainment has arrived on the scene and hired The Stoning Of Soraya M. director Cyrus Nowrasteh to write and direct a feature about the life of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

  • Cassian Elwes
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    Elwes, Barnum launch e2b

    2013-05-17T09:11:00Z

    Cassian Elwes and Robert Ogden Barnum have launched e2b Capital to offer financing and global distribution services to independent filmmakers.

  • Rio favela
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    HanWay takes Rio Siege

    2013-05-17T08:18:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: HanWay boards RT Features thriller about 2010 favela siege.

  • Tom Ortenberg
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    Ketchup, Open Road strike pact

    2013-05-17T07:35:00Z

    Gareth West, Artur Galstian, and Vahan Yepremeyan’s LA-based Ketchup Entertainment has struck a deal with Open Road Films to handle distribution on its theatrical titles across multiple windows.

  • News

    Epic space-bound with Scout

    2013-05-17T07:16:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The LA-based company has locked in the director and cast of sci-fi adventure The Last Scout ahead of start of production this month in Los Angeles.

  • Liam McIntyre
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    McIntyre to star in Turkey Shoot reboot

    2013-05-17T07:00:00Z

    Liam McIntyre is attached to star in a contemporary reboot of the 1982 grindhouse classic Turkey Shoot. Richard S Guardian and consultancy client Lightning Entertainment launch sales in Cannes.

  • Anthony Hopkins
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    FilmNation buyers find Solace

    2013-05-17T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Glen Basner and the sales team have closed key territories on the Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell thriller Solace financed by Claudia Bluemhuber’s Silver Reel.

  • Matthew McConaughey
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    Dallas Buyers Club sells for Voltage

    2013-05-17T06:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has closed a slew of deals on the upcoming Matthew McConaughey drama Dallas Buyers Club, which Focus Features is preparing for a US awards season launch later this year.

  • Jim Harvey
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    Studio City adds two for Cannes

    2013-05-17T06:00:00Z

    Studio City Pictures president Jim Harvey has bulked up his sales slate with two completed titles.

  • News

    Ketchup acquires Savannah for US

    2013-05-16T23:25:00Z

    Ketchup Entertainment has acquired Savannah starring Jim Caviezel and Chiwetel Ejiofor and will release theatrically on Aug 23 and on DVD and VoD on Sept 24. Fabrication Films represents international rights.

  • Star Trek Into Darkness
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    Legendary buys marketers FIVE33

    2013-05-16T23:20:00Z

    Legendary Entertainment has signed an agreement to buy global marketing company FIVE33.

  • CHARTIER_Nicolas
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    Voltage, Muccino spark to Fathers

    2013-05-16T22:09:00Z

    Gabriele Muccino has come on to direct the 2012 Blacklist screenplay Fathers And Daughters, which Voltage Pictures has introduced to buyers.

  • Uma Thurman
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    Uma Thurman to star in Anita

    2013-05-16T21:58:00Z

    Uma Thurman will play the controversial anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in Anita, which Sex And The City creator Darren Star will produce with Howard Rosenman, Jeffrey Schwarz and Dennis Erdman.

  • Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
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    TWC sets start date for Crouching Tiger sequel

    2013-05-16T20:22:00Z

    The Weinstein Company said on Thursday [16] that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II – The Green Destiny will commence production in March 2014.