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NewsXavier Gens to direct action thriller The Fallout for ContentFilm
On the eve of the AFM, ContentFilm International has taken worldwide sales rights to action thriller The Fallout to be directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman). The film is due is due to start principal photography in Feb 2010 in Eastern Europe.
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NewsTrent Haaga readies revenge thriller Chop for LA shoot
Deadgirl writer Trent Haaga will make his feature directorial debut on the revenge thriller Chop.
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NewsCinemavault boards Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre for AFM
Cinemavault has acquired international sales rights to Julius Kemp’ English-language horror film Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre.
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NewsSouth Korea's CJ Entertainment boards family animation Dino Mom
South Korea’s CJ Entertainment has come on board as a co-financier and is planning a wide 2010 release in South Korea of the English-language animated feature film Dino Mom being sold by Myriad Pictures.
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NewsContentFilm International gets Heartless in run-up to AFM
ContentFilm International has boarded international rights excluding the UK, Portugal and the Middle East to Philip Ridley’s Heartless following hit screenings at Sitges in Spain and Frightfest in London.
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NewsACI brings Polish Brothers' Stay Cool to AFM
LA-based American Cinema International has added the Polish Brothers’ high school film Stay Cool starring Winona Ryder and Hilary Duff to its AFM roster.
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NewsIndependent boards We Need To Talk About Kevin for AFM
Luc Roeg’s Independent Film Company has picked up international sales on Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin to star Tilda Swinton.
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NewsMedia 8 boards four further sales titles ahead of AFM
LA-based Media 8 Entertainment has bulked up its AFM slate with four additional titles including the road movie The Perfect Age Of Rock ‘N’ Roll starring Kevin Zegers, Jason Ritter and Peter Fonda.
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NewsLightning bulks up AFM slate with Verso
Lightning Entertainment has acquired international sales rights excluding Switzerland to Tarantula Productions’ police thriller Verso.
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NewsCamelot Distribution Group to unveil slate at AFM
Camelot Entertainment Group has officially launched Universal City-based Camelot Distribution Group (CDG) headed by Jamie R Thompson.
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NewsOdd Lot, Bold unite on joint sales venture Affinity International
Bold Films and Odd Lot Entertainment’s international sales arms have merged as Affinity International and will officially launch at AFM next month.
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NewsFFI boards international sales on Redford's The Conspirator
Focus Features International (FFI) has got in league with Robert Redford’s high-calibre historical project The Conspirator, which started production this week in Savannah, Georgia.
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NewsOdd Lot, Lionsgate and Videocine go From Prada To Nada
Odd Lot Entertainment, Lionsgate and Mexican production and distribution company Videocine announced they are in pre-production on the English-language Mexican-US Jane Austen adaptation From Prada To Nada.
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NewsA Single Man, Parnassus among AFI FEST line-up
The US premiere of Tom Ford’s A Single Man starring Oscar contender Colin Firth and Julianne Moore will close the slimmed down 23rd AFI FEST on November 5.
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NewsJere Hausfater steps down as Essential CEO
Jere Hausfater has stepped down as CEO of Essential Entertainment less than three years after he founded the financing, production and sales company with chairman and Palo Alto businessman Jim Kohlberg.
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Piracy, financing and DIY distribution on AFM seminar agenda
The state of the independent business, foreign investment, pitching and DIY distribution are among subjects up for discussion at the AFM seminars.
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NewsLightning strikes sales deal on Mexican Oscar hopeful Backyard
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has picked up all international sales rights excluding Latin America to Carlos Carrera’s Mexican foreign language Oscar submission Backyard (El Traspatio).
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NewsWFE boards rom-com Bitter/Sweet for AFM
Worldwide Film Entertainment (WFE) will handle sales on Thailand-based producer Urs Brunner’ romantic comedy Bitter/Sweet starring Josh Brolin and Kip Pardue.
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NewsSharon Stone, Carice Van Houten get Satisfaction with Media 8
Sharon Stone and Carice Van Houten are attached and Chris Evans is in talks to star in the drama Satisfaction, which Media 8 represents worldwide and will introduce to buyers at AFM.
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NewsAFM to screen 445 films including 73 world premieres
A total of 445 films in 27 languages including 73 world premieres and 311 market premieres will screen during the 30th AFM, set to run in Santa Monica from November 4-11.