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American World takes on Alan Cumming's Ghost Writer
Los Angeles-based American World Pictures (AWP) has boarded international rights to Alan Cumming's solo directorial debut Ghost Writer (aka Suffering Man's Charity) and will begin sales at AFM. Cumming stars in the comedy-horror film as a predatory music teacher who attempts to take the credit for a book written ...
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Capitol bolsters AFM slate with new films from Redford, Hackford
Capitol Films has announced several high-profile new projects on its slate for next week's American Film Market.Capitol will introduce buyers to Robert Redford's next directorial project, Against All Enemies, which will star Bruce Willis; as well as Taylor Hackford's next film Love Ranch, starring his wife, Oscar winner Helen Mirren ...
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THINKFilm International goes Under The Mountain with Jonathan King
THINKFilm International has come on board for world sales (excluding Australia and New Zealand for Under The Mountain, to be directed by Jonathan King. King's most recent film is the international hit Black Sheep. Fantasy adventure thriller Under The Mountain is based on the novel by popular New Zealand author ...
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THINKFilm on board for Argentina-set thriller The Appeared
THINKFilm International has taken on international sales rights (excluding Spain) to supernatural thriller The Appeared (Aparecidos). THINKFilm will screen the film at next week's American Film Market. Paco Cabezas wrote and directed the Argentina-set supernatural ghost story about a brother and sister who discover an old family diary ...
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ContentFilm takes international rights to documentary Trumbo
ContentFilm International has taken on international rights to documentary Trumbo.Peter Askin directed the project, which premiered in Toronto. The project is about Oscar-winning blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. The film is based on the original play by his son Christopher.The film includes performances of Trumbo's letters from the likes of Joan ...
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Summit reunites with Aronofsky on 1980s-era wrestling drama
Summit International has reunited with Darren Aronofsky and will commence international pre-sales at AFM on the drama The Wrestler starring Nicolas Cage.Aronofsky will direct and is producing alongside Cage and Norm Golightly's Saturn Films and producer Scott Franklin. Jean-Luc De Fanti and Jeff Sagansky's Winchester Capital Partners is financing the ...
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AV Pictures on board for Clubbed starring Colin Salmon
UK-based sales company AV Pictures has taken on international sales for Neil Thompson's Clubbed. The UK feature is now in post-production with delivery scheduled for December 2007. AV will be showing a promo reel to buyers during the AFM. Colin Salmon stars as a nightclub owner in the 1980s. The ...
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Ratatouille looks to continue strong run with UK opening
All eyes will be on the UK this weekend as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) launches its global hit Ratatouille.The release should dominate the charts despite anticipated strong competition from Sony Pictures Releasing International's (SPRI) Resident Evil: Extinction on 320 prints on the same day, Oct 12.Ratatouille has ...
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AFM to feature 106 industry world premieres
Organisers at the upcoming 28th AFM in Santa Monica have announcedthat 522 features will screen at the event, among them 106 industryworld premieres and 364 market premieres.Industry world premieres include: Mad Money starring Katie Holmes,Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah, which Nu Image is selling; SmartPeople with Thomas Hayden Church, Sarah ...