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NewsFinecut closes more post-AFM deals for titles including Leafie
South Korean sales company Finecut has announced further deals from the AFM led by Leafie, Korea’s highest grossing animation, which sold to Ascot Elite for German-speaking territories and Conquest Filmes for Brazil.
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NewsSanta Monica Loews keen to keep AFM in 2013 and beyond
As uncertainty reigns over the future location of North America’s biggest film market, the managing director of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel said he wants the establishment to host the event after the contract expires late next year.
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NewsAnchor Bay picks up North American rights to Touchback
The distributor initially planned to make the announcement during AFM regarding Don Handfield’s inspirational drama starring Kurt Russell.
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NewseOne, Village Roadshow flock to Myriad's Goon
The ice hockey comedy starring Seann William Scott, Liev Schreiber and Jay Baruchel drew the buyers at AFM.
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NewsStudioCanal, Universum among Rush buyers for Exclusive
A busy AFM saw Exclusive Films International close a slew of deals on the upcoming F1 drama that Ron Howard will direct starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl. Peter Morgan wrote the screenplay.
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NewsHigh Fliers buys UK rights to Brake, Elevator at AFM
Brake stars Stephen Dorff, Tom Berenger and Chyler Leigh and centres on a government operative kidnapped by terrorists.
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Dublin’s Fantastic Films, MPI Media Group to produce Stitches
Principal photography is set to begin later this year in Ireland on the story of a vengeful children’s clown.
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NewsInstinctive Film launches distributor Interactor Media
The new entity was unveiled at AFM and will focus on digital and home entertainment releases and mount theatrical campaigns for select titles.
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NewsPetition to keep AFM in Santa Monica gathers steam
Tom Ortenberg, Gregory Chambet and Bill Johnson are among those who have added their voice to the movement to keep the market by the beach.
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RCR International to handle sales on Phantom
Todd Robinson’s submarine thriller stars Ed Harris, David Duchovny and William Fichtner and wrapped principal photography on Nov 28.
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NewsElephant Eye closes first sales on Swell Season, Old Cats
Both films sell to Mongrel for Canada.
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NewsGreen Isle adds $20m UK-Australia comedy to maiden slate
The new LA-based production company led by industry veterans Edwin Larson And Scott Vandiver is backing the $20m project A Monster Problem.
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NewsGoldwyn takes Island President, Strand Releasing acquires Unforgivable
A flurry of domestic distribution deals were announced on Monday [Nov 7], led by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Strand Releasing taking US rights to The Island President and Andre Techine’s Unforgivable, respectively.
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NewseOne acquires Canadian rights to Hysteria
Tanya Wexler’s rom-com charts the invention of the vibrator and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones.
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NewsJennifer Lynch talks Chained at AFM
It’s no surprise that Jennifer Lynch is smart and enjoys discussing the darker side of life but she is also disarmingly jolly considering that her credits include Boxing Helena and Surveillance.
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Ariztical Entertainment acquires Movie Star for US
The distributor has earmarked a spring 2012 release for the drama starring Shawn Doyle.
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Love sells at AFM for VMI Worldwide
The sales agent has closed a raft of key sales on its space travel drama Love at AFM.
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NewseOne takes UK on hot AFM seller 12 Years A Slave
The distributor has prevailed in a bidding war to acquire UK rights to Summit International’s sold-out prestige title to be directed by Steve McQueen.