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Warner Bros takes Spanish rights to How To Lose Friends
Warner Bros has acquired Spanish rights to Robert Weide's How To Lose Friends And Alienate People from Intandem.The comedy, based on Toby Young's book of the same name, stars Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst and Jeff Bridges. MGM has struck a deal for North America and Paramount for the UK. Both ...
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Diffusion guns for Adam Yauch's basketball doc
UK distributor Diffusion Pictures has acquired all UK rights to Adam Yauch's Gunnin' For That #1 Spot.The deal was struck with new sales company Oscilloscope Pictures who are handling the US and international rights. Oscilloscope is releasing the film in the US on June 27 and Diffusion will release in ...
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Metrodome takes UK rights to The Chaser from Fine Cut
UK distributor Metrodome, which earlier this week struck a deal with backer Media Pro, has taken all UK rights to Korean crime thriller The Chaser. The deal was brokered between Metrodome's general manager - home entertainment Tom Stewart and CEO Peter Urie with and EJ Cho Cho of Fine Cut. ...
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Spall and Broadbent join Sheen in The Damned United
Timothy Spall and Jim Broadbent have joined the cast of Tom Hooper's The Damned United, which starts principal photography on Sunday May 25. As reported Michael Sheen takes the lead role as legendary football manager Brian Clough, and Spall will play his right hand man Peter Taylor while Broadbent plays ...
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Metrodome rushes in for Korea's The Chaser
UK distributor Metrodome, which earlier this week struck a deal with backer Media Pro, has taken all UK rights to Korean crime thriller The Chaser. The deal was brokered between Metrodome's general manager - home entertainment Tom Stewart and CEO Peter Urie with and EJ Cho Cho of Fine Cut. ...
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Shoreline takes on sales for Your Name Here
Morris Ruskin's LA sales company Shoreline Entertainment has boarded Your Name Here starring Bill Pullman, Taryn Manning, Traci Lords and M Emmet Walsh.Pullman plays a sci-fi author who has a stroke and wakes up in one of his novels. The film will premiere at CineVegas next month.Shoreline's Ruskin, Brandon Paine ...
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K5 introduces Visitor to Spain, Greece, Middle East
K5 International has confirmed further sales on Tom McCarthy's The Visitor. The film has now gone to Spain (Isaan), Greece (Art Free), and the Middle East (Prime Pictures). Several other deals are imminent in Cannes.The Visitor, his follow-up to The Station Agent, is produced by Groundswell and Participant. It has ...
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Moviehouse strikes El Cantante deals; picks up three new films
Moviehouse has now sold Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony starrer El Cantante to the UK (Revelation), France (Opening), Australia (Force), Spain (Isaan), Scandinavia (NonStop), and Benelux (Three Lines), and is in active negotiations Japan, Italy and Germany.The project was previously handled by Voltage and has been with Moviehouse since AFM.In ...
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Visual Factory seals deals on Mathilde
UK-based sales company Visual Factory has taken on world sales for Nina Mimica's Mathilde, and English-language pan-European co-production starring Jeremy Irons.Buyers lining up include Australia (Vendetta), Benelux (Films de l'Elysee), India (UTV), Hungary (Best Hollywood), and Greece (Videorama). Jeremy Irons plays a British UN officer in Croatia who falls for ...
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London UK Film Focus to screen 40 films
The fifth London UK Film Focus (LUFF), to run June 30-July 3 at the BFI Southbank.More than 40 films to screen include Shadows In The Sun, Abrahams Point, Hush Your Mouth, Love Me Still and Jack Says. The Breakthrough strand returns for a third year to introduce projects from UK ...
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Labadie's Le Pacte picks up Sundance favourite Young@Heart
Jean Labadie's Le Pacte has picked up Stephen Walker's Young@Heart for international sales in a deal concluded ahead of Cannes.The documentary, about the Young@Heart chorus of senior citizens who sing rock songs to rapt audiences, traces the preparation of a new show boasting covers of Hendrix, Coldplay ...
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Pathe strikes UK deal for Steve McQueen's Hunger
Un Certain Regard opener Hunger has, as expected, struck deals with several territories. A North American deal was said to be in advanced negotiations.Icon Entertainment International has signed a UK and Ireland deal with Pathe, which beat out several other interested UK distributors. Sue Bruce Smith of Film4 also helped ...
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Optimum kicks off Dark Castle deal with Whiteout
UK-distributor Optimum Releasing, has struck a multi-picture deal with Joel Silver's Dark Castle (which already has a relationship with Optimum parent Studio Canal).The first title in the deal will be Dominic Sena's action thriller Whiteout. Based on the graphic novel, Kate Beckinsale stars in the story of a US marshall ...
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Katapult dives in for Ocean Flame
Katapult Film Sales has picked up Chinese director Liu Fendou's Un Certain Regard title Ocean Flame, produced by Hong Kong 's Filmko Entertainment. Liu previously gained international acclaim for Green Hat, which won best film and best director at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2004. Based on Wang Shuo's ...
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Juppiter back in business at Cannes
Italian production outfit Juppiter is back in business. Here in Cannes, the production outfit behind several classic Italian movies including key works by Ettore Scola and Tornatore has relaunched with a three film slate.Roberto Bessi, CEO of Juppiter Generale Cinematografica, is aiming to take advantage of new fiscal incentives likely ...
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Focus picks up Amenabar's Agora
Focus Features International (FFI) has picked up international rightsexcluding Spain to Alejandro Amenabar's English-language historicalsaga Agora starring Rachel Weisz.Agora takes place in fourth century Egypt as the legendary femaleastronomer and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria fights to preserve theLibrary of Alexandria's collection from civil unrest caused by the riseof Christianity.Shooting is ...
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Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival launches market
Korea's Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) is launching a projects market specifically for genre films during its upcoming 12th edition (July 18 - 27).Dubbed the Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF), Pifan's market is modeled on Rotterdam's Cinemart and Pusan's PPP and will run July 19 - 23.NAFF will ...
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Entertainment One's RCV bags hot titles for Benelux
Entertainment One, the fast growing Canadian media group, has announced recently bought Benelux distributor RCV Entertainment has closed distribution deals on some of the most anticipated projects on this years market.RCV's managing directors Jan A. Kouwenhoven and Joke Wartenbergh confirmed a selection of the titles they have secured. Among them ...
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Wenders to serve up Tokyo-set thriller
Films Distribution has acquired the next film from Wim Wenders. Based on the book In The Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami, the film, entitled, Miso Soup , was developed by producer Philippe Carcassonne who brought the project to Wenders. Wenders will shoot the $8m film beginning ...
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HanWay sells Wenders' Palermo to UK's Axiom
Axiom Films, has bought all UK rights to Wim Wenders Cannes Competition title Palermo Shooting from HanWay Films.The film has also been pre-sold in France (Ocean), Germany (Senator) and Italy (BIM).The film has its Cannes debut on Saturday and HanWay will host a private buyers screening mid-week.Axiom already acquired a ...