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NewsLionsgate breaks its Cannes record
Lionsgate has revealed record sales in Cannes, earning more than $250m on the slate of nine titles including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 and 2, Step Up 5 and The Last Witch Hunter.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC buys Tai Chi
RADiUS-TWC has swooped on its second buy of the festival, taking North American rights to Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut Man Of Tai Chi.
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NewsCoraline producer ties with UK animation firm
Claire Jennings ties with UK animation team Nexus.
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NewsUS attendance up 7% at Marché
Total attendance expected to top 12,000 participants. US attendees rise by 7%.
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NewsHarper, Thorne team for War Book
EXCLUSIVE: Sixteen Films produce London-set thriller from writer Jack Thorne, director Tom Harper [pictured], set to shoot in July.
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NewsIM Global Walks with Redford
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy directed by Robert Redford [pictured] sells to France, Germany, Australia and Latin America, among others.
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NewsVertical finds The Snow Queen
Vertical Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the Russian 3D animated feature The Snow Queen. Wizart Distribution’s Diana Yurinova handled international sales in Cannes.
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NewsMandela biopic scores major sales
Pathe International and Distant Horizon have done roaring business on an upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic.
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NewsMusic Box takes Oh Boy for US
Beta has closed a US deal with Music Box for German box office hit Oh Boy.
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NewsUK's Arrow targets thriller Pioneer
UK distributor Arrow has bought Erik Skjoldbjærg’s 1980s set thriller Pioneer, set at the height of Norwegian “oil boom”, from TrustNordisk.
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NewsWebber to direct The Colour
EXCLUSIVE: Director [pictured] boards adaptation of Rose Tremain’s novel of the same name.
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NewsBuyers take Stranger By The Lake
EXCLUSIVE: Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger By The Lake proves a buzz title at Cannes.
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Primeridian lines up Future
Primeridian Entertainment has hired Roger L Simon to write its second feature project, tentatively titled The Future Is Now.
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Hutcherson to star in Ape
The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson will star in the psychological thriller Ape from Atomic Owl Pictures and JetLag Productions.
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NewsSugar Man exec making God of Driving
EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Monteith’s Dignity Film Finance is pushing ahead with a movie version of Vanity Fair journalist Amy Fine Collins’ [pictured] autobiographical God of Driving.
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NewsMedina joins Number 9’s Golem
EXCLUSIVE: Insensibles director [pictured] boards crime-thriller written by Jane Goldman.
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NewsIFT sells King of the Kastle
EXCLUSIVE: Deals for the comedy, starring Clive Owen [pictured], have closed on the likes of Latin America and Germany.
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NewsMiss Julie producer plans incest drama
EXCLUSIVE: Company has attached newcomer Ine Wilman to star.
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NewsIndependent boards Pussy Riot doc
EXCLUSIVE: London-based company takes UK rights to Maxim Pozdorovkin and Mike Lerner’s documentary [pictured].