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NewsTrio sets Taiwan Ablaze
Former Edko Films’ sales chief June Wu has launched a Taiwan-based sales company, Ablaze Image, which has picked up Jay Chou’s kung-fu musical The Rooftop.
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NewsIFT acquires Jerry Lewis' Max Rose
International Film Trust will launch sales on the Croisette on the Jerry Lewis drama Max Rose. ICM Partners represents US rights.
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NewsFortissimo picks up Hartley’s Ned Rifle
Fortissimo Films has picked up global sales rights to Hal Hartley’s upcoming Ned Rifle, set to star Gemma Arterton, Parker Posey and Thomas J Ryan.
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NewsMedia Luna, ARRI ready market debuts
German sales companies Media Luna New Films and ARRI Worldsales have unveiled a raft of new titles being premiered at Cannes’ Marché du Film,
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NewsWild Bunch promotes Carole Baraton
Long-serving Wild Bunch executive takes on additional responsibilities.
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NewsTiberius acquires four for Cannes
German independent distributor acquires Best Night Ever, Gallows Hill, The Visitors and The Wedding Pact.
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NewsIt’s Me flies to Taiwan’s Sky Digi
Japan’s Pictures Dept has closed an early deal at Cannes, selling Satoshi Miki’s It’s Me, It’s Me to Taiwan’s Sky Digi Entertainment.
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NewsWonderphil finds Love Tomorrow
Christopher Payne’s Raindance award-winner [pictured] picked up for international sales, excluding UK and Ireland.
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NewsKaufman to co-direct HanWay’s Anomalisa
EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, and David Thewlis to reprise stage roles in Charlie Kaufman’s animation.
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NewsFrank Oz to direct Winter's Discontent
Billy Crystal is attached to star in Winter’s Discontent as a widower who moves into a reputed active adult community in hopes of reinvigorating his sex life.
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NewsPanorama hires Austin-Little
EXCLUSIVE: The financing, production and sales outfit has brought on Laura Austin-Little as vp of international sales.
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NewsSchwarzenegger in talks for Toxic
The star is in negotiations to join writer-director Steve Pink’s The Toxic Avenger and International Film Trust (IFT) will launch pre-sales in Cannes
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NewsRed Sea adds two for Cannes
Roman Kopelevich has bulked up his sales roster with Sacrilege to be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and comedy-horror Hell Baby.
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NewsHBO Seduced by Toback
HBO has acquired all North American television rights to James Toback’s Seduced And Abandoned, which will play as a special screening on the Croisette. Separately Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment have taken North America on Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes.
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NewsLotus arrives in Cannes
Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel have resurfaced and arrive on the Croisette with Lotus Entertainment, a full-service motion picture financing, production and international sales company.
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NewsVision finds Femme; Double Dutch adds four
Vision Films has picked up worldwide rights to Emmanuel Itier’s documentary Femme and arrives on the Croisette with the film’s executive producer and narrator Sharon Stone to boost sales.
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NewsSamuel L Jackson, Peter Mullan fly with Altitude
Altitude Film Entertainment has announced further details of its production slate, including Samuel L Jackson attached for Big Game and Peter Mullan to star in The Loch.
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NewsCaine, Garner join Fogelman's Imagine
Mister Smith is handling international licensing and distribution for the film and will meet with buyers in Cannes.
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NewsSalt set to Meet the Monsters
EXCLUSIVE: Metrodome’s thriller to be introduced to buyers in Cannes, with The Salt Company handling worldwide sales.
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NewsLionsgate reveals six for Cannes
New films star Tom Hardy [pictured], Ewan McGregor, Daniel Radcliffe, Lily Collins and Sam Clafin.