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NewsSusan Sarandon to star in Michael Tully's Ping-Pong Summer
Septien director Michael Tully has landed Susan Sarandon to star in 1980s-set comedy Ping-Pong Summer.
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Dogwoof's Jason Becker doc goes to Canada
Dogwoof Global Sales has sold documentary Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet to KinoSmith for Canada.
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NewsSenator plans German-language adaptation of Sparks' The Rescue
Germany’s Senator Film has acquired the rights to Nicholas Sparks’ novel The Rescue to make as a German language film set and shot in Germany.
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NewsMetrodome picks up thriller St George's Day
Metrodome picks up UK rights to crime-thriller starring Frank Harper, Craig Fairbrass, Vincent Regan and Charles Dance.
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NewsMuyl heads to China for Butterfly remake
French director Philippe Muyl is heading to China for a Mandarin-language feature inspired by his 2002 film The Butterfly (Le Papillon), which was a huge hit with Chinese audiences
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NewsBuska crowned by Kaurismaki
EXCLUSIVE: Rising Swedish actress Malin Buska has been crowned as the lead in Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki’s Kristina of Sweden, stepping into the shoes of Swedish screen legend Greta Garbo, who played the part in US director Ruben Mamoulian’s 1933 Queen Christina.
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NewsMatthias Schoenaerts cops to Wasteland
Rust And Bone actor Matthias Schoenaerts is confirmed to star as a tormented Brussels cop in Wasteland, the new feature from young Flemish director Pieter Van Hees.
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NewsDupieux and Bernard unveil footage from Wrong Cops
Quentin Dupieux and producer Gregory Bernard of Réalitism Films are in Cannes drumming up finance for the director’s third film Wrong Cops starring Marilyn Manson and Marc Burnham.
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Independent Distribution picks up Life Just Is
EXCLUSIVE: writer-director Alex Barrett’s drama Life Just Is stars Screen International Star of Tomorrow Jack Gordon.
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Now, Forager sells for New Europe; company adds Distance
EXCLUSIVE: Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has sold Rotterdam selection Now, Forager: A Film About Love and Fungi
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NewsWaked’s Zad sings with Cheikh Imam doc
Egyptian actor and filmmaker Amr Waked, star of Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, is coproducing Cheikh vs Imam.
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Exclusive Media commences Cannes talks on Still Of Night
Michelle Monaghan will star for Jonathan Mostow in the thriller, which Exclusive Media has added to its sales slate.
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NewsBlanchett, Wasikowska, HanWay board Number 9’s Carol
Cate Blanchett, Mia Wasikowska and HanWay Films have boarded Number 9 Films’ version of Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt.
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NewsCargo takes hold of The Angriest Man In Brooklyn
EXCLUSIVE: Robin Williams, Mila Kunis and Peter Dinklage will star in comedy The Angriest Man In Brooklyn, which Cargo Entertainment sales chief Mark Lindsay is introducing to Cannes buyers.
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Anthony Bourdain adaptation headed for big screen
Maggie Monteith’s LA-based Dignity Film Finance has unveiled a development slate of four films led by Joshua Michael Stern rom-com Closer To Fine.
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Lionsgate, Nordisk Film unveil output deal
The multiyear Scandinavian output deal extends Nordisk’s existing output deal with Summit to encompass the entire Lionsgate slate.
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NewsThe Weinstein Company tucks into Haute Cuisine
Wild Bunch confirms sale of Christian Vincent’s culinary-themed tale to the Weinsteins.
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Myriad adds Alan Ball dark comedy Margie to Cannes slate
Elizabeth Banks will star in Alan Ball’s dark comedy What’s The Matter With Margie? which Myriad Pictures has introduced to buyers here.