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NewsHanWay's A Long Way Down sells early, Poots on board
Pascal Chaumeil comedy-drama A Long Way Down to UK (Lionsgate), Germany (DCM) and Scandinavia (Svensk); Imogen Poots on board.
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NewsTrustNordisk strikes French deal with Pretty Pictures for Call Girl
EXCLUSIVE: Mikael Marcimain’s polticial thriller stars Pernilla August.
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NewsAlberto Barbera plans key changes for Venice
Among the changes are a market infrastructure and a cut in the number of films in official selection.
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NewsBroken goes to Le Pacte and Why Not Productions
Wild Bunch has sold British Rufus Norris’s Critics’ Week opener Broken to a French consortium of Le Pacte and Why Not Productions.
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NewsSchoenaerts in talks for The Treatment
Fast-rising Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts (the Bullhead star who also appears alongside Marion Cotillard in Cannes competition entry Rust And Bone) is in talks to star in new thriller The Treatment.
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NewsLeth, Mikkelsen go on road trip with DT’s Move On
Asger Leth (Man on a Ledge) will direct a new film project, Move On, backed by Deutsche Telekom (DT) and encouraging audience participation in the filmmaking process.
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NewsHawke in talks for Georgia-UK project Epic
Tbilisi-based Producer on the Move Vladimer Katcharava of 20 Steps Productions will partner with the UK’s Film & Music Entertainment for the first co-production between the UK and Georgia, Epic.
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NewsPathé’s What’s in a Name sells out in Western Europe
Company also reveals Gerard Depardieu to join Léa Seydoux and Vincent Cassel in Christophe Gans’ Beauty and the Beast (Labelle et la bête).
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NewsHanWay does deals on Woody Allen, Polanski, Cousins docs
HanWay Select has closed a slew of deals on its doc slate including a US deal for The Story of Film and multi-territory deals for Allen and Polanski docs.
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NewsKoch Media connects with AV’s The Liability
EXCLUSIVE: Koch Media picks up German rights to thriller The Liability starring Tim Roth
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NewsJinga sells Gandu to US, Spain
Jinga sells rap musical to Artsploitation for North America and Underground Films for Spain.
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eOne takes Australia/New Zealand on Samsara
eOne and Hopscotch have acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to Samsara, the follow up to Baraka.
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NewsBeta reports strong sales on Siberia, Suskind
Beta Cinema reports sales on a number of titles including Lost in Siberia, Suskind, Bliss and In Darkness.
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NewsStealth boards Matt Reeves thriller, Howard Deutch comedy-drama
Stealth Media comes to Cannes with new titles including Beyond Apollo and Wild Oats.
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NewsSoda picks up Comes a Bright Day
EXCLUSIVE: Soda Pictures and Sony Pictures pick up romantic thriller starring Imogen Poots, Timothy Spall, Craig Roberts and Kevin McKidd.
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M-Line’s Doomsday arrives in US, Germany
Korea’s M-Line Distribution has sold its high-concept sci-fi drama Doomsday Book to Well Go USA for North America and Splendid for Benelux and Germany.
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NewsBuyers swoon to Chiesa's Poet
Early in the market, Adriana Chiesa is enjoying brisk sales on Andrea Segre’s Shun Li And The Poet.
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NewsBooming Cannes Market adds Doc Corner
Buyers can screen some 350 documentary titles in the dedicated space.
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NewsKoo, Lau, Cheung join Universe’s Cartel War
Hong Kong’s Universe Films has unveiled the cast for Benny Chan’s upcoming action film The Cartel War, which will star Louis Koo, Lau Ching Wan and Nick Cheung.
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NewsCorsan teams with Haggis on Third Person
Corsan is to produce and finance new project Third Person from writer-director Paul Haggis; Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde in talks.