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NewsThe Exchange boards Seacole for EFM
Octavia Spencer is attached to star and will reunite with The Help producer Brunson Green on the biopic, which The Exchange will introduce to buyers next week.
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NewsThe Overnight, Knock Knock shine in Park City
SUNDANCE: The Orchard has taken North American rights to The Overnight as reports emerged that Lionsgate was closing on Chilewood psychosexual thriller Knock Knock.
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NewsArchstone picks up Slamdance pic Body
EXCLUSIVE: Brady Bowen said on Monday (January 26) the company had acquired international sales rights and will kick off business at the EFM next week.
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NewsSearchlight, Indian Paintbrush take world on Earl
An unusually busy first weekend of on-site deal-making in Park City continued into the week as Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush partnered on world rights to Me And Earl And The Dying Girl and The Orchard acquired The Overnight.
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NewsSelma team reunite on Hurricane Katrina project
Ava DuVernay and her Selma star David Oyelowo have teamed up with Participant Media to develop a romantic mystery set against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina.
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NewsAmerican Sniper shoots down Taken 3 in UK
Warner Bros’ awards contender posts $3.8m (£2.5m) second weekend to dethrone Taken 3; Universal’s Ex Machina leads openers with $1.7m (£1.1m) debut.
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NewsRivers, Russell, Benhaim win IFFR Short Tigers
UK wins two of three Canon Tiger Awards at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR); Serbia-Germany short submitted to EFAs.
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NewsMemento sells Giannoli’s Marguerite worldwide
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales agent does good business at Unifrance Rendezvous.
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NewsNorfolk producer readies new projects
EXCLUSIVE: Crybaby Pictures plans project with The Bureau, Steel Mill Pictures.
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NewsBusan director refuses request to step down
Busan Metropolitan City has asked Lee Yong-kwan to step down as festival director of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) ahead of its 20th edition.
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NewsJafar Panahi issues statement on film-making ban
EXCLUSIVE: Director issues statement on his reasons for defying filmmaking ban, ahead of Berlinale Taxi premiere.
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NewsRadar Pictures to produce Origins
Ted Field will produce writer-director Cameron Romero’s zombie origins story.
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NewsMarco Mueller takes Beijing role
Former Rome Film Festival director Marco Mueller has been appointed chief consultant to the Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) as the five-year-old festival strives to become a world-class event.
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NewsInception Film Partners boards Wildlike
EXCLUSIVE: The LA-based sales, production and distribution company heads to the EFM in Berlin with international sales rights to the Alaskan adventure film.
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NewsAutomatic heads to EFM with Goddess Of Love
EXCLUSIVE: Automatic Entertainment will introduce Berlin buyers next month to a slate that includes the thriller Goddess Of Love.
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NewsAmerican Sniper hits $200m in US
UPDATED JANUARY 26: Clint Eastwood’s box office phenomenon crossed the $200m threshold in its second wide weekend while Lionsgate’s Mortdecai and Disney’s Strange Magic both flopped.
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NewsFive Armies in $49.3m China debut
UPDATED JANUARY 26: New Line-MGM’s The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies crossed $600m at the international box office as a record three-day non-holiday Chinese debut delivered a confirmed $49.3m.
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NewsIFC Films boards The D Train
SUNDANCE: The distributor has picked up US rights to Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel’s comedy starring Jack Black and James Marsden. At time of writing reports were circulating that SPC had taken the US and territories on The Diary Of A Teenage Girl.
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NewsGirard seeks Euro support for Cunningham
French producer Ilann Girard, boss of Arsam International and exec producer on March of the Penguins, has revealed further details of his new CineMart project Cunningham.
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NewsRotterdam director talks festival future
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is expecting to record 280,000 cinema visits over the festival period, making it one of the biggest public film festivals in Europe.