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NewsAstro Shaw blasts to AFM with Nova
Malaysia’s Astro Shaw is bringing a slate of new productions to AFM, headed by sci-fi road comedy Nova, as it ramps up production with an eye on international markets.
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NewsBuyers enter Hidalgo’s House
Jinga’s Screamfest winner The House at the End of Time has sold to Dark Sky Films for USA and Universum for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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NewsChanning Tatum lined up for Hateful Eight
Screen sources confirm Magic Mike star lined up for Quentin Tarantino’s western.
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NewsBloom boards Elvis & Nixon
Michael Shannon will play Elvis Presley opposite Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon in the latest Bloom international sales title.
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NewsHeretic starts new fest/sales consultancy
EXCLUSIVE: Producers Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis of Athens-based Heretic Productions are teaming with Ioanna Stais to launch Heretic Outreach, a new initiative to help the global reach of innovative films from Southeastern Europe.
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NewsPlaying It Cool goes to Vertical
Vertical Entertainment has acquired US rights to Justin Reardon’s rom-com starring Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Martin Starr and Aubrey Plaza. Voltage Pictures handles international sales at AFM.
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NewsRelativity, Voltage privy to The Secret Scripture
EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Studios has acquired US rights from Ferndale Films and Jim Sheridan to The Secret Scripture, which Voltage Pictures has come on to sell internationally at AFM.
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NewsIM Global touts Free State Of Jones
Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey will star for Gary Ross in the $65m Civil War drama The Free State Of Jones that has got tongues wagging at AFM.
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NewsMyriad gets in ring with Glass Chin
Noah Buschel directed Glass Chin, which premiered at Tribeca and tells of a former boxing champion who falls on hard times and makes a deal with a crooked restaurateur to get back in the game.
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NewsScott Sava finds Chinese partners on Animal Crackers
Scott Christian Sava and Animal Crackers Ltd are partnering with Beijing Wenhua Dongrun Investment Co and China Film Co Ltd on their animated feature Animal Crackers. Odin’s Eye handles international sales at AFM.
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NewsEpic corrals Black Beauty for AFM
Epic Pictures Group is handling international sales at the market on a contemporary adaptation of Black Beauty.
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NewsChris Cooper to play JD Salinger
Chris Cooper will play the reclusive author in Angel Grace Productions’ Coming Through The Rye.
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NewsLotus boards November Criminals
Busy Lotus Entertainment will co-finance and co-produce Sacha Gervasi’s November Criminals starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Catherine Keener and has introduced to AFM buyers.
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NewsTen animated shorts advance in Oscar race
The Academy has selected 10 animated shorts from 58 submissions to advance in the voting process for the 87th Academy Awards.
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NewsBlack And White gets awards run
Relativity is slotting the Kevin Costner drama into awards season with a one-week US qualifying run starting on December 3.
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NewsBreakthrough, Anchor Bay dive into The Drownsman
Anchor Bay has taken all rights in the US, UK and Australia/New Zealand to The Drownsman, which Breakthrough Entertainment is selling at the AFM.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit unveils speakers
Featured keynote speakers include Mark Thompson, Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, Gerhard Zeiler and Robert A. Kotick.
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NewsVoltage brings Standoff to AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures arrives at the AFM with international rights to the thriller Standoff starring Laurence Fishburne and Thomas Jane.