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NewsSamuel Goldwyn takes US rights to The Whistleblower
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up all US rights to the Rachel Weisz thriller The Whistleblower following its recent world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsFox starts shoot for Colombian thriller Bunker
Fox International Productions has started principal photography on Bunker (working title) in Bogota, Colombia.
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NewsIFTA gets financial boost for US film export, to launch Filmart Pavilion
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has been awarded $248,000 to boost the export of US films, starting with an American Pavilion at Hong Kong Filmart in 2011.
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UK signs new coproduction treaties with Israel, Palestine
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has this week signed two bilateral film coproduction treaties - one with Israel and one with the occupiedPalestinian territories.
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Relativity taps into Bible Code adventure series
Relativity Media is betting Michael Drosnin’s bestselling Bible Code series will make a strong tentpole release and has acquired rights to the books The Bible Code, Bible Code II: The Countdown and Bible Code III: Saving The World.
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Magnet drawn to Thai action film BKO: Bangkok Knockout
Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights from Thai studio Sahamongkol to Panna Rittikrai’s martial arts film BKO: Bangkok Knockout.
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NewsMegan Gallagher joins Roger Gual's Tasting Menu as script consultant
Gallagher, who previously worked at Focus and Lightstorm, joins Roger Gual’s comedy set at the famous El Bulli restaurant
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NewsFocus Features, UTA sell out on Mike Mills' Toronto hit Beginners
Focus Features International (FFI) and UTA have virtually sold out on Mike Mills’ Toronto premiere Beginners starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest kicks off with Joan Rivers
The documentary marks the start of the 17th edition of the festival and its final outing in its current timeslot.
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Jinga takes on 3D thriller Iron Doors
UK sales outfit Jinga is at the AFM launching its first 3D film, Stephen Manuel’s claustrophobic thriller Iron Doors starring Axel Wedekind.
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NewsBankside rocks with David Mackenzie's romcom You Instead
Bankside Films has taken on David Mackenzie’s next feature, You Instead (formerly titled In The Park).
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Sola introduces buyers to Sola Media
Sola Media us using the AFM to rope buyers for Twigson Ties The Knot, its latest kids’ movie.
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Celsius strikes pre-sales for Down and Dirty Pictures
Cast to include Vincent D’onofrio, Andy Serkis.
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NewsExclusive goes Undercover with Miley Cyrus
Exclusive Media Group will produce and fully finance the Miley Cyrus action comedy So Undercover and is introducing to buyers at the market here.
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NewsWe signs record setting deal for Wu Xia
We Distribution has sold Peter Ho-sun Chan’s $20m Wu Xia to Luxuries Resources for both Singapore and Malaysia for a record-breaking seven-digit figure.
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NewsFinecut sells I Saw The Devil to Japan, Germany
Korea’s Finecut has sold Kim Jee-woon’s grisly revenge thriller I Saw The Devil to Japan’s Broadmedia Studios and Splendid Film for German-speaking Europe and Benelux.
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Stephen Sommers to direct supernatural romance Odd Thomas
Fusion Films partners Howard Kaplan and John Baldecchi are reporting an enthusiastic response at AFM to their $47m+ supernatural adventure romance Odd Thomasto be directed by The Mummy’s Stephen Sommers.
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NewsFilmDistrict takes US rights to thriller Drive
FilmDistrict has swooped on US rights to the Ryan Gosling thriller, marking the fledgling company’s second acquisition and the first major domestic deal during AFM.
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NewsFortissimo extends relationship with Jet Tone
Fortissimo Films and Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films have announced that Fortissimo chairman Michael J. Werner has boarded Wong’s The Grandmasters as associate producer.
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NewsFilmNation takes on Glazer's Skin starring Scarlett Johansson
FilmNation has picked up international sales rights to Jonathan Glazer’s sci-fi project Under The Skin starring Scarlett Johansson.