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Omega Entertainment gets two from Hillenbrands
Omega Entertainment has signed a two-picture deal with Hill & Brand Entertainment to handle international sales for Transylmania and The Black Arrow.Both are projects produced and directed by the Hillenbrand brothers. Transylmania is a completed college comedy/vampire spoof that will open for sales here at the AFM, and it is ...
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Jinga Films sells Everything to Ruscico for Russia/CIS
UK-based sales company Jinga Films continues its AFM deals by selling all rights for Russia and CIS for Richard Hawkins' Everything to Ruscico.Ray Winstone stars in the thriller/drama.Jinga has also closed an eight-film package deal with Viswaas Films for India and Malaysia. Films in that package include Tom Tyrwhitt's youth ...
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Rex Media kicks off sales on Russian Interceptor trilogy
A Matrix-style trilogy is being planned around stories by cult Russian sci-fi writer Vasily Golovachev, led by the first film The Interceptor which is currently in post-production. The $10m film is being sold here by George Lascu's Rex Media. Lascu is also beginning pre-sales on the next two installments. The ...
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Voltage Pictures takes international on Seagal-starrer The Keeper
Voltage Pictures has boarded international rights to action title The Keeper starring Steven Seagal.Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment holds US video and VOD rights to the story about a Los Angeles police officer who flees South of the border after he is nearly killed by his greedy partner.He finds work ...
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HBO takes US TV rights to untitled Obama doc produced by Norton
HBO has acquired US television rights to an untitled documentary about President-Elect Barak Obama from Edward Norton's Class 5 Films.The deal was believed to be in the low seven figures and was negotiated with Endeavor Independent chief Graham Taylor and attorney Andrew Hurwitz, who are handling worldwide rights.Directors Amy Rice ...
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SPRI expecting Quantum leap as Bond launches in 56 territories
Quantum Of Solace will soar past $100m overseas this weekend as Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) unleashes James Bond in a further 56 territories following last weekend's record UK launch.The action saga has amassed more than $51.8m in less than a week and SPRI sources said it had already grossed ...
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SPWAG pacts with Senator US for US home entertainment, TV
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has acquired domestic home entertainment and television distribution rights to Senator US's release slate.Among the initial titles in the multi-picture deal are the thriller Unthinkable that is currently in production and stars Samuel L Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss and Michael Sheen and the supernatural thriller ...
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In Focus: Australia opens for film business (Part 1)
Australian producers just had to sit on the ground at Cannes this year and a queue would form,' recalls leading Melbourne film lawyer Bruce Menzies.He is only half joking. Thanks to the introduction of one of the most generous financial incentives in the world, Australian film-makers now rank among the ...
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Interview: Joe Dante looks into 3D Hole
'There is a different landscape making a studio film from when I got into the business,' Joe Dante says. 'There's a lot more writers involved and a need to satisfy more people and justify costs, which leads to a lot more cooks in the kitchen. The nice thing about independent ...
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Media 8 takes on international sales to A Film With Me In It
Media 8 Entertainment has taken international rights to Ian FitzGibbon's comedy A Film With Me In It, which recently received its North American premiere at Toronto.Dylan Moran and Mark Doherty star in the tale of a man whose girlfriend leaves him before he is beset by a tragedy of absurd ...
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Screen opinion: independent film must fight for audiences
If you are looking for fresh perspective on independent film, try watching Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or-winning The Class with a group of teachers and students. In a classroom, away from the reverence that often accompanies screenings, you get a different sense of how funny, engaging and moving the film is.The ...
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Profile: Bernd Eichinger
German producer Bernd Eichinger is one of the titans of European film production. With credits ranging from Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer to Downfall and Resident Evil, he is responsible for some very big movies. Under his leadership, Constantin Film has become one of the most successful German producers ...
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Japan - A departure for Japan
When local films do exceedingly well in Japan, celebrations follow. That was the case last week when Departures director Yojiro Takita, star Masahiro Motoki and the media gathered before a screening of the award-winning film at distributor Shochiku's flagship cinema in Yurakucho.The modestly budgeted drama has stayed in the top ...
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In focus: The makings of a mega-hit
Even Alan Horn, president/COO of Warner Bros, could not have predicted quite the mega box-office success of The Dark Knight, which is nearing the $1bn threshold. 'We knew the film was good. We didn't know if we're going to have a picture that does $300m or $900 million,' he says. ...
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Strand acquires US rights to Pablo Trapero's Lion's Den
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Pablo Trapero's Brazil-Argentina-South Korea co-production Lion's Den, which played in competition at Cannes and has been selected as Argentina's foreign language Oscar submission.The drama follows a college student who is imprisoned after being convicted for murder and discovers she is pregnant while ...
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French blockbuster Welcome To The Sticks triumphs in Germany, Italy
Defying conventional wisdom that local comedies don't travel, Dany Boon's French mega blockbuster Welcome To The Sticks (Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis) is doing a roaring trade in both Germany and Italy. The comedy - released last weekend in Germany by Prokino under the title Wilkommen Bei Den Scht'is - has ...
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Samuel Goldwyn acquires US rights to American Violet
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to Uncommon Productions' American Violet starring Alfre Woodard and newcomer Nicole Beharie following its world premiere at Telluride.Director and producer Tim Disney and his screenwriter and Uncommon Productions partner Bill Haney are meeting with international buyers at AFM.Samuel Goldwyn plans a March release ...
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Sarah Polley to direct feature documentary The Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley is setting up her feature documentary debut, The Stories We Tell, one of four projects backed under the inaugural Canadian Film Centre-National Film Board of Canada Feature Documentary Program. The program launches in January 2009. The other filmmakers are veteran Canadian documentary filmmaker John Walker, Shelley Saywell, and ...
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Magnolia takes US rights to food industry doc Food Inc
Magnolia Pictures has picked up US rights to Participant Media's and River Road Entertainment's feature documentary Food, Inc. The film world premiered at Toronto and is due to screen at the Berlinale, with a US release scheduled for the first half of 2009. Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment negotiated the ...
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Video: Power To The Pixel - The New Exhibitors
New forms of digital distribution are asking questions about current business models.Most existing companies are wrestling to a greater or lesser extent with the challenges of finding how to move to a digital arena.But, as the Power To The Pixel conference, demonstrates, new players are entering the market with fresh ...