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CP Productions signs first look deal with Tim Kwok's Convergence
Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters' ambitious Paramount-based CP Productions has signed a first-look deal with Tim Kwok's Convergence Entertainment.The alliance will focus on acquiring remake rights to Asian entertainment properties. Beyond that, CP is keen to expand its reach in the region and is scouting satellite offices in Japan, Hong ...
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Val Kilmer on pole position for Arctic thriller
Val Kilmer has signed to play the lead in the Arctic sci-fi thriller The Thaw, which Voltage Pictures will introduce to buyers here.Telefilm Canada is financing the story of an expedition that uncovers a prehistoric parasite capable of destroying mankind.Martha MacIsaac from last year's hit comedy Superbad will play Kilmer's ...
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Beta cinema sales catch fire
German outfit Beta Cinema has closed a number of eye-catching deals on its Cannes slate. Heart Of Fire, which screened in official selection in Berlin, has gone to the UK (Metrodome) and to the US (Seventh Art).In the wake of its Oscar success earlier this year, Stephan Ruzowitzky's holocaust tale ...
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Ben Stassen announces further sales on 3D title Fly Me To The Moon
Early in the market, it is clear that buyers' appetite for 3D fare shows no sign of waning. Ben Stassen, director/producer of Fly Me To The Moon, has announced further sales on the animated 3D adventure, which is being released in the US later this year by Summit.Stassen has confirmed ...
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Hyde Park launches fund to back Singapore operations
Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment is setting up a $55m-$72m (S$75m-S$100m) fund to back its new Singapore-based operation Hyde Park Asia. The fund will be structured with a combination of debt and equity, with support from Singapore 's Media Development Authority (MDA). Operational from 2008, it will be used ...
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Italian production boosted by $1.5m Turin fund
Production in Italy will be given a major boost by the launch in Cannes today of a $1.5m (1 million Euro) film fund aimed at first and second features. TorinoFilmLab, as the new venture is called, will invest in training, development and funding of feature films.Linked to the Torino Film ...
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High Point takes on Shadows In The Sun with Jean Simmons
London-based High Point Films has taken on world rights for David Rocksavage's Shadows In The Sun. Jean Simmons stars with James Wilby and Jamie Dornan.Nick O'Hagan (Daylight Robbery) produced for Giant Films.The film is set in England's Norfolk coast during a hazy summer in the late 1960s. A man visiting ...
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Wide Pictures takes Spanish rights for Two Lovers
New Spanish indie outfit Wide Pictures has taken rights for Spain to James Gray's competition title Two Lovers, but will pass responsibility for distributing the film in Spain to Filmax. The film is being sold by Wild Bunch.Filmax announced yesterday that it has signed a deal with Wide Pictures to ...
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Sony picks up Malice In Wonderland for the UK
Spain's 6Sales has secured leading territories for Simon Fellows' Malice In Wonderland, which is set to go into production with Danny Dyer (Severance) and Mischa Barton in the lead roles.Marina Fuentes of 6Sales has sold the film to Sony UK for the United Kingdom, Quality for all of Latin America, ...
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Wonderful Town kicks off Bangkok Director's Screen project
The local film community in Bangkok is launching a Director's Screen project as part of an initiative to promote independent cinema. Aditya Assarat's multiple award-winning Wonderful Town will kick-start the series when it opens on May 15, and will be followed by Pimpaka Towira's documentary Truth Be Told ...
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Showbox Mediaplex takes cut of $1.5m Jang Hun action film
Korean sales company Showbox Mediaplex has picked up action film Rough Cut (working title) to be directed by latest Kim Ki-duk protege Jang Hun.Co-produced by Kim Ki-duk Film and Sponge Entertainment, the $1.5m film starts shooting this month. Release is set for late 2008.Assistant director on two of Kim's films, ...
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Screen at Cannes: News, reviews and analysis
Click to see moreFinal weekend: top storiesLaurent Cantet's The Class takes Palme D'Or Dvortesevoi's Tuplan triumphs in Un Certain Regard Number of countries represented at Cannes market tops 100Aida Begic's Snow takes Critics Week Grand PrizeLanners' Eldorado takes Europa Cinemas Label in Cannes Elad Keidan's Anthem wins Cinefondation top awardFandango ...
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Click on film title to see review Competition Screen scores x = bad * = poor ** = average *** = good **** = excellent Adoration ** Blindness ** Che ***A Christmas Tale ****The Class **** Delta ****The Exchange *** Frontier Of Dawn (La Frontiere De L'Aube ** Gomorrah (Gomorra) ...
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TF1 picks up worldwide rights to Rosem's Wang Chao project Starting Over
TF1 International has picked up worldwide rights to drama Starting Over from Chinese director Wang Chao, whose last film Luxury Car won the top prize in Un Certain Regard in 2006. Sylvain Bursztejn's Paris-based Rosem Films, which co-produced Luxury Car, is again working with Wang on his new project. ...
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Labadie's Le Pacte signs deal with UK's Corniche Pictures
Jean Labadie's sales, distribution and production outfit Le Pacte has created a partnership with Hani Farsi's Corniche Pictures which will see the latter make an equity investment in the new French company. The London-based Corniche is a member of the Corniche Group and is currently co-producing the next film from ...
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New Stephane Brize film joins official selections on Rezo slate
Rezo Films is handling international sales on three official selection titles at Cannes while also Stephane Brize's latest effort, among others. Rezo has acquired Acne by director Frederico Velroj which is running in Directors' Fortnight. The film is a Spanish drama about a young man in search ...
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Gilles Marchand finds Black Heaven with Celluloid Dreams
Celluloid Dreams has acquired worldwide rights to Gilles Marchand's Black Heaven . This is the director's second feature following Who Killed Bambi' , a 2003 Cannes official selection which Celluloid also handled. Black Heaven is a coming-of-age story about a teenager seduced by the unlimited ...
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Ewald's Epic to sell Matthew Broderick comedy Finding Amanda
Patrick Ewald's Epic Pictures Group has picked up international sales on the comedy Finding Amanda with Matthew Broderick, Brittany Snow and Steven Coogan.Screenwriter Peter Tolan directed the semi-autobiographical story of a drinking and gambling TV producer who tries to win back his family. Wayne Rice and Richie Heller produced and ...
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Arturi Films in Cannes unveiling footage of Zimbabwe documentary
UK production company Arturi Films is in advanced production on especially timely Zimbabwe documentary Mugabe And The White African.Channel 4’s More 4 True Stories strand has bought the UK broadcast rights via commissioning editor Sandra Whipham.The film follows a white farmer, Mike Campbell, who is taking Robert Mugabe to court ...
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Elephant Eye takes on Frat Girl, Audience Of One
New US producer/distributor/sales company Elephant Eye Films has taken on two new projects, one for production and one for sales.Elephant Eye will produce Frat Girl, which will be written and directed by Nate Meyer, the director/producer of festival favourite Pretty In The Face. Derrick Tseng (Palindromes, Snow Angels) will co-produce.For ...