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Weinsteins and IFC make joint buy of Black Sheep
The Weinstein Company (TWC)and IFC Entertainment have jointly acquired all North American rights toJonathan King's horror-comedy Black Sheep on the back of its popular world premiere screening at Toronto.IFC will release through itsFirst Take day-and-date distribution label and TWC will release on DVD throughGenius Products. Philippa Campbell produced the saga ...
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Thai Warrior sells to Japan, Brazil
Following its sale to Magnolia Pictures at the beginning of themarket, hot Thai action title Dynamite Warrior (Tabunfire) has sold to Japan and Brazil. Thailand's Sahamongkol has sold the film to start-up Japanesedistributor Hexagon Pictures, while Imagem has acquired all Brazilian rights.Singapore's Innoform also bought the film as part of ...
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Chang takes lead in Kim Ki-duk's love story Breath
Taiwanese actor Chang Chen will star in Kim Ki-duk's upcoming lovestory Breath, markingthe first time that the acclaimed Korean director has worked with a foreignactor. The project, which is being sold internationally by CineclickAsia, also marks the first time that Chang has worked with a Korean filmmaker. He is best ...
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Fawcett starts hedge fund to cashflow UK credits
Simon Fawcett, the formerfinance director for Pathe, is launching a new hedge fund to support Britishfilms. Aramid Entertainment Fund is the latest company stepping forward to cashflow the new UK tax credit and seeks to raise up to £150m.Aramid Capital Partnerscomprises three financiers: London-based Future Capital Partners, LA-basedScreen Capital International ...
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Myriad takes on romantic comedy Jack and Jill
Myriad Pictures has acquiredworldwide rights to romantic comedy Jack And Jill Vs The World starring Freddie Prinze Jr and Taryn Manning.Myriad is introducing buyersto the story of a bored 30-year-old advertising executive called Jack who fallsfor Jill, a free-spirited girl, following a chance rooftop encounter.However after Jack learnsthat Jill hasn't ...
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The Works takes UK rights for Prairie Home Companion
The Works UKDistribution has acquired all UK rights to Robert Altman's A Prairie HomeCompanion from CapitolFilms.Capitol's head ofsales Eve Schoukroun negotiated the deal with Works UK Distribution managingdirector Mick Southworth and director of marketing Laurence Gornall. Altman's comedystars Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohanand John ...
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Netflix's Red Envelope strikes US deal for I'm Reed Fish
Netflix's Red EnvelopeEntertainment has acquired the U.S. rights for I'm Reed Fish, sold by ContentFilm International.The Squared Foot productionis the first feature from director Zackary Adler. The coming-of-agecomedy/drama set in a small town stars Jay Baruchel, Alexis Bledel, SchuylerFisk, Victor Rasuk and DJ Qualls. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsmanserved as executive producer ...
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Rowlands and Deneuve sign on for Persepolis
Gena Rowlands and CatherineDeneuve have signed on to the voice cast of the English-language adaptation ofIranian author Marjane Satrapi's award-winning autobiographical comic books Persepolis and Persepolis 2.The animated feature iscurrently in production in France and will be released through Sony PicturesClassics in North America. Deneuve will voice the role of ...
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Wide takes on sales for Kavaite's Ecoute Le Temps
Paris-based Wide Managementhas added Alante Kavaite's Ecoute Le Temps to its line up going into the AFM. The Lithuanian film stars EmilieDequenne, Ludmila Mikael and Mathieu Demy and will be premiered at the AFIFest. US remake rights have been sold to Joe Dante with Edouardo Rodriguezattached to direct. Robert Rodriguez ...
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Italian exhibitor pulls Miami Vice in release window row
Italian Multiplex Association ANEM has removed all copies of Miami Vice from Italian theatres in a row over DVD release windows.The action follows complaints raised yesterday by the country's entertainment trade organisation Agis about the gap between the UIP film's theatrical and DVD releases.President of ANEM Carlo Bernaschi told Screendaily.com ...
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London Film Festival honours Arnold's Red Road
The Times BFI London FilmFestival ended its 50th anniversary edition tonight with a screening ofAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Babel.While the festival islargely non-competitive, there were four main awards presented at the closingceremony. The Sutherland Trophy for most original and imaginative first featurewent to Andrea Arnold for Red Road,the Fipresci prize went ...
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London Film Festival honours Arnold's Red Road
The Times BFI London FilmFestival ended its 50th anniversary edition tonight with a screening ofAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Babel.While the festival islargely non-competitive, there were four main awards presented at the closingceremony. The Sutherland Trophy for most original and imaginative first featurewent to Andrea Arnold for Red Road,the Fipresci prize went ...
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AMPAS names shortlist of 16 for animated feature Oscar
The Academy Of MotionPicture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) has announced a list of 16 films which areexpected to compete for the animated feature Oscar this year. Since thecategory allows five nominations if there are 16 eligible films or more, 2006could be the first year since 2002 to have a five-film ...
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UK film Focus sets 2007 dates for June 25-28
The London UK Film Focus hasset its 2007 dates for June 25-28 and will move to its new home at therenovated BFI Southbank. The fourth LUFF will invite150 buyers to screen about 40 British films. The event has yet toannounce further plans for its new Production Finance Market, a CineMart-styleevent ...
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UK film Focus sets 2007 dates for June 25-28
The London UK Film Focus hasset its 2007 dates for June 25-28 and will move to its new home at therenovated BFI Southbank. The fourth LUFF will invite150 buyers to screen about 40 British films. The event has yet toannounce further plans for its new Production Finance Market, a CineMart-styleevent ...
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Becker acquires international rights to Cobain doc
London and Sydney-basedBecker International has acquired foreign rights from Sidetrack Films to AJSchnack's documentary Kurt Cobain About A Son.Becker has been introducingthe picture to buyers here at AFM in tandem with its US premiere at AFI FEST.Dendy Films has taken Australian and New Zealand rights.Produced by Brooklyn-basedproduction and financing outfit ...
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Arclight takes on Bigas Luna comedy Yo Soy La Juani
Arclight Films has bulked upits AFM slate by picking up international rights to Bigas Luna's comedy-drama YoSoy La Juani. Arclight did the deal withManga Films and Luna, whose picture has already made a mark on the Spanish boxoffice and grossed more than $1.7m in two weeks. Yo Soy La Juani ...
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Canet's Tell No One has smash opening in France
Guillaume Canet's Tell No One, which is headlining EuropaCorp's AFM slate, has enjoyed aspectacular opening in France, posting over 205,000 admissions on its openingday. The thriller, starring Francois Cluzet, was unveiled to buyers inSanta Monica at a packed screening on Wednesday night. Several territories arealready pre-sold.Here in Santa Monica, underlining ...
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Turin competition includes Serra's Honor de Cavalleria
The 24th edition of theTurin Film Festival, Italy's'cutting-edge film event, has unveiled itscomplete line-up. Clint Eastwood's Flags of our Fathers will kick off'thefestival, which runs Nov 10-18.This year's competition offirst and second features includes a mix of international titleshailing'from Algeria, Lebanon, Italy, the US, Spain, the Philippines,Japan,'China, Iran and Kazakhstan.Four ...
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Reeve, Parkhouse launches tax credit financing group IFF
UK industry veteran JimReeve, the founder of UK film financier Visionview, has teamed with TomParkhouse to launch a new financing outfit, International Film Finance Ltd(IFF).Just prior to the AFM., IFFannounced it was teaming up with global public sector financier DEPFA Bank PLCto provide upfront cash financing of US and International ...