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McFadzean to oversee family films at new Wind Dancer
Matt Williams has announced that his partner David McFadzean will overseedevelopment of family films for Wind Dancer Films.The company recently announced a development fund for comedies andcharacter-driven thrillers with an eye on the international market.In addition to family films, Wind Dancer is developing romantic, actionand teen comedies. McFadzean is currently ...
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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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New Yorker takes on domestic rights to Treatment
Dan Talbot's New YorkerFilms has acquired US rights from Gotham Sales to Oren Rudavsky's romantic comedy The Treatment. New Yorker plans a spring2007 platform release in New York for the winner of the Tribeca Film Festival'sMade In New York Best Narrative Award.Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssenand Ian Holm star in ...
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Fremantle pacts with Verve for Mischief Night
Fremantle Home Entertainmenthas struck a new joint venture with UK distributor Verve Pictures for therelease of Penny Woolcock's Mischief Night. This marks Fremantle's first foray into theatrical distribution.Both parties get all UKrights including free TV, DVD and digital distribution rights and Fremantlesaid the deal was important as multi-platform releasing grows ...
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THINKFilm International sells Young People Fucking
THINKFilm International's penchant for risque material continuesapace as the new York-based company arrives at AFM with the comedy YoungPeople Fucking anddocumentary War Dance(working title).Young People Fucking is currently in pre-production and centres on an eventful nightfor five different couples at various stages of relationship ranging from firstdate to former lovers ...
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HanWay takes on Merchant Ivory library
HanWay Films has beenappointed to represent the worldwide rights to the Merchant Ivory library offilms.HanWay is now selling 21 ofJames Ivory and Ismail Merchant's features including Howards End, Heat AndDust, Maurice, Bombay Talkie, Shakespeare Wallah, The Europeans andThe Mystic Masseur. All titleshave been fully re-mastered by James Ivory and will ...
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Regent takes worldwide rights to Orientation
Regent Releasing has pickedup worldwide rights to the comedy Freshman Orientation starring Sam Huntington, Marla Sokoloff, BryceJohnson, John Goodman and Rachel Dratch. Regent plans a spring 2007release and Regent Worldwide Sales is handling foreign rights at AFM. The Element Films productioncharts the misguided career of a college freshman who invites ...
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First Sino-Finnish kung fu film makes impact in China
Finnish director Antti-Jussi Annila's Jade Warrior -the first Sino-Finnish co-production, and the first Finnish film to be launched in mainland China - took more than 110,000 admissions in eight days, from its 175-print release in 80 cities by Warner China Film HG Corp.Before the premiere, Annila and Chinese lead ...
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Katapult closes AFM deals on Sherrybaby, Hawk
Katapult Film Sales has closed significant deals on its AFM slate, with the Maggie Gyllenhaal drama Sherrybaby going to Metrodome in the UK, Madman in Australia, and Line Tree in South Korea.The Paul Giamatti-starrer The Hawk Is Dying has sold to Zootrope Films in France, Art Free in Greece, and ...
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Katapult closes AFM deals on Sherrybaby, Hawk
Katapult Film Sales has closed significant deals on its AFM slate, with the Maggie Gyllenhaal drama Sherrybaby going to Metrodome in the UK, Madman in Australia, and Line Tree in South Korea.The Paul Giamatti-starrer The Hawk Is Dying has sold to Zootrope Films in France, Art Free in Greece, and ...
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American World Pictures uploads I-See-You.Com
Los Angeles-based distributor American World Pictures has picked up international rights to the satirical comedy I-See-You.Com starring Beau Bridges and Rosanna Arquette.The story follows the exploits of a dysfunctional family whose lives are broadcast over the internet and also stars Hector Elizondo and Shiri Appleby. Eric Steven Stahl wrote the ...
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Huayi Brothers signs on for Blood Brothers
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers has become the first distributor to sign on for Alexi Tan's Blood Brothers, acquiring all rights for mainland China to the $10m period drama which is produced by John Woo and Terence Chang's Lion Rock Productions.Set in 1930s Shanghai, the film follows three young men who are ...
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Cinamour goes From Mexico With Love
Los Angeles-based Cinamour Entertainment arrives at AFM with a fresh slate headed by in-house production From Mexico With Love starring Kuno Becker from Goal! The Dream Begins.Currently shooting in San Antonio, Texas, the story follows a self-destructive illegal alien who crosses into the US to pursue his dream of becoming ...
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Madrid-LA Forum draws Iacono, Pittleman
The first ever Madrid-LA Entertainment Media Forum closed on Tuesday, after two days of 250 intensive meetings between 17 Madrid-based film, TV and music companies and 45 of their US counterparts.Sponsored by PromoMadrid, CEIM (Confederacion Empresarial de Madrid) and FAPAE (the Spanish Audiovisual Producers Association), the gathering was attended by, ...
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Telepool picks up Gilles
Germany's Telepool has acquired German and Austrian rights to Belgian box office hit Gilles from Sola Media. The story, about a 12-year-old boy and his passion for football, scored 230,000 admissions in Belgium. The deal was negotiated by Beatrix Wesle for Sola Media and Marc Gabizon and Silke Wilfinger for ...
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NonStop reps Sandrew library
NonStop Sales is to handle worldwide sales on around 500 films from Scandinavian powerhouse Sandrew Metronome.Under the terms of the exclusive deal, signed on the eve of the AFM, NonStop will sell (outside Scandinavia) many of the best-loved and best-known titles in Scandinavian cinema history.Among them are Ingmar Bergman's Dreams ...
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Tripper travels for Voltage
Nicolas Chartier's Voltage Pictures has closed multiple territories on David Arquette's directorial debut The Tripper.Sales on the horror picture have been concluded in France (La Fabrique Du Film), CIS (Central Partnership), Benelux (Belga), Middle East (Gulf Film), Singapore (Golden Village), and Malaysia (Ram Indo).Jamie King, Thomas Jane, Jason Mewes, Lukas ...
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New $20m equity fund deals with Regent MB
The new US equity fundMotion Picture Fund of America has raised its first $20m and signed a 12-film,three-year deal with financier, producer and distributor Regent MB of BeverlyHills and Munich.MPFA head Pete Maggi andco-manager Gino Dileo struck the deal with Regent co-presidents JeanetteBuerling and Maggie Monteith.The companies willco-finance four films ...
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3DD signs deals with Hidden Treasures and Koch
3DD Entertainment has signedexclusive distribution deals with Hidden Treasures Productions and KochEntertainment.The deal with HiddenTreasures covers worldwide DVD rights (excluding North America) to two-partdocumentary Secrets Of The Occult,about ancient and modern claims of the occult. The deal with Koch is forall rights, excluding North American DVD rights, to the 1980s ...
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Media 8 picks up One Night With The King
Media 8 Entertainment has acquired international rights toGener8Xion Entertainment's Biblical drama One Night With The King.The Los Angeles-based sales agency has scheduled screenings at AFMof Michael O Sajbel's tale, which opened in the top 10 in North America lastmonth and has grossed more than $10m.One Night With The King centres ...