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Lionsgate closes worldwide sales on Toronto premiere Fido
Lionsgate has closed worldwide sales on Andrew Currie's comedyhorror Fido, whichstars Billy Connolly as a pet zombie and gets its world premiere here as theopening night of the Canada First! Programme. Carrie-Anne Moss and Tim BlakeNelson also star.Rights have gone to Japan (Toshiba), France (Metropolitan), Italy(Rai), Mexico and Central America ...
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CMG goes wide with Treatment
EdwardNoeltner's Los Angeles-based Cinema Management Group has concludedmulti-territory sales on comedy The Treatment, starring Famke Janssen and IanHolm.Rightshave sold to Russia (JRC Group), Greece (Village Roadshow), Poland (MonolithFilms), the Czech and Slovak Republics (Bonton Films), the former Yugoslavia(Blitz Film), Hungary and Israel (Forum), Bulgaria (Alexandra Film), andRomania (Television Inc). AndreBoisser ...
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Japan wakes up to Sleep
Fortissimo Films has logged its first major deal on the New Crowned Hope project I Don't Want To Sleep Alone. Playing in Toronto, the Tsai Ming-liang drama competed at Venice and has been picked up for Japan by Prenom H. The deal was concluded at Venice between Shinohara Hiroko and ...
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Strand shines on Lights
US distributor Strand Releasing has acquired Aki Kaurismaki's latest feature Lights In The Dusk, which premiered at Cannes and screens in Toronto as part of the festival's Masters section.Dusk, which premiered in Competition at Cannes in May, is being sold internationally by Michael Weber's The Match Factory.The film, which also ...
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Dead Man's Chest ready to plunder $1bn
Pirates Of The Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest will join an eliteclub when it crosses $1bn at the global box office this weekend and may evenreach the milestone today [8].Disney's blockbuster has amassed $998.5m worldwide and currently ranks as theseventh biggest international release of all time through Buena VistaInternational (BVI) on $584.1m.It ...
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Peace Arch signs 24-title deal with Movie Central in Canada
Peace Arch Entertainment has signed a multi-picture content dealwith Corus Entertainment's Western Canadian pay television service MovieCentral.Over the next three years, Movie Central will pre-license 24 newtitles from Peace Arch, including movies-of-the-week and feature-lengthproductions.In addition to the 24-title roster, Movie Central has pre-licenseda series of six features under the title ...
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NGF comes aboard God Grew Tired Of Us
National GeographicFilms (NGF) has taken a partnership stake in Christopher Quinn and Tommy Walker'sSundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner God Grew Tired Of Us.The company will provide finishing funds ahead of the North American releasethrough Newmarket Films and will integrate its programme resources, audienceoutreach and multiple media platforms ...
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NPA to add new training for directors and scriptwriters
The UK's NewProducers Alliance has launched new training schemes for directing and scriptdevelopment. The group already runs a similar "9 point" training programme for producers. Courses run from September to Juneeach monthly.The first panel for producers will be about"The Role of The Producer" with Gayle Griffiths, Phil Hunt and M. ...
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IFC gets North American rights to Requiem
IFC Entertainment has picked up North American rights toHans-Christian Schmid's exorcism tale Requiem, the true story that inspiredlast year's release The Exorcism Of Emily Rose.IFC will open the picture through its multi-platformlabel First Take on Oct 20 following its North American premiere here in the ContemporaryWorld Cinema section.The film premiered ...
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Ang Lee's Lust, Caution starts shooting in Malaysia
Ang Lee's wartime spythriller Lust, Caution started shooting this week in the Malaysian city of Ipoh, well-known for its pre-war architecture. Adapted from a novella bythe late Chinese author Eileen Chang, the Chinese-language picture is about agroup of patriotic students who plot to assassinate an intelligence chief,played by Tony Leung ...
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Bavaria Film International picks up Brazilian Fish Dreams
Bavaria Film Internationalhas taken worldwide rights on Kirill Mikhanovsky's Fish Dreams (Sonhos De Peixe) about the struggles of daily life in a remoteBrazilian village.The Unison Films productionscreened in Critics Week at Cannes and features a mostly untrained cast ofactors with the exception of Phellipe Haagensen from City Of God.Bavaria will ...
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MTV Films Europe on board for Bunny Chow
MTVFilms Europe (MTVFE) has boarded John Barker's South African comedy Bunny Chow as a co-producer, will assistsales outfit Deviant Selling in world sales and will provide a global marketingplatform for the film in the territories it is released in.Thefilm has its world premiere here on Monday in Vanguard and its ...
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Japanese industrial giant buys into Comic Book Movies
Japanese conglomerate Itochu has bought a 10% stake in Hollywood-basedComic Book Movies (CBM).The investment, for an undisclosed sum, gives CBM access to theJapanese market through Itochu's licensing and distribution network, includingits Family Mart chain of convenience stores. Itochu will also promote CBM movies released in Japan and assist withglobal promotion.Itochu ...
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Brit pics Grace, Queen bookend Heartland Film Festival
The US premiere of MichaelApted's slavery abolition drama Amazing Grace starring Ioan Gruffudd, and Stephen Frears' TheQueen starring Helen Mirren bookendthe 2006 Heartland Film Festival.The festival, which is setto run from Oct 19-27 in Indianapolis, will also present the world premiere ofthe CGI animated children's feature Air Buddies.Festival organisers havedoubled ...
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Optimum buys UK rights to GreeneStreet's Tennis Coach
Optimum Releasing has picked up UK rights from GreeneStreet FilmsInternational (GSFI) to the upcoming comedy Gary The Tennis Coach.Seann William Scott stars as ahigh school janitor and former tennis pro who rediscovers his interest in thesport when he coaches a team of misfits to the Nebraska state championships.Danny Leiner will ...
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KOCH Lorber picks up domestic rights to Chabrol's Comedy Of Power
New York-based KOCH Lorber Films has picked up domestic rightsfrom Wild Bunch to Claude Chabrol's thriller A Comedy Of Power (L'Ivresse Du Pouvoir).The distributor plans an initial limited release in New York Cityin January 2007 followed by major market expansion and DVD release later in theyear.A Comedy Of Power stars ...
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CMG picks up international rights to Greenwald's Iraq For Sale
Edward Noeltner's CinemaManagement Group has picked up international rights to Robert Greenwald'sdocumentary Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers.Greenwald's latest volleyexposes the culture of corporate greed that has permeated US reconstructionprogrammes in Iraq and looks at how political and economic forces have impactedthe lives of citizens in the country.Noeltner will commence ...
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Fido
Dir: Andrew Currie. Can. 2006. 91mins.A boy's best friend is his zombie in Fido, areasonably inventive comic film that plays out like a fusion of Shaun Of The Deadand Pleasantville. Andrew Currie'sfeature has enough charm and smart moves to sustain what is essentially aone-joke premise, but its hybrid nature could ...
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Holland Film Meeting selects 21 projects for pitches
The 19thHolland Film Meeting, held Sept 29-Oct 1 during the Netherlands Film Festival,will present 21 feature film projects this year as part of the NetherlandsProduction Platform.The eightDutch and 13 European feature will be pitched to apanel of international producers and financiers. The Dutch films are eligiblefor a prize of $6336 ...
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Pyramide strikes deals for Darratt and Seven Years
French sales outfits appearto have been enjoying brisk business in Venice this year. Paris-based Pyramidehas announced a raft of new deals on its Venice slate.One title that has clearlycaught buyers' imaginations is African auteur MahamatSaleh Haroun's Darratt. Madeunder the umbrella of New Crowned Hope (the Vienna festival celebratingMozart), the film ...