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CanWest's Aaronson acquires Simon Magus
Bob Aaaronson, the new acquisition chief for CanWest Films, has made his first purchase for the fledgling US distribution company, picking up North American rights to Ben Hopkins' debut feature Simon Magus.Aaronson, who was previously an acquisitions executive for both New Line/Fine Line and 20th Century Fox before becoming an ...
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Trimark to re-roll Cube
Dir: James Ivory. US. 2000. 135 mins.Prod Co: Merchant-Ivory. Int'l Sales: TF1 International. Prod: Ismail Merchant. Exec prods: Paul Bradley, Richard Hawley. Scr: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from the novel by Henry James. DoP: Tony Pierce Roberts. Prod des: Andrew Sanders. Ed: John David Allen. Mus: Richard Robbins. Main cast: Kate ...
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Artisan, Miramax do some Dirty Dancing
Two of the unlikeliest dance partners - US rivals Artisan Entertainment and Miramax Films - are teaming up to co-produce and co-finance Dirty Dancing 2, the sequel to one of the most successful independent films of all time.The film will be a 50/50 worldwide joint venture and Artisan will handle ...
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CLT-Ufa gangs up with Scorsese, Altman pictures
CLT-Ufa is understood to have acquired French and Eastern European rights to Martin Scorsese's $100m historical opus, Gangs Of New York starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, as well as French and Benelux's rights to Robert Altman's upcoming Doctor T And The Women headling Richard Gere, both from IEG.The ...
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Winchester creates UK releasing arm
Winchester Films, the London-based sales and financing house that has recently forged a host a partnerships with high-profile US producers, is finally breaking into the UK distribution with its own theatrical releasing operation.Winchester has appointed former FilmFour distribution chief Mick Southworth to head the distribution arm, titled Winchester Film Distribution.Along ...
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Eagle swoops on Seven Arts
Recapitalised Italian distributor Eagle Pictures has sealed another package of pictures - with Seven Arts International - to go with the two picture deal with Summit and a three picture deal with Intermedia which it concluded at AFM.Eagle has taken theatrical rights to seven movies from Seven Arts including Rules ...
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Connolly chips in for Spud
Billy Connolly, the UK actor-comedian who rose to fame with an expletive-laden brand of humour, has signed to star as the Archangel Gabriel in Samuelson Productions' tentatively titled comedy Jimmy Spud.Udayan Prasad, whose credits include My Son The Fanatic, is to direct the contemporary UK comedy, on which UK-based The ...
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NonStop starts up at Cannes
Start-up Swedish international sales agent NonStop Sales is launching at Cannes with two new titles - Shit Happens, by Maans Herngren and Hannes Holm, and Norwegian picture S.O.S by Thomas Robsahm.The new online focused outfit will also handle international sales for leading Nordic producers such as Norway's John M. Jacobsen ...
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FFG bags 14 titles for Metrodome alliance
In an innovative use of UK financing structures worth an estimated $149m in tax write-offs, recently-formed London financing house Future Film Group has acquired all UK rights to a 14-strong slate of $15m-$25m projects to be released through its partnership with distributor Metrodome Distribution.Future will oversee a 100% tax write-off ...
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Fusion, Hi-Def partner up for Machinist
John Fremes' Fusion International Sales has partnered with LA-based Hi-Def Alliance Studio Group to produce The Machinist shot entirely in high definition and then transferred to 35mm film for theatrical release. Written by Steven Bratter (Demolition Man) and Phil Perlson, the movie is an action/adventure directed and produced by Bratter ...
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Alliance's Wrenn to fly to New Zealand
Miramax has acquired Lone Scherfig's dogme title Italian For Beginners, one of the hottest titles in the main competition at the Berlin Film Festival since its screening on Friday, for release in the US, Mexico and English-speaking Canada. Miramax is understood to have paid $600,000 for the romantic comedy, beating ...
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Ormond adopts Bluevision Child
Julia Ormond is the latest actor planning to get behind the cameras - she has announced that she will direct a movie of Harold Pinter's script The Dreaming Child to be backed by new US independent Bluevision Media.Based on a story by Karen Blixen, The Dreaming Child is set in ...
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Renaissance on board for Morality Play
The UK's Renaissance Films has boarded medieval murder mystery Morality Play and AM Home adaptation The Safety Of Objects.Paul McGuigan, whose credits include Gangster No. 1 and Acid House, is to direct Morality, with Gangster's Paul Bettany starring as a renegade priest. Mark Mills has adapted the story from Barry ...
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Strom takes Mai's place at Trust
Danish production outfit Zentropa's international sales arm Trust Film Sales is in Cannes with a new head, Annakarin Strom. The 25-year-old Swede was previously with Trust's Nordic competitor Egmont-owned Nordisk Film International Sales for four years, and is taking the seat from Thomas Mai, who is moving to the US ...
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Caton-Jones, De Niro reteam for Franchise
Robert De Niro and director Michael Caton-Jones are reteaming for true life crime epic City By The Sea - one of two new big budget pictures on offer from powerhouse indie supplier Franchise Pictures. Franchise is also backing the next picture written and to be directed by David Mamet - ...
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J&M walks down Cloudstreet
The UK's J&M Entertainment has boarded four titles including Cloudstreet, an adaptation of the Australian best-seller for which Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Anna Paquin and Heath Ledger are in talks to star.Peter Duncan (Children Of The Revolution) is to direct the picture from an Ellen Erwin adaptation of Tim Winton's ...
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Fine Line commits to Zentropa trio
Fine Line Features has confirmed that it will take North American rights to three titles from Denmark's Zentropa Internationale which are being co-financed by German film giant Kinowelt.According to Zentropa co-founder Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Fine Line is expected to tip in 30% of the budget of the three English-language titles: ...
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Irish Screen raves with Human Traffic team
Irish Screen is backing five features from the producers of UK club culture hit Human Traffic - including its sequel Human Traffic 2: Five Go Mad In Goa - marking the first of several local financing sources expected to emerge at Cannes.The Dublin and London-based operation is fully financing Fruit ...
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Mallboy team set to produce Melbourne-set Orange
The team behind Directors' Fortnight film Mallboy is now developing Orange, a love story set amid feuding families in a bustling wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Melbourne, Australia.Vincent Giarrusso is writing, directing, and working with script editor Tony Ayres, and Fiona Eagger is producing. This time around Chris Fitchett ...
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Daybreak signs up Laing for House Guest
John Laing has signed to directThe House Guest, the second film to go into production this year under the Daybreak Pictures production banner, and the second from the New Zealand company to be handled by UK sales outfit 2 Match. The film is being financed by presales, local private investors ...