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UK's Contender says hello to Mr Nice from Independent
Increasingly active UK distributor Contender, backed by Entertainment One, has taken UK rights for Mr Nice, sold by UK-based sales company Independent.Another sister company owned by E1, Seville Pictures, has taken Canadian rights. Independent's Luc Roeg is producing the film with Independent also handling worldwide sales.Mr Nice is based on ...
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ContentFilm International lights up with Kid Cannabis
ContentFilm International will handle international sales on Kid Cannabis, written and directed by John Stockwell. ICM will handle North American rights. Stockwell previously directed Into the Blue, Blue Crush and Crazy Beautiful. The film starts shooting July 2 in Vancouver.The film stars Chris Marquette and Aaron Yoo with more cast ...
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Protagonist takes on Bankside library sales
Bankside Films has teamed with new sales outfit Protagonist Pictures to sell Bankside's catalogue titles to TV, video and ancillary markets. Nada Cirjanic, who is in charge of the Film4 library through Protagonist, will also be in charge of the Bankside library.Bankside will continue to acquire projects for first-run theatrical ...
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Diffusion takes UK rights to Bacon's Arena
Diffusion picks up Bacon's Arena for UKWendy MitchellWavelength Pictures has sold Bacon's Arena to Diffusion Pictures for the UK and Ireland. This follows on a French deal with Pretty Pictures. Diffusion's UK release will coincide with the forthcoming Francis Bacon centenary exhibition at London's Tate Britain, which opens Sept 8.This ...
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Fortissimo climbs on board Magic Bus
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights, excluding the US and UK, to Jigsaw Film's upcoming documentary Magic Bus. The film charts the LSD-fueled 1964 bus journey of author Ken Kesey and his cohorts, including Jack Kerouac's notorious sidekick Neal Cassady. Directed by Alex Gibney (Gonzo: The Life And ...
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The UK's Revolver has picked up rights to J.C.V.D. , the latest Jean-Claude Van Damme film being sold by Gaumont. The film has been generating a lot of buzz on the Internet and is a hot seller for the French studio. A mix of reality and fiction, the ...
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Content rides with Hugo Weaving Aussie drama
ContentFilm International has come on for international sales on Glendyn Ivin's The Last Ride. Ivin won the Palme d'Or for his 2003 short Cracker Bag. The drama will star Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, Transformers) and will start shooting this summer in the Australian outback.The story follows an emotional road trip ...
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Halcyon crowns Delpy's Countess for UK
Chris Coen's new UK distribution company Halcyon Pictures has taken UK rights to Julie Delpy's The Countess sold by Celluloid Dreams. The film stars Delpy, William Hurt, Daniel Bruhl and Anamaria Marinca in the story of Countess Bathroy. Halcyon have also bought David Auburn's The Girl In The Park, starring ...
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Elephant Eye takes on Thanks Maa; MTV lands on Planet B-Boy
New York-based production/sales/distribution company Elephant Eye Films has taken on Irfan Kamal's Thanks Maa for international sales. The Quantum Films production is a Hindi-language independent film about a 12-year-old boy on the run from reformatory who finds an abandoned baby in Mumbai.Separately, MTV has confirmed their acquisition of Elephant Eye's ...
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King Of Fighters lands at Inferno
Inferno Entertainment has commenced pre-sales on the $12m English-language video game adaptation King Of Fighters.Gordon Chan (The Medallion) will direct the Matrix-like sci-fi action title and filming is scheduled to start in Taiwan on September 15.Taiwan's Double Edge Entertainment, LA-based Convergence Entertainment, US outfit Axis Entertainment and China's Enlight Pictures ...
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Myriad takes on international sales rights to Take
Myriad Pictures has picked up Charles Oliver's directorial debut Take and is introducing the drama to buyers on the Croisette.Minnie Driver and Jeremy Renner star in the story of two apparent strangers who discover they actually crossed paths years ago with devastating results.Former DreamWorks executive Chet Thomas produced and Tyler ...
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Lightning picks up sales rights to Pierce-Williams thriller Shuttle
Lightning Entertainment has added Pierce-Williams Entertainment's thriller Shuttle to its sales slate here.Mark Williams and Michael Pierce produced the story of two girls who board an airport shuttle bus that turns into a nightmare ride.Tony Curran, Peyton List, Cameron Goodman, James Snyder, Dave Power and Cullen Douglas star. Edward Anderson ...
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Duvall and Spacek Get Low with K5, Zanuck
UK- and Germany-based K5 International has taken on world sales for Get Low, which the sales outfit is also co-financing.The Zanuck Company production will star Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek. Oscar winner Aaron Schneider, who shot films including Titanic and Kiss The Girls, will direct and producers will be Richard ...
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Halcyon crowns Countess for UK
Chris Coen's new UK distribution company Halcyon Pictures has taken UK rights to Julie Delpy's The Countess sold by Celluloid Dreams. The film stars Delpy, William Hurt, Daniel Bruhl and Anamaria Marinca in the story of Countess Bathroy. Halcyon have also bought David Auburn's The Girl In The Park, starring ...
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Cannes sales 2008
Click here to see stories in fullFinal Cannes deals Ealing deals include Dorian Gray to Alliance FilmsSplendid buys include Swing Vote, UnshakableArtificial Eye takes The Class, Il Divo and two other Cannes titlesGerman distributors announce salesCJ Entertainment wraps further Good dealsFocus creams off sales for Milk, Mendes comedy Kinowelt acquisitions ...
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Mazodier and Oursel prepare $9.2m frightener Prey
Two Days In Paris producer Christophe Mazodier and 13 Tzameti producer Olivier Oursel are teaming for an ambitious thriller from first-time director Antoine Blossier. The $9.2m (Euros 6m) project Prey is currently in pre-production. Mazodier describes it to Screen as ' Jaws meets ...
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Fandango Portobello Sales makes sales on Gomorrah
Fandango Portobello Sales has announced deals on Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah ahead of its competition debut. The UK's Optimum has acquired the film while Prokino has taken it for Germany and Austria.The film is also sold in Turkey (AFS), France (Le Pacte), Benelux (ABC Distribution), Switzerland (Filmcoopi) and Canada (Seville). It ...
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Film4 reunites with Miranda July for Satisfaction
Film4 has announced it will reunite with director Miranda July for her new film Satisfaction, which will begin shooting in Los Angeles in the autumn. Film Four and July previously collaborated on Me And You And Everyone We Know, which took 4 prizes at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.Satisfaction, ...
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Elle Driver picks up Japanese title The Sky Crawlers
Nascent French outfit Elle Driver has picked up the mandate to hot Japanese title The Sky Crawlers for European sales. Directed by Mamoru Oshii, the animated film is presented by Nippon Television Network and Production I.G. It will have its debut in Japan on August 2 when Warner Bros. releases ...
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Strand asks Bankside: How About You'
UK-based sales company has struck a deal with LA-based Strand Releasing for all US rights to Anthony Byrne's comedy How About You. Strand plans a September launch.Hayley Atwell stars alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Imelda Staunton, Brenda Fricker, and Joss Ackland. The story is about a young woman who has to run ...