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NewsStrategic Film Partners picks up Lau’s Kung Fu Cyborg
LA-based international sales and distribution company Strategic Film Partners has acquired North American rights to Jeff Lau’s action sci-fi comedy Kung Fu Cyborg, a film produced by Lau’s China-based Leshi Zhenwei Film Productions.
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NewsWarner Bros takes Latin American rights to Lope
US studio Warner Bros has signed a deal with Conspiracao Filmes to distribute Andrucha Waddington’s $16m action adventure film Lope across Latin America.
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NewsHormann plays along with No Game
Director Sherry Hormann has come aboard The No Game, a teenage love story for Doris Kirch’s Blue Angel Films.
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CommentBattle for hearts and minds
As the international film industry gathers in Cannes this week, the French government is pushing through legislation to stop internet piracy with a bill that appears ill-conceived and could well backfire on the very industries it seeks to protect.
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Entertainment 7 promotes Tara Wood, readies Waco
Emilio Ferrari’s Los Angeles-based production and distribution company Entertainment 7 has promoted Tara Wood to head of international sales heading into Cannes.
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CommentEntertaining the text generation
With technology integral to their lives, teens are growing up expecting everything to be available immediately — and for free. Can the film industry still meet their needs?
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NewsDadi Film moves into sales for Confucius
Beijing-based production outfit Dadi Film has set up an international sales arm to shop its $23m biopic of Chinese philosopher Confucius, starring Chow Yun-fat and Zhou Xun.
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NewsNeoClassics swoons for Gypsy Love shoot with Matalqa
NeoClassics Films’ new NeoClassics Productions division has set an October 11 start date for its debut feature Gypsy Love from Captain Abu Raed director Amin Matalqa.
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NewsJinga takes on sales for Gough's Salvage
UK sales agent Jinga Films has added Lawrence Gough’s Salvage to its Cannes slate.
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NewsIFC Films acquires cult drama Red Riding
IFC Films has acquired US rights from Studio Canal to The Red Riding Trilogy based on David Pearce’s cult noir novels about the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper slayings in the UK during Seventies and Eighties.The trilogy includes Julian Jarrold’s 1974, James Marsh’s 1980 and Anand Tucker’s 1983, three self-contained ...
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FeaturesJapan and India step up at Cannes
The Japanese and Indian presence at Cannes has increased this year as both territories look beyond their huge domestic markets.
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NewsSalt tempts buyers with I Was Bono’s Doppelganger
Salt is tempting buyers with Nick Hamm’s I Was Bono’s Doppelganger starring Charlie Cox, Robert Sheehan, Romola Garai, Bill Nighy and Pete Postlethwaite.
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NewsPeter Webber to direct Wuthering Heights
Peter Webber has signed on to direct the new big screen version of Wuthering Heights.
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NewsLe Pacte takes Refuge with Ozon
After a first collabaration on Berlin competition entry Ricky, Le Pacte will reteam with director Francois Ozon for The Refuge.
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NewsD3 Vue join forces with NX
UK multiplex operator Vue Entertainment is to join forces with financier and producer CinemaNX (NX), to release at least three movies directly into Vue cinemas and other theatres across the UK, from the end of this year.
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NewsPhyllida Lloyd to direct "banker to the poor" biopic
Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd is to make a $20m movie about Nobel prize winner Professor Muhamad Yunus, the so-called “banker to the poor”.
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FeaturesWho’s got the money?
The UK’s private film funds are becoming increasingly important to cash-strapped independent producers. But are investors interested?
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NewsIFC Entertainment picks up US rights for Korea's Death Bell
IFC Entertainment has acquired North American rights to high school horror title Death Bell from South Korea’s Mirovision.