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NewsTrustNordisk closes deals on Christiansen's ID:A
Trust closes UK, Germany, Korea and more on new crime-thriller from The Roommate director.
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NewsScandinavian crime wave still surging for Svensk
Svensk sells ‘Scandinavian James Bond’ at AFM; Hypnotist goes to StudioCanal in UK.
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NewsMyriad, STV get Seconds Of Pleasure with Figgis, LaBute
Myriad Pictures has brought a Mike Figgis project into the AFM, acquiring worldwide rights excluding the UK to Seconds Of Pleasure based on a screenplay by Neil LaBute. Shooting is set for summer 2012.
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96 Minutes goes to ARC, XLrator for US
ARC Entertainment and XLrator Media have picked up all North American rights to the urban thriller 96 Minutes.
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W2 Media acquires remake rights to Finnish prestige hit Princess
Busy W2 Media has taken English language remake rights to Arto Halonen’s acclaimed Finnish feature Princess, based on the true story of cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen.
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Haywire revealed as Nov 6 AFI FEST secret screening
Steven Soderbergh’s anticipated action thriller stars Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton and screen newcomer and mixed martial arts star Gina Carano.
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NewsTintin adds $41m to surge past $125m internationally
A further $40.8m for the family adventure mostly through Sony pushed it to $125.3m while Constantin’s The Three Musketeers is several swishes of the blade away from $100m through Summit International licensees.
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NewsPuss In Boots repels Heist to stay top in US on $33m
An excellent hold for DreamWorks Animations’ Shrek spin-off was enough to keep the Ben Stiller-Eddie Murphy comedy Tower Heist and the latest Harold & Kumar release at bay.
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NewsLook Both Ways writer/director Sarah Watt dies of cancer
Sarah Watt, best known in international film circles for writing and directing Look Both Ways, died at her Melbourne home on Friday.
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ITN Distribution picks up AFM sales title Weight Of The Heart
ITN Distribution has acquired international sales on $3m Bosnian dramatic thriller The Weight Of The Heart for AFM.
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NewseOne takes UK on hot AFM seller 12 Years A Slave
The distributor has prevailed in a bidding war to acquire UK rights to Summit International’s sold-out prestige title to be directed by Steve McQueen.
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MPI Media Group picks up Bounty Hunters for US
Raven Banner Entertainment licensed rights during AFM to the action title which has been set for a spring 2012 release.
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Helen McCrory to star in Klimkiewicz's Flying Blind
It is the third film to go into production as part of South West Screen’s microbudget scheme iFeatures.
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NewsNorth East Creative Fund makes 13 film investments
Public investment has created a ‘critical mass’ of film activity in North East England, according to Northern Film & Media chief executive Tom Harvey.
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CommentDogs on Film
Only at the annual Fido awards would you see a Bond girl sitting next to a Jack Russell.
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NewsMariela Besuievsky to be honoured with EFA co-production award
The Prix Eurimages will be handed out to the Spanish producer at the European Film Awards on December 3.
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NewsNakamura Group strikes first-look deal with China's Middle Kingdom Studios
Two-year pact signed; first project is Fangs of War.