Small MPU – Page 2720
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NewsLakeshore Entertainment finds The Sword
Lakeshore Entertainment has acquired film rights to the four-volume graphic novel series The Sword.
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NewsNorwegian Film Institute boosts co-pro funding
Funding for co-productions increases to $2.9m (NOK 16m) from 2012’s $2m (NOK 11m).
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NewsFilmNation brings The Imitation Game to EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Glen Basner and his sales team will introduce The Imitation Game to buyers at the EFM. Benedict Cumberbatch is attached to star in the drama, which CAA represents for US rights.
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NewsJill Jones among Mister Smith staff additions
David Garrett’s London-based sales outfit Mister Smith has added former Summit and Lionsgate exec Jill Jones as its London and Paris based executive vice president of marketing and publicity.
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NewsExclusive Media, SPWA strike deal over Parkland
President of international Alex Walton announced the company has licensed the JFK drama to Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) for Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greece, Turkey and Latin America.
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NewsCelsius adopts Any Day Now
EXCLUSIVE: UK sales outfit has picked up gay rights drama starring Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt.
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NewsWestEnd rises to Midnight Sun
EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Kruger and Emile Hirsch to star in 1940s drama due to shoot this summer.
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NewsRed Sea Media boards 7th Tear
EXCLUSIVE: Red Sea Media’s will introduce EFM buyers to action-adventure sci-fi The 7th Tear. CAA holds US rights.
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NewsStealth Media boards Ben Hopkins' Epic
EXCLUSIVE: Stealth Media Group has come on board to handle international sales for Ben Hopkins’ Epic, now shooting in Georgia.
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NewsBombay Berlin brings love triangle to EFM
Indo-German sales company Bombay Berlin Film has picked up Blue Throat Entertainment’s maiden project, the love triangle film Ishq Actually, for the EFM.
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NewsFilm Factory ties knot with Three Many Weddings
Spanish sales outfit Film Factory Entertainment has snapped up worldwide rights to Three Many Weddings (Tres Bodas De Mas), the new romantic comedy from Javier Ruiz Caldera (Ghost Graduation).
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NewsSearchlight picks out Birdman
EXCLUSIVE: Fox Searchlight and New Regency are in discussions to co-finance and distribute Alejandro González Iñárritu’s upcoming comedy Birdman.
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NewsMusic+Sound Awards unveil finalists
The 2013 awards will take place at the Troxy in London on Feb 21.
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NewsMaeck back to Burroughs for Smash The Control Machine
Fatih Akin’s former production partner Klaus Maeck is to revisit the New York of the 1980s for the first project of his new Hamburg-based company Interzone Pictures.
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NewsFinecut bolsters slate ahead of EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Pickups include Hong Sang-soo’s Berlinale Competition title Nobody’s Daughter Haewon.
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NewsThe Red Shoes to kick off Doha's UK cinema showcase
A programme of monthly public screenings will take place at the Museum of Islamic Art in celebration of Qatar-UK 2013.
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NewsLionsgate UK falls for Mister Smith's Love, Rosie
EXCLUSIVE: Mister Smith has inked the first deal for upcoming rom-com Love, Rosie, set to star Sam Claflin and Lily Collins.
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NewsRupert Friend, Ben Mendelsohn locked into prison drama
EXCLUSIVE: Actors join David Mackenzie’s prison drama starring Jack O’Connell; shoot begins Feb 11.
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NewsSola Media premieres English version of Nordic hit
Germany’s Sola Media is presenting the English language version of Nils Gaup box-office hit Journey To The Christmas Star in a market at the EFM for the first time.
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NewsKoch takes Red Dawn for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Koch Media inks first saturation release in UK for MGM’s Red Dawn.