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NewsHuayi Brothers boards EMP’s Stool Pigeon
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Media Corporation has boarded Dante Lam’s The Stool Pigeon, produced by Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP), as an equity partner.
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NewsChristmas Carol not so merry on $31m as Precious stuns in limited release
Lionsgate’s extraordinary limited launch for the inner city drama Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire eclipsed the muted number one debut of Disney’s A Christmas Carol.
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NewsThe Little Film Company picks up Aussie genre pic
US sales company The Little Film Company has picked up sales rights to The Clinic, a low-budget privately-financed debut thriller from Australian director James Rabbitts.
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NewsBeaver, Red sell out for Summit International
Summit International has virtually sold out on two of its marquee titles here, Jodie Foster’s drama The Beaver starring Mel Gibson and the DC Comics adaptation Red.
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NewsBondarchuk lines up Winter Queen, Stalingrad epic
Fedor Bondarchuk, director of Russian blockbuster Inhabited Island, is making his English language debut on Seven Arts Pictures’ Winter Queen and will follow that with a $30m epic about the battle of Stalingrad which will likely be shot in both Russian and English versions.
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NewsCooper to play The Devil’s Double for Tamahori
Dominic Cooper will star and Ludivine Sagnier is in talks to join him in Corsan’s thriller The Devil’s Double based on the true story of Uday Hussein’s body double that is set to begin shooting in January in Malta.
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NewsWild Bunch takes Edge, Victoria from GK for Germany
Wild Bunch Germany, the new German distribution arm of the French film group, has signed a two-picture deal with Graham King’s GK Films, taking rights in Germany to Martin Campbell’s Edge Of Darkness starring Mel Gibson and Jean-Marc Vallee’s The Young Victoria with Emily Blunt.
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NewsBavaria busy on Krabat, Liebe Mauer
Bavaria Film International has been racking up sales on its AFM slate. The company’s Thorsten Ritter reports that Australia’s Accent Film has picked up Marco Kreuzpaintner’s Krabat and Maren Ade’s Everyone Else.
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NewsBuyers jive with Protagonist's Streetdance
UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures is enjoying a bumper crop of sales for its teen dance movie Streetdance 3D backed by Vertigo, BBC Films and the UK Film Council.
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NewsCoach 14 to sell Castro’s Daughter from Moresco
Coach 14 has picked up foreign sales rights to Bobby Moresco’s Castro’s Daughter. The film is the true story of Alina Fernandez, who was the product of a love affair between Fidel Castro and Cuban socialite Naty Revuelta.
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NewsThis Is It stays ahead of the pack overseas as $29m raises tally to $128.6m
This Is It continued to dominate the overseas market as a further $29m from 8,800 screens in 110 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) raised the running total to $128.6m after two weekends.
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NewsIFC acquires all US feature rights to Olivier Assayas' Carlos
IFC Films has picked up all US feature rights to Olivier Assayas’ Carlos, a mini-series about the terrorist Carlos The Jackal that will air on the Sundance Channel in spring 2010.
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NewsLakeshore hires Brazil's Heitor Dhalia for spy tale April 23
Lakeshore Entertainment has signed Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia to direct the spy thriller April 23.
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NewsGenius, Alliance take North American rights to Tell-Tale
In separate deals, Genius Products and Alliance Films have acquired US and Canadian rights to the thriller Tell-Tale starring Josh Lucas and produced by Ridley and Tony Scott.
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NewsIM Global sells out on alien sci-fi thriller Area 51
IM Global is close to selling out the alien thriller Area 51, Oren Peli’s follow-up to the micro-budget smash Paranormal Activity that stands on the cusp of $100m in North America.
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NewsCinema Epoch takes US rights to L'Amour Cache
Cinema Epoch has acquired US rights to the Italian production L’Amour Cache (Hidden Love) starring Isabelle Huppert, Greta Scacchi and Melanie Laurent.
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NewsChain Letter finds home at New Films International
New Films International has acquired worldwide rights to Deon Taylor’s horror film Chain Letter starring Nikki Reed and Brad Dourif.
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NewsOptimism creeps back into AFM as market enters home stretch
After a brutal 12 months in the independent film business, a mood of cautious optimism is infusing business as AFM 2009 enters the home stretch.
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NewsIn The Loop sweeps the board at Scottish Baftas
Armando Iannucci’s political satire In The Loop was the big winner at the Scottish Baftas last night (November 8) picking up awards for best director, best writing and best actor.
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NewsORPS and Yatzy win top children’s films prizes at the Nordic Film Days
Atle Knudsen’s ORPS - The Movie and Katja Eyde Jacobsen’s Yatzy won top prizes at the 51st Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, which wrapped up on November 8.