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Mission tempts Santa Monica buyers with The Shunning
Mission Pictures International and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions division Affirm Films are introducing buyers at AFM to Beverly Lewis’ original Hallmark production The Shunning.
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Indomina feeds The Pack into North American pipeline
Indomina Releasing has acquired all North American rights from Films Distribution to French horror project The Pack.
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NewsFocus Features, UTA sell out on Mike Mills' Toronto hit Beginners
Focus Features International (FFI) and UTA have virtually sold out on Mike Mills’ Toronto premiere Beginners starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer.
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Media 8 unveils market trio led by Lethal Strike 3D
Media 8 Entertainment has acquired three new films for AFM – Lethal Strike 3D, The Hunters, and Son OfMorning.
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ReviewsA Quiet Life (Una Vita Tranquilla)
Dir: Claudio Cupellini. Italy/Germany/France. 2010. 103 mins
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FeaturesWeekly international box office 29 - 31 Oct
Universal’s Despicable Me returned to the top of the international chart after being supplanted by Paranormal Activity 2 last week.
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CommentFalling Stars?
Are movie stars losing their power in the film business? At the AFM as well as in the executive offices of the studios, the appetite is for high concepts and visionary film-makers over pricey star vehicles.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest kicks off with Joan Rivers
The documentary marks the start of the 17th edition of the festival and its final outing in its current timeslot.
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FeaturesAnd we're off
The big early-autumn festivals marked the beginning of the long journey to awards glory. Kicking off Screen’s Awards Countdown, Jeremy Kay picks over some of the stand-out titles
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FeaturesIan Power and Macdara Kelleher
Director Ian Power and producer Macdara Kelleher (Fastnet Films) talk to Andreas Wiseman about their feature The Runway, which had its international premiere at the Rome Film Festival last week.
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NewsMegan Gallagher joins Roger Gual's Tasting Menu as script consultant
Gallagher, who previously worked at Focus and Lightstorm, joins Roger Gual’s comedy set at the famous El Bulli restaurant
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FeaturesWorld Exclusive
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East talk to Mike Goodridge about building Exclusive Media Group, now in its third year of operations, into a diversified global operation for the digital age
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NewsRuby/BBC's Sex Education leads Brit List of hot screenplays
The 35 scripts on this year’s list also include Saul Dibb’s adaptation of Suite Francaise and screenplays by Paul Andrew Williams, Jack Thorne and John Hodge.
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NewsWestEnd dance with Jessica Biel's Devil
In another high-profile acquisition, London-based WestEnd Films will handle international rights on The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, which stars Zach Braff, Jessica Biel and Chloe Moretz and boasts a score and music supervision by Justin Timberlake.
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NewsWild Bunch comes on board for Cassavetes' Yellow, with new backing
Private equity partner rescues film from financial woes; shooting to start in December.
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NewsCelluloid dances with Honore's star-studded musical
Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Seigner, Louis Garrel, Milos Forman and Paul Schneider star in Les Bien-Aimés.
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NewseOne takes global rights to thriller The Hunter
Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor and Sam Neill star in Porchlight’s psychological thriller.
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NewsWarner takes UK rights to ContentFilm's Ironclad
Warner Bros. UK has taken all UK rights to the medieval action thriller Ironclad from ContentFilm International.
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UK signs new coproduction treaties with Israel, Palestine
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has this week signed two bilateral film coproduction treaties - one with Israel and one with the occupiedPalestinian territories.
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NewsWorks strikes Japanese deal with Paramount for Countdown To Zero
London-based The Works International has sold Japanese distribution rights for Lucy Walker’s Countdown To Zero to Paramount Pictures.