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NewsBarnes headlines Bono's Doppelganger for Salt
Finance has closed and pre-production begun on I Was Bono’s Doppelgänger, Nick Hamm’s Irish comedy based on Neil McCormick’s autobiography. The film is being sold at the AFM by London-based Salt.
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NewsAmphibious 3D heats up with Celsius
London-based Celsius has taken international rights on Dutch-Belgian-Indonesian coproduction, Amphibious 3D. A promo of the film, which has just entered post-production, will be screening here at the AFM.
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NewsPattinson, Kidman board Bel Ami for Protagonist
In an intriguing star pairing, Twilight sensation Robert Pattinson is teaming with Nicole Kidman to star in Bel Ami, the film of Guy De Maupassant’s erotically charged story of ambition, power and seduction.
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NewsGerard Butler joins Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus
Scottish star Gerard Butler is to beef up the cast of Ralph Fiennes’ directorial début Coriolanus.
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NewsSteve Martin and Alec Baldwin to co-host 82nd Academy Awards
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
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NewsShowcase boards Experimental Activity, Handsome Harry to AFM
Showcase Entertainment has picked up international sales rights for AFM to Experimental Activity starring Katie Featherstone from the US box office phenomenon Paranormal Activity.
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NewsFinecut sells A Brand New Life to Japan
Seoul-based sales company Finecut has sealed a Japanese deal on Ounie Lecomte’s A Brand New Life, selling the Korean-French co-production to Crest International.
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Japan’s Nikkatsu to unleash Sushi Typhoon
Japanese studio Nikkatsu is launching an extreme gore label, Sushi Typhoon, to produce films from Japan’s leading cult directors including Takashi Miike (Yatterman) and Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police).
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NewsFortissimo gets cutting edge with The Hairdresser
Fortissimo Films has made its first ever German acquisition, picking up worldwide rights outside Germany, Austria and Switzerland to Doris Dorrie’s The Hairdresser.
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NewsCory Monteith joins Myriad Pictures' Breaking The Girl
Cory Monteith from the television show Glee has joined Amanda Crew and Adrianne Palicki on Jamie Babbit’s thriller Breaking The Girl, which Myriad Pictures is pre-selling here.
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NewsReiko Bradley returns from illness to set up Eclipse International
Reiko Bradley has resurfaced following a near fatal stroke three years ago and arrives at AFM with her new LA-based international sales and distribution company Eclipse International.
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NewsMPower commences talks at AFM on Hello, I Love You
Steve McEveety’s LA-based Mpower Pictures will produce the tween romantic comedy Hello, I Love You to be directed by Sunu Gonera.
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NewsMadman takes Australia, NZ on Good Hair ahead of AFM from CMG
Madman Entertainment has acquired Australian and New Zealand rights from Cinema Management Group (CMG) to the Chris Rock documentary Good Hair.
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NewsCinemavault raises fear factor with The Disturbed and Yesterday
Toronto-based Cinemavault will be handling international sales here on two new titles, Conor McMahon’s Irish thriller The Disturbed and Robert Grant’s Canadian zombie film Yesterday.
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NewsDarclight to tempt buyers with Toronto winner The Wild Hunt
Arclight Films genre division Darclight Films will introduce buyers here to Alexandre Franchi’s thriller The Wild Hunt, fresh from its best Canadian first feature film win in Toronto.
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NewsPatrick Dempsey, Paul McGuigan unite on Foresight's heist rom-com
Patrick Dempsey will star in an untitled heist comedy for Paul McGuigan based on a screenplay by The Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.
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NewsHanWay Films lines up A Single Shot with Michael Fassbender
Hot off his star turn in Inglourious Basterds, rising UK star Michael Fassbender has joined Forest Whitaker, William H Macy and Thomas Hayden Church on the thriller A Single Shot.
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NewsB D Fox Independent secures P&A fund for distribution pipeline
B D Fox Independent president and CEO Brian D Fox has secured P&A funding for a slate of films and is looking to acquire three to four completed titles for US theatrical distribution.
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NewsGabriela Tagliavini boards Town Of Widows adaptation
Producer Anthony Moody has hired Gabriela Tagliavini to adapt and direct a film adaptation of Colombian novelist James Canon’s novel TalesFrom The Town Of Widows And Chronicles From The Land Of Men.
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NewsWarner Bros Japan announce Chushingura as first local language production
A big budget adaptation of classic samurai tale Chushingura has been announced as Warner Brothers Japan’s first local language production.