All United States articles – Page 1103
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NewsTodd Haynes to direct Carol
EXCLUSIVE: Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon board Number 9’s drama starring Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska.
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NewsAFI DOCS to honour Errol Morris
The US premiere of AJ Schnack’s Caucus will close AFI DOCS and Errol Morris will be honoured at the festival’s Charles Guggenheim Symposium for his contributions to the documentary genre.
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NewsProvincetown adds 2013 honourees
Matt Dillon will receive the Excellence In Acting Award and Cinematographer Ed Lachman will collect the Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF).
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NewsCinedigm acquires TIFF premiere Visitors
Cinedigm has taken North American rights to Godfrey Reggio’s Visitors, set to receive its world premiere on Sept 8 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsVertical finds The Snow Queen
Vertical Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the Russian 3D animated feature The Snow Queen. Wizart Distribution’s Diana Yurinova handled international sales in Cannes.
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NewsMandela biopic scores major sales
Pathe International and Distant Horizon have done roaring business on an upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic.
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NewsMusic Box takes Oh Boy for US
Beta has closed a US deal with Music Box for German box office hit Oh Boy.
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NewsLionsgate acquires US on Blood Ties
In what the parties claimed to be the biggest US buy of the festival, Lionsgate/Roadside announced on Wednesday [23] they had acquired Cannes Competition entry Blood Ties.
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Primeridian lines up Future
Primeridian Entertainment has hired Roger L Simon to write its second feature project, tentatively titled The Future Is Now.
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NewsSundance Selects gets Blue
Sundance Selects announced out of Cannes it is acquiring rights to Abdellatif Kechiche’s competition entry Blue Is The Warmest Color from Wild Bunch.
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NewsLionsgate breaks its Cannes record
Lionsgate has revealed record sales in Cannes, earning more than $250m on the slate of nine titles including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 and 2, Step Up 5 and The Last Witch Hunter.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC buys Tai Chi
RADiUS-TWC has swooped on its second buy of the festival, taking North American rights to Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut Man Of Tai Chi.
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Hutcherson to star in Ape
The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson will star in the psychological thriller Ape from Atomic Owl Pictures and JetLag Productions.
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NewsNYU Graduate slate comes to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Producer and NYU teacher Robert Nickson has been talking to sales agents on the Croisette about a slate of features from the NYU Graduate Film Program.
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NewsIM Global Walks with Redford
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy directed by Robert Redford [pictured] sells to France, Germany, Australia and Latin America, among others.
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FeaturesPaul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis, The Canyons
It began with a lucky calamity. Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis originally came together to work on Bait, a movie backed by Spanish money that was set up at Lionsgate. When that fell apart, the two creative forces got talking about making something else.
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NewsTWC acquires Passengers
The Weinstein Company, by far the busiest US buyer on the Croisette this year, has snapped up rights to the Keanu Reeves sci-fi romance Passengers.
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NewsHemsworth boards Aurora Rising
Relativity announced on Monday [20] that Liam Hemsworth will star in the upcoming action film Aurora Rising.
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NewsUniversal nabs Van Damme comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Salt sells comedy Welcome to the Jungle to UPIE for US, UK.
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NewsKino Lorber takes A Touch of Sin
Kino Lorber has picked up US rights to Jia Zhangke’s hard-hitting Palme d’Or contender A Touch of Sin, capturing the impact of the economic boom on China.