All United States articles – Page 1141
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NewsKino Lorber snaps up Computer Chess
The distributor has acquired all US rights to Andrew Bujalski’s comedy following its world premiere at Sundance last month.
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NewsEllen Page to direct Anna Faris
Ellen Page will make her feature directorial debut on Miss Stevens with Anna Faris attached to star in the title role.
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NewsYoung Ones sells for 6 Sales, The Exchange
Tristan Orpen Lynch of Ireland’s Subotica and Michael Auret of Spier Films have commenced production in South Africa on Jake Paltrow’s Young Ones.
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NewsExclusive sells key territories on Quiet Ones
Sales chief Alex Walton has licensed multiple territory rights to the Hammer supernatural thriller to star Jared Harris [pictured] and Sam Claflin.
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NewsFocus reunites with Mike Leigh on Turner biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features International (FFI) will handle worldwide sales on the film about the celebrated English landscape painter J M W Turner to star Timothy Spall and will co-finance with BFI and Film4.
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NewsArclight eyes Lookalike
EXCLUSIVE: Arclight Films has acquired crime romance The Lookalike with a cast including John Corbett, Justin Long, Scottie Thompson, Jerry O’Connell and Gina Gershon.
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NewsStreisand mulls directing gig
Aldamisa International has signed the iconic entertainer to direct a film in what will be her first outing in the role since 1996’s The Mirror Has Two Faces.
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NewsArsenal Pictures, The G-Machine partner on new slate
The Los Angeles-based companies have teamed up with production company Content Aggregator to jointly produce, finance and sell a slate of films kicking off at the EFM.
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NewsVisit Films boards sales on Upstream Color
Shane Carruth’s follow-up to his acclaimed thriller Primer will receive its international premiere in Panorama on Sunday [10] following last month’s Sundance debut.
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NewsTod Williams to direct Cell for Cargo Entertainment
Cargo Entertainment has attached Tod “Kip” Williams to direct John Cusack in the Stephen King adaptation Cell. Mark Lindsay is presenting the project to buyers company handles international pre-sales while Paradigm represents US rights.
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NewsK5 Mans up with Tim Robbins
K5 has boarded international rights to Man Under, the new feature to be directed by and to star Tim Robbins.
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NewseOne picks up Reese Witherspoon refugee drama
eOne strikes multi-territory deal for The Good Lie.
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NewsKristen Stewart slips into The Big Shoe
Jim Sturgess is also attached to Steve Shainberg’s feature, being sold by HanWay at EFM.
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NewsLaika, Focus unveil third partnership on Boxtrolls
Laika has begun production on its third feature The Boxtrolls. Focus Features holds worldwide rights while Universal Pictures International will distribute outside North America and eOne will release in Canada.
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NewsFocus, Random House snap up films rights to Longbourn
Random House Studio and Focus Features have moved on film rights to Longbourn, a revisionist take on Pride And Prejudice that tells Jane Austen’s story from the point of view of the Bennet family estate servants.
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108 Media boards John Leguizamo’s Fugly!
108 Media has added John Leguizamo’s autobiographical comedy Fugly! to its EFM sales slate and plans a US release in the third quarter.
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Carrie Ferman earns Sony Pictures Television stripes
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has appointed the executive to svp of business strategy and development, international production.
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NewsCohen Media Group takes May In The Summer
The US distributor has picked up all US rights from Elle Driver to Cherien Dabis’ Amreeka follow-up after its recent world premiere in Sundance.
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NewsParticipant PanAmerica to fund LatAm features
Participant Media has launched a development and co-financing initiative with Mexico’s Canana, Chile’s Fabula and Colombia’s Dynamo.
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NewsSolar Pictures, Italia strike multi-territory output
Solar Pictures has closed a multi-year output agreement with Italia Film for the Middle East, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives.