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Media Content Capital takes stake in QED International
Bill Block has sold a portion of the company in an eight-figure deal that will enable him to grow the development, production and financing business and boost the agency side of his sales operation by paying minimum guarantees for more projects.
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Sony Pictures sets Aaron Sorkin to adapt Steve Jobs biography
The studio issued the timely press release late on Tuesday (15) as it emerged on the eve of Cannes that Inferno had picked up international sales rights to the rival project Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher.
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NewseOne promotes Lara Thompson to new filmed entertaiment role
Lara Thompson has been promoted to the newly created role of evp of filmed entertainment at Entertainment One, effective immediately.
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NewsIsabelle Fuhrman, Isabelle Huppert sign up for Wild Bunch's Suspiria
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch’s slate also includes a number of other genre titles plus Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye To Language 3D.
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NewsKnightley in for Johansson on Exclusive's Song
EXCLUSIVE: Keira Knightley has replaced Scarlett Johansson on Can A Song Save Your Life? which Exclusive Media is financing, producing and selling in Cannes.
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FilmDistrict acquires US rights to Intrepid horror Oculus
EXCLUSIVE: Mike Flanagan will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeff Howard, based on Flanagan’s acclaimed short film of the same name. Focus Features International is handling sales on the rest of the world in Cannes.
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NewsLocomotive takes on sales for For Greater Glory
EXCLUSIVE: Locomotive Entertainment Group is handling all rights outside the US and Mexico to Dean Wright’s For Greater Glory.
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Should've Kissed to open Korean American Film Festival New York
This year’s Korean American Film Festival New York will showcase emerging filmmakers with a mix of narrative features and documentaries with a focus on auteur-driven stories that explore themes like loss and dislocation through journeys of discovery.
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NewsWaterstone Entertainment finds Mantivities for Chris Pine
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from the Star Trek 2 shoot, Chris Pine will jet into Cannes to meet with sales agents on the new comedy.
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NewsAmy Adams in talks for Paquet-Brenner thriller Dark Places
Amy Adams is in negotiations to star in writer-director Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s thriller Dark Places.
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NewsCBS Films takes US rights to Ends Of The Earth
IM Global’s genre title has been swiped off the shelf on the eve of the Cannes market following a buyers screening in Los Angeles last week.
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NewsWeinsteins acquire most of world on The Sapphires from Goalpost Film
Aboriginal actor and theatre director Wayne Blair directed the Australian production, which will screen in official selection on Saturday.
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NewsThe Solution, Irish DreamTime strike multi-film pact
Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel’s The Solution Entertainment Group will commence talks with Cannes buyers on espionage thriller November Man, the first project to go under a multi-title financing and distribution deal with Pierce Brosnan and Beau St Clair’s Irish DreamTime.
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NewsExclusive Media to introduce Cannes buyers to At Any Price
Alex Walton and his team will kick off talks with international buyers here on Ramin Bahrani’s drama At Any Price starring Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron. CAA represents domestic rights.
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Horizon Movies takes digital, home entertainment rights to Mr Hush
Kino Lorber’s division has acquired all North American rights to David Lee Madison’s horror film.
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NewsFreedom, Paradox secure P&A for Thunder Run
The announcement is designed to spur Cannes sales on the 3D military thriller through Hyde Park International, although the parties declined to reveal who is putting up the “substantial domestic” commitment. Gerard Butler, Matthew McConaughey and Sam Worthington are set to star.
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NewsIngenious launches senior film fund
UK-based financier Ingenious launches fund to back 20-30 films per-year in the $10-60m range.
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Hannibal Classics lines up Tokarev, Black from writing duo
Jim Agnew and Sean Keller’s thriller Tokarev follows a former killer in pursuit of the people who murdered his daughter.
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NewsIFC Films takes North America on Save The Date
Michael Mohan’s rom-com premiered at Sundance and stars Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Martin Starr, Geoffrey Arend and Mark Webber.
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GRB Entertainment film division debuts first titles in Cannes
Todd Olsson heads the venture and arrives in Cannes with Queen Freak and When Angels Sing on the inaugural sales slate.