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Haywire revealed as Nov 6 AFI FEST secret screening
Steven Soderbergh’s anticipated action thriller stars Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton and screen newcomer and mixed martial arts star Gina Carano.
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W2 Media acquires remake rights to Finnish prestige hit Princess
Busy W2 Media has taken English language remake rights to Arto Halonen’s acclaimed Finnish feature Princess, based on the true story of cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen.
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96 Minutes goes to ARC, XLrator for US
ARC Entertainment and XLrator Media have picked up all North American rights to the urban thriller 96 Minutes.
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NewsMyriad, STV get Seconds Of Pleasure with Figgis, LaBute
Myriad Pictures has brought a Mike Figgis project into the AFM, acquiring worldwide rights excluding the UK to Seconds Of Pleasure based on a screenplay by Neil LaBute. Shooting is set for summer 2012.
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NewsPuss In Boots repels Heist to stay top in US on $33m
An excellent hold for DreamWorks Animations’ Shrek spin-off was enough to keep the Ben Stiller-Eddie Murphy comedy Tower Heist and the latest Harold & Kumar release at bay.
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NewsSolid AFM deal-flow despite lack of new high-end fare
AFM trade appeared to be solid at the half-way mark despite a dearth of new high-end packages that in light of an extraordinary Cannes market was perceived more as a foible of the production and financing cycle than any harbinger of doom.
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NewsDead Man Down scores multiple sales for IM Global
Stuart Ford’s sales, production and finance company has reported a roaring trade on its fully financed thriller to star Noomi Rapace and Colin Farrell.
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NewsMagnet Media attracts Joe Dante to direct O2
Joe Dante will direct the $50m sci-fi thriller O2, the first of three projects set up by Jeanette Buerling’s Magnet Media Group and effects house Prime Focus.
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NewsMichael Clarke Duncan, Rebecca Black join US voice cast for Legend of a Rabbit
Producers confirm voice cast and close pre-sales on Legend of a Rabbit 2.
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NewsGrindstone takes Golden Network double
Lionsgate’s genre label Grindstone takes US rights to The Sword Identity and SeeFood.
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ITN Distribution picks up AFM sales title Weight Of The Heart
ITN Distribution has acquired international sales on $3m Bosnian dramatic thriller The Weight Of The Heart for AFM.
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MPI Media Group picks up Bounty Hunters for US
Raven Banner Entertainment licensed rights during AFM to the action title which has been set for a spring 2012 release.
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FeaturesFilmNation building
FilmNation’s Glen Basner and Aaron Ryder reveal to Jeremy Kay their recipe for success: whip up commercial productions, add a sales roster from leading directors, and feed a network of international distribution partners
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Lightning strikes key sales on Cat Run, Brake
Lightning Entertainment has closed key deals across its slate, led by sales on action comedy Cat Run to Quality Filmes for all Latin American rights excluding Brazilian DVD and to Ster Kinekor for South Africa.
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NewsIndependent's Charles Swan flies for Germany, Switzerland
Independent has closed two deals on A Glimpse Inside The Mind of Charles Swan III, which it introduced to buyers here at the AFM.
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NewsSpotlight heads into AFM with four new titles led by The Ghostmaker
The supernatural thriller centres on three friends who discover a coffin that allows them to travel into the world of the undead. It screens on Sunday.
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NewsMission Pictures International adds pair of new titles
Principals Chevonne O’Shaughnessy and Cindy Bond have bolstered their family- and faith-based roster with The 5th Quarter and Seven Days In Utopia.
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NewsParlay's The Words, Arbitrage speak to buyers
Lisa Wilson has reported strong territory sales on two of her leading titles as the AFM heads into the weekend.
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NewsAFM Finance Conference: Eurozone crisis not disastrous for film deals
Executives on AFM panel note less top dollar projects at AFM but strike positive note on current market