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NewsContent takes on Nothing To Fear starring Thomas Haden Church
Content will handle international sales on Nothing To Fear, the first film from Slasher Films.
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NewsWill Gluck talks about Sex On The Moon adaptation
Will Gluck, director of Easy A and Friends With Benefits, tells Screen that he’s already starting to think about who should take the demanding lead actor role in his adaptation of Sex On The Moon.
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Joe Wright to start UK shoot on Anna Karenina this month
Focus Features has confirmed it will handle the domestic release on Working Title’s upcoming classic adaptation based on a screenplay by Tom Stoppard. Universal Pictures International will distribute outside North America in the second half of 2012.
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Maya Entertainment takes international sales on Joe May
President of international distribution Elias Axume and the team will commence sales on Joe Maggio’s The Last Rites Of Joe May starring Dennis Farina as a hustler on the road to redemption.
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NewsIM Global, Penny Black launch 1840 Fund entertainment venture
Stuart Ford’s IM Global and New York-based investment firm Penny Black led by executive chairman Lawrence Salemeno have established the 1840 Fund to create entertainment properties with multi-media potential.
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Tribeca Film picks up all US rights to Detachment
Tony Kaye’s drama premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and stars Adrien Brody as a gifted teacher who connects with a class of disillusioned youths.
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Cameron | Pace teams up with BBC, Evergreen, Reliance on Walking With Dinosaurs
James Cameron and Vince Pace are brining their Fusion 3D expertise to the upcoming CGI-live action feature.
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IFTA confirms talks underway to move AFM Downtown
AFM top brass confirmed on Thursday (8) they are exploring a possible relocation of the event into the L.A. LIVE Downtown district for 2013.
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NewsWendy Reeds relocates to Hong Kong for key sales role at Tiger Gate
After four years at Lionsgate’s Santa Monica offices, the executive has been named evp of sales and distribution at Tiger Gate Entertainment, the joint venture between Lionsgate, Saban Capital Group and Tiger Gate management.
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James Mangold attached to direct Juliet
Cathy Konrad and James Mangold’s production company Tree Line Films will partner with Tom Pollock and Ivan Reitman’s Montecito Picture Company to adapt Anne Fortier’s novel Juliet.
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NewsMiramax to open London-based sales division
Joe Patrick promoted to lead worldwide sales, Danny Goldman joins team
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Alcon boards heist action thriiler Leonardo Job
Alcon Entertainment is in final negotiations to acquire, finance and produce the David Twohy screenplay The Leonardo Job.
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NewsContent to handle international sales on The Day
Doug Aarniokoski’s post-apocalyptic thriller is set to premiere in Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand on Sept 15 and stars Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell and Michael Eklund.
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FeaturesIndependent streak
Steve Bersch leads the formidable Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions team, which has made its mark on numerous indie hits in recent years. He tells Screen what they will be looking for at Toronto.
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NewsMagnolia promotes Dori Begley and Matt Cowan, opens LA office
Following the departure this week of Tom Quinn and Jason Janego to the Weinsteins’ new digital distribution venture, Begley is promoted from vp to svp of acquisitions and Cowal rises from vp to svp of marketing and publicity.
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NewsIndomina Group acquires Venice premiere Life Without Principle
Johnnie To’s latest film premiered in Venice on Wednesday (7) and tells of three characters in dire financial straits whose paths overlap when a bag containing $5m in stolen cash falls into their laps.
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NewsElias Axume to head international distribution at Maya
Axume is promoted from evp, capping a swift rise since he joined in August 2010. The company also announced that Jack Campbell has arrived from Spotlight Pictures to serve as vp of distribution.
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NewsBenedict Carver joins eOne as svp of filmed entertainment
Carver reports to Entertainment One Television president of dramatic programming Noreen Halpern and svp of worldwide acquisitions Lara Thompson.
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NewsEastwood's J Edgar to open AFI Fest on Nov 3
Clint Eastwood throws his hat into the awards race with the anticipated biopic starring Leonard DiCaprio as the enigmatic godfather of the FBI J Edgar Hoover.
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Film Movement acquires North America on French thriller Free Men
The second world war saga screens in Toronto and stars Tahar Rahim from A Prophet as a Muslim Algerian immigrant in Vichy France who joins the Resistance to save hundreds of Jews.