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NewsCross Creek hires Russell Gewirtz to write Black Mass
EXCLUSIVE: Brian Oliver’s Cross Creek Pictures has hired Inside Man screenwriter Russell Gewirtz to write Black Mass, a $35m project about the unholy alliance between the FBI and the Boston mob.
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NewsPressman signs Noyce for Bloodsport; lands Venice slot for Moth Diaries
EXCLUSIVE: Phillip Noyce to direct and Robert Mark Kamen to script a reinvention of iconic Jean Claude Van Damme actioner Bloodsport.
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Summit swoops on Snitch for US rights
Summit Entertainment will release Snitch starring Dwayne Johnson in the US, it emerged in Cannes on Monday afternoon [16].
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NewsWeinsteins circling domestic deal on The Wettest County
The Weinstein Company is understood to be close to acquiring domestic rights on John Hillcoat’s The Wettest County.
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Summit, RCR team up to co-finance Highlander
Summit Entertainment and Beverly Hills-based RCR Media Group will co-finance the Highlander reboot, it emerged today [16].
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NewsMiramax, Netflix unveil streaming agreement
Miramax CEO Mike Lang has wasted little time cutting deals to exploit the library here on the Croisette and has announced a streaming agreement with Netflix to start in June.
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Intandem partners with Mary Alice Productions
Intandem Films Los Angeles-based Mary Alice Productions will produce and finance slate of films in the $20-$40 million budget range.
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NewsDominic Purcell joins cast of Vikingdom, Epic Pictures closes deals
Patrick Ewald’s Epic Pictures Group licenses a host of deals on slate
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NewsSwinton, Fassbender and Wasikowska line up for Jarmusch's vampire story
EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Thomas and Reinhard Brundig producing; HanWay to handle sales.
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CMG hits stride on Croisette with diverse slate
EXCLUSIVE: Ed Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has closed deals on zombie slacker film Deadheads with Eagle for Australia and New Zealand, Splendid for Germany and Benelux and Front Row for the Middle East.
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NewsSundance Selects takes US on Sleeping Beauty
Sundance Selects acquired US rights to Cannes competition entry Sleeping Beauty on Sunday night [15] as momentum gathered on several domestic plays on the Croisette.
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Miramax, Dimension partner on Amityville sequel
Miramax has delved into the vaults to partner with Dimension on The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes in the first project to go under the partnership with the Weinsteins to make sequels to Miramax properties.
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NewsIM Global impresses Cannes buyers with new titles
By the half-way mark Stuart Ford’s IM Global has reported brisk business on its slate including the Sam Worthington action title The Last Days Of American Crime.
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NewsFilmDistrict boards Angelina Jolie directorial debut
Busy FilmDistrict has inserted the actress’ feature directorial debut In The Land Of Blood And Honey into its 2011 slate and will release in the US on Dec 23.
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O-Scope takes domestic rights to The Other F Word
Oscilloscope Laboratories and Showtime Networks have acquired SXSW documentary The Other F Word
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NewsFilmDistrict acquires domestic rights to sci-fi Looper
FilmDistrict has announced its second major acquisition in Cannes, teaming up with TriStar on Rian Johnson’s highly anticipated time travel conceit.
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NewsBankside works with Killer's Ramin Bahrani project
Bankside Films has taken on international sales for the Untitled Ramin Bahrani project, which is being produced by Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler’s Killer Films.
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Wild Bunch takes Julia X 3D for Germany
Wild Bunch acquires from Dixie Theatrical and has tentatively set a 2011 release date
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NewsMuse lines up slate of hot literary adaptations
EXCLUSIVE: Slate includes films of novels Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis, An Expensive Education by Nick McDonell and London Fields by Martin Amis.
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NewsIndomina closes spate of sales on Reign Of Blood, The Shrine
EXCLUSIVE: Indomina has closed deals on Reign Of Blood with G2 for the UK, Luxor for the CIS and Koch in Germany on the project,