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Sergei Bodrov to direct Marco Polo movie for Endgame, Hollywood Gang
After bringing the life of the Asian warrior Genghis Khan to the big screen, Mongol director Sergei Bodrov is training his sights on Marco Polo for Hollywood Gang Productions and Endgame Entertainment.Hollywood Gang's Gianni Nunnari and Endgame's James D Stern will produce The Silk Road: The Adventures Of Marco Polo ...
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Phillip Noyce makes Bold move with Above Suspicion
Bold Films has signed Phillip Noyce to direct the true crime thriller Above Suspicion about the only FBI agent to be convicted of murder after an affair with an informant threatens to destroy his marriage and career.The LA-based company holds worldwide rights and worldwide distribution president Stephanie Denton is talking ...
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Myriad Pictures signs output deals with Turkey, Portugal
Kirk D'Amico's production and sales outfit Myriad Pictures has signed output deals with D Productions in Turkey and VC Multi-Media in Portugal.The first titles include Bruno Barreto's Brazilian foreign language Oscar entry Last Stop 174, the Simon Baker and Paz Vega thriller Not Forgotten, drama The Cry Of The Owl ...
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Media 8 makes AFM sales on Dali biopic, A Film With Me In It
LA-based production, finance and sales company Media 8 Entertainment has completed sales on several key titles led by Simon West's upcoming Salvador Dali biopic.MGN/Paradis took rights for Russia, Horizon for Turkey and Revolutionary Releasing for Eastern Europe. Horizon also took A Film With Me in It and Everybody Wants To ...
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UK, Thailand take on Ip Man from Mandarin
Mandarin Films has sold biopic Ip Man, about the celebrated kung-fu master of Bruce Lee, to Showbox Media Group for the UK and Rose Media & Entertainment for Thailand.Directed by Wilson Yip Wai-shun (Dragon Tiger Gate), the film stars Donnie Yen - star of recent hit Painted Skin and award-winning ...
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One Eyed Films scares up Mud Zombie
Betina Goldman's One Eyed Films has boosted its slate by adding the first Brazilian zombie film, Mud Zombie (Mangue Negro), the feature directorial debut of Rodrigo Aragao. The film is about a fishing community in remote Espirito Santo, Brazil, that is plagued by zombie-like creatures from the muddy swamp.One Eyed's ...
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Nicolas Winding Refn's Bronson breaks out for Protagonist
UK-based sales company Protagonist Pictures has closed a slew of sales on Nicolas Winding Refn's Bronson. Deals have been done with Canada (Alliance), France (Wildside), Australia (Madman), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Portugal (Lusomundo), and Middle East (Front Row). Vertigo Films produces with 4DH in association with St8jacket Creations, EM Media and Aramid. ...
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Les Plages D'Agnes sold to Zazie for Japan, Cineart for Benelux
As the AFM reaches the midway stage, Les Plages D'Agnes from veteran French auteur Agnes Varda, has been sold to a handful of new territories.Deals have been closed by French sales Roissy Films with Zazie Films for Japan, Cineart for Benelux and Seville Pictures for Canada. A UK deal is ...
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Wild Bunch Benelux buys Boheme, takes Imagine package
Wild Bunch Benelux Distribution, the new Amsterdam-based distribution operation set up by Pim Hermeling, has revealed further details of its initial slate.The new company is a joint venture between Hermeling and French powerhouse Wild Bunch, which has long been seeking to build up a pan-European distribution network. Jan Van Aert ...
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Brisseau's erotic arthouse Aventure defies market blues
In what is by common consensus a cautious market, controversial French auteur Jean-Claude Brisseau is continuing to lure buyers with his crossover brand of erotic/art house cinema. During the AFM, Brisseau's latest feature A L'Aventure, sold internationally by Films Distribution, has gone to the UK (Axiom), Japan (Zazie), ...
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Summit scores big AFM deals on Eli, Baaria
Reporting brisk business despite the challenging financial climate, Summit International has virtually sold out Albert and Allen Hughes' $85m upcoming action tale The Book Of Eli.Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group took rights to Australia, Latin America, Spain, Scandinavia and select territories in Eastern Europe.Tobis acquired rights for Germany, Metropolitan for ...
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AFM Briefs Nov 9
Alki David's London-based production, distribution and sales outfit 111Pictures has taken worldwide distribution rights to two new projects, the drama Look by Adam Rifkin and the Asian-American independent comedy American Fusion starring Esao Morales. Look, written and directed by writer/director/producer/actor Adam Rifkin(Underdog, Small Soldiers) follows five interweaving storylines through the ...
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New financing outfit MMG boards Gela Babluani's 13 remake
New Beverly Hills financing outfit Magnet Media Group (MMG) has boarded the crime thriller remake 13 that Paramount Vantage International is pre-selling here.13 is the first project to be co-financed by Barbarian Films, Oceana Media Finance and MMG and stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Sam Riley Ray Winstone, Ray Liotta ...
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Affleck and Alba star in Winterbottom's Killer Inside Me for Wild Bunch
Prolific UK director Michael Winterbottom is to hit the film noir trail with The Killer Inside Me, a $13 million adaptation of a novel by Jim Thompson (The Grifters) starring Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba. Wild Bunch has worldwide sales rights on the film excluding the US which Endeavor ...
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MGM to take domestic on Purple's 2012-ish
MGM is in negotiations to buy US distribution rights to end-of-the-world comedy 2012-ish: The Day The Earth Bent Over, formerly known as Armageddagain. Odd Lot International meanwhile has closed key territories coming into AFM including DeA Planeta in Spain, Hoyts in Australia, Quality in Latin America, Nordisk in Scandinavia, Mirovision ...
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Magnolia scores with The Girl From Monaco for US
Magnolia Pictures has pounced on US rights to The Girl From Monaco, Anne Fontaine's French box office hit which played at Locarno and Toronto this year.The deal was confirmed yesterday by Yoann Ubermulhin of French sales agent Pyramide International.'We are really glad to have our first collaboration with Magnolia on ...
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Oudney's French Film wins US and UK deals
The Works International has struck a US deal with IFC Festival Direct for Jackie Oudney's French Film. Vertigo has taken UK rights. The film has also sold to Australia and New Zealand (Madman), Canada (Mongrel Media), and the CIS/Baltic States (Russian Report). The US deal was brokered by The Works ...
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Shoreline strikes five-picture deal with IFC Festival Direct
Morris Ruskin's Shoreline Entertainment has completed a five-picture deal with IFC Films that will go through VOD platform IFC Festival Direct.The titles include Matthew Wilder's drama Your Name Here starring Bill Pullman and Taryn Manning, Amir Mann's political thriller Fifth Patient starring Isaach De Bankole and Nick Chinlund and Ben ...
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Content takes on Japanese Oscar submission Departures
ContentFilm International has taken on international rights to Yojiro Takita's Departures, which is Japan's submission for the foreign-language Oscar race. Departures (Okuribito) is already a box-office hit in Japan, taking more than 3m admissions ($25m) and it also won Best Film at the Montreal Wrold Film Festival in August. Masahiro ...
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Capri gears up for Stefaniuk's vampire comedy Suck
Toronto production house Capri Films is set to begin principal photography on Rob Stefaniuk's vampire comedy Suck. Writer-director-star Stefaniuk made waves with his quirky 2004 feature debut Phil The Alien. Cameras roll on November 24 on location in Toronto.Joining Stefaniuk in the ensemble cast are veteran actor Malcolm McDowell, Jessica ...