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NewsImagenation Abu Dhabi boards first two films with Participant
Imagenation Abu Dhabi has announced that the five-year revolving fund it created last year with Participant Media will partner in the productions of family comedy Furry Vengeance and horror/thriller The Crazies.
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NewsPeak Global debuts with 20 titles
Fledgling sales company Peak Global Entertainment arrives in Cannes with a lineup of more than 20 titles, including Jose Ivan Santiago’s crime drama Talento De Barrio starring Reggeaton sensation Daddy Yankee.The line-up also features Il Lim’s action title Acts Of Violence with Leelee Sobieski and Ron Perlman, and political thriller ...
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NewsLizard’s Salmon swims to MPCA
Los Angeles-bases sales company MPCA has picked up international rights to Broken Lizard’s comedy The Slammin’ Salmon.
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NewsVoltage woos Greta to Cannes
Voltage Pictures has bulked up its Cannes slate with the eleventh hour acquisition of the teen drama Greta starring Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn and Melissa Leo.
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NewsBill Pohlad and Bob Berney buy rights to Bright Star
Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney’s new North American distribution venture has bought US rights to Jane Campion’s competition entry Bright Star.
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NewsLightning beefs up Cannes slate with Don McKay
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has bolstered its Cannes slate with the international rights to Tribeca premiere Don McKay.
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Sundance and Time Warner name Storytelling Fellows
The Sundance Institute and Time Warner have chosen playwrights Quincy Long and Matthew Paul Olmos and film-makers Ritesh Batra and Elgin James as the 2009 Time Warner Storytelling Fellows.
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NewsThe G-Machine picks up Peter & Vandy and Witch Hunt
Ron Gell’s The G-Machine has bulked up its Cannes slate with Jay DiPietro’s Sundance premiere Peter & Vandy and Sean Penn’s documentary Witch Hunt.
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NewsMGM Worldwide TV signs pan-Middle Eastern TV and VOD deal
MGM Worldwide Television has concluded its first pan-Middle Eastern Pay TV and VOD agreement with pay TV network Showtime Arabia in the Middle East and North Africa and its VOD service Show On Demand.
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NewsHalcyon names Flow My Tears as first Philip K Dick adaptation
The Halcyon Company has named Flow My Tears,The Policeman Said as the first Philip K Dick adaptation to go under its exclusive deal with the writer’s estate.
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NewsSubmarine closes worldwide sales on horror flick I Sell The Dead
Submarine has closed worldwide sales on Glenn McQuaid’s Slamdance premiere I Sell The Dead.
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NewsCianfrance's Blue Valentine starts shooting in New York
Shooting is underway in New York and Pennsylvania on the drama Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
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NewsGlen quits as CEO of animation producer Imagi
Imagi International Holdings, the Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based CG animation producer, has announced that Douglas E. Glen has resigned his position as CEO and executive director of the company.
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NewsNorth America falls under shadow of USS Enterprise
Paramount/Spyglass Entertainment’s Star Trek scored the second biggest North American launch of the year-to-date as it towered over the charts on an estimated $72.5m to ensure box office maintained its record breaking trajectory.
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NewsEssential Entertainment to introduce Middle Men at Cannes
California-based Essential Entertainment has picked up Middle Men ahead of Cannes.
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NewsLightning boosts Cannes slate with Coach and Taking Chances
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has added international rights to two romantic comedies heading into Cannes.
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NewsTribeca claims attendance increase
The Tribeca Film Festival attracted about 348,000 people this year, according to organisers.
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NewsScreen Media acquires US rights to Death In Love
Screen Media Rights has acquired US rights to Boaz Yakin’s erotic drama Death In Love starring Josh Lucas, Lukas Haas and Jacqueline Bisset.
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NewsSteve Rabineau joins United Talent Agency
Steve Rabineau, the former William Morris Agency senior motion picture literary agent and Endeavor founding partner, has joined United Talent Agency (UTA) as a partner and agent in the motion picture literary department.