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NewsRon Perlman launches Wing
Seeking to create “a haven for the artists that I love and admire”, the actor has launched production company and film fund Wing And A Prayer Pictures and will attend Cannes to introduce the venture.
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NewsOpen Road acquires The Gunman
Open Road has taken a major independent production off the table, acquiring US rights to StudioCanal’s action thriller by Pierre Morel starring Sean Penn.
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NewsThe Exchange sparks to Electric Sky
CEO Brian O’Shea has added 3D documentary Under The Electric Sky to his Croisette war chest and will start talks with buyers next week.
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NewsHistory Of Fear triumphs at SFIFF
Benjamín Naishtat’s History Of Fear (pictured) won the New Directors Prize and a $10,000 cash prize as the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival came to a close (7).
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NewsWitherspoon, Vergara in MGM, New Line caper
The studios will partner on the upcoming Untitled Reese Witherspoon/Sofia Vergara Comedy.
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NewsTWC acquires 'Sunshine Girl'
Weinstein Books and The Weinstein Company have acquired the film and publishing rights ton adapted from the hit YouTube web series of the same name.
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NewsContent’s Speeds moves ahead
Leif Tilden’s Life At These Speeds starring Douglas Booth, Billy Crudup, AnnaSophia Robb and Sam Rockwell will start production in autumn and Content will introduce to Cannes buyers.
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NewsSarsgaard, Millepied join ballet comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Embankment boards ballet comedy also starring Vera Farmiga.
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NewsIt Follows sells for Visit Films
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kampe’s New York-based Visit Films has closed two key deals on David Robert Mitchell’s second feature ahead of its world premiere in Critics’ Week.
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NewsLiam Neeson joins Bayona fantasy
EXCLUSIVE: The star joins Felicity Jones on J A Bayona’s A Monster Calls, which Patrick Wachsberger and his Lionsgate International team will introduce on the Croisette.
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NewsJoe Berlinger to direct Facing The Wind
Fabrication Films will introduce buyers in Cannes to the documentarian’s true-crime saga to star Vera Farmiga, Evan Rachel Wood and Alessandro Nivola.
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NewsLouisiana FF to screen Venus In Fur
Venus In Fur and God’s Pocket are among the line-up at the 2014 Louisiana International Film Festival and Mentorship Program, set to run from May 8-11.
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NewsBruce LaBruce readies Twincest
On the back of Gerontophilia, Canadian enfant terrible Bruce LaBruce has begun writing his follow-up, Twincest (working title).
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NewsDouble Dutch run with 4 Minute Mile
Double Dutch International will commence sales in Cannes on the drama 4 Minute Mile.
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NewsRon Gell joins Pure Flix
Riding high on the $55m success of God’s Not Dead, Pure Flix Entertainment has hired the industry veteran to head its international division in the run-up to Cannes.
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NewsDistribution: Kino takes Finding Fela
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Alex Gibney’s documentary Finding Fela following its Sundance world premiere in January.
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NewsLeigh Whannell to direct Insidious 3
Focus Features, eOne, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) and Blumhouse Productions announced (7) that the franchise co-creator is back to write and direct the third episode.
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NewsLionsgate, Saban team for Power Rangers
The studio has struck a deal with Haim Saban’s Saban Brands to produce a live-action version of the iconic property.
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NewsLinney joins McKellen on Sherlock film
Laura Linney will reunite with Bill Condon and join Ian McKellen on Sherlock Holmes tale A Slight Trick Of The Mind. FilmNation handles international sales.
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NewsThe Exchange rides Tank
EXCLUSIVE: CEO Brian O’Shea has struck a deal to handle international sales in Cannes on producer Steven Schneider’s horror film, which Open Road will distribute in the US.