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  • David Foster Wallace
    News

    Fortitude to sell Foster Wallace drama

    2014-01-30T20:45:00Z

    Mark Manuel and Ted O’Neal’s Kilburn Media will fully finance fact-based drama The End Of The Tour to star Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg. Freshly minted Fortitude International will commence sales at the EFM.

  • Nikki Reed
    News

    Nikki Reed joins Email

    2014-01-30T20:33:00Z

    The actress will star in SPJ Enterprises, zgreen entertainment and Boku Films’ horror thriller. Highland Film Group handles world sales at the EFM.

  • Ken Schapiro
    News

    Ken Schapiro named MGM CSO

    2014-01-30T20:20:00Z

    Schapiro joined MGM in 2011 as COO and becomes chief strategic officer.

  • Killers
    News

    XYZ Films sells Killers to Lionsgate UK

    2014-01-30T20:18:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films is tearing through sales on the eve of EFM on its recent Japanese-Indonesian Park City world premiere from the Mo Brothers.

  • Neighbors
    News

    SXSW unveils 2014 line-up

    2014-01-30T20:00:00Z

    Headliners strand includes first screenings of the upcoming Universal comedy Neighbors (pictured) starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron and Australian time-travel thriller Predestination with Ethan Hawke.

  • lff_rebecca_hall_the_awakening
    News

    Rebecca Hall joins Tumbledown

    2014-01-30T19:13:00Z

    EFM: Sierra/Affinity will commence international sales in Berlin on Bron Studios’ rom-com.

  • Derek Curl
    News

    Sterling Genesis acquires TLA Entertainment Group

    2014-01-30T17:32:00Z

    New York-based investment firm Sterling Genesis International has acquired TLA Entertainment Group.

  • blackfish
    News

    Universal hooks Blackfish from Dogwoof

    2014-01-30T12:39:00Z

    Dogwoof have closed a multi-territory sales deal with Universal Pictures International Entertainment for BAFTA nominated documentary Blackfish by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.

  • American Hustle
    Features

    American Hustle: the American way

    2014-01-30T10:54:00Z

    The hustling started a year and a half before David O Russell’s American Hustle hit cinemas. Jeremy Kay speaks to the director and producers about the film’s high-speed, high-stakes production.

  • A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness
    News

    Soda picks up Rouge's Spell

    2014-01-30T09:52:00Z

    Ben Rivers & Ben Russell’s documentary also acquired by KimStim for the US and Canada.

  • Oscars
    News

    Academy kicks out song nominee

    2014-01-29T23:21:00Z

    Alone Yet Not Alone has been declared ineligible for Oscar consideration in the best original song category.

  • Jean-Claude Van Damme
    News

    Automatic sells Pound of Flesh

    2014-01-29T22:54:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: LA-based Automatic Entertainment has closed a slew of deals on the EFM-bound action title Pound Of Flesh starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

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    News

    Atlas Independent finds Sanctuary

    2014-01-29T22:08:00Z

    Atlas Independent will produce Sanctuary and Highland Film Group will introduce world sales at the EFM next week.

  • Richard Gere
    News

    QED lines up Richard Gere project

    2014-01-29T21:20:00Z

    Richard Gere is going from hedge fund manager to homeless person as it emerged that his passion project Time Out Of Mind is taking shape quickly. QED International represents international sales and will introduce at the EFM next week.

  • The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza)
    News

    Emerging Pictures backs Italian drive

    2014-01-29T20:49:00Z

    The company has teamed up with Istituto Luce-Cinecittà and the Italian Trade Commission Cinema on Made In Italy.

  • Wrenn Schmidt
    News

    XYZ enters Preservation

    2014-01-29T18:52:00Z

    XYZ Films has acquired worldwide sales to Christopher Denham’s horror thriller and will introduce to buyers in Berlin.

  • Meg Ryan
    News

    The Exchange, Content target EFM

    2014-01-29T18:23:00Z

    The Exchange heads to Berlin with worldwide rights Ithaca, Meg Ryan’s feature directorial debut with Tom Hanks on board as executive producer. Separately, Content is reteaming with Red & Black Films on Don’t Knock Twice.

  • The Monuments Men
    Reviews

    The Monuments Men

    2014-01-29T16:00:00Z

    Dir: George Clooney. US. 2014. 118mins

  • Love Is Strange
    News

    Fortissimo sells Love to Altitude

    2014-01-29T14:58:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Fortissimo Films has concluded a string of deals in key territories on its Sundance and Berlin title Love Is Strange, including the sale of UK rights to Will Clarke’s Altitude Films.

  • Chris Pine
    News

    Chris Pine to star in David Gordon Green's The Line

    2014-01-29T11:21:00Z

    Star Trek star attached to crime thriller, being sold by IM Global.