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NewsLionsgate boards sales on Machine Gun Preacher for Cannes
Lionsgate will commence pre-sales in Cannes on the action drama Machine Gun Preacher that Marc Forster will direct starring Gerard Butler.
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NewsMarc Forster to head Zurich jury
World War Z director to head international feature jury at the Zurch Film Festival that will also include Django Unchained producer Stacy Sher and Killing Them Softly director Andrew Dominik.
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Lionsgate to release Machine Gun Preacher in North America
Lionsgate today confirmed it will handle the North American release of Machine Gun Preacher, the real-life action story that was a marquee title for the company’s international sales division in Cannes.
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CommentGodfather of grunge
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, on writing the lead track for Machine Gun Preacher and making an appearance in Cameron Crowe’s Pearl Jam Twenty.
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NewsToronto adds world premieres including Winnie, Killer Elite, Hysteria
The Toronto International Film Festival has today announced dozens more films in its programme.
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NewsFilm Depot/Volga takes Preacher, Countryman from Lionsgate
Sergei Yershov’s outfit has acquired CIS distribution rights.
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NewsTarsem commences shoot on Relativity’s Snow White
FilmNation handled international sales on the film in Cannes, where it was one of a handful of must-have $100m projects in a resurgent marketplace.
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FeaturesPitching on the Croisette
Earlier this year, Berlin showed signs the international sales market was beginning to warm up. Now all eyes are on Cannes, and there is plenty of fresh product headed for the Marché. Jeremy Kay profiles some of the US projects premiering in the marketplace.
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NewsToronto to open with U2 doc; world premieres from Payne, Besson, Pawlikowski
UPDATE: The Toronto International Film Festival has announced some early selections from its programme, including world premieres of Davis Guggenheim’s U2 documentary From The Sky Down (opening night film), Moneyball, Anonymous, Woman In The Fifth, The Lady [pictured], The Descendants, Trishna and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen.
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