All AFM articles – Page 101
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FeaturesComing to America
The number of deals at last year’s American Film Market heralded a thaw in the independent sales sector. Jeremy Kay assesses how the sales arena is looking ahead of this year’s AFM (Nov 3-10) while Screen writers profile a selection of English-language market debuts heading to Santa Monica
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Coach 14 gets new investment from Olive's Arshad
French sales outfit Coach14 is teaming with investor Farhad Arshad to back acquisitions of new titles.
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NewsKarate Girl kicks off slew of deals for T-Joy
Japan’s T-Joy has clinched a string of deals on Karate Girl starring hot up-and-coming action star Takeda Rina.
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NewseOne takes global rights to thriller The Hunter
Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor and Sam Neill star in Porchlight’s psychological thriller.
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NewsCJ's Man From Nowhere travels to US
Korea’s CJ Entertainment has sold US rights to The Man From Nowhere to Well Go USA.
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NewsWestEnd dance with Jessica Biel's Devil
In another high-profile acquisition, London-based WestEnd Films will handle international rights on The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, which stars Zach Braff, Jessica Biel and Chloe Moretz and boasts a score and music supervision by Justin Timberlake.
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NewsWarner takes UK rights to ContentFilm's Ironclad
Warner Bros. UK has taken all UK rights to the medieval action thriller Ironclad from ContentFilm International.
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NewsCelluloid dances with Honore's star-studded musical
Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Seigner, Louis Garrel, Milos Forman and Paul Schneider star in Les Bien-Aimés.
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NewsWild Bunch comes on board for Cassavetes' Yellow, with new backing
Private equity partner rescues film from financial woes; shooting to start in December.
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NewsWorks strikes Japanese deal with Paramount for Countdown To Zero
London-based The Works International has sold Japanese distribution rights for Lucy Walker’s Countdown To Zero to Paramount Pictures.
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Stealth Media to handle sales on Bliss!
Stealth Media Group has come on board for sales of new UK feature Bliss!
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Eckhart takes CIA role in Essential Entertainment thriller
Aaron Eckhart is in talks to star in action thriller The Expatriate which Essential Entertainment is introducing to buyers here.
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NewsFox starts shoot for Colombian thriller Bunker
Fox International Productions has started principal photography on Bunker (working title) in Bogota, Colombia.
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NewsIFTA gets financial boost for US film export, to launch Filmart Pavilion
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has been awarded $248,000 to boost the export of US films, starting with an American Pavilion at Hong Kong Filmart in 2011.
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NewsFocus Features, UTA sell out on Mike Mills' Toronto hit Beginners
Focus Features International (FFI) and UTA have virtually sold out on Mike Mills’ Toronto premiere Beginners starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer.
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NewsWestEnd sings for Vadim Perelman's Song Of Names
Anthony Hopkins and Dustin Hoffman set to star.
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NewsFilmNation takes on Glazer's Skin starring Scarlett Johansson
FilmNation has picked up international sales rights to Jonathan Glazer’s sci-fi project Under The Skin starring Scarlett Johansson.
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NewsFortissimo extends relationship with Jet Tone
Fortissimo Films and Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films have announced that Fortissimo chairman Michael J. Werner has boarded Wong’s The Grandmasters as associate producer.
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Stephen Sommers to direct supernatural romance Odd Thomas
Fusion Films partners Howard Kaplan and John Baldecchi are reporting an enthusiastic response at AFM to their $47m+ supernatural adventure romance Odd Thomasto be directed by The Mummy’s Stephen Sommers.
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NewsFinecut sells I Saw The Devil to Japan, Germany
Korea’s Finecut has sold Kim Jee-woon’s grisly revenge thriller I Saw The Devil to Japan’s Broadmedia Studios and Splendid Film for German-speaking Europe and Benelux.