All AFM articles – Page 110
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Epic Pictures boards $10m action-adventure Vikingdom
Patrick Ewald’s Epic Pictures is introducing buyers at AFM to the $10m action-adventure Vikingdom pursuant to its $30m production deal with South-East Asia-based KRU Studios.
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NewsGabriela Tagliavini boards Town Of Widows adaptation
Producer Anthony Moody has hired Gabriela Tagliavini to adapt and direct a film adaptation of Colombian novelist James Canon’s novel TalesFrom The Town Of Widows And Chronicles From The Land Of Men.
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NewsDarclight to tempt buyers with Toronto winner The Wild Hunt
Arclight Films genre division Darclight Films will introduce buyers here to Alexandre Franchi’s thriller The Wild Hunt, fresh from its best Canadian first feature film win in Toronto.
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NewsLA's Artist View agrees three-picture deal with producer Todd Slater
LA-based sales company Artist View Entertainment has struck a three-picture deal with producer Todd Slater and will be screening the trio of projects here.
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Japan’s Nikkatsu to unleash Sushi Typhoon
Japanese studio Nikkatsu is launching an extreme gore label, Sushi Typhoon, to produce films from Japan’s leading cult directors including Takashi Miike (Yatterman) and Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police).
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NewsPatrick Dempsey, Paul McGuigan unite on Foresight's heist rom-com
Patrick Dempsey will star in an untitled heist comedy for Paul McGuigan based on a screenplay by The Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.
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NewsHanWay Films lines up A Single Shot with Michael Fassbender
Hot off his star turn in Inglourious Basterds, rising UK star Michael Fassbender has joined Forest Whitaker, William H Macy and Thomas Hayden Church on the thriller A Single Shot.
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NewsCelluloid Dreams boards films from Gansel, Wiseman
Celluloid Dreams is entering the AFM with a pair of sexy new films. We Are The Night comes from The Wave director Dennis Gansel and Rat Pack Filmproduktion. The Berlin-based female vampire drama stars Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt.
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NewsFortissimo gets cutting edge with The Hairdresser
Fortissimo Films has made its first ever German acquisition, picking up worldwide rights outside Germany, Austria and Switzerland to Doris Dorrie’s The Hairdresser.
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NewsGerard Butler joins Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus
Scottish star Gerard Butler is to beef up the cast of Ralph Fiennes’ directorial début Coriolanus.
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NewsAlain Goldman mounts French Holocaust epic with Gaumont
Producer Alain Goldman has reteamed with Gaumont for his latest production, La Rafle (The Roundup). The $29.5m (€20m) film, directed by Roselyne Bosch, is what Goldman calls “the French Schindler’s List.”
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NewsReiko Bradley returns from illness to set up Eclipse International
Reiko Bradley has resurfaced following a near fatal stroke three years ago and arrives at AFM with her new LA-based international sales and distribution company Eclipse International.
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NewsDead Cert gains Momentum for Moviehouse
On the eve of the AFM, UK distributor Momentum Pictures has acquired UK rights to vampire thriller Dead Cert from Moviehouse Entertainment.
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NewsFinecut sells A Brand New Life to Japan
Seoul-based sales company Finecut has sealed a Japanese deal on Ounie Lecomte’s A Brand New Life, selling the Korean-French co-production to Crest International.
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NewsAmphibious 3D heats up with Celsius
London-based Celsius has taken international rights on Dutch-Belgian-Indonesian coproduction, Amphibious 3D. A promo of the film, which has just entered post-production, will be screening here at the AFM.
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NewsShowcase boards Experimental Activity, Handsome Harry to AFM
Showcase Entertainment has picked up international sales rights for AFM to Experimental Activity starring Katie Featherstone from the US box office phenomenon Paranormal Activity.