All Cannes articles – Page 247
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Attraction drawn to Dragon Girls
EXCLUSIVE: Canadian sales outfit Attraction Distribution (formerly Delphis Films) has gobbled up world sales rights to much hyped doc Dragon Girls [pictured], winner of the Best International Feature Documentary at Hot Docs in Toronto earlier this month.
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NewsArtificial Eye in step with Giant
EXCLUSIVE: Artificial Eye nabs UK rights to Quinzaine title The Selfish Giant [pictured].
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NewsStudio City adds two for Cannes
Studio City Pictures president Jim Harvey has bulked up his sales slate with two completed titles.
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NewsAutobahn outfit 42 in fast lane
Alongside Autobahn, the UK-based production and management outfit is in post on Monsters: The Dark Continent, among others.
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NewsFilm4 team talks about Cannes slate
Tessa Ross [pictured] tells Screen that Film4’s Cannes selections — Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant in Directors’ Fortnight, Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril in Critics’ Week — are indicative of the kind of author-driven work that Film4 is championing across its busy slate.
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NewsMarkovics, Serbezija join The Porcupine
EXCLUSIVE: Srdjan Dragojevic adapts Julian Barnes novel.
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NewsImage nabs Shiver
EXCLUSIVE: Image Entertainment has picked up US rights to Cyclone Productions thriller Shiver [pictured], directed by UK director Julian Richards.
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NewsWTF picks up Hidden in the Woods remake
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre and horror boutique out WTFilms has picked up sales on Chilean director Patricio Valladares’ English remake of his Hidden in the Woods which is due to shoot in the US later this year.
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NewsAV thrills with Scintilla
AV Pictures’ Cannes slate includes in-demand sci-fi thriller Scintilla [pictured], which eOne has picked up for multi-territories.
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NewsWiley launches film finance application
London-based former Woody Allen producer Gareth Wiley [pictured] (Match Point, Scoop) is in Cannes this week to launch Screen Advantage, the new online tool for financiers and producers.
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NewsCelluloid, uConnect start with Genesis
EXCLUSIVE: Early in the market, new partners Celluloid Dreams and uConnect have picked up James Napier Robertson’s Genesis, currently shooting in New Zealand and starring Cliff Curtis.
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NewsVoltage, Muccino spark to Fathers
Gabriele Muccino has come on to direct the 2012 Blacklist screenplay Fathers And Daughters, which Voltage Pictures has introduced to buyers.
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NewsUma Thurman to star in Anita
Uma Thurman will play the controversial anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in Anita, which Sex And The City creator Darren Star will produce with Howard Rosenman, Jeffrey Schwarz and Dennis Erdman.
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NewsTWC sets start date for Crouching Tiger sequel
The Weinstein Company said on Thursday [16] that Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II – The Green Destiny will commence production in March 2014.
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Glacier launches with Heist
Hayden Christensen is one of several partners on board the new production company Glacier Films, which launches with an 11-film slate led by American Heist.
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NewsMonahan's Mojave to star Hedlund, Isaac
EXCLUSIVE: The second film in the deal between Atlas Independent and Relativity International has emerged as Mojave, a crime thriller from William Monahan to star Garrett Hedlund and Oscar Isaac.
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NewsUK deals for Venus & Serena
K5 International has served up tennis documentary Venus & Serena to UK distributor Kaleidoscope and the BBC.
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NewsGhent to honour Scorsese
To mark its 40th anniversary edition, Film Fest Ghent (Oct 8-19) is staging a major Martin Scorsese exhibition and retrospective.