All Cannes articles – Page 299
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NewsTriPictures picks up Summit’s Tree Of Life, Letters To Juliet
Leading Spanish outfit TriPictures has taken the distribution rights for Spain to Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, and Gary Winnick’s Letters To Juliet.
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NewsBjorkman’s Ingmar Bergman short to get British premiere next month
Stig Bjorkman’s Images From The Playground: Ingmar Bergman At Work will receive its British premiere at the Barbican next month.
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Galloping picks up explorer doc Lost World
Galloping Films Australia will handle worldwide distribution on explorer documentary The Lost World Of The Crystal Skull.
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NewsKounen to discover The Secret Histories Of The Dalai Lama
Returning to the Far East after his foray into the love life of fashion icon Coco Chanel, Jan Kounen will head to Tibet to shoot The Secret Histories Of The Dalai Lama.
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NewsStephen Fry to star in adaption of The Liar
Stephen Fry is to take a leading role in the film adaptation of his novel, The Liar, with newcomer Tony Hagger producing and directing.
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NewsRadical Publishing takes 20% in Asia’s Storm Lion
LA-based Radical Publishing, which is busy setting up adaptations of its comic book imprint Radical Comics around Hollywood, has acquired a 20% stake in Singapore’s media conglomerate, Storm Lion.
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NewsKorea’s Showbox bucks pre-sales trend on Sword With No Name
Bucking the trend for buyers to wait for completed product, Korea’s Showbox has pre-sold big-budget martial arts epic The Sword With No Name to the UK and Germany.
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NewsFilm Messenger takes Korean rights to Go, Thaddeus
Singapore production outfit Lighthouse Pictures has pre-sold Korean rights to Yasmin Ahmad’s upcoming Go,Thaddeus! to Seoul-based distributor and sales agent Film Messenger.
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NewsDabis to focus on Middle East through new production vehicle
Cherien Dabis, whose Amreeka screened in Directors’ Fortnight last night (May 19), has teamed up with a US-based private investor to form the development, financing and production company Levantine Entertainment.
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NewsScorsese and Schoonmaker return to British cinema doc
Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker will resume work on their long-gestating feature documentary about the history of British cinema.
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NewsAround The World drives strong Cannes for StudioCanal
As the market winds down, StudioCanal executive vice president Harold van Lier told ScreenDaily that the company has had the best Cannes in its history.
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NewsTaiwan pumps $228m into local film and co-productions
Taiwanese government announced that it will pump $228m (NT$7.5bn) over five years into its local film industry.
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NewsMPower close deals on The Stoning of Soraya M.
US-based MPower International has sold The Stoning Of Soraya M. to Scanbox in Scandinavia, Nu Metro in South Africa and Independent Distributors in Israel.
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NewsAsia’s Fox Star to develop Tamil films with Murugadoss
Fox Star Studios, the pan-Asian joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox and broadcaster Star, has signed a two-picture deal with Tamil filmmaker AR Murugadoss, director of recent blockbuster Ghajini.
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NewsSola continues on its journey with Turtle
Sola Media is continuing to do business on Turtle: The Incredible Journey and closed deals after the second screening for Greece (PAS Distribution) and Korea (Line Tree) and is about to sign on further for Middle East and South East Asia.
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Content Republic takes digital rights to Conspiracy Of Silence
Digital distribution company Content Republic has taken worldwide digital rights to Conspiracy Of Silence from Flick Features.
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NewsFilm Distribution closes deals on Happy Ever Afters at busy market
Films Distribution has reported a busy market concluding sales on Happy Ever Afters in Australia (Hopscotch) and Germany (Telepool) with US negotiations currently underway for the film, which stars Sally Hawkins.
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NewsChang and Woo unveil 3D fantasy epic Magic Bell
Terence Chang and John Woo’s Lion Rock Productions has unveiled details of upcoming 3D fantasy epic LegendOf The Magic Bell, to be directed by renowned Korean TV director Kim Jonghak.
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NewsHugh Hudson to adapt George Orwell's Homage To Catalonia
Director Hugh Hudson (Chariots Of Fire) is to direct Catalonia, an adaptation of George Orwell’s book Homage To Catalonia by Australian screenwriter Bob Ellis.