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Phase 4 takes The Dirties
President and CEO Berry Meyerowitz announced on Monday [6] the North American acquisition of the Slamdance narrative grand jury prize winner.
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The Works to sell Teenage
Cinereach, the not-for-profit production company and foundation, announced on MOnday [6] that The Works International has acquired sales rights to Matt Wolf’s documentary.
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NewsWitch Hunter heads to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: As Cannes slates continue to come together with a week to go before the market kicks off on the Croisette, Lionsgate International has confirmed it will commence pre-sales on The Last Witch Hunter.
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NewsHPI off to Cannes with Dorothy
EXCLUSIVE: Hyde Park International (HPI) has acquired international rights to Will Finn and Daniel St Pierre’s 3D animation Legends Of Oz: Dorothy’s Return.
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NewsOpen Road, XLrator strike pact
Open Road Films CEO Tom Ortenberg said on Monday [6] the company had struck a deal to market and sell XLrator Media titles to pay-TV, free television outlets and select S-VOD carriers.
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NewsExclusive takes Skiptrace to Cannes
The LA-based finance, production and sales company will produce and co-finance with China’s Talent International the action comedy starring Jackie Chan and Fan Bingbing.
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NewsStudioCanal, Disney to release 100-Year-Old
StudioCanal to partner with Disney Nordic to distribute adaptation of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.
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NewsPretty Pictures acquires Hany Abu-Assad's Omar
EXCLUSIVE: Cannes Un Certain Regard selection sold by The Match Factory.
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NewsIM3 bursts into US on $175.3m
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 arrived in North America amid a blaze of anticipation at the weekend and it did not disappoint, posting the second biggest debut of all time behind stablemate The Avengers.
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NewsOwen, Heigl to star in Survivor
EXCLUSIVE: Clive Owen and Katherine Heigl will star in the latest hot project to fall into place in the run-up to Cannes. Nu Image will introduce to buyers on the Croisette.
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NewsIM Global trio extend contracts
Senior executives Jonathan Deckter, Bonnie Voland and Tatyana Joffe have all signed new multi-year deals, founder and CEO Stuart Ford announced on Friday [3].
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NewsQED Int’l promotes Friedberg
John Friedberg has been named evp of international sales in the wake of Daniel Diamond’s segue into a production deal at the company.
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Breakthrough adds two for Cannes
The Toronto-based company has added Cubicle Warriors and Looking Is The Original Sin to its Cannes sales slate.
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News108 Media acquires Jug Face
CEO Abhi Rastogi announced the deal on Friday [3] after negotiating rights for the Slamdance entry with Modernciné’s Andrew van den Houten. 108 Media will launch sales on the Croisette this month.
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NewsCMG Cannes-bound with Moon
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has bulked up its Cannes slate and acquired international rights excluding Latin America to Bruno Barreto’s Reaching For The Moon.
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NewsVersatile unveils first Cannes slate
Pape Boye and Violane Pichon’s fledgling Versatile Films to launch first slate in Cannes.
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NewsIM3 crosses $450m global
Marvel Studios’ summer curtain raiser Iron Man 3 is fast becoming a behemoth after adding more than $110m worldwide on Friday – of which $68.3m came from the North American opening day – to reach $456.6m.
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NewsFilmBuff, Tugg in Arrested Development doc release
FilmBuff, Tugg and direct-to-consumer service VHX are partnering on the May 3 release of the Arrested Development Documentary Project.
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NewsTWC, Sundance Channel hail Kon-Tiki
Thor Heyerdahl’s 1951 documentary will air exclusively on May 11 on Sundance Channel and will be followed by a broadcast of the featurette Kon-Tiki: The Incredible True Story.
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NewsWorldview takes US on Jimmy P.
Chris Woodrow’s ambitious financier has acquired US rights to Arnaud Desplechin’s Cannes competition entry in a deal with Wild Bunch that marks its latest foray into the US distribution arena.