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MPI Media Group picks up Bounty Hunters for US
Raven Banner Entertainment licensed rights during AFM to the action title which has been set for a spring 2012 release.
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Lightning strikes key sales on Cat Run, Brake
Lightning Entertainment has closed key deals across its slate, led by sales on action comedy Cat Run to Quality Filmes for all Latin American rights excluding Brazilian DVD and to Ster Kinekor for South Africa.
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NewsIndependent's Charles Swan flies for Germany, Switzerland
Independent has closed two deals on A Glimpse Inside The Mind of Charles Swan III, which it introduced to buyers here at the AFM.
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NewsSpotlight heads into AFM with four new titles led by The Ghostmaker
The supernatural thriller centres on three friends who discover a coffin that allows them to travel into the world of the undead. It screens on Sunday.
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NewsMission Pictures International adds pair of new titles
Principals Chevonne O’Shaughnessy and Cindy Bond have bolstered their family- and faith-based roster with The 5th Quarter and Seven Days In Utopia.
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NewsParlay's The Words, Arbitrage speak to buyers
Lisa Wilson has reported strong territory sales on two of her leading titles as the AFM heads into the weekend.
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NewsAFM Finance Conference: Eurozone crisis not disastrous for film deals
Executives on AFM panel note less top dollar projects at AFM but strike positive note on current market
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Phase 4 takes North American rights to Hick
Derick Martini’s road movie starring Chloë Moretz and Blake Lively and premiered recently in Toronto.
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Penthouse North goes to Dimension for US
Dimension Films has picked up US rights to the Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton thriller Penthouse North, which Lionsgate is selling internationally at the market.
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NewsBuyers attached to Celluloid Dreams' Detachment
Buyers hot for high-school drama Detachment starring Adrien Brody.
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NewsRonan Bennett writing bomb squad thriller for Unanimous/Stylopik
Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies) is writing a new London-set action thriller for Chris Coen’s UK-based Unanimous Entertainment and Los Angeles-based Stylopik, which is funding the development.
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NewsSC Global adds MoniKa, Annabelle
Shauna Shapiro Jackson and David Jackson’s SC Global Media is selling revenge action thriller MoniKa and Amy Weber’s drama Annabelle & Bear.
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NewsIndomina adds Over The Wall to AFM roster
Melissa Leo and Hayden Panettiere have joined Nick Stahl and Freddy Rodriguez on Over The Wall, a thriller that worldwide rights holder Indomina Releasing is selling at AFM.
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NewsSony takes North American rights to Bel Ami from Protagonist
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquistions has taken on the film starring Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman.
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NewsW2 boards The Drummer with Aaron Eckhart
The distribution, sales and financing company will commence pre-sales at AFM on the Dennis Wilson biopic after stumping up a seven-figure advance for rights.
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NewsEndgame launches p&a fund to support wide releases
Jim Stern’s financing and production company has announced its long-in-the-works fund, partnering with equity investors, third-party producers and studios to provide marketing and distribution support for wide release Endgame and third party titles such as Rian Johnson’s 2012 sci-fi Looper.
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NewsFilmNation scores major deals on The Raven, House
CEO Glen Basner announced at AFM on Thursday (3) that the company has virtually sold out its first two productions, The Raven and House At The End Of The Street.
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NewsCelluloid's Chicken runs to SPC
Celluloid Dreams has closed a slew of territories on Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s Chicken With Plums, including a deal for US and Latin America with Sony Pictures Classics.
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NewsSony strikes multi-territory deal for Winterbottom's Bailout with Ealing Metro
Ealing Metro has struck a multi-territory deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) on Michael Winterbottom’s Bailout to star Jack Black [pictured].
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NewsTransformers, X-Men's Tom DeSanto joins Chinese Gods project
Tom DeSanto, whose credits include X-Men and Transformers, has signed on to join the production team of US-China co-produced fantasy trilogy Gods.DeSanto will join Taipei and LA-based producer Steve Chicorel and Beijing-based Chen Baiyi as producer. He will lead produce and have approvals over all creative aspects of the trilogy. ...