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NewsCBS Films cooks up Salmon as Goon draws Magnet
CBS Films has finalised its acquisition of Lasse Hallstrom’s popular Toronto entry Salmon Fishing In The Yemen after paying $5.5m-$6m for US rights and pledging what is understood to be a substantial p&a commitment. A dramatic day ended with two people fainting at the world premiere of Alexandre Courtes’ Midnight ...
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D Street Media Group to release Afrikaans hit Roepman
US production and distribution company D Street Media Group has signed on to release the Afrikaans film Roepman, in all media across North America.
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Alcon fast-tracks Point Break remake
The latest project to spawn from the age of iconic action remakes revisits Kathryn Bigelow’s visceral 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves and the late Patrick Swayze.
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Summit sets Fresnadillo to direct Highlander reboot
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, whose Intruders gets its world premiere in Toronto on Monday, has come aboard the action property.
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Tucci, Cooper keep Company for Voltage Pictures
Stanley Tucci and Chris Cooper have joined the cast of The Company You Keep, which Voltage Pictures is selling in Toronto.
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NewsHistorias secures domestic deal through Film Movement
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Historias by Brazilian filmmaker Julia Murat.
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eOne bulks up slate with Shirley MacLaine ensemble The Locals
eOne Films International is handling sales on Bronx-set ensemble The Locals to star Shirley MacLaine, styled as Romeo And Juliet with a Jewish-Italian twist.
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Well Go, CJ Entertainmment strike domestic distribution deals
Well Go USA has picked up the South Korean pair of My Way and Tarbosaurus from CJ Entertainment.
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NewsIM Global hires Daniel Stamm for 13: Game Of Death remake
IM Global has hired The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm for 13, its remake of the Thai horror thriller 13: Game Of Death.
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NewsUndefeated producers Exclusive, Zipper sign first-look deal
Exclusive Media Group (EMG) has signed a first-look deal with Undefeated producers Zipper Bros Films ahead of the film’s screening in Toronto on Tuesday (13).
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Grosvenor Park returns to film lending, launches EIS fund in UK
Grosvenor Park is returning to lending on film after exiting the space in 2008 and expects to put $100m to work over the next year for projects in the $10m-$30m range.
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NewsUniversal, Morgan Creek to co-finance The Thing
Universal Pictures and Morgan Creek Productions are to co-finance The Thing and will split duties on international distribution.
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NewsOccupant sets UK director Alex Holmes to survival thriller Quiver
LA-based Occupant Entertainment has boarded rights to the survival thriller Quiver and hired hot British director Alex Holmes, the BAFTA winning filmmaker of BBC mini-series Dunkirk.
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NewsLiza Johnson boards Alice Munro adaptation
As debut feature Return does festival rounds, Johnson gears up to direct Mark Jude Poirier’s adaptation of Alice Munro’s 2001 short story Hateship, Friendship, Courtship and Loveship.
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NewsMartha Marcy producers ready drifter tale The Low Road
Maybach Cunningham, the California-based production company behind with Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, is preparing its third feature to shoot this year.
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NewsCBS leaps for Salmon Fishing; buyers hot on Next, Oranges
Lasse Hallstrom’s well received Toronto premiere Salmon Fishing In The Yemen appeared bound for CBS Films on Sunday night after the distributor reportedly put an MG of around $4m on the table and not more than $5m as originally believed.
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The Day collaborators to adapt Afraid for Gold Circle
Producer Guy Danella and writer Luke Passmore, whose Midnight Madness entry The Day screens for press and industry on Monday at 10am, are adapting Jack Kilborn’s action horror novel Afraid for Gold Circle Films.
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Myriad adds Rob Lowe political satire Knife Fight to sales slate
Myriad Pictures has come on board to handle international sales on Bill Guttentag’s political satire Knife Fight starring Rob Lowe, Julie Bowen and Jamie Chung.
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NewsOne-two for Participant as Contagion opens top on £23m
Participant Media were celebrating a one-two punch this weekend as the company co-financed both the number one opener Contagion and ongoing hit The Help.
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NewsLos Angeles office head Dana Archer promoted to evp at DDA
Dana Archer has been promoted to evp of publicity powerhouse DDA PR as she moves closer to a full partnership at the company.