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Anchor Bay gets MURPH: The Protector
Anchor Bay Films has acquired all rights to Mactavish Pictures’ MURPH: The Protector.
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Open Road picks up Testament
Open Road Films has acquired US rights to the supernatural thriller financed by Voltage Pictures and will release nationwide in the first quarter 2015.
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Vimeo dangles TIFF carrot
Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor said the platform will offer $10,000 advances for a 30-day exclusive digital window on world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Academy to honour Gabriel Figueroa
Writer-director Gregory Nava, Gael García Bernal, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and Gabriel Figueroa Flores will celebrate the life and career of the renowned Mexican cinematographer on Sept 17.
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Pollak eyes comedy doc
Kevin Pollak will direct the documentary Misery Loves Comedy about the mind of the stand-up comic and those in the profession.
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Studios serve up record summer
Lee Daniels’ The Butler restored supremacy at the top of the North American charts as a record four-day Labor Day weekend wrapped up a record $4.7bn summer.
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Hunnam, Johnson to lead Fifty Shades of Grey
Pacific Rim star and daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith land lead roles in the adaptation of E.L. James’ erotic novel.
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Yellow Affair acquires Bluebird
The Yellow Affair to take US drama, starring Amy Morton and Mad Men’s John Slattery, to Toronto.
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Gilliam: 12 Monkeys TV series a "very dumb idea”
EXCLUSIVE: Director responds to plans for a TV spin-off to the sci-fi thriller.
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IFC Midnight buys Haunt
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has acquired all US rights to Mac Carter’s genre title starring Jacki Weaver. QED International handles sales outside the US.
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TWC gets Tracks in US
The distributor has reunited with See-Saw Films, the producers behind Oscar winner The King’s Speech, and acquired US rights from HanWay Films to the true-life Australian drama.
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One Direction win LDW on $17m
The summer session neared a conclusion over Labor Day Weekend as One Direction: This Is Us, Morgan Spurlock’s documentary about the UK-Irish pop sensation, opened top on an estimated $17m through Sony’s TriStar label over three days.
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US premiere for 12 Years a Slave at NYFF
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave is to receive its US premiere at the 51st New York Film Festival (NYFF) on Oct 8.
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Bradley Cooper joins Guardians of the Galaxy
The Oscar nominated star has joined the cast of Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy and will voice the part of Rocket Raccoon.
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Paradigm to sell Cheerleaders
EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm is to jointly represent North American rights with Modern Distributors to the Toronto Midnight Madness world premiere All Cheerleaders Die.
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Richard Gere to star in Franny
Gere has set his first film since the acclaimed Arbitrage and will star in the drama from Treehouse Pictures, TideRock Media, Big Shoes Media, Magnolia Entertainment and Soaring Flight Productions. QED International will commence pre-sales in Toronto.
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CMG to sell Revolution
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group will commence pre-sales in Toronto on Rob Stewart’s eco documentary.
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Cynthia Kim to Blumhouse Int’l
Heading into Toronto, Jason Blum of fledgling Blumhouse International announced he has hired the former Exclusive Media executive as svp of international sales and distribution.
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XYZ Films to sell Wolf
The Los Angeles-based company has taken on all rights excluding Benelux to Jim Taihuttu’s Dutch crime thriller and will start talks with buyers in Toronto.