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NewsDinklage to star in Hop Frog
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Dinklage, riding high on the global success of Game Of Thrones, has signed on to star in Hop Frog.
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FSC scores Crash Reel sales
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company has licensed Australia and New Zealand rights on Lucy Walker’s snowboarder documentary The Crash Reel to Hopscotch/eOne, which plans a day-and-date launch across all platforms in mid-July.
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NewsStar Trek opens in US on $71m
Stark Trek Into Darkness stormed to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $70.6m opening weekend.
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NewsPhase 4 acquires Philosophers
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has acquired all rights in the US and Canada to John Huddles’ sci-fi thriller starring James Darcy. Bankside Films handles international sales on the Croisette.
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NewsPhase 4 takes Free Ride
Phase 4 Films has moved on North American rights to Shana Betz’s feature directorial debut Free Ride starring Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet and Drea De Matteo. Cargo Entertainment handles international sales in Cannes.
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NewsSundance Selects Two Days, One Night
Sundance Selects has acquired US rights to the Dardenne brothers’ upcoming drama Two Days, One Night starring Marion Cotillard.
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NewsWrekin Hill gets Siberian Education
The distributor has picked up US rights to Gabriele Salvatores’ Siberian Education starring John Malkovich in the tale of members of a gang of exiled Siberians who adhere to a strict code.
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NewsTWC takes Suite Francaise US rights
Entertainment One and TF1 have confirmed they are partnering with The Weinstein Company (TWC) on World War Two drama Suite Francaise.
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NewsDreamWorks inks Euro output deals
DreamWorks, through their licensing collaboration with David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment, has inked multiple distribution output deals at Cannes, including with Samuel and Victor Hadida’s Metropolitan FilmExport in France.
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NewsCohen Media Group buys Tycoon
Cohen Media Group chairman and CEO Charles S Cohen announced in Cannes that the company has acquired National Book Award winner Edward Ball’s recently published The Inventor And The Tycoon.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC acquires Blue Ruin
RADiUS-TWC concluded an on-site buy of a festival film on Saturday night [18] as it acquired North American rights to Blue Ruin.
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NewsQED, Huayi strikes China alliance
In the latest US-China pact to take root in Hollywood, QED International and Huayi Brothers Media Company have formed a strategic distribution and co-production partnership.
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NewsEx-Intandem boss launches new firm
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Intandem boss Gary Smith has revealed details of his new production and financing company Blue Ocean Media.
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NewsColt 45 writer options Stark
EXCLUSIVE: Colt 45 writer Fathi Beddiar to direct Edward Bunker crime-thriller.
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NewsPinewood backs thriller Take Down
EXCLUSIVE: Pinewood’s first US production commitment is on Radiant’s Jim Gillespie thriller from Ransom writer Alexander Ignon.
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NewsFinns pact for US alliance
Helsinki-based Bronson Club and New York-based Uncorked Productions have started a new collaboration, Start To Finnish, to develop English-language international projects for six top Finnish directors.
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NewsIndomina Pinewood sets opening date
Dominican president Danilo Medina will lead a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 10 to officially open what representatives called the “first stage” of Indomina Pinewood Studios in the Caribbean.
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Make My Movie scheme returns
Producer Ant Timpson has teamed up with MPI/Dark Sky Films evp Greg Newman and New Zealand Film Commission CEO Graeme Mason to announce the return of the New Zealand feature project, Make My Movie.
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NewsArclight sells Dead Simple
Arclight Films has launched sales on the Croisette of Dead Simple, the adaptation of Peter James’ bestselling crime novel.
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Chinese Shorts head to US, Euro TV
Shenzhen Media Group and Shorts International have cut deal to bring Chinese short movies to US, European and African television audiences.