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News108 Media, Paladin board The We And The I
In the first major deal since the companies launched their distribution partnership last month they have picked up North American rights to Michel Gondry’s latest film.
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NewsContinental Media partners hit Toronto with ten-plus slate
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts of the fledgling production and sales company are in town to talk up an inaugural slate that includes retro-horror Ritual from Eric B Fleischman’s EBF Productions and Chelsea Peters’ The Final Girl Presents to star Lisa Summerscales, Dean Cates and Derek Philips.
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NewsAnchor Bay lands North American, UK rights to Jayne Mansfield’s Car
Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed and stars in the Toronto entry alongside Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Katherine LaNasa, Ray Stevenson and Robert Patrick. Aldamisa International handles sales for the rest of the world.
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NewsToronto buyers gear up as busy weekend beckons
The distribution community buzzed into life on Friday (7) heading into a packed weekend of screenings as FilmDistrict moved on US rights to Good Universe’s Oldboy remake and Anchor Bay picked up North America and the UK on Billy Bob Thornton’s Toronto entry Jayne Mansfield’s Car.
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NewsHerwitz's Film Sales Company hungry for Men at Lunch
Documentary received its North American premiere in Toronto yesterday.
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NewsWorldview to finance and produce southern drama Joe
Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners’ busy finance and production company has come on board to finance and produce David Gordon Green’s film starring Nicolas Cage.
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Myriad gets Caught Stealing with Patrick Wilson, Alec Baldwin
Kirk D’Amico is introducing buyers here to the noir mystery written by David Hayter based on the first book in Charlie Huston’s trilogy. Paul Wagner serves as executive producer and Myriad and APA co-represent US rights.
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NewsDavid Michôd’s The Rover secures key sales
eOne will distribute the Lava Bear and Porchlight Films drama in the UK, Canada and Benelux, while Nordisk will release in Scandinavia and Sun Distribution in Latin America.
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NewsRed Granite, Mandalay bulk up on Horns cast
Juno Temple (pictured), Joe Anderson, Kelli Garner and Max Minghella are in talks to join the supernatural thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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Open Road in talks to acquire Emmett/Furla’s Fair Trade
Randall Emmett and George Furla have boarded the thriller from Alcon Entertainment and will fully finance the project, set to begin shooting in April 2013 in Pennsylvania.
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Virgil Films takes US rights to Fred Won’t Move Out
Richard Ledes wrote and directed the drama about ageing family relatives starring Elliot Gould and Fred Melamed.
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Indican Pictures takes North American rights to A Green Story
Paramyth Films’ biopic about Van Vlahakis, the Greek founder of Earth Friendly Products who arrived a penniless immigrant in the US, will open theatrically in April 2013.
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NewsThe Exchange takes on sales to Midnight Madness entry Hellbenders
JT Petty’s horror-comedy receives its world premiere on Sunday (9) and stars Clancy Brown, Clifton Collins Jr and Dan Fogler.
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NewsJust The Wind announced as Hungarian candidate for Oscar race
Hungarian Oscar Committee selects Bence Fliegauf’s drama is to be considered for Best Foreign Language Film nomination.
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Screen Media Films launches Primal Screen
The curated horror label will focus on the development, production and acquisition of genre titles.
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eOne CEO Throop: post-merger teams won't be known for 'some months'
“Independent films will remain our bread and butter”, says eOne CEO after acquisition of Alliance Films for $230m; further acquisitions possible.
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NewsMPI Pictures secures US rights to Thérèse Desqueyroux
The late Claude Miller’s film stars Audrey Tatou and will open theatrically in the major markets in spring followed by DVD and VoD roll-out.
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NewsFilmDistrict picks up US rights to Oldboy remake
Spike Lee directs Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley in Good Universe’s remake of the celebrated Korean revenge saga.
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NewsThe Cinema Guild takes US rights to Leviathan
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s documentary will screen here on Sept 12 and receive its official US premiere at the New York Film Festival prior to theatrical release in early 2013.
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NewsJulian Richards' Darklands picked up by MVD for US and Canadian release
Richards’ ‘lost debut’ out on DVD on Nov 20.