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James McAvoy in for Joel Edgerton on Myriad's Eleanor Rigby
Shooting is set to commence this summer on The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Him and The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Her to star Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, who has replaced Joel Edgerton on the cast. Myriad Pictures represents sales rights and is in talks with buyers here.
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Submarine, Dakota Group partner on Torpedo Pictures
The label will fund and distribute low-budget genre titles in the $500,000-$1.5m range with a focus on auteur-driven directors.
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Prison guard thriller Screwed goes to Inception for North America
Inception Media Group has acquired North American rights to the thriller Screwed, based on the book by former prison guard Ronnie Thompson.
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Anchor Bay, Red Sea strike deals on Officer Down, Pawn
Anchor Bay has swooped on all English speaking territories for action a pair of action films, Officer Down and Pawn. Red Sea Media is handling international sales on both titles Cannes.
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NewsSPC picks up North American rights to Directors’ Fortnight entry No
Pablo Larraín’s story is based on true events and stars Gael García Bernal as an advertising executive who in 1988 is hired to spearhead the Chilean opposition leader’s campaign after military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls a referendum.
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NewsSofia Coppola's Bling Ring is just the thing for FilmNation
FilmNation has reported a roaring trade here on Sofia Coppola’s Bling Ring, licensing rights to Village Roadshow in Australia, Alliance in Canada and Lucky Red in Italy, among others.
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Peter Berg whirlwind tour fires up Cannes sales on Foresight 's Survivor
Following a whistle-stop Cannes trip by Battleship director Peter Berg to talk up Lone Survivor, Foresight Unlimited head Mark Damon and president/COO Tamara Birkemoe said they had sold out 80-90% of the world on the Navy SEALs story.
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UTA signs Intouchables star Omar Sy
UTA has signed French actor and Intouchables star Omar Sy for representation in all areas.
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NewsKino Lorber takes US rights to Meet The Fokkens
Gabrielle Provaas and Rob Schröder’s documentary Meet The Fokkens received its world premiere at IDFA in Amsterdam and will kick off its US festival run at SilverDocs in mid-June.
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NewsAngelWorld boards The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
Film financier AngelWorld, which yesterday announced backing for new title The Big Shoe, will back drama starring Jessica Biel.
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NewsFilmNation boards Lava Bear, Porchlight's The Rover
FilmNation has acquired the majority of worldwide sales rights to David Michôd’s follow-up to Animal Kingdom, and will jointly represent US sales with UTA.
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NewsRoskino announces projects with Brody, Uchitel, Dvortsevoy
Roskino yesterday announced seven new co-productions in development and pre-production, including projects with Adrien Brody, Alexei Uchitel and Tulpan director Sergei Dvortsevoy.
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Maximum Conviction lands key deals for Voltage
Voltage Pictures has announced pre-Cannes sales on the Steven Seagal action-thriller Maximum Conviction that also stars Steve Austin.
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Strategic Film Partners adds The FP, Crooked to Cannes slate
Alex Barder’s Strategic Film Partners is in the thick of talks with buyers on a slate that includes The Trost Brothers’ dance battle film The FP, which Drafthouse Films released recently in the US.
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NewsNicole Kidman said to be reuniting with Lee Daniels on Butler
EXCLUSIVE: The Oscar-winning actres is reportedly poised to join the cast of IM Global hot seller The Butler, reuniting with director Lee Daniels whose The Paperboy receives its world premiere here on Thursday.
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NewsAvengers brings in further $55.1m at US box office
Another mighty haul saw Marvel Studios’ action epic soar to $457.1m and hold on to its number one rank for the third consecutive weekend.
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NewsMexico unveils revamped Cineteca
Here in Cannes, the Mexican Film Institute unveiled the restoration and redevelopment plans for the Cineteca Nacional, the world’s biggest cinematheque.
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Buyers go Into The Dark for Epic Pictures
Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson’s Epic Pictures Group has licensed the Mischa Barton supernatural thriller Into The Dark to Tiberius for Germany, Eagle for the Middle East and Eurofilms for Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films takes US rights to Renoir
The distributor has swooped on Gilles Bourdos’ drama ahead of its world premiere as the closing night film of Un Certain Regard on May 25.
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Cargo escorts Hendricks film Zipper into Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Cargo Entertainment sales chief Mark Lindsay has been talking up the thriller Zipper starring Patrick Wilson and Christina Hendricks, which Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures is on board to produce.