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Autumn Springs in Germany
Neil Friedman's Menemsha Entertainment has closed a deal in Germany on Czech festival favourite Autumn Spring with MFA. The film, directed by Vladimir Michalek, will open in New York City in the US through First Look Pictures at the end of July.Menemsha has also closed deals on the film with ...
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ADV Films to make live-action feature of Japanese animated TV series
ADV Films has acquired the rights to produce a live action feature of Japanese animated TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion and has teamed with Lord Of The Rings effects producer Weta Workshop in New Zealand to create the visual effects. The film is a collaboration between ADV, Weta and Gainax.ADV ...
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ADV Films to make live-action feature of Japanese animated TV series
ADV Films has acquired the rights to produce a live action feature of Japanese animated TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion and has teamed with Lord Of The Rings effects producer Weta Workshop in New Zealand to create the visual effects. The film is a collaboration between ADV, Weta and Gainax.ADV ...
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Lion's Gate enjoys Freshman year
Lions Gate Films International has sold all key territories to its new titles The Final Cut starring Robin Williams and The Prince And The Freshman with Julia Stiles, the latter of which will be handled by Paramount Pictures.Co-presidents Nick Meyer and Sergei Yershov said that they had sold futuristic thriller ...
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Lion's Gate enjoys Freshman year
Lions Gate Films International has sold all key territories to its new titles The Final Cut starring Robin Williams and The Prince And The Freshman with Julia Stiles, the latter of which will be handled by Paramount Pictures.Co-presidents Nick Meyer and Sergei Yershov said that they had sold futuristic thriller ...
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Buyers go to White Castle
Senator International has completed multiple sales on its slate of new pictures.Among buyers for Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle were Village Roadshow in Australia, Aurum in Spain, Europa in Latin America, Egmont in Scandinavia and RCV in Benelux.For Gold Circle's White Noise starring Michael Keaton, Senator sold to ...
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Buyers go to White Castle
Senator International has completed multiple sales on its slate of new pictures.Among buyers for Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle were Village Roadshow in Australia, Aurum in Spain, Europa in Latin America, Egmont in Scandinavia and RCV in Benelux.For Gold Circle's White Noise starring Michael Keaton, Senator sold to ...
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Overseas plunges into Dungeons again
Overseas Filmgroup has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Dungeons And Dragons: The Sequel to be produced by Zinc Entertainment, a division of Joel Silver's Silver Pictures, and Marching Band Productions in association with Sweetpea Entertainment. Warner Home Video is handling video rights in the US and certain territories. Marching Band ...
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Miramax does the business
Miramax Films swiftly completed its international sales goals this market, closing a big deal with Gaga Communications in Japan for Shall We Dance, Duplex and Tadpole and with Asmik Ace for Spy Kids 3D and Blue Car, and re-teaming with Svensk Filmindustri in Sandinavia for the first time in a ...
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Miramax does the business
Miramax Films swiftly completed its international sales goals this market, closing a big deal with Gaga Communications in Japan for Shall We Dance, Duplex and Tadpole and with Asmik Ace for Spy Kids 3D and Blue Car, and re-teaming with Svensk Filmindustri in Sandinavia for the first time in a ...
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Ange does saintly business for Focus
Focus Features has closed its first deals on Saint Ange, the supernatural thriller starring Virginie Ledoyen which is being shot in English-language and French-language versions. Icon has bought the film for the UK, Vertigo for Spain, Scanbox for Scandinavia and Gussi for Spanish-speaking Latin America. In addition Focus, which will ...
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Ange does saintly business for Focus
Focus Features has closed its first deals on Saint Ange, the supernatural thriller starring Virginie Ledoyen which is being shot in English-language and French-language versions. Icon has bought the film for the UK, Vertigo for Spain, Scanbox for Scandinavia and Gussi for Spanish-speaking Latin America. In addition Focus, which will ...
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Walden Media journeys to Verne, Shakespeare
Cary Granat's Walden Media, the backer of James Cameron's out-of-competition Cannes screener Ghosts Of The Abyss, is to produce a big-budget 3-D movie of Jules Verne's Journey To The Centre Of The Earth as well as a new family film of Shakespeare's As You Like It.Walden will next go into ...
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Walden Media journeys to Verne, Shakespeare
Cary Granat's Walden Media, the backer of James Cameron's out-of-competition Cannes screener Ghosts Of The Abyss, is to produce a big-budget 3-D movie of Jules Verne's Journey To The Centre Of The Earth as well as a new family film of Shakespeare's As You Like It.Walden will next go into ...
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Summit dons Maybury's Jacket
Summit Entertainment has added The Jacket, a new film from Mandalay Pictures to its sales slate. Mark Wahlberg is attached to star in the lead role of the drama which is the first US film from the UK's John Maybury (Love Is The Devil).A co-production between Mandalay and Section Eight, ...
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Summit dons Maybury's Jacket
Summit Entertainment has added The Jacket, a new film from Mandalay Pictures to its sales slate. Mark Wahlberg is attached to star in the lead role of the drama which is the first US film from the UK's John Maybury (Love Is The Devil).A co-production between Mandalay and Section Eight, ...
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Modigliani finds his muses
Bauer Martinez Studios has assembled an international cast to join Andy Garcia in Modigliani, a $12m picture about the last days in the life of the famous artist that is scheduled to start shooting in Bucharest on May 25.Elsa Zylberstein will play Jeanne Hebuterne, Omid Djalili will play Picasso, Eva ...
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Oz caper picked up by Myriad's radar
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights excluding Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea to Australian comedy caper Under The Radar directed by Evan Clarry and produced by Chris Brown and Chris Fitchett of Picture In Paradise Productions.The film stars Nathan Phillips, Steady Eddy, Clayton Watson and Chloe Maxwell as a ...
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Solo grabs MDP pair for Germany
Solo Film has bought German rights to two films from MDP Worldwide - 11:14 starring Hilary Swank and The United States Of Leland produced by and starring Kevin Spacey. The deals were negotiated by Mark Damon of MDP with Peter Heinzemann and Marcus Shofer of Solo Film.Cannes is the third ...
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Franchise Pictures targets the UK
Franchise Pictures is going to London. Elie Samaha's LA-based production and financing outfit is launching a UK distribution outfit, hiring London-based production executives and teaming with tax and finance specialist Invicta Capital for co-production and tax finance structuring on the new venture.Samaha and partner David Bergstein are ten days away ...