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Universal signs production pact with Kurtzman and Orci
The studio announced the two-year first-look deal with writing team Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and their K/O Paper Products on Tuesday (May 1).
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NewsJustin Kurzel to direct le Carre adaptation Our Kind of Traitor
Snowtown director Justin Kurzel has been tapped to direct John le Carre adaptation Our Kind of Traitor.
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NewsDavid Garrett pacts with Constantin to launch new London-based sales company
In new outfit Mister Smith Entertainment, Garrett joined by former Summit exec Ralpho Borgos and Annasivia Britt; brings Mortal Instruments adaptation and Natascha Kampusch drama to Cannes.
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NewsChild’s Play, Everybody Has A Plan on FIP Cannes slate
Shebnem Askin-Schreger (pictured) will be on the Croisette touting Fox International Productions’ sales roster, which includes Vinessa Shaw in the remake of the 1976 Spanish thriller Who Can Kill A Child?
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NewsHighland Film Group boards int'l sales on Revenge For Jolly!
Arianne Fraser’s company will introduce the dark comedy to buyers in Cannes following its Tribeca world premiere. Jolly! is one of three productions planned for this year by Atlas Entertainment subsidiary Atlas Independent.
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Endgame, FilmDistrict acquire rights to sci-fi thriller script Selfless
The companies will co-finance and reunite with producer Ram Bergman, their partner on the upcoming sci-fi release Looper. FilmDistrict will handle US distribution.
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NewsNice Drama to adapt Ohlsson's Swedish crime trilogy
The Stockholm based production company plans to turn Swedish writer Kristina Ohlsson’s trilogy into three 90 minute TV movies.
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NewsDi Bonaventura, Seven Arts, Prodigy pact for Natali's $60m Neuromancer
Renowned US producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura (Transformers, Constantine) is to partner with Seven Arts Entertainment Inc and Prodigy Pictures on William Gibson adaptation Neuromancer, it was confirmed this weekend.
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NewsLevelK takes on 33 Liberty Lane starring Watson, Oh, Hardin, Vardalos
Peter Hewitt to direct the sex-phone company comedy.
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NewsWu’s Seven Stars to build Chinawood outside Tianjin
Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Entertainment is working with the government of the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, to establish a film and media hub, “Chinawood Global Services Base”.
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Film Factory picks up Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang for Cannes
Popular Spanish comic Zip & Zap is headed to the big screen as a family adventure produced by Zeta Cinema, Mod Producciones, Antena 3 Films and Kowalski Films.
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Hammer options Winchester haunted house story
The Exclusive Media subsidiary will develop and produce with Imagination Design Works (IDW) and Nine/8 Entertainment.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Among the new projects added to Screenbase is Wasteland starring Luke Treadaway.
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NewsStellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada join cast of The Railway Man
Shooting begins on Jonathan Teplitzky’s war drama in Scotland on April 30.
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NewsAndy Garcia, Vera Farmiga to star in Admissions
Garcia will also produce the rom-com through his CineSon Productions. Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group arranged financing and represents domestic rights while Film Bridge International handles sales on the rest of the world.
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Dimension Films acquires US rights to Dark Skies
Scott Stewart wrote and will direct the supernatural thriller, his follow-up to Priest that is being produced by Jason Blum and Alliance Films, which is fully financing. IM Global will commence pre-sales in Cannes through its Octane division.
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NewsWillem Dafoe joins Out Of The Furnace
The two-time Oscar nominee will play the role of John Petty in the crime drama, which started shooting in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Apr 13.
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NewsRooney Mara to star in Wildgaze Films' Brooklyn
Nick Hornby has adapted the film from the Colm Toibin bestseller set in 1950s Ireland and New York
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NewsLone Scherfig attached to direct Orange for Ruby, Focus
EXCLUSIVE: The adaptation of Tim Guest’s memoir My Life In Orange, about his childhood in an Indian commune, is curently in development.
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NewsCinemaCon: Scorsese, Lee offer gung-ho appraisal of 3D
At a special lunch event on the third day of CinemaCon (25), master directors Martin Scorsese and Ang Lee gave an endorsement of the format that was as good as it gets.