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NewseOne takes UK on hot AFM seller 12 Years A Slave
The distributor has prevailed in a bidding war to acquire UK rights to Summit International’s sold-out prestige title to be directed by Steve McQueen.
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MPI Media Group picks up Bounty Hunters for US
Raven Banner Entertainment licensed rights during AFM to the action title which has been set for a spring 2012 release.
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Helen McCrory to star in Klimkiewicz's Flying Blind
It is the third film to go into production as part of South West Screen’s microbudget scheme iFeatures.
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NewsNorth East Creative Fund makes 13 film investments
Public investment has created a ‘critical mass’ of film activity in North East England, according to Northern Film & Media chief executive Tom Harvey.
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CommentDogs on Film
Only at the annual Fido awards would you see a Bond girl sitting next to a Jack Russell.
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NewsMariela Besuievsky to be honoured with EFA co-production award
The Prix Eurimages will be handed out to the Spanish producer at the European Film Awards on December 3.
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NewsNakamura Group strikes first-look deal with China's Middle Kingdom Studios
Two-year pact signed; first project is Fangs of War.
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NewsRussian films triumph in Cottbus, Zelenka gives Best Pitch
Russian cinema was the big winner at this year’s FilmFestival Cottbus with Angelina Nikonova’s feature debut Twilight Portrait taking home the € 20,000 main prize for best film.
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NewsMGM strikes multi-year content deal with Netflix UK
Netflix, which launches in early 2012 in the UK and Ireland, will offer MGM and partner content..
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NewsJennifer Lynch talks Chained at AFM
It’s no surprise that Jennifer Lynch is smart and enjoys discussing the darker side of life but she is also disarmingly jolly considering that her credits include Boxing Helena and Surveillance.
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NewsWeinsteins confirm US deal on Song For Marion
As first reported by Screen during the AFM, the company has acquired distribution rights to the upcoming release starring Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton and Christopher Eccleston.
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NewseOne acquires Canadian rights to Hysteria
Tanya Wexler’s rom-com charts the invention of the vibrator and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones.
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NewsRufus Sewell joins cast of Paradise Lost
The Legendary Pictures project also stars Bradley Cooper and Benjamin Walker and is based on an adaptation of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem about the fall of man.
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NewsGoldwyn takes Island President, Strand Releasing acquires Unforgivable
A flurry of domestic distribution deals were announced on Monday [Nov 7], led by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Strand Releasing taking US rights to The Island President and Andre Techine’s Unforgivable, respectively.
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NewsGreen Isle adds $20m UK-Australia comedy to maiden slate
The new LA-based production company led by industry veterans Edwin Larson And Scott Vandiver is backing the $20m project A Monster Problem.
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NewsMGM to turn Where’s Waldo? into feature
The studio struck a deal with rights holder Classic Media and will adapt into a live-action family adventure.
