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Content rides with Hugo Weaving Aussie drama
ContentFilm International has come on for international sales on Glendyn Ivin's The Last Ride. Ivin won the Palme d'Or for his 2003 short Cracker Bag. The drama will star Hugo Weaving (The Matrix, Transformers) and will start shooting this summer in the Australian outback.The story follows an emotional road trip ...
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Pat Shortt, Dap Kings sign up for Ipso Facto's Souled Out
Pat Shortt, who starred in last year's Cannes Directors Fortnight hit Garage, has joined the cast of Shimmy Marcus' Souled Out for Ipso Facto Films. He joins Martin Compston and Jennifer Ellison in the coming-of-age love story set in the Northern Soul scene in 1974.The Dap Kings, the backing band ...
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UK's Contender says hello to Mr Nice from Independent
Increasingly active UK distributor Contender, backed by Entertainment One, has taken UK rights for Mr Nice, sold by UK-based sales company Independent.Another sister company owned by E1, Seville Pictures, has taken Canadian rights. Independent's Luc Roeg is producing the film with Independent also handling worldwide sales.Mr Nice is based on ...
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ContentFilm International lights up with Kid Cannabis
ContentFilm International will handle international sales on Kid Cannabis, written and directed by John Stockwell. ICM will handle North American rights. Stockwell previously directed Into the Blue, Blue Crush and Crazy Beautiful. The film starts shooting July 2 in Vancouver.The film stars Chris Marquette and Aaron Yoo with more cast ...
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HandMade pre-sells Eloise In Paris to UK's Entertainment
HandMade Films has pre-sold UK rights to Eloise In Paris to Entertainment Film Distributors. HandMade chairman Guy Collins struck the deal with Entertainment's Nigel Green.The film will star Uma Thurman and newcomer Jordana Beatty. Collins said: 'Licensing the first of the major worldwide territories on the film to Entertainment sets ...
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Film Council taps Swift as literary scout
The UK's film super body the Film Council has appointed Susan Swift as a literary scout as part of its bid to take a pro-active stance within production circles.Swift will act as a consultant to the Council, working closely with Robert Jones, head of the Council's main fund for commercially-oriented ...
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Halcyon gets Bass on board for Godmother adaptation
Chris Coen's UK production and distribution company Halcyon Pictures has optioned Carrie Adams' novel The Godmother.Oscar winner Ron Bass (My Best Friend's Wedding) will adapt the script. The London-set comedy is about a godmother of four without children of her own who tries to help her friends with family problems ...
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Laura Hastings Smith to follow Hunger with Piggy, Satan, Charming Man
Laura Hastings Smith, producer of Un Certain Regard opener Hunger, has a full slate of films in development. The London-based producer, participating in EFP's Producers on The Move, plans to re-team with Hunger collaborator Robin Gutch for the Warp X project This Little Piggy by Corinna Faith, described as 'a ...
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Protagonist takes on Bankside library sales
Bankside Films has teamed with new sales outfit Protagonist Pictures to sell Bankside's catalogue titles to TV, video and ancillary markets. Nada Cirjanic, who is in charge of the Film4 library through Protagonist, will also be in charge of the Bankside library.Bankside will continue to acquire projects for first-run theatrical ...
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Diffusion takes UK rights to Bacon's Arena
Diffusion picks up Bacon's Arena for UKWendy MitchellWavelength Pictures has sold Bacon's Arena to Diffusion Pictures for the UK and Ireland. This follows on a French deal with Pretty Pictures. Diffusion's UK release will coincide with the forthcoming Francis Bacon centenary exhibition at London's Tate Britain, which opens Sept 8.This ...
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High Point takes sells Skin to Germany; picks up Sun and Summer
High Point Films has sold Skin to Ascot Elite for Germany. The film is Hanro Smitsman's first feature; he won a Berlinale Golden Bear for short film Klaas.The 1979-set story is about a 17-year-old son of a Holocaust survivor who gets drawn into the skinhead movement. Marc Bary of IJsawter ...
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Ghengis Khan conquers new territories
Buyers are galloping after Oscar nominated Byambasuren Davaa's feature documentary The Two Horses Of Genghis Khan (on Atrix's Cannes slate). Spanish rights have now gone to Madrid-based Karma Films. Meanwhile, Benelux rights have gone to Contact Films.The film begins shooting in June in Mongolia and is set for a theatrical ...
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Film4's slate includes Christopher Hampton adapting Post-Birthday World
Film4 has unveiled a bulging development slate, boasting about 70 projects at various stages.Film4 has, as usual, a slew of literary adaptations in the works. Lionel Shriver's The Post-Birthday World will be adapted by Atonement Oscar nominee Christopher Hampton. Alison Owen of Ruby will produce and the film is at ...
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The UK's Revolver has picked up rights to J.C.V.D. , the latest Jean-Claude Van Damme film being sold by Gaumont. The film has been generating a lot of buzz on the Internet and is a hot seller for the French studio. A mix of reality and fiction, the ...
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Jean-Claude Van Damme sales pack punch
The UK's Revolver has picked up rights to J.C.V.D. , the latest Jean-Claude Van Damme film being sold by Gaumont. The film has been generating a lot of buzz on the Internet and is a hot seller for the French studio. A mix of reality and fiction, the ...
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Bruce Beresford named jury president of Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Bruce Beresford will be president of the international jury for the second Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs), to be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on Nov 11, 2008. Beresford is currently filming Mao's Last Dancer, an adaptation of the book of the same name, which is partly ...
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Imax Corp issues profit warning
Imax Corporation will post a third-quarter loss, according to a release issued late Wednesday. The news will further complicate the company's search for a buyer. The giant screen entertainment company has been hit by the downturn amongst theatrical exhibitors in North America. Since August three US circuits - Edwards Theatres, ...
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Fortissimo climbs on board Magic Bus
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights, excluding the US and UK, to Jigsaw Film's upcoming documentary Magic Bus. The film charts the LSD-fueled 1964 bus journey of author Ken Kesey and his cohorts, including Jack Kerouac's notorious sidekick Neal Cassady. Directed by Alex Gibney (Gonzo: The Life And ...
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India's Reliance Big Entertainment sets out $1bn ambitions
Reliance BIG Entertainment, owned by India 's massive Reliance ADA Group, is poised to become one of the most aggressive players in the global film business. The upstart studio unveiled its debut slate of 69 pictures in nine languages at Cannes yesterday, along with plans to invest $1bn in ...
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Thai Studio GTH sells Body to Germany, Indonesia
Thai studio GMM Thai Hub (GTH) has sold suspense thriller Body to Germany 's I-On New Media and Indonesian distributor PT Cakarwala Pesona Jaya Film. Meanwhile, horror portmanteau 4bia has been pre-sold to a string of Asian distributors including Panasia for Hong Kong and Taiwan, Golden Screen for Malaysia and ...