While the USA Network has boarded the Stateside sitcom adaptation of French short “Love is Dead,” Paris-based De Films en Aiguilles is developing a spinoff feature that Gaul's TF1 Intl. has acquired…
“The Orphanage” producer Rodar y Rodar is teaming with Atresmedia, the film arm of top Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia group, to produce $20 million sci-fi thriller “Mirage,” Rodar's English-language…
Nikolai Lebedev, whose “Legend No. 17″ is a Russian hit, has gotten on board “Flight Crew,” a contempo makeover of 1979's “Air Crew,” considered Russia's first local disaster movie. Lebedev's project…
Novice helmer Kaveh Bakhtiari's cousin Mohsen was an illegal immigrant from Iran trapped in limbo in Athens. Inspired by his cousin's plight and moved by others in similar situations, Bakhtiari shot…
Euro film and TV group Studiocanal has closed major territory deals on "Shaun the Sheep," the bigscreen debut of a character first seen in Aardman Animations' Oscar-winning short, "A Close Shave."…
Hany Abu-Assad returns to form with his first Palestinian feature since "Paradise Now."
Fox Star Studios has boarded Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's "Bombay Velvet," part of a planned trilogy on the city of Mumbai..
Ketchup Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Michael Polish's “Big Sur,” starring Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell and Anthony Edwards. Five-year-old Ketchup made the…
Action thriller “Badges of Fury,” starring Jet Li and Zhang Wen, has seen strong international sales prior to its Chinese opening next month. Arclight Films specialty label Easternlight is selling…
Glen Basner's FilmNation has secured multiple major territory deals on Tarsem Singh's “self/less,” marking the first pic to sell out at Cannes this year. FilmDistrict plans to unspool the Ryan…
