Telefilm Canada Backs Indie Film Competition
Telefilm Canada has signed up to promote Vancouver-based CineCoup Film Accelerator's million-dollar indie filmmaking competition. Telefilm, the cultural agency devoted to supporting the Canadian…
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Cohen Media Takes Movie Rights on Muybridge Tome
Cohen Media Group has acquired movie rights to Edward Ball's “The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures.” Story, published earlier this year, focuses on the…
Jia's 'Touch of Sin' Ignites Biz
Jia Zhangke's Palme d'Or contender "A Touch of Sin," the critics' favorite among Cannes competition films through Saturday, is igniting more than a touch of Riviera sales business. Five territories…
Fox International Prods. Launching Two German Films
Fox International Prods. Germany has set production on a pair of movie projects — teen comedy “Playing Doctor” and children's drama “Riko, Oskar and the Pasta Detective.” The company noted it's…
Colombian Productions, Projects and Players at Cannes
A look at the films and filmmakers heading to Cannes.
IFC Takes North America on Zoe Bell's 'Raze'
IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to action-thriller “Raze,” starring Zoe Bell, Rachel Nichols, Tracie Thoms and Sherilyn Fenn. Deal was announced at Cannes, where Celluloid Dreams is…
'World War Z' to Open Moscow Fest
Marc Forster's Brad Pitt starrer "World War Z" is to open the 35th Moscow film festival, which runs June 20-29. Leonid Vereshchagin, producer general of the fest, also unveiled on Saturday in Cannes…
Weinstein, Yen Talk 'Crouching Tiger' Sequel
Getting one phone call from Harvey Weinstein would be enough for many actors to commit to a role. But it took one phone call a week, for several weeks, to get martial arts star Donnie Yen to commit…
Success of 'Star Trek' Reboot Helps Sequel Blast Off With Promo Partners
When it comes to promotional partnerships, "Star Trek" isn't known for going where no brand has ever gone before. In the films, Captain Kirk and his crew are never seen behind the wheel of a fancy…
DreamWorks Inks Metropolitan Deal in France
DreamWorks Studios has inked further output deals with indie distribs, including Metropolitan FilmExport in France, as part of its pact with David Garrett's Mister Smith Entertainment to rep…
