Berlin: Sony Classics Corrals Doc ‘Dark Horse’
Sony Pictures Classics has lassoed all North American rights to Louise Osmond's documentary "Dark Horse," which won the audience award in the World Cinena Documentary competition at the recent…
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Berlin: Indie Sales Nabs Rights to Vidgame Feature ‘Dofus’
Nicolas Eschbach’s Paris-based outfit Indie Sales has acquired international sales rights to Anthony Roux and Jean-Jacques Denis’ “Dofus-Book I: Julith,” an animated feature based on the popular…
Berlin: Clarius Dials Up Rights to John Cusack-Samuel L. Jackson Thriller ‘Cell’
Clarius Entertainment has picked up the U.S. rights to the Stephen King thriller "Cell," starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson and directed by Tod “Kip” Williams ("Paranormal Activity 2")…
Berlin: Amanda Seyfried, Theo James To Star in ‘Black Lung’
Amanda Seyfried and Theo James will topline "Black Lung," a supernatural thriller from 2929 Prods. and Emily Ziff and Sara Murphy of Cooper's Town Prods. The Solution Entertainment Group, co-founded…
London-Based Secret Cinema Sets Screenings to Protest Pulling of “The Interview”
U.K.-based Secret Cinema, which stages events that combine live performances involving audience participation with the screening of a film, is staging a one-off Secret Screening in London on Sunday…
Golden Globes: Comedy/Musical Category Gives Deserving Pics Spotlight
Ever since the days of ancient Greece, drama has been considered high art and comedy the lower art form. But it is still art, dammit. That's one reason to be thankful for the Golden Globes. They have…
Holocaust Doc ‘Night Will Fall’ Gets Global Broadcast
Andre Singer's doc "Night Will Fall," the story about the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps as WWII wound down, will be broadcast globally on Jan. 27, the 70th anniversary of the liberation…
Showbiz Photographer Guy Webster Captured Hollywood Zeitgeist
In the introduction to the new book "Big Shots: The Photography of Guy Webster," musician Brian Wilson, a longtime friend of Webster, writes, "I am so glad that Guy was there to document the making…
Stockholm Festival: Variety Spotlights Rising Scandinavian Talent
Variety throws a spotlight on rising Scandinavian talent at the Stockholm Festival. Levan Akin Director Director of the adaptation of Swedish fantasy best-seller "The Circle," above, with Swedish…
10 Producers to Watch: The Gotham Group
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein has a knack for niches. Since she founded the Gotham Group in 1993, she and her team have blossomed into a do-it-all management-development and now production outfit, and…
