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Joel McHale, Thomas Lennon Join ‘Treat Street’; ‘Devil’s Junction: Ripper’ Setting Cast – AFM
Joel McHale and Thomas Lennon have joined the cast of Treat Street, a Halloween-set family adventure film that will be the directorial debut of Stimson Snead. The pic, produced by North By Northwest, will shoot next spring in Spokane, WA.
The plot centers on a group of kids out trick-or-treating who run into the most…
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Vertical Entertainment Lands ‘Blood on Her Name’ Thriller – AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has secured English-speaking world rights to the neo-noir thriller Blood on Her Name, with an aim for a day-and-date release in early 2020. Bethany Anne Lind (Reprisal, Ozark), Will Patton, (Remember The Titans, Armageddon) and Elizabeth Röhm (American Hustle, Joy) star in the film…
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Brit Drama ‘Dirty God’ Starring Vicky Knight Acquired By Dark Star Pictures – AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Dark Star Pictures has acquired North American rights to Dirty God, the Sacha Polak-helmed drama that screened in the World Cinema Dramatic competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The deal comes out of the American Film Market, with Dark Star aiming for a March 2020 theatrical release in time for…
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Channing Tatum Army Ranger Movie ‘Dog’ Sells Out Internationally For FilmNation – AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Following a buzzed-about presentation at AFM last week, Dog, the road movie starring Channing Tatum and a Belgian Malinois, has sold around the world for FilmNation.
Deals at the market were inked for: Germany (Leonine); Italy (Notorious); Spain and Latin America (Sun Distribution Group); France (Amazon)…
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‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’ Co-Financer Intercut Capital Adds $125M In Funding With TinRes Deal – AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Intercut Capital, founded this year by producers David Pomier and R. Bryan Wright and which is a co-financier on the upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, has added $125 million in new funding in a partnership with TinRes Entertainment. The private lender plans to expand its scope worldwide eyeing projects…
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Jesse Eisenberg WW2 Pic ‘Resistance’ Lands At IFC – AFM
EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has taken U.S. rights on Resistance, Jonathan Jakubowicz's Second World War-set drama starring Jesse Eisenberg.
Edgar Ramirez, Ed Harris, Clémence Poésy, and Matthias Schweighöfer are also in the movie, which is the true story of a group of girl and boy scouts who created a network that saved the…
Vision Films Takes Christina Ricci Romance ‘10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up’ – AFM
Vision Films has taken North American distribution on 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up, the romance pic starring Christina Ricci (Casper) and Hamish Linklater (The Big Short).
Film was written and directed by Galt Niederhoffer, it stars Ricci as a single mother who meets an irresponsible man. The pair believe…
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‘Swamp Thing’ Actress Crystal Reed To Star In Thriller ‘Escape The Field’ – AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Reed, who recently starred in Warner series Swamp Thing, will lead the cast of thriller pic Escape The Field.
Emerson Moore is directing from a screenplay he wrote with Sean M. Wathen and JD Dobkin. Story follows six strangers who wake up trapped in an endless cornfield only to discover something…
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Saban Nabs Daniel Radcliffe Pic ‘Guns Akimbo’ – AFM
Saban Films has bought North American rights for writer-director Jason Lei Howden's Guns Akimbo, the comedic sci-fi thriller starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Pic premiered at Toronto. It follows a nerdy video game developer (Radcliffe) who becomes the next contestant in an illegal live-streamed death match.
Samara Weaving (R…
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Participant Inks Multi-Year Output Deal With Japan’s Gaga Corp
Green Book producer Participant has entered a multi-year output agreement with Japanese distributor Gaga Corporation.
The tie-up, announced at the AFM, strengthens a relationship that saw Gaga release Participant's Oscar-winning Green Book in Japan in March, grossing a chunky $20m.
Now, Gaga will release all of…
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Gaming Industry “Biggest Threat” To Film Industry, Says Neon Marketing Chief
Christian Parkes, Chief Marketing Officer at I, Tonya distributor Neon, has claimed that video games are the greatest threat to the future of the indie film industry.
"I am frankly terrified about what's going on in the marketplace today," Parkes said on a panel at the American Film Market's finance conference today…
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‘Angel Has Fallen’ Producer Alan Siegel: Expect More Sequels & Local Language Spin-Offs In Millennium Franchise
Gerard Butler's secret service agent Mike Banning isn't retired yet. More features, and even local-language TV spin-offs, are being planned after the success of Angel Has Fallen, the franchise's producer confirmed today.
Alan Siegel, the president and CEO of production and management outfit Alan Siegel Entertainment…
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