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Jia’s ‘Touch of Sin’ Ignites Biz
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 6:15am | variety
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 terr...
Fox International Prods. Launching Two German Films
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 6:01am | variety
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.&...
Colombian Talent Turns to Television
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 6:00am | variety
Dominated by Caracol and RCN TV, Colombia’s television duopoly can be credited with spurring the film production surge of the past decade as TV-trained talents applied their experience to bigscreen ...
Colombian Productions, Projects and Players at Cannes
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 6:00am | variety
A look at the films and filmmakers heading to Cannes.
IFC Takes North America on Zoe Bell’s ‘Raze’
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:59am | variety
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 ...
The 9 Best Things Said by the Coen Bros., Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake at the 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Cannes Press Conference
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:56am | indiewire
Greeted with a lot of big laughs and extended applause at its first Cannes press screening last night, Joel and Ethan Coen's latest love letter to music "Inside Llewyn Davis" did not disappoint. (Our ...
Cannes is About Money, Money, and Movies: Alec Baldwin and James Toback's 'Seduced and Abandoned'
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:55am | indiewire
At last year's Cannes Film Festival, Alec Baldwin and writer-director James Toback set out to make a movie about the difficulty of making movies. And now that documentary, "Seduced and Abandoned," has...
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Cannes: Wrekin Hill Picks Up 'Siberian Education'
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:54am | thr
The film, which stars John Malkovich, will be released in late 2013.read more
‘World War Z’ to Open Moscow Fest
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:37am | variety
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 Ca...
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Cannes: Sony Classics Wins U.S. Rights to 'The Past' (Exclusive)
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:26am | thr
UPDATED: Michael Barker and Tom Bernard's specialty unit is a natural fit for Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's new film, which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last Friday.read mo...
Cannes Review: Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Is a Breathtaking Ode to Failure
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:24am | thewrap
Those of us who know Bob Dylan's story well can point to his transformative influence on the folk music scene in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. What is remarkable is how Dylan shaped his own st...
Cannes Review: Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Is a Breathtaking Ode to Failure
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:24am | thewrap
Those of us who know Bob Dylan's story well can point to his transformative influence on the folk music scene in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. What is remarkable is how Dylan shaped his own st...
Weinstein, Yen Talk ‘Crouching Tiger’ Sequel
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:07am | variety
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 to...
Cannes: Sony Acquires Multiple Territories for ‘Black Sea’
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:02am | variety
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has secured Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Latin America in a multi-territory deal for Focus Features International...
Success of ‘Star Trek’ Reboot Helps Sequel Blast Off With Promo Partners
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:00am | variety
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 fan...
DreamWorks Inks Metropolitan Deal in France
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 2:28am | variety
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 Dream...
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Cannes: 'World War Z' With Brad Pitt to Open Moscow Film Festival
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 2:01am | thr
The 35th edition of the event also unveiled the first 10 competition titles. read more
DreamWorks Studios Signs Additional Foreign Output Deals
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 1:57am | thr
David Garrett's Mister Smith brokers deals for the studio's output across Europe, the Middle East and Africa including one with Samuel and Victor Hadida’s Metropolitan FilmExport.read more
Cannes Film Review: ‘The Dance of Reality’
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 1:54am | variety
By turns playful, tragic and surprisingly light on its feet, this welcome comeback for Alejandro Jodorowsky should keep its maker fully booked on the fest circuit.
Cannes Film Review: ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 1:47am | variety
Indulging one of film history’s more entertaining "what might have been" stories, first-timer Frank Pavich delivers his own mind-blowing cult movie.

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