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Jason Moring, DDI CEO, announced today that DDI has acquired worldwide sales rights of TRIPLE WORD SCORE and will be introducing the title to buyers at the 2016 American Film Market.
TRIPLE WORD SCORE stars Golden Globe award winner actor Bill Nighy (LOVE ACTUALLY, HARRY POTTER), and will be directed by Carl Hunter. Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter will produce under their Hurricane Films banners (SUNSET SONG, A QUIET PASSION) along with Sarada McDermott. Andrea Gibson and Mary McLeod f...
Attached you will find information on four Brazilian films from our recent partnership with MGM: A MOVIE LIFE — starring Vincent Cassel (Black Swan); THE CARETAKER; THE TRACE WE LEAVE BEHIND; and SOUNDTRACK — starring acclaimed musician Seu Jorge (The Life Aquatic).
We return with a screening of the heart-warming comedy JEREMY (El Jeremías) released by Sony and from the producers of Instructions Not Included, and new production deta...
Saban Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Academy Award® Nominee Roland Joffé’s The Forgiven, starring Academy Award® Winner Forest Whitaker (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Arrival, Lee Daniels' The Butler, The Last King of Scotland) and Eric Bana (Lone Survivor, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Munich, Black Hawk Down, Chopper).
Co-written by Joffé and Michael Ashton and based on Ashton’s play “The Archbishop and The An...
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has signed on as the Co-Presenting Sponsor of the 2016 American Film Market® (AFM) Conference Series, set for November 2-9 in Santa Monica, CA.
“The synergies are numerous,” said Stefan Lütje, an AFM Finance Conference panelist and head of the law firm’s Media Sector Group in its German office. “On a global scale, we are poised to address the legal needs of key players in the motion picture, televi...
Representing over 1200 producers worldwide, Real Big Hits is your 24x7 portal to fresh content for purchase or licensing. You can browse avails to your territories, search by keyword or title, preview trailers, features and even full episodes from anywhere, anytime. If a title is of interest, you can easily request more info, and even arrange to meet with the content owners through Real Big Hits. Sign up today at http://realbighits.com, and based on your profile, we will send you ava...
Rapidly rising leading man Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales; The Giver) has been cast as the lead of the action thriller Entry Level, it was announced today by producers Craig Perry and Sheila Taylor (the Final Destination and American Pie franchises) of Practical Pictures and Tannaz Anisi, President of 13 Films.
Perry and Taylor will produce with Tom Butterfield (the upcoming The Vault; An Actor Prepares) of Content Media. Dan Spilo of Industry Enter...
AFM'16 DDI GETS RIPPED AT AFM
Jason Moring, DDI CEO, announced today that DDI acquired worldwide sales rights of comedy feature RIPPED.
RIPPED is the feature directorial debut of Brad Epstein's who has produced GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST, DAN IN REAL LIFE and ABOUT A BOY.
RIPPED stars stand-up comedian Russell Peters (THE JUNGLE BOOK, CHEF), Faizon Love (COUPLES RETREAT, ELF), Kyle Massey (That's So Raven, Fish Hooks) and Alex Meneses (NBC's Teleno...
The Film Studio Brings a Strong Roster of Horror Genre Films Topped Off with Some
Broadly Appealing and Popular Family Entertainment Titles
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Market to Greet an additional 75+ from Hong Kong, as business links with Asia continue to strengthen
The American Film Market (AFM), taking place between the 2nd and 9th of November, is set to welcome over 200 registrants from Mainland China, with an additional 75+ from Hong Kong expected to descend upon Santa Monica next week. The registrants will be joining the market on behalf of over 90 different companies, continuing to promote China’s rising prominence and international b...
Hollywood-superstar James Franco is director of the post-apocalyptic action-movie FUTURE WORLD and can also be seen in the leading role next to Milla Jovovich („Resident Evil“, „The Fifths Element“), Lucy Liu („Charlie’s Angels“, „Elementary“), supermodel und actress Suki Waterhouse („The Divergent Series: Insurgent “) as well as the rappers Snoop Dogg and Method Man.
The French comedy JULIE AND THE SHOE FACTORY („Sur que...
Gerard Butler (London Has Fallen, How to Train Your Dragon, Coriolanus, 300) joins fellow Scot Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur, War Horse, Trainspotting) and rising star Joe Alwyn (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, The Sense of an Ending), for the psychological thriller Keepers, inspired by a true unsolved local mystery.
The film will be fully financed by Cross Creek Pictures (Hacksaw Ridge, Black Mass, Black Swan, Rush, Everest).
Production Company Mad as Birds confir...
BLOOM to Commence Sales at the AFM
LOS ANGELES (October 29, 2016) –– Academy Award® nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road and upcoming Dunkirk) will star as the infamous Al Capone in Fonzo. The film was written and will be directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle). The film will be produced by Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder (Tau) for Addictive Pictures alongside Academy Award® nominee Lawrence Bender (Inglorious Basterds, Kill Bill: Vol 1 & ...
We are excited to share our latest acquisition, the psychological thriller YOU WERE NEVER HERE. Written and directed by Camille Thoman, the film stars Mireille Enos (The Killing, World War Z, The Catch, Gangster Squad), Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff, August: Osage County, Safe House, Bloodline), Goran Visnjic (ER, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Beginners), and Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire, Jersey Boys, The Sopranos) .
After a woman is attacked outside of her apartmen...
Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Entertainment and veteran producer Arthur Sarkissian have teamed up on a variety of international film projects, it was announced earlier in the year.
The new joint venture is called Peak Time Entertainment.
The two principals have prior history, but are set to embark on a multi picture trajectory.
The Chinese film tycoon and veteran Hollywood executive are combining their creative and financial skills to initially leverage five projects.
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Brian O'Shea, The Exchange CEO, announced today that rising star Rebecca Ferguson is attached to play Ruth Harkness in THE LADY AND THE PANDA.
Golden-Globe nominee, Rebecca Ferguson, (for THE WHITE QUEEN) will soon be seen playing the female lead in Sony's LIFE starring Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal and co-stars ALONGSIDE Michael Fassbender in Universal Pictures' THE SNOWMAN.
Ferguson will return to film Paramount's M:I 6 - MISSION IMPOSSIBLE with Tom Cruise and Jer...
In a competitive situation, Fundamental Films has picked up the spec script “Hummingbird” by John McClain. In the vein of “John Wick” and “Lucy,” Hummingbird tells the story of a female black-ops assassin, who discovers she’s more than just a hired gun, she’s an entirely new breed of weapon.
Marcus Kryler and Fredrik Åkerström will direct. Fundamental Films’ Mark Gao and Gregory Ouanhon will produce the pro...
Global stars featured include Alec Baldwin, Gerard Butler, Bryan Cranston, Penelope Cruz, Elle Fanning, James Franco, Salma Hayek, Demi Lovato, David Oyelowo, Aaron Paul, Rosamund Pike, Noomi Rapace, and J.K. Simmons, amongst others
The American Film Market (AFM®) has today announced its list of films screening, including 71 world and 250+ market premieres, for the upcoming edition running November 2-9 in Santa Monica. Over 300 films are scheduled to be screened with more titles t...
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Acort International
Adler & Associates Entertainment
Alfama Films
All Rights Entertainment
Altitude Film Sales
Amadeus Entertainment
AMBI Distribution
American Cinema International
Angel Grace Worldwide
APL Film
Arcana Studio Inc.
Archstone Distribution
Arclight Films
ARRI Media International
Art Pictures
Artist View Entertainment
The Asylum
Atrium Productions KFT
Automatic Entertainment
Bac Films Distributio...
Thursday, November 3
China Conference
sponsored by
China Beijing Film Delegation and Beijing Weying Technology Co., Ltd.
9:15am – 10:45am
Producing in China
Leaders from China’s film industry will reveal how producing in China can be different than the west. From talent and crews to culture and restrictions to the daily realities of producing and co-producing, everything will be covered.
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AFM Roundtables are open-ended discussions that explore specialized topics and timely issues in an intimate setting. Unless noted, Roundtables are open to all AFM participants until full.
Wednesday, November 2
3:00pm – 4:30pm
AFM Orientation
Speaker
Jonathan Wolf, Managing Director, American Film Market
We recommend that producers read How to Work the AFM in advance.
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The Harrow
(Thriller; Horror)
*Market...
FORMER TECHNICOLOR EXECUTIVE SCOTT FRANCIS
JOINS THX LTD. AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Courtesy of THX: Scott Francis, Chief Technology Officer at THX Ltd.
THX Ltd. today announced the appointment of Scott Francis in the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer, who will be responsible for all technology-related resources, workflow and staff in areas of engineering. Francis will work closely with THX CEO Ty Ahmad-Tayl...
Rocket Science announced today that Academy Award Nominee Robert Redford (Pete’s Dragon, All is Lost) and Academy Award Nominee Casey Affleck (Manchester By the Sea, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) will star in David Lowery’s (Peter Pan, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) upcoming crime caper, The Old Man and The Gun. Endgame Entertainment and SPK Pictures are financing the project with Endgame’s James D. Stern producing alongside Condé Nast&...
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(IFTA) The AFM is not a festival - it is the largest motion picture market in the world. 8,000 industry attendees, including producers, distributors, directors, agents, writers, lawyers & bankers. Over 540 films screened, most world or U.S. premieres.
$US3 Billion spent annually by participants to produce films
8,000+ industry professionals
2,000+ new films and projects
1,000+ production companies
400+ distributors
540+ films screened
100+ world premiers
70+ countries represented
50+ thought leaders speaking
7 days of networking activities
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