EXCLUSIVE: German studio Leonine has hired former NBCU and Sky exec Patrick Phelan as Director of World Sales.
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Andreas Wiseman International EditorAGC International has closed a raft of sales on virtual AFM project Universe’s Most Wanted.Deals have closed with Entertainment Film Distribution in the U.K.
and Ireland; Constantin Film in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Metropolitan in France; Vertice Cine in Latin America, Spain, Italy and Portugal; Elevation Pictures in Canada; Volga Film in CIS and Baltics; The Searchers in Benelux; SPI International in Eastern Europe and Turkey; Joy N Cinema in South
.EXCLUSIVE: German studio Leonine has hired former NBCU and Sky exec Patrick Phelan as Director of World Sales.
Werner Herzog’s “Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds” is an aptly meditative travelogue from the philosophical German director. In the last decade or so, Herzog’s documentary output has focused on, among other topics, volcanoes (“Into the Inferno”), prehistoric paintings (“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”) and Antarctica (“Encounters at the End of the World”).
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Naomi Watts feels the pain fans felt when her “Game of Thrones” prequel was cancelled.
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Catholics.Call It Out vowed to take its complaint to the Scottish Government if East Dunbartonshire Council refuses to remove “Taig” from the names in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow.The Oxford Dictionary lists the word as a “derogatory term for a Catholic or Irish nationalist”.But officials say Taig Road in Waterside was named after Councillor Nathaniel Taig in 1946 and is not an insult.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian actor and screenwriter Daria Nicolodi, who played the prying journalist Gianna Brezzi in the Dario Argento cult classic “Deep Red”(Profondo Rosso), and was herself a cult figure, has died. She was 70.The cause of her death, announced by her daughter Asia Argento and Italian news reports, was not disclosed.Born in Florence in June 1950, Nicolodi made her acting debut in Italian master Francesco Rosi’s “Many Wars Ago” (Uomini Contro).
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EXCLUSIVE: It has taken a little longer than usual due to COVID complications and an evolving market, but the virtual AFM deals are now funnelling through.
Andreas Wiseman International EditorHanWay Films has closed a string of international pre-sales on Phillip Noyce’s true-crime love story Peggy Jo, which is set to star Lily James.Universal Pictures Content Group has picked up the movie for Benelux, German speaking Europe, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, Turkey, UK, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Czech & Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland, Romania, CIS, Baltics, Israel, West Indies, South Africa, Hong Kong, Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Malaysia,
COVID cases soar in the midst of UK’s second wave and both Ireland and our neighbours across the Irish Sea scroll our way through another lockdown.In the same week, her Lovd by Nicole site shared its ‘Lovd Lockdown’ course… In the course, she discusses ‘evidence-based strategies to overcome isolation during lockdown’ and ‘how to have the confidence to take care of your mental health during this time’ with Dr Sara Valencia Botto.It would seem that the chats were so effective it allowed the
He’s got lots of knowledge of chart toppers, but Dave Fanning almost hit rock bottom when he fell off a cliff at Lottie Ryan’s wedding in Italy.The DJ and culture vulture was enjoying himself a little too much at the celebrations, Gerry Ryan’s daughter has revealed.However, Fanning told the Irish Daily Mail he was able to rock and roll with it – thanks to some shrubbery that broke his fall.Lottie married her husband Fabio in his native Italy in 20, and her fellow 2fm host Fanning attended the
The world wants the Universe's Most Wanted. International distributors across Europe, Asia, and Latin America have snatched up the upcoming sci-fi comedy from Rampage and San Andreas director Brad Peyton which has Guardians of the Galaxy actor Dave Bautista attached to star.
Naman Ramachandran AGC International has sold most major territories on “Universe’s Most Wanted,” a sci-fi fantasy about a small town’s fight to save the world, starring Dave Bautista and directed by Brad Peyton.Deals have been closed with Entertainment Film Distribution in the U.K.