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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCarlos Saldanha, director of “Ice Age,” “Ice Age: The Meltdown” and “Rio,” is set to direct his first live-action feature, “100 Days,” for ambitious new Brazilian shingle Ventre Studio and Buena Vista Intl.-Disney.Created as a theatrical feature, “100 Days,” an adventure drama for family audiences, is inspired by the extraordinary but true story of Brazilian Amyr Klink, who in 1984 at the age of 29, became the first person to cross the South
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Naman Ramachandran Keshet International has completed further pre-sales on “Surviving 9/11,” Top Hat Productions’ feature-length documentary for the BBC.The BBC had commissioned the film to mark 20 years of the tragedy, which falls this year.Keshet has finalized license deals with The Seven Network in Australia; Globo in Brazil; CBC in Canada for both the CBC network and its French network Société Radio-Canada; TVNZ in New Zealand; DPG Media in Belgium; RTV in Slovenia; NRK in Norway; Sky
Anna Marie de la Fuente Universal Pictures Int’l Spain has snatched theatrical distribution rights to the Spanish remake of romcom “A Boyfriend for my Wife” (“Un Novio para mi Mujer”), now shooting in Barcelona.The 2008 Argentine original by Juan Taratuto, starring Adrian Suar, lured up to 1.5 million admissions in Argentina and has been remade in a slew of territories, including Mexico, Brazil, Italy, China, France, Chile, Vietnam and, most successfully, in South Korea where it sold five
sisters have been savagely shot dead as part of a gangland execution. The gruesome and vile murder took place on July 14 and could be seen on a horrific Instagram livestream, with the footage from the incident having since been viewed thousands of times on social media.
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Anitta looks absolutely stunning in the spread for this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, being photographed on a beach in Hollywood, Florida.The Brazilian superstar, whose full name is Larissa de Macedo Machado, shot to fame in 2013 after releasing her single, “Show das Poderosas” along with an accompanying music video, which has been viewed more than 150 million times on Youtube.Her career has only grown in the almost-decade since, and now, she’s reached a new milestone: appearing in
season 2 of. Raised in Colombia, while spending time in England and Brazil, Salazar brings her mix of cultures to her brand SETA.Already a pro in her own right, with a store in Miami and featured in, and, Salazar hopes to take her designs to new levels by competing on the Amazon Prime show.«It's a life-changing opportunity and I'm super glad to be part of it,» Salazar tells ET ahead of the show's premiere.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBrussels-based sales agency Best Friend Forever has closed a deal for France with ambitious distributor Wayna Pitch on Anita Rocha da Silveira’s “Medusa,” which plays in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.The drama, set in contemporary Brazil, centers on 21-year-old Mariana, who belongs to a world where she must do her utmost to keep up the appearance of a perfect woman.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBoutique sales agency Asian Shadows has struck deals in Cannes on two of its key titles, “Coming Home Again,” directed by Wayne Wang and “Zero” by Soda Kazuhiro.Asian Shadows is operating in person and online at the Cannes Market and is giving screenings to documentary “All About My Sisters” (world premiere at IFFR Bright Future last month) at the online market.Examining themes of family, roots and food, “Coming Home Again” was sold to Zeta Filmes for Brazil and
Lionel Messi has finally broken through.
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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentParis-Based Loco Films has boarded “The Business Women’s Club,” the next film from Brazilian writer-director Anna MuylaertMuylaert’s “The Second Mother” won a 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and a Berlin Panorama Audience Award, and it notched up fulsome sales for the Match Factory.“The Business Women’s Club” will be introduced to buyers at this week’s Cannes Film Market by Loco Films’ head Laurent Danielou.Channeling Mulaert’s keen sense of social
Jamie Lang International sales agency M-Appeal has closed two deals at Cannes Marché du Film for Marcela Lordy’s feature “The Book of Delights,” licensing to Film Movement in North America and At Entertainment in Japan.Adapted from Clarice Lispector’s Brazilian novel “Uma Aprendizagem ou Livro dos Prazeres,” “The Book of Delights” is the erotic story of Lóri, a woman on the lookout for sexual satisfaction without sacrificing any of her own self-determination.
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