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Bavaria Film wraps deals for
Rome on collision course with AFM
Baier’s Henry Of Navarre
Bavaria Film International has concluded By Geoffrey MacnaB ness Street director Roberto Cicutto sought
all-rights deals for Jo Baier’s Henry Of The fifth edition of the International Rome to allay fears Rome will tread on AFM’s toes.
Navarre (Henri IV) with CIS and Baltic Film Festival is set to clash with the Ameri- He said Rome’s industry events would take
states (Film Depot), Romania (ProRom) can Film Market. place in the first half of the festival — 28
and Colombia (Cine Colombia). The film, Rome, which has an increasingly robust October-1 November — which should allow
starring Julien Boisselier, premiered in the industry profile through its Business Street delegates time to travel to Los Angeles.
Berlinale Special Gala last night. It has and New Cinema Network, has been forced Rome has changed its dates due to a clash
also reported strong interest from Eastern to shift the dates of its festival to late Octo- with other events at its main venue, Audito-
Europe, including the Czech Republic, ber. It will now take place from October rium Parco della Musica.
Hungary, Bulgaria and Poland, as well as 28-November 5, overlapping with the AFM “It’s not a war against anyone,” Cicutto
from Scandinavia and Benelux. which runs November 3-10. said. “I don’t think it will be damaging for
Speaking in Berlin this weekend, Busi- anyone else.” roberto cicutto: “it’s not a war against anyone”
Easternlight cuts deals on 14 Blades
Easternlight Films has sold Daniel Lee’s
Chinese revenge tale 14 Blades for UK
AV sells Shank for
and Australia (Icon), Japan (Sony), Octane pushes genre titles
Germany (Koch Media), France
(Metropolitan), Turkey (Aqua Pinema),
France, Germany
By JereMy Kay a slate of genre films from After Dark chief
the Middle East (Ballistic Films), South IM Global’s fast-rising Octane division is Courtney Solomon that has US distribution
Korea (Noori Pictures), Hong Kong By Geoffrey MacnaB talking up its genre titles to international in place through Lionsgate.
(Golden Harvest), Taiwan (Long Shong), AV Pictures has closed two major territory buyers here at the EFM. Rounding out the slate are Brad Ander-
Thailand (Mediafilms), India and the deals on urban action title Shank, with Wild Octane sales chief Catherine Quant- son’s recently wrapped thriller Vanishing
Philippines (Soundspace) and Indonesia Side taking France and Ascot Elite han- schnigg’s slate is led by psychological On 7th Street starring Hayden Christensen,
(PT Amero). 14 Blades has raced to more dling Germany. Further sales have also thriller Isolation from Boogeyman director Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo,
than $8.7m in its first four days of release been closed with Benelux (Moviebank) and Stephen T Kay, which is financed by Marty and Tim Sullivan’s 2001 Maniacs: Field Of
in China. the Middle East (Falcon). Beckerman’s Natural Selection fund. Screams, which received its market pre-
Directed by Mo Ali, Shank is set in a near- Eva Amurri plays a medical student who miere last week.
future London where gangs scavenge and wakes up inside a hospital isolation unit
Corrections and clarifications fight for food, which has become a scarce after she is exposed to a mysterious disease.
With regard to yesterday’s story ‘Wild commodity. Gunslinger, the standalone John Baca, Danny Sherman and David
Bunch pitches Pancho, sells Zhang’s production arm of Revolver Entertainment, Greathouse star. Filming commenced late
Noodle Shop’, production company produced the film, which will be released in last month and WME Global is handling
Fidelite Films has asked Screen to point the UK on March 26 on 80 prints. domestic rights.
out it has not officially confirmed Johnny AV’s Vic Bateman said: “We’re so pleased It had already announced supernatural
Depp’s widely reported casting in Emir to be handling this exciting picture which thriller Insidious, which stems from a sales
Kusturica’s new Pancho Villa film. A we feel will be the UK’s City Of God. relationship Octane struck with the Paranor-
spokesperson said: “We cannot confirm “To have concluded two major territory mal Activity creative team of Jason Blum,
officially that Johnny Depp is attached.” deals with such well-respected distributors Oren Peli and Steven Schneider.
The US star was with Kusturica at the is a fantastic start to this year’s EFM.” Octane is also selling After Dark Originals, Vanishing on 7th Street
Küstendorf Festival in Serbia last month,
where Kusturica talked openly about
Depp’s likely involvement in the
Imagina takes on Leon de Aranoa’s Amador
Spanish-language project and said
he and Depp were going to learn Spanish By Geoffrey MacnaB and Fanny de Castro. The movie was shot
in preparation for the movie. Imagina is handling international sales on last autumn in locations around Madrid and
Amador, the new film from critics’ darling Barcelona, and is now in post-production.
UK sales outfit Protagonist will be Fernando Leon de Aranoa. According to the director, who also wrote
handling sales on sci-fi pic Monsters, not Amador, produced by Reposado and the script, the film is about the moral dilem-
Vertigo, as was incorrectly stated in Mediapro, features Peruvian actress Magaly mas posed by everyday life.
yesterday’s Screen Daily. Solier (The Milk Of Sorrow), along with Alta Films will release Amador in Spanish
Shank: aV hopes it will become the UK’s City Of God Celso Bugallo, Pietro Sibille, Sonia Almarcha cinemas next autumn.
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