WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 2011
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Oren Peli
FilmNation scares up full funding for Peli
BY JEREMY KAY Glen Basner’s FilmNation is to fully fi nance its fi rst fi lm, a prestige genre title that Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli is set to direct this summer. Basner and his team will com-
mence international pre-sales here on the untitled story, which Peli, riding high after producing the North American hit Insidious, will direct from his own screenplay and is producing with Brian Witten. CAA and Linda Lichter repre-
sent North American rights on the film, about friends who become stranded in a ghost town overrun by nature. “Rest assured it will be scary as hell,” Peli said. “Oren is a master of the genre
and the timing was ideal to expand FilmNation’s reach and fi nance the project,” Basner added.
CJ brings slew of pre-sales
BY JEAN NOH South Korea’s CJ Entertainment has confi rmed a raft of presales, led by dinosaur fi lmTarbosaurus which sold to Russia (Carmen), Germany (MFA+), India (Star), the Middle East (ECS), Portugal (Zon Luso- mundo), Thailand (J-Bics), Malay- sia (Viscom Surya), Benelux (Dutch Filmworks), Singapore (Hwa Yea) and Turkey (Saran Media). The 3D monster fi lmSector 7, due
out in South Korea in the summer, has presold to Germany (MFA+), Taiwan (Serenity), Indonesia/Phil- ippines (VSG), the Middle East (Shooting Stars) and Vietnam (BHD). CJ also presold horror fi lm White to Festive for Singapore and Malaysia. The fi lm makes its market premiere in Cannes as does anima- tionBolts And Blip: The Movie.
Wild Bunch boards films by Castellitto, Frears, Ozon
BY NANCY TARTAGLIONE Along with titles in Cannes’ festival section, Wild Bunch will introduce several new fi lms to buyers at the market. Among the company’s big
announcements is the acquisition of Sergio Castellitto’s Twice Born starring Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch. Based on the book Venuto Al Mondo, the story is about a woman who returns to Sarajevo with her son and revisits the tumultuous past she shared with his late father. Shooting is to begin in September. Co-producer Medusa has Italian distribution. Stephen Frears’ new project,Lay
The Favorite, is also on Wild Bunch’s slate. With casting ramp- ing up over the past few months, the gambling-themed film now boasts Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Joshua Jackson. Shooting has begun on the project and Wild Bunch will screen three scenes in Cannes. Also new is the latest from direc-
tor Francois Ozon, Dans La Mai- son. Fabrice Luchini and Emmanuelle Seigner star in the
Sergio Castellitto
Cannes, will shoot in September. Wild Bunch has three Competi-
Stephen Frears
tion fi lms:The Kid With A Bike from the Dardenne brothers, Poliss by Maiwenn Le Besco and Michel Hazanavicius’The Artist. In Critics’ Week, the company is handling Valérie Donzelli’s Declaration Of War and Jonathan Caouette’sWalk Away Renée. It also has Michael Radford’s docMichel Petrucciani as a special screening and Bollywood — The Greatest Love Story Ever Told out of competition. Maraval says the latter fi lm harks back to extravagan- zas such asThat’s Entertainment!. Back in the market, Jacques
Francois Ozon
comedy/thriller about a professor whose life is changed by a student. The $14.4m (¤10m) film, which Wild Bunch chief Vincent Maraval says evokes a similar ambiance to Ozon’s Swimming Pool— but with a comedic element — is produced by the Altmayer brothers’ Manda- rin Films. Ozon, who will be in
Maillot’s Blood From A Stone is a new social drama on Wild Bunch’s slate which will be ready for Berlin. Daniel Auteuil stars as a man try- ing to save his shipyard from fi nancial collapse. Also new is Ray- mond Depardon’s Journal De France, following the director’s six years of travel through France. Ken Loach’s The Angel’s Share is
shooting now. The comedy follows a group of delinquents who pull a scam at a whisky auction. Continued on p6»
Gaumont cooks up The Chef with Jean Reno
BY NANCY TARTAGLIONE Gaumont will start principal pho- tography on May 26 for The Chef, starring Jean Reno. The $14.4m (¤10m) comedy adventure is directed by Daniel Cohen. Michael Youn plays a self-taught foodie; Reno stars as a veteran chef. According to Gaumont’s Cécile
Gaget, the fi lm will feature some of the most fabulous restaurants of Paris. Pre-sales have been made to
Australia (Icon), Latin America (Gussi), CIS (Top Film), Poland (Monolith) and the Middle East (Four Star). Offers are also in from Benelux, Germany and Italy. Gaumont has also announced
sales on Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache’s Untouchable with Vic- tory taking Benelux and Medusa taking Italian rights and an option on an Italian-language remake. The title is produced by Quad
Budapest to launch film festival
A major new film festival and market is being launched in Budapest, Hungary, with the first event to take place September 22-30, 2012. The first international film festival in Budapest is an
initiative of the Hungarian Audiovisual Producers Association (HAPA) and the Hungarian ministry of culture. An artistic director will be announced later this year. The best film will be chosen by a
(Heartbreaker). Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy star. Gaget will screen 10 minutes of
the $17m (¤12m) fi lm, based on a true story about a wealthy tetraple- gic man. Gaget says the US majors are circling rights with strong interest for an English-language remake. Gaumont’s slate also includes
official selection The Conquest, with US and UK offers on the table.
jury of five local and international experts, with a $29,000 (€20,000) prize. There will be a total of 11 prizes. While the festival will encourage
international film-makers to show their work to local audiences, the market will focus on co-productions in Europe.
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Attack The Block
Sony takes Block from StudioCanal
BY NANCY TARTAGLIONE StudioCanal has announced a seven-figure deal on Attack The Block with Sony Pictures World- wide Acquisitions taking Latin America, Eastern Europe, South Africa and Canada. The SXSW hit fi lm was acquired
by SPWA earlier this year for the US and will be released there via Screen Gems. The larger SPWA deal comes as
Joe Cornish’s debut feature is set to open in the UK on Friday. Nick Frost, Jodie Whittaker and Luke Treadaway star in the alien inva- sion story set on a South London council estate. StudioCanal subsidiary Opti-
mum is releasing the film in the UK. The only territories still avail- able are Spain, Italy, South Korea and Japan with StudioCanal’s Harold van Lier expecting to be sold out by the end of the market.
HAPA’s Adam Nemenyi and Péter
Barbalics are in Cannes with minister of culture Geza Szocs to launch the festival and market. The festival is not related to
Hungarian Film Week or Andy Vajna’s Hungarian FilmFund. Mike Goodridge
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