NEWS AFM BRIEFS
Lightning promotes Cocean Alexandra Cocean, previously director of international sales at Lightning Entertainment, has been promoted to VP of international sales with immediate effect. In her expanded role, Cocean will handle sales for Asia, Eastern Europe, CIS, Turkey, Greece, Australia/NZ and Africa.
Webber bows to Emperor Peter Webber will direct the epic Second World War story Emperor, now in pre-production, for Fellers Film and Krasnoff/ Foster Entertainment. Production is scheduled for January in New Zealand and Japan. CAA is handling US sales.
Freestyle launches VoD arm Freestyle Digital Media is launching its new digital distribution, cable and service provider VoD platform at the AFM. Susan Jackson, co-founder of Freestyle Releasing, will oversee the new company, which is also offering DVD specialised distribution.
Trio light up for Match Factory
BY ANDREAS WISEMAN The Match Factory has closed a number of deals on fi lms from its AFM slate, including sales of French comedy And If We All Lived Together to Japan (Cetera) and Brazil (Imovision). Daniel Brühl, Geraldine Chaplin and Jane Fonda star in the fi lm, which is directed by Stéphane Robelin. Danish foreign-language Oscar
hopeful Superclasico from Ole Christian Madsen has gone to
Spain (Karma Films), Argentina (Cirell Publicidad) and CIS and Baltics (ArtCinema). Pal Sletaune’s Norwegian
thriller Babycall starring Noomi Rapace has gone to the UK (Soda Pictures), France (Jour2Fete) and Italy (Nomad Film). The fi lm has taken $1.1m at the
Norwegian box office since its release in early October, and had its international premiere in Rome last week.
Epic, KRU kick off Vikingdom
BY JEREMY KAY Principal photography is under- way on Yusry A Halim’s Viking- dom, the $11m 3D action epic produced by Epic Pictures Group and Malaysia’s KRU Studios. Dominic Purcell from TV’s
Prison Break stars in the English- language tale of a Viking warrior
forced to face his violent past. Epic is selling international rights under its six-fi lm deal with KRU. Craig Fairbrass, Natassia Malthe and Jon Foo also star. Production on this fi rst of three
fi lms, based on Viking mythology, is expected to run into early Janu- ary in Malaysia.
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Ron Howard came by the AFM yesterday to meet with buyers about his film Rush, being sold by Exclusive Media. Alongside Exclusive co-chairmen Nigel Sinclair and Guy East, and Cross Creek’s Brian Oliver, Howard held meetings about the film, which explores the Formula 1 rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Universal will release in the US in 2012.
BY WENDY MITCHELL Entertainment One has bought rights for post-apocalyptic thriller The Day from Content for the UK, France, Scandinavia and South Africa. Nettai Museum has acquired Japanese rights. Content is representing inter-
UK distributor Metrodome has picked up theatrical, DVD and VoD rights for horror The Innkeepers from MPI Media Group. Sara Paxton, Pat Healy and Kelly McGillis star in the story of a haunted hotel. Nicola Goelzhaeuser at MPI Media Group negotiated the deal with Metrodome’s Giles Edwards.
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national rights and Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content is handling North American rights. As previously reported, Splen-
did has acquired German-speak- ing Europe and Benelux rights for Doug Aarniokoski’s fi lm, which is produced by Guy A Danella.
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