AFM BRIEFS
Wong moves to W2 W2 Entertainment Finance has hired Savine Wong to oversee day-to-day operations at the company’s entertainment lending division. Wong, who was at Hong Kong’s Standard Chartered Bank, will be based in Toronto and report to Warren Nimchuk and Warren Fergus.
Stealth is part of Gang Stealth Media Group is selling rock drama The Paddy Lincoln Gang, which started shooting in Los Angeles this week. The film will also shoot in the UK, and the cast features Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols.
AV breathes life into The Mortician, Truth
BY WENDY MITCHELL AV Pictures has sold its 3D project The Mortician to Grindstone for the US. Other deals have been concluded with Germany (Ascot Elite), CIS (CP Digital), the Mid- dle East (Falcon) and South Africa (VideoVision). Gareth Maxwell Roberts directs
the urban noir thriller, with a cast that includes Method Man and Edward Furlong. Also, UK distributor Showbox
Violet blooms at Wild Bunch
BY ANDREAS WISEMAN Wild Bunch has taken interna- tional rights to Precious writer Geoffrey Fletcher’s directorial debut, Violet & Daisy. Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel,
James Gandolfini and Danny Trejo star in the story of a teenag- er’s surreal and violent journey
through New York City. Fletcher wrote the original screenplay and produced along with Bonnie Tim- mermann. CAA is handling domestic sales. The deal was negotiated by
Alain De La Mata and Agnes Mentre for Wild Bunch, with CAA on behalf of the film-makers.
its first market screening at AFM. The ensemble cast includes
David Oakes and Jennie Jacques. Matthew McGuchan wrote the
script, and the producers are Rich- ard Johns and Rupert Jermyn. Meanwhile, Peter Mullan, Jack
The Mortician
has acquired Truth Or Dare from AV. Robert Heath’s UK thriller, about teenagers who are taken hostage by a psychopath, will have
O’Connell and Kierston Wareing have joined Tim Roth and Talulah Riley in the cast of Craig Viveiros’ thriller The Liability. The film starts shooting in the UK on November 21.
Hummingbird flies for IM Global
IM Global has confirmed details of new Jason Statham project Hummingbird, to be directed by screenwriter Steven Knight. Paul Webster and Tracey Seaward will produce the $20m film, about an ex-soldier who finds redemption
in London’s criminal underworld. It will shoot in early 2012 and
has been pre-sold to the UK (Lionsgate), Germany (Universum), Switzerland (Impuls), Scandinavia (Scanbox) and Australia (Hoyts). Wendy Mitchell
Faust travels with Boutique
BY GEOFFREY MACNAB After winning the Golden Lion in Venice, Alexander Sokurov’s Faust has been sold to multiple territories by Films Boutique. Artificial Eye has confirmed it has picked up UK rights to the film and is planning a theatrical release for May 2012. Films Boutique has also sold to
Spain (Golem), Italy (Archibald), France (Sophie Dulac), Germany (MFA), Japan (Cetera), Portugal (Clap), Austria (Polyfilms), Korea (Arthouse Momo), Quebec (Fun- Film), Taiwan (Atom), Mexico (Cineteca Nacional), Hungary (Cirko Film), Brazil (Imovision), Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Nor- way (Atlantic Films), ex-Yugosla- via (MCF Megacom), Greece (Ar tplex At t ica), Turkey (Kalinos), Czech and Slovak Republics (Film Europe) and Poland (Aurora). Films Boutique’s Jean-Christo-
phe Simon also confirmed there have been offers from, among others, the US, Canada, Benelux, Romania and Hong Kong.
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