NEWS AFM BRIEFS


Rob Reiner to host AFM talk today Rob Reiner will be at the AFM today to participate in IFTA’s Industry Conversations at 2:30pm. He will talk about his new film Summer At Dog Dave’s, which Voltage is selling. The comedy drama, now in post, stars Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen and Madeline Carroll. Reiner’s credits include Ghosts Of Mississippi, When Harry Met Sally and This Is Spinal Tap. The Conversations series continues on Monday with Jon Amiel.


London secures rights to hostage drama Independent UK producer Nick London has secured the film and TV rights to the story of Paul and Rachel Chandler, the UK couple kidnapped in Somalia in 2009.


MPI, Salto to ride with The Devil MPI Media Group and Mexico City-based Salto de Fe Films are to jointly produce Here Comes The Devil, a thriller from Adrian Garcia Bogliano. The producers are now casting the supernatural tale of children who return after going missing in Tijuana caves. Shooting is scheduled to take place on location. Here Comes The Devil is the first full-length feature from Salto de Fe Films. Bogliano’s credits include Penumbra and Cold Sweat.


Little Film Co climbs in ring with Hogan


BY JEREMY KAY The Little Film Company has taken on international sales on action title The Equalizers and is introduc- ing the project to AFM buy- ers.


Hulk Hogan and fellow


wrestling star Rob van Dam star in the story about an ex-biker who recruits com- bat specialists to end a vicious turf war between his former motorcycle club


Hulk Hogan


and a street gang. Shooting is scheduled to begin next year.


Gabriel Range has busy slate at Altered Image


BY SARAH COOPER Death Of A President direc- tor Gabriel Range has a number of projects in development for his pro- duction company Altered Image. Range will direct My


Friend The Mercenary, based on the true story of a UK journalist covering the Liberian civil war. Michael Thomas, who adapted The Devil’s Double, is writing the s c r e enpl a y fo r the $8m-$12.8m (£5m-£8m) project. Range will also direct


The 37 Voices Of Farzad Ali, based on the true story of a fast-food worker in Glas- gow, Scot land, who defrauded banks and air- lines out of $370m. Patrick Harbinson is writing the screenplay with develop- ment funding from Film4. Also in development is


contemporary noir Costa Rica, based on an original script by UK novelist Jake


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Arnot t , wi th Amber Trentham developing the screenplay. Trentham has also co-


written Available Light with Tom Carty, who will make his directorial debut with the London-set film about a man suffering locked-in syndrome. Range will also produce


Dick, Kerr Ladies, about a women’s soccer team dur- ing the First World War. Jane Brody is writing the script and no director is attached yet. Altered Image is also


launching its own $3.2m (£2m) development and production EIS fund.


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BYANDREAS WISEMAN Sophie Dulac, distributor and president of the new Paris Film Festival, and fes- tival general manager Isa- belle Svanda, are here at the AFM to drum up support for the event (June 6-12). The festival will screen


around 15 French and US indie titles competing for an audience award, 25-30 for- eign-language Oscar con- tender s , as wel l as


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premieres and retrospec- tives. Harvey Weinstein will be the subject of the first retrospective and will par- ticipate in a masterclass. Speaking to Screen, Dulac


revealed the festival will also include a work-in- progress section for US films, cast appearances and a shorts programme. Around 50 films will be shown in total, with 150 screenings at seven venues,


some outdoor on the Champs-Elysées. “We want to create a


bridge between US and French independent cin- ema,” said Dulac, who is in negotiation with private sponsors including Visa, Mastercard and mobile- phone company Orange, and has a partnership with Studio Harcourt as well as venues such as Fouquet’s. Publicis is a main partner.


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