NEWS BERLINBRIEFS
Galano launches Speranza13 Camela Galano, the former president of New Line International and Warner Bros International Film Acquisitions, is here launching her sales company, Speranza13 Media. The launch slate includes Open Grave from Atlas Independent and a new Romeo And Juliet written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Carlo Carlei.
Content visits third Outpost Content is going into production with Outpost: Rise Of The Spetsnaz, the third in the franchise, set to shoot from April 10 in Scotland and Yorkshire. Kieran Parker will again direct the script written by Rae Brunton. The cast includes Bryan Larkin and Ultimate Combat champion James ‘The Colossus’ Thompson. Content’s Jamie Carmichael said: “There aren’t many British- based action-horror franchises that have spawned three films — and this time we see Nazi zombies cage-fighting with Russian Special Forces!”
Jinga Faces US deal Jinga has sold Michael Rymer’s Face To Face to new LA-based distributor MouseTrap Films.
Epic plugs into V/H/S
BY WENDY MITCHELL Epic Pictures has taken on foreign sales rights to Sundance hit V/H/S. The horror anthology is about a group of misfits hired to burgle a house to find a rare VHS tape, only to find more footage than they wanted to see. Magnolia Pictures’ genre label,
Magnet Releasing, picked up US and Canadian rights during Sun- dance with an eye towards an autumn theatrical release. Rights to the UK are also closing. V/H/S was notable at Sundance
after audience members fainted at a screening. Producers are Gary Binkow, Roxanne Benjamin and Bradley Miska. The directors are Adam Wingard, Ti West, Glenn
V/H/S
McQuaid, David Bruckner, Joe Swanberg and collective Radio Silence. Epic CEO Patrick Ewald said: “I have not experienced such an audience reaction to a movie since Paranormal Activity, Insidious or The Blair Witch Project. The fact we have six of the most popular
Cassel gets Beastly with Pathé
BY GEOFFREYMACNAB Christophe Gans (Silent Hill, Brotherhood Of The Wolf) is plan- ning a new version of Beauty And The Beast. Eskwad is partnering with
Pathé on the project, which is due to start shooting on October 8. The film will star Vincent Cas- sel and Léa Seydoux, and will be
produced by Richard Grandpierre. Details of the plot and what approach the new film will take are skimpy, but Gans said: “Though I will keep to a form of storytelling of this timeless fairy tale that is in keeping with the same pace and characters as the original, I will surprise the audience by creating a completely new visual universe.”
Universal sings for Marley in UK, Scandinavia
BYWENDYMITCHELL Fortissimo has closed deals for Kevin Macdonald’s Bob Marley doc Marley, led by Universal Pic- tures International Entertainment taking rights for UK and Scandina- via. Lucky Red has acquired for Italy and Avalon for Spain. The documentary is slated for
an April 20 theatrical launch in North America, through Magnolia Pictures, and the UK.
kered by Fortissimo managing director Nelleke Driessen. Fortissimo has also sold to
Marley Macdonald, Rohan Marley and
collaborator Neville Garrick are in Berlin to present the world pre- miere of the film on Sunday. The Universal deal was bro-
South Africa (Nu Metro), Portugal (Lusomundo/Film & TV House), Germany and Austria (Studio- Canal), Poland (Best Film), France (Wild Side), Latin America (HBO Latin America), Australia and New Zealand (Roadshow), Bene- lux (eOne), Middle East (Front Row) and Switzerland (Elite).
horror directors in one movie is an incredible hook that will make this film one to remember.” Epic’s slate also includes thriller
The Aggression Scale, western Yel- low Rock and Into The Dark. It is also showing footage from Viking- dom and Mega Spider.
Nightmares goes mining
BYLIZ SHACKLETON Celluloid Nightmares has picked up international rights outside Asia to English-language action horror Dead Mine, co-produced by HBO Asia and Singapore- based Infinite Studios. The film, currently in post-pro-
duction, marks the first time HBO Asia has produced a feature in Asia. Celluloid Nightmares will also represent Japanese rights. Directed and co-written by UK
director Steven Sheil (Mum & Dad), the film features cult Japa- nese action star Miki Mizuno (Bay- side Shakedown), UK actors Les Loveday and Sam Hazeldine, and Malaysian actress Carmen Soo. It tells the story of a group of
treasure hunters who venture into the Indonesian jungle to search for gold that was looted by Japa- nese forces during the Second World War. They become trapped in an underground bunker. Dead Mine was filmed on
Batam, both on location and at Infinite’s sound stages. Celluloid Nightmares’ slate
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also include Ti West’s The Side Effect starring Liv Tyler, and home-invasion thriller Replicas, starring Selma Blair.
D&F’s Minister, Woman travel
BY GEOFFREYMACNAB Paris-based Doc & Film has sold César-nominated The Minister to Australia and New Zealand (Aztec), Poland (Against Gravity) and Sweden (Njuta Films), with additional territories in talks. Also, Rachid Bouchareb’s Just
Like A Woman, starring Sienna Miller and Roschdy Zem, has gone to the UK (Artificial Eye), Australia (Madman), Italy (Min-
erva), Spain (Golem), Greece (Strada), ex-Yugoslavia (MCF), Brazil (Imovision) and Taiwan (Swallow Wings). The first mar- keting screening, for buyers only, is on Saturday. Festival premieres from Doc &
Film include The Virgin, The Copts And Me by Namir Abdel Messeeh, No Man’s Zone by Toshi Fujiwara and Spain by Anja Salo- monowitz.
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