NEWS BERLINBRIEFS
Beta closes slew of deals Beta has sold Agnieszka Holland’s Oscar-nominated Holocaust drama In Darkness to Italy (Good), Japan (New Select), South Korea (Pure), China (Champs Lis) and Brazil (Conquest). Apocalyptic thriller Hell has gone to France (Swift), Australia and New Zealand (Madman), Poland (Against Gravity) and Japan (New Select). Süskind has sold to Australia and New Zealand (Madman) and Men In The City II to Russia (Luxor).
LevelK climbs Devil’s stairs LevelK’s After Dark strand has taken on sales of Sergio Casci’s psychological thriller The Devil’s Staircase, about an Australian girl who turns to the dark side in a London squat.
Sony strikes for Fin Film Factory has closed a Spanish deal with Sony for Jorge Torregrossa’s Fin, starring Maribel Verdu and Daniel Grao.
Russia reaches Los Angeles Roskino/SEF (formerly Sovexportfilm) is setting up a Russian Film Commission in LA. It will be led by film executive Eleonora Granata and US-based journalist Sergei Rakhlin. » FULL STORIES ON
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Buyers gallop to Calvary
BYANDREASWISEMAN Protagonist is already reaping rewards on John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary, which has sold to Momentum and Alliance for the UK and Canada, respec- tively; and to Transmission Films for Australia and New Zealand. Isaach de Bankholé (Casino
Royale) has joined the cast, which includes Brendan Gleeson — who reteams with his director from The Guard — Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly and Aidan Gillen. Reprisal Films is producing the
blackly comic drama about a priest tormented by his commu- nity, which will shoot late summer.
Rezo has picked up international rights to Berlin Panorama entry Cherry, starring Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham, Dev Patel and Lili Taylor. The drama follows an 18-year-old girl (Hinshaw) who falls into the sex industry. She meets a lawyer (Franco) who
introduces her to a different world. First-time writer-director and former sex worker Stephen Elliott collaborated with real-life porn star Lorelei Lee on the script, about a troubled porn actress. ICM is handling the US on the film, which debuts on February 16.
Voltage sparks sales
BYWENDYMITCHELL Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pic- tures continues strong sales for its comedies Thanks For Sharing and The Longest Week. Stuart Blumberg’s sex-addict
comedy Thanks For Sharing, now in post and starring Mark Ruffalo and Gwyneth Paltrow, has sold to Venezuela (Blanco), Brazil (Cali- fornia), Israel (Forum), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Middle East (Gulf ), Turkey (Mediamax),
Corbijn doc hits for HanWay
BYANDREASWISEMAN HanWay Films has sold docu- mentary Anton Corbijn Inside Out to Germany (Capelight), with Momentum and A-Film already on board for the UK and Benelux. Also, Diana Vreeland: The Eye
Has To Travel, a doc about the edi- tor of Harper’s Bazaar, has gone to
France (Happiness), Germany (Prokino) and Benelux (ABC- Cinemien). Samuel Goldwyn and StudioCanal had previously taken US and UK rights respectively. Mark Cousins’ The Story Of
Film has also been a hot seller, with buyers including Studio- Canal for France and Germany.
Italy (Minerva), Russia (Paradise), Benelux (Paradiso), India (Pic- tureWorks), Latin American pay- TV (Polar Star), Iceland (Sam), Scandinavia (Scanbox), South Africa (Ster-Kinekor), Greece (Strada), Taiwan (Studio Solu- tions Group) and Australia and New Zealand (Transmission). Peter Glanz’s The Longest Week,
starring Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde and Billy Crudup, has sold to Latin American pay-TV (Califor-
nia), Australia and New Zealand (Hoyts), former Yugoslavia (Inv- estacommerce), China (Leeding Media), Russia and Baltics (Para- dise), Indonesia (Queen), Iceland (Sam), Singapore (Shaw), Asian pay-TV rights (Star TV), South Africa (Ster-Kinekor), Taiwan (Studio Solutions Group), Greece (Tanweer) and Italy (Videa). Voltage’s slate also includes The
Necessary Death Of Charlie Coun- tryman, starring Shia LaBeouf.
Yamada back on Tokyo story
BYLIZSHACKLETON Japanese studio Shochiku is attending EFM with Yoji Yama- da’s long-gestating homage to Tokyo Story, which is now back on track and scheduled to start shooting in March. Entitled Tokyo Kazoku, the remake of the Ozu classic was ini-
tially scheduled to start shooting in March 2011, but was delayed by the earthquake that struck on March 11. Yamada also decided to rewrite the script to reflect the affect of the earthquake. Additions to the cast include
Isao Hashizume (Space Battleship Yamato) and Kazuko Yoshiyuki.
Opus scoops the classics
BYWENDYMITCHELL Opus Distribution has acquired the library of Peakviewing Trans- atlantic, including 19 classic titles. The films feature Beauty And
The Beast, The Christmas Stallion, The Last Leprechaun and The Lit- tle Unicorn. The deal was negoti- ated by Ken DuBow of Opus and Janet Blandford of Peakviewing. DuBow said: “The Peakview-
ing Transatlantic library is filled with timeless films with strong stars. They have already been licensed all over the world, and I look forward to continuing with both new sales and renewals at EFM.”
Other Angle
crosses Tracks French sales outfit Other Angle Pictures has picked up French buddy comedy On The Other Side Of The Tracks. Omar Sy (Untouchable)
and Laurent Lafitte star as ill- matched cops working together. The film has gone to Benelux (Victory) and Switzerland (Frenetic), and Mars will release in France in December. Other Angle has also added
Romain Levy’s buddy road movie Radio Stars, from producer Alain Attal (Polisse). Victory bought for Belgium. The company is also selling
comedy La Verité Si Je Mens! 3 and Olivier Dahan’s The Dream Team, which has a promo reel here. Pre-sales have been clinched with Benelux (Elysée), Switzerland (Presence) and Brazil (Immovision). Geoffrey Macnab
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