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Banderas. Scr: Manuel Sicilia, Matthew Jacobs. Cast: Freddie Highmore, Saoirse Ronan, Antonio Banderas. English. In production. Screening on promo reel. Delivery date: summer 2013. POSTMAN PAT: THE MOVIE (3D) (UK, US) Animation. Prod cos: Classic Media, Rubicon Group. Dir: Mike Disa. Prods: Ceri Barnes, Annika Bluhm, Robert Anich, Miles Horst. Scr: Kim Fuller, Annika Bluhm, Nicole Dubuc. Cast: Stephen Mangan, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint. In production. Delivery date: spring 2013. TROLL: THE TALE OF A TAIL (3D) (US, Norway) Animation. Prod cos: Great River Productions, Sagatoon. Dir: David Dulac. Prods: Rainer Soehnlein, Ralph Kamp. Scr: Jorn Kolsrud, Kristian Kamp, Johnny Carlsen, Jonny Westernes, Paul Gerstenberger. English. In production. Delivery date: autumn 2013. THE WEDDING VIDEO (UK) Romantic comedy. Prod co: Squirrel Films. Dir: Nigel Cole. Prods: James Gay-Rees. Scr: Tim Firth. Cast: Rufus Hound, Lucy Punch, Robert Webb. Post- production. Delivery date: summer 2012. WICKIE AND THE TREASURE OF THE GODS (3D) (Germany) Family. 96mins. Prod cos: Ratpack Film, Constantin Film. Dir: Christian Ditter. Prods: Christian Becker. Scr: Christian Ditter. Cast: Jonas Hammerle, Waldemar Kobus, Valeria Eisenbart. German. Dubbed in English. Completed. Delivery date: immediate.
TITAN GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT Also buying Stand/room number: Riviera C6 Executives attending: president Mark L Lester, president of worldwide distribution Jeffrey Goldman 21700 Oxnard Street, #1770, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, US Tel: (1) 818 340 9004 Fax: (1) 818 340 9011 Web:
www.titanglobal-ent.com
MARKETDEBUTS BAD PARENTS (US) Comedy. Dir: Caytha Jentis. Prods: Caytha Jentis, Dorothy Fucito. Scr: Caytha Jentis. Cast: Janeane Garofalo, Christopher Titus, Michael Boatman. Post-production. A suburban man relives his season with the soccer obsessed sports parents whose outrageous “win at all costs” behaviour spirals out of control. CURE FOR PAIN: THE MARK SANDMAN STORY (US) Documentary. 86mins. Prod
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co: Gatling Pictures. Dir: Robert G Bralver, David Ferino. Prods: Jeff Broadway. Cast: Ben Harper, Josh Homme, Les Claypool. Completed. Documentary that examines the life and work of Mark Sandman, deceased frontman of innovative 1990s cult band Morphine. HIGH ROAD (US) Comedy. 87mins. Prod co: Northern Lights Film. Dir: Matt Walsh. Prods: Matt Walsh, Kirk Roos, Inman Young. Scr: Matt Walsh, John Weiner. Cast: James F Pumphrey, Lizzy Caplan, Ed Helms. Completed. Fitz, a musician, and his 16-year-old sidekick, find themselves running from the cops. Amid guns, broken bones and a rude hookers, he must navigate to safety. JURASSIC ATTACK (US) Sci-fi. 86mins. Dir: Anthony C Ferrante. Prods: Anthony Fankhauser, J J Kim. Scr: Rafael Jordan. Cast: Gary Stretch, Alicia Ziegler, Israel Saez De Miguel. In production. A helicopter crash lands a commando unit in a lost world populated by dinosaurs. Now they must escape before becoming prey for prehistoric predators.
OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE ALL’S FAIRE IN LOVE (US) Comedy. 108mins. Prod co: Patriot Pictures. Dir: Scott Marshall. Prods: Randy Mendelsohn, Ron Singer, Scott Reed. Scr: Scott Marshall, Jeffrey Wine, Robert A White. Cast: Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Matthew Lillard. Completed.
TOEI COMPANY Also buying Stand/room number: Riviera A13 Tel: 04 92 99 33 05 Executives attending: director of international sales and acquisition Hideo Suzuki, manager of international sales and acquisitions Tadayuki Okubo, international sales and acquisitions Shiori Takata 2-17, 3-Chome, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8108, Japan Tel: (81) 3 3535 7621 Fax: (81) 3 3535 7622 E-mail:
international@toei.co.jp Web:
www.toei.co.jp
MARKETDEBUTS A CHORUS OF ANGELS (Japan) Drama. Dir: Junji Sakamoto. Scr: Machiko Nasu. Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Aoi Miyazaki, Ryuhei Matsuda. Japanese. $10m. In production. Haru, a former junior high-school teacher, visits six of her students who have grown up and are now in their late twenties, to let them find out
the truth of the fatal accident that happened 20 years ago. BLAZING FAMIGLIA (Japan) Action/adventure. 125mins. Dir: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri. Scr: Takashi Ujita. Cast: Yoshimi Tokui, Kento Hayashi, Jun Murakami. Japanese with English subtitles. Completed. First market screening. Based on the legendary violence comic. Tetsu and his friends, who used to hang around as a gang, call themselves family. To protect their family, they use any measures, even if it ends up in death. THE COWARDS WHO LOOKED UP AT THE SKY (Japan) 140mins. Dir: Yuki Tanada. Scr: Kosuke Mukai. Cast: Kento Nagayama, Tomoko Tabata, Mieko Harada. Japanese with English subtitles. $3m. Completed. First market screening. Anz, a housewife, invites Takumi, a high-school student, to her house and dresses him up as an anime character, and they begin a sexual liaison. Their rendezvous become a daily occurrence as their feelings grow deeper. HOME (Japan) Family. 109mins. Dir: Seiji Izumi. Cast: Yutaka Mizutani, Narumi Yasuda. Japanese with English subtitles. $5m. Completed. First market screening. The Takahashi family moves from Tokyo into the countryside. Awaiting them is a little house imp. Only those who believe in it can see it, but it brings a dysfunctional family together. I HAVE TO BUY NEWSHOES (Japan) Romantic drama. Dir: Eriko Kitagawa. Prods: Shunji Iwai. Scr: Eriko Kitagawa. Cast: Miho Nakayama, Osamu Mukai. Japanese with English subtitles. $3m. Post- production. Serendipity in Paris. Photographer Sen and freelance writer Aoi meet by chance. From this day, their life will never be the same. THE LAST MESSAGE (Japan) Drama. 130mins. Dir: Hajime Hashimoto. Cast: Masaaki Uchino, Yuki Matsushita. Japanese with English subtitles. $4m. Completed. First market screening.
OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO (Japan) Action. 140mins. Dir: Izuru Narushima. Prods: Shohei Kotaki. Scr: Yasuo Hasegawa, Kenzaburo Iida. Cast: Koji Yakusho, Hiroshi Tamaki, Teruyuki Kagawa. Japanese with English subtitles. $14m. Completed. Screening. Delivery date: immediate. HARD ROMANTICKER (Japan) Action. 110mins. Dir: Suyeon Gu. Scr: Mitsunori Gu. Cast: Shota Matsuda, Shidou Nakamura, Atsuro Watabe. Japanese with
English subtitles. $3m. Screening. Delivery date: immediate.
TOHO CO Stand/room number: Riviera A14 Tel: 04 92 99 33 09 Executives attending: general manager Akihiro Takeda, general manager Shozo Watanabe, sales manager Takemasa Arita 1-2-2 Yurakucho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo, 100-8415, Japan Tel: (81) 3 3591 3530 Fax: (81) 3 3591 6610 E-mail:
tohointl@toho.co.jp Web:
www.toho.co.jp
OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE DEAR (Japan) Drama. 110mins. Dir: Yasuo Furuhata. Prods: Yoshihiro Sato. Scr: Takeshi Aoshima. Cast: Ken Takakura, Yuko Tanaka, Koichi Sato. Japanese. Completed. Delivery date: August 2012. LESSON OF THE EVIL (Japan) Thriller. Dir: Takashi Miike. Prods: Hisashi Usui. Scr: Takashi Miike. Cast: Hideaki Ito. Japanese. In production. Delivery date: November 2012. NOBODY’S PERFECT (Japan) Drama. Dir: Ryuichi Hiroki. Prods: Kenzo Abe. Scr: Masato Kato. Cast: Taichi Kokubun, Hirotada Ototake. Japanese with English subtitles. Post-production. Delivery date: 2013. PLATINUM DATA (Japan) Action/adventure. Dir: Keishi Otomo. Prods: Masaya Shibusawa. Scr: Shuya Hamada. Cast: Kazuya Ninomiya, Etsushi Toyokawa. Japanese. Post- production. SPACE BROTHERS (Japan) Drama. 129mins. Prod cos: Toho Co, Kodansha, Dentsu Inc, Triestone Entertainment Inc. Dir: Yoshitaka Mori. Prods: Genki Kawamura, Hisashi Usui, Kenzo Abe. Scr: Mika Omori. Cast: Shun Oguri, Masaki Okada. Japanese. Completed. Delivery date: May 2012. WE WERE THERE – TRUE LOVE (Japan) Romantic drama. 121mins. Prod cos: Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc, Toho Co, Shogakukan Inc, J Storm Inc, Amuse Inc. Dir: Takahiro Miki. Prods: Michiaki Yamasaki, Hisashi Usui. Scr: Tomoko Yoshida. Cast: Masaki Okada, Shun Oguri. Japanese. Completed. Delivery date: immediate.
TOMCAT FILMS Stand/room number: Lerins S14 Tel: 04 92 99 88 01 Executives attending: president and CEO Ted Chalmers, senior vice-
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