CANNES BRIEFS
Media Luna eyes Lilet Media Luna has boarded international sales for Jacco Groen’s Lilet Never Happened, produced by Netherlands-based Springfilm and UK-based F&ME. The film is about a 12-year-old Filipina-American girl who is a child prostitute in Manila.
Max360 lands Date New Los Angeles distribution company Max360 International has picked up sales on Michael Mohan’s Save The Date starring Lizzy Caplan and Mark Webber.
Rabe goes for Pickford Poverty Row Entertainment has cast Lily Rabe to play Mary Pickford in their upcoming biopic.
Fox furthers Ghost deal Vicente Canales’ Barcelona-based sales outfit Film Factory Entertainment and Fox International Productions have announced that the FIP co-produced Spanish hit Ghost Graduation (Promocion Fantasma) will also be distributed in Latin America and North America by Fox. Fox and Will Smith’s Overbrook are working on an English-language remake.
Little wages War The Little Film Company has licensed War Of The Dead to eOne in the US, Momentum in the UK and Alliance in Canada.
Mirovision picks up Ants Mirovision has picked up international rights to $25m stereoscopic 3D CGI production Empire Of The Ants, an adaptation of Bernard Werber’s novel Les Fourmis. Korea’s Anima House and Wonderworld Studios are producing the English-language feature.
We reveals Lam’s Beauty
BYLIZSHACKLETON Hong Kong-based We Distribu- tion is unveiling romantic comedy The Truth Of Beauty, produced by Peter Ho-sun Chan and directed by Oi Wah (Aubrey) Lam. Produced by Chan’s We Pic-
tures, the project stars mainland Chinese actress Bai Baihe and Hong Kong actor Ronald Cheng. The film started shooting this month. Jojo Hui Yuet-chun is pro- ducing with Chan. Lam also scripted the project
which revolves around a young college graduate (Bai) who under- goes major cosmetic surgery to transform her life. Chan was in Cannes last year
with his directorial project Wu Xia. He is currently producing the Andrew Lau-directed action thriller The Guillotines. He previously produced Lam’s
romantic classic Twelve Nights in 2000. Lam’s directing credits also
include Hidden Tracks, Anna & Anna and a segment of the port- manteau film A Decade Of Love.
The Triplets Of Belleville
Chomet returns to Belleville
BYMELANIE GOODFELLOW Sylvain Chomet is reteaming with Paris-based animation house Les Armateurs for a prequel to The Tri- plets Of Belleville (Les Triplettes De Belleville). Didier Brunner’s Les Armateurs
is back in Cannes this year with Directors’ Fortnight title Ernest And Célestine. Chomet’s new animation,
Swing Popa Swing, will go back to the childhood of the elderly triplet singing trio at the heart of The Tri- plets Of Belleville.
Chomet, who made his last film
The Illusionist with Pathé, has written a synopsis and outlined new characters. He is expected to deliver a script over the summer. Other Les Armateurs projects
include French Riviera, an action adventure animation set in the south of France to be co-directed by famed French illustrator Rich- ard Zielenkiewicz, or Monsieur Z. The company is also in the final
stages of production on Michel Ocelot’s Kirikou Et Les Hommes Et Les Femmes.
Backup and Marché pact on rights service
Jason Statham appears in an exclusive first photo from Hummingbird, the London-set drama sold by IM Global. Steven Knight, screenwriter of Eastern Promises, makes his feature directing debut with the story of a former soldier living in London who cannot avoid his past.
Wendy Mitchell
BYMELANIE GOODFELLOW Backup Media and Cannes Market are getting together to launch a new rights management service for Cinando users, cal led MovieChainer. The cloud-based app, launching this summer, will enable film-makers to keep records of their films’ contracts and monitor their royalties. Private demonstrations of the software will be held this week.
Alberto Barbera (pictured), the new artistic director of the Venice Film Festival, spoke to the Cannes Producers Network on Thursday morning alongside John Sloss of Cinetic and Roberto Olla of Eurimages. The programme sees 550 producers attend and welcomes 200 speakers over seven days.
Revolver starts VoD on Facebook
BY ANDREAS WISEMAN UK indie distributor Revolver has launched a social VoD (SoVoD) service on Facebook. FindWatch- Share will give viewers the chance to do just that with Revolver’s new and library titles on Facebook. Users who share the service with friends will get discounts on titles. Revolver CEO Justin Marciano
said: “FindWatchShare was a natural progression in both our distribution and marketing strat- egy. We wanted to create an immersive and fun way for people to discover and access films in dif- ferent ways on their favourite devices — when and where they want — and to reward them for it. “We are currently considering
offers from third parties to partner us, as we look to roll out the plat- form internationally, expand its content and extend its reach.” Titles on the service — only
available in the UK at the moment — include Anuvahood, Snowtown, Elite Squad and Kidulthood. Softwind Studio helped to develop the project.
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