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NEWS Buyers Hijack deals
BY WENDY MITCHELL Tobias Lindholm’s A Hijacking is already stirring sales before its fi rst Toronto public screening today. A-Film has taken the fi lm for Benelux and Atnine Film for Korea. TrustNordisk is also reporting “ongoing negotiations in a number of territories”. Pilou Asbaek, who also appeared in
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THE ZIGZAG KID Dir: Vincent Bal Prod: BosBros (feature, 90’) • 11:30 Cinema 5 (press & industry)
Lindholm’s hit prison drama R, stars along- side Soren Malling and Dar Salim in the story of a group of seamen who are taken
hostage on their cargo ship in the Indian Ocean, forcing the CEO of the shipping company to negotiate with Somali pirates. The fi lm had a strong reception in Ven-
ice, where it played in the Orizzonti section. Producers are Tomas Radoor and Rene
Ezra for Nordisk Film with support from the Danish Film Institute, DR and Nordic Film and TV Fund. Nordisk will release domestically on September 20. » See Tobias Lindholm interview, page 24
Claflin lines up Brit List rom-com
BY ANDREAS WISEMAN Rising actor Sam Claflin is set to star in Brit List romantic comedy Modern Life Is Rubbish, which is due to shoot in the UK in early 2013. Daniel Jerome Gill’s debut feature is
written by Philip Gawthorne, who adapted the script from his award-winning play of the same name. Dominic Norris of Serot- onin Films and Amanda Breheny of Rising Sun Productions produce. The fi lm charts a music-loving couple’s
painful break up after 10 years, and the process of separating their music collection. “It is a modern, funny, deeply romantic
tale that captures how music connects those key moments that defi ne our lives,” Norris explains. “Sam is a very talented young actor and makes the perfect leading man.”
THE DEFLOWERING
OF EVA VAN END Dir: Michiel ten Horn Prod: Pupkin Film Sales: M-Appeal (feature, 98’) • 17:00 Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 10
Film Bridge International has sold Admissions to North America, Australia and the UK (Anchor Bay), Latin America (CDC United Network), France (Chrysalis Films), Poland (Monolith), the Middle East (Gulf Films), Eastern Europe (GrandView) and Russia (MGN Paradise). Last week, director Adam Rogers, producers Andy Garcia and Sig Libowitz and executive producers Ellen Wander and Sonya Lunsford wrapped production on the film in Spokane, Washington. Garcia and Vera Farmiga (pictured in this first production still) star as two strangers who fall for each other during a college admissions tour with their children.
Raven Banner draws Blood with 108 Media
BY JEREMY KAY Busy Toronto sales company 108 Media has struck a partnership with Toronto and Las Vegas-based genre specialist Raven Banner Entertainment to acquire genre titles for worldwide sales. The venture kicks off with Markus Blun-
der’s Autumn Blood, a survival thriller about a teenage girl and her younger brother on the run from mountain villag-
ers, which stars Sophie Lowe, Peter Stor- mare and Gustaf Skarsgard. The initial slate includes Silver Tree and
Abe Levy’s Deep Dark Canyon, about two teenagers on the run from vigilante killers, starring Nick Eversman, Ted Levine, Mar- tin Starr and Matthew Lillard; and AD Calvo’s House Of Dust featuring Holland Roden, about a serial killer’s ghost that ter- rorises a group of college students.
Hyde Park shares Every Secret Thing JACKIE Dir: Antoinette Beumer
Prod: Eyeworks Film & TV Drama (feature, 100’) • 21:00 Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 2
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■ 4 Screen International at Toronto September 10, 2012
BY JEREMY KAY Diane Lane and Elizabeth Banks will star in Likely Story’s crime drama Every Secret Thing to be financed by Merced Media Partners, PalmStar Media Capital and Hyde Park Entertainment. Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Interna-
tional, led by sales chief Eric Christenson, has been introducing the project to buyers in Toronto. Amy Berg will direct from Nicole
Holofcener’s adaptation of the novel by Laura Lippman. Production is set for Feb- ruary 2013 on the story of two teenagers convicted of murdering a baby. When they are released, children start to go missing. Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman will pro- duce with Frances McDormand.
Diane Lane Elizabeth Banks “Great, female-driven crime movies are
few and far between — and one this origi- nal and surprising is like a gift,” Bregman said. “It is gratifying that so many talented and enthusiastic collaborators agree — from the creative to the fi nancial sides and everywhere in between.”
Booster for Cargo Cosima Amelang
Cargo Entertainment is deep in talks with buyers here on the crime drama Booster following its recent Deauville screening, and has licensed rights to Italia for the Middle East and Pinema in Turkey. French buyers are understood to be
circling the story of a career shoplifter told to commit a serious crime in order to protect his brother. Matt Ruskin directed and produced the
8 Feet Tall Productions tale and Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul and Seymour Cassel star. Echo Bridge picked up US rights after
the world premiere at SXSW in Austin earlier in the year.
Jeremy Kay
Screen to publish Film Bazaar dailies
BY SCREEN STAFF Screen International is partnering with India’s National Film Development Corpo- ration (NFDC) for the second year to pub- lish dailies at annual co-production market Film Bazaar (November 21-24). In addition to the co-production market
for South Asian projects, Film Bazaar fea- tures a Screenwriters’ Lab, Work-in-Progress section, seminars, industry screenings and the Primexhange workshop for Indo-Euro- pean projects. The market takes place at the Marriott Resort in Goa. As with last year, Screen will publish the dailies in partner- ship with the NFDC and Liz Shackleton’s Hong Kong-based Chime Consulting.
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