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Saban Films acquires 'The Last Face'
2 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
In a deal that closed before Toronto, the distributor said on Thursday it had acquired North American rights to Sean Penn’s Cannes competition selection.
The Last Face is set against the backdrop of war-torn Liberia and stars Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem as an aid agency chief who falls in love with a doctor amid a humanitarian crisis.
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jean Reno and Jared Harris round out the cast and Erin Dignam wrote the screenplay.
River Road Entertainment’s Bill Pohlad produced with FilmHaven Entertainments’ Matt Palmieri and Bill Gerber. Jon Kuyper served as executive producer.
Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley and Ness Saban negotiated the deal with CAA. Lionsgate handles international sales. »
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Lucky McKee Chasing Down ‘Don’t Breathe’ Star For ‘Misfortune’
9 hours ago | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
Daniel Zovatto, pictured above left in Don’t Breathe, has joined John Cusack in Lucky McKee’s chase thriller Misfortune, says ScreenDaily. The actor also starred opposite Maika Monroe in Toronto 2014 Midnight Madness selection It Follows (below). In Misfortune, he will play one of three friends who stumble upon a treasure trove in the wilderness. The friends must deal with a […] »
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Toronto: Relativity Launching Indie Division, Taps Mark Kassen as Co-President (Exclusive)
11 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Relativity Media is launching R2 Entertainment, a new indie label aimed at fielding lower budgeted, platform releases.
The company has tapped Mark Kassen to serve as the arm’s co-president and hopes to release a slate of films with budgets under $15 million. The division will leave the mid-budget wide releases to Relativity, and will both buy finished films and produce them in-house. Relativity Motion Picture & Television Group President Dana Brunetti will join Kassen and an acquisitions team at this year’s Toronto Film Festival where they will be on the prowl for new product.
“We’re looking for strong character-driven stories with strong director voices,” said Kassen. “It’s the kind of things that I as a filmmaker like to make and that my fellow filmmakers like to make, but that are hard to make because the studio business has shifted.”
R2 hopes to be more than just an indie division. »
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‘Live By Night’ Trailer: Ben Affleck Returns To The Director’s Chair For Dark Gangster Thriller
26 minutes ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Move over, Batman, because Ben Affleck is back where he belongs: The director’s chair. Three years after being snubbed for the Best Director Oscar for “Argo,” Affleck is ready to unleash his fourth directorial effort, and the debut trailer is a surefire stunner.
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Based on the Dennis Lahane novel of the same name, “Live By Night” is a crime drama that finds Affleck in front of the camera as well, starring as Joe Coughlin. The son of a cop, Coughlin finds himself pulled to the dark side as he takes to criminal underworld and thrives in a new life of organized crime. The star-studded ensemble also includes Sienna Miller, Elle Fanning, Zoe Saldana, Brendan Gleeson and Chris Cooper.
Set to the haunting voice of Hozier, the new trailer shows off the kind of tense pacing Affleck »
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