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TOP STORIES: MK2 Clinches Deals on Assayas' Competition Player 'Sils Maria' (EXCLUSIVE); Enterta...

Marché du Film eSHOW DAILY NUMBER EIGHT 05.20.14

TOP STORIES MK2 Clinches Deals on Assayas' Competition Player 'Sils Maria' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell CANNES-- French auteur Olivier Assayas' drama "Sils Maria" has drawn a flurry of buyers in the run-up to its world premiere on May 23 in Cannes. Nathanael Karmitz' Paris-based MK2 has closed deals with Pinnacle (Australia), California Filmes... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Entertainment One Nabs 'Little Prince,' 'Somnia,' 'Viral' in Canada By Leo Barraclough CANNES -- Entertainment One Films has bought three films in Cannes for the Canadian market, including "Little Prince" from WildBunch, "Somnia" from Sierra Affinity and "Viral" from Blumhouse Intl. In "Little Prince," based on a children's no... Read Full Story at Variety.com → China's 'Mountain Cry' Wakes Village Roadshow, Hairun By Patrick Frater The project won the prize for 'best artistic potential' at Beijing Festival's Pitch & Catch event. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Simon Pegg-Monty Python's 'Absolutely Anything' Scores Strong Sales (EXCLUSIVE) By Dave McNary "Absolutely Anything," a sci-fi farce combining Simon Pegg and Kate Beckinsale with members of Monty Python's Flying Circus, has racked up strong sales at Cannes. The film, currently in post-production with Terry Jones directing, has been so... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Egyptian Star Amr Waked Joins 'Marco Polo' Cast (EXCLUSIVE) By Nick Vivarelli Egyptian multihyphenate Amr Waked ("Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," "Lucy") has joined the cast of "Marco Polo," the TWC/Netflix TV series about the famed 13th Century explorer, currently shooting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Waked, who is Egypt... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Medienboard Chief: Why Cannes Is So Important for the German Funding Body (EXCLUSIVE) By Leo Barraclough CANNES -- The reception for funding body Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, hosted by with its managing director of film funding Kirsten Niehuus, in Cannes Monday brought together many of the international filmmakers whose pics it has backed. S... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'Nas - Time Is Illmatic' Closes Key Foreign Sales By Dave McNary Key foreign territories have been sold for "Time is Illmatic," the hip-hop documentary that opened the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. Submarine Entertainment has closed deals at Cannes for Australia/New Zealand (Madman Entertainmen... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Archipel 35 Preps Pierre Schoeller's French Revolution Pic (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy CANNES-- Denis Freyd's Archipel 35, the co-production company of the Dardennes brothers' "Two Days, One Night" which world-preems in competition today, is prepping an untitled two-part film about the French Revolution penned and helmed by Pi... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Channing Tatum Sustained Multiple Injuries Making 'Foxcatcher' By Ramin Setoodeh Channing Tatum is used to taking a beating on-screen -- just look at "G.I. Joe" or "Fighting" -- but he's lucky he didn't end up in the E.R. during the shoot for "Foxcatcher," which premiered to stellar reviews at the Cannes Film Festival th... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 64A-Films to Remake Bollywood's 'Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl' By John Hopewell In a pioneering move for Colombia, Bogota/Cali-based prodco 64A-Films has teamed with Indian studio Yash Raj Films to remake Bollywood romantic comedy "Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl." The untitled film adaptation will roll in the Colombian cities of... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Renny Harlin to Direct Jackie Chan's 'Skiptrace' By Dave McNary Action specialist Renny Harlin is in talks to direct Jackie Chan's action-comedy "Skiptrace," replacing Sam Fell. Seann William Scott and Fan Bingbing remain on board the project, in which Chan will portray a Hong Kong detective tracking a c... Read Full Story at Variety.com → 'El Americano 3D' Kicks Off Pre-Sales at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell Billed as the first major U.S.-Mexico toon pic co-pro, the Edward James Olmos-backed and FilmSharks Intl.-sold "El Americano 3D" has kicked off pre-sales at Cannes, closing Russia and first Asian territories. Lisa Kudrow ("Friends," "Analyze... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Curator Acquires U.S. on Brazil's 'Man' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell Curator Films, a fledgling Los Angeles-based distributor, has picked up North American rights to Brazilians Marcelo Gomes and Cao Guimaraes'  "The Man of The Crowd," which premiered in Europe at Berlin's Panorama section earlier this year. D... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Los Cabos Allies With Tribeca, Halifax, Moscow (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell Firmly established as a vibrant Mexico-U.S.-Canada fest/industry meet, Baja California's Los Cabos International Film Festival is branching out, establishing strategic alliances with the Tribeca Film Institute, Halifax's Strategic Partners a... Read Full Story at Variety.com → India's Kanu Behl and Dibakar Banerjee Explain 'Titli' Challenges By Patrick Frater Gritty family story is a world away from "The Lunchbox" or Bollywood sugar coatings. Read Full Story at Variety.com → Cannes: Italian Costume House Tirelli Preps 50th Anni By Nick Vivarelli As Cannes celebrates Sophia Loren, multi-Oscar-winning Italian costume design house Tirelli, which dressed the Italian icon for her star role in "Human Voice," the short directed by her son Edoardo screening at the fest, is preparing to cele... Read Full Story at Variety.com → REVIEWS Cannes Film Review: 'Two Days, One Night' By Scott Foundas As much as she stood out from the crowd as Edith Piaf, that's how much Marion Cotillard blends into the unfettered working-class environs of "Two Days, One Night." Read Full Story at Variety.com → Cannes Film Review: 'Queen and Country' By Scott Foundas John Boorman has gone back to the wellspring of personal experience that so richly informed his 1987 "Hope and Glory" for "Queen and Country." Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tweet this Forward this

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