Marché du Film Wrap-Up

TOP STORIES: U.S. Market Surges, International Biz Hurts; China's Mature Dealmaking at Cannes Pr...

Marché du Film eSHOW DAILY WRAP-UP 05.28.14

TOP STORIES U.S. Market Surges, International Biz Hurts By John Hopewell and Ramin Setoodeh As the dust settles over Cannes' 2014 market, it looks set to go down as one of the most cross-grained in years. U.S. market pre-buys surged, led by Paramount's shelling out about $20 million acquiring North America on Denis Villeneuve's Amy... Read Full Story at Variety.com → China's Mature Dealmaking at Cannes Proves It's a Player on the World Stage By Patrick Frater Seeing Gong Li on the Croisette for Zhang Yimou's "Coming Home" was a reminder of the last time she trod the carpet at Cannes for a Zhang film — in 1995 for "Shanghai Triad." And while that wasn't so long ago, it seems like eons considering ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Rachel Weisz in Talks to Star in Assayas' 'Idol's Eye' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy PARIS -- Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz is in negotiations to join Robert Pattinson and Robert De Niro for Olivier Assayas' sprawling Chicago-set gangster drama "Idol's Eye," which is due to start shooting in the fall.   Charles Gilliber... Read Full Story at Variety.com → CANNES: Gaumont Closes More Deals On Critics' Week Player 'When Animals Dream' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy PARIS-- Gaumont has scored a raft of sales on Danish up-and-comer Jonas Alexander Arnby's warewolf romance-thriller "When Animals Dream," a Cannes' Critics' Week highlight. Pic was snatched up by Showgate and Klockworx (Japan), CDI Films (La... Read Full Story at Variety.com → CANNES: Kawase's 'Still The Water' set to Flow Offshore (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy PARIS-- Japanese auteur Naomi Kawase's "Still The Water" has attracted more buyers following its world-premiere in competition at the festival. Sold by Nathanael Karmitz' outfit MK2, the French-Japanese-Spanish co-production was acquired by ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Cannes Buyers Flock To Amalric's Un Certain Regard Player 'The Blue Room' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell PARIS-- French actor-helmer Mathieu Amalric's "The Blue Room," one of the highlights of Cannes' Un Certain Regard, is set to travel to a flurry of territories. Produced and sold by Paulo Branco's Alfama, "The Blue Room" was snatched up by Ge... Read Full Story at Variety.com → CANNES: Prize Winner 'White God' Fetches North American Distribution By Dave McNary Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to "White God" three days after it won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes. Magnolia made the deal with Match Factory for "White God," a Hungarian-Swedish-German co-production from Hunga... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Buyers Swarm to Cannes Grand Prix Winner 'The Wonders' (EXCLUSIVE) By Leo Barraclough LONDON -- Alice Rohrwacher's "Le Meraviglie" (The Wonders), which won the Grand Prix in Cannes, has proved popular with buyers, with sales company The Match Factory inking deals for multiple territories. Rohrwacher's sophomore feature, which... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Cannes Gran Prix Victory Gives Italo Industry A Confidence Boost In Tandem With Tax Breaks By Nick Vivarelli ROME - Italy's Cannes Grand Prix winner "The Wonders" is working wonders at the local box office and serving as a confidence-booster for the Italian industry, coming in tandem with good news that the government has raised the cap on the coun... Read Full Story at Variety.com → CANNES: Un Certain Regard Winner 'White God' Sells to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE) By Leo Barraclough CANNES -- Kornel Mundruczo's "White God," which won top prize in Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section on Friday, has proved an international sales standout for The Match Factory. The drama about how a girl's separation from her d... Read Full Story at Variety.com → CANNES: Walter Salles' VideoFilmes, Gullane Ally for 'Noah's Ark' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell CANNES -- Brazil's Walter Salles ("Central Station," "The Motorcycle Diaries") is teaming with Gullane, producer of Venice closer "Amazonia," to produce "Noah's Ark," a flagship Brazilian animated feature. Sergio Machado ("Lower City," "The ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Leonardo DiCaprio to Jennifer Lawrence: 7 Biggest Surprises at Cannes Parties By Ramin Setoodeh Cannes 2014 is over, and so are the 11 non-stop nights of Champagne-infused parties that were made all the more merrier thanks to a surplus of booze and shortage of food. Unlike U.S. premieres, movie stars arrive on the Croisette ready to ha... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Robert De Niro Joins Robert Pattinson in Action-Thriller 'Idol's Eye' By Dave McNary Robert De Niro has joined Robert Pattinson in indie heist action-thriller "Idol's Eye," set to begin shooting in the fall in Chicago and Toronto. Benaroya Pictures has come on board to produce and finance, with Olivier Assayas directing. Read Full Story at Variety.com → CANNES: Bac And Distrib Films Co-Acquire Un Certain Regard Jury Winner 'Force Majeure' (EXCLUSIVE) By Elsa Keslassy PARIS-- Winning one of Cannes' significant bidding wars, Bac Films and Distrib Films have co-acquired French distribution rights to Scandinavian helmer Ruben Ostlund's "Force Majeure," a festival hit that won Un Certain Regard's Jury prize. ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → CANNES: Mexico's ND Mantarraya Acquires Seven Cannes Laureates (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell MADRID –Mexico's ND Mantarraya, a joint distribution venture of Carlos Reygadas' Nodream Cinema and producer partner Jaime Romandia's Mantarraya, has snagged Mexican rights to seven Cannes kudos winners among a large total 12-title acquisiti... Read Full Story at Variety.com → U.K.'s Soda Picks Up Viggo Mortensen Starrer 'Jauja' By Leo Barraclough LONDON -- U.K. distrib Soda Pictures has picked up two more films that played in Cannes' Official Selection. It has acquired U.K. and Irish rights on Lisandro Alonso's "Jauja," which played in Un Certain Regard and won the international crit... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Cannes: Rolf de Heer Reflects on His Career By Peter Debruge Over the past two decades, Australian director Rolf de Heer has premiered four films in Cannes: "The Quiet Room" (1986), "Dance Me to My Song" (1998), "Ten Canoes" (2006) and now "Charlie's Country." Peter Debruge talked with the filmmaker a... Read Full Story at Variety.com → CANNES: Morocco's La Prod, France's Iliade Team For 'My Favorite Fabric' By John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy CANNES – Lamia Chraibi's La Prod, one of Morocco's most go-ahead production companies, has teamed with Paris-based Iliade & Films, headed by Tatiana Bouchain and Oury Mylstein, to produce Gaya Jiji's "My Favorite Fabric," a pioneering Sy... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Matthijs Wouter Knol to Head Berlin's European Film Market By Leo Barraclough LONDON -- Matthijs Wouter Knol is to become head of the Berlin Film Festival's European Film Market, one of the world's top three movie markets, alongside Cannes and the AFM. Knol replaces Beki Probst, who becomes EFM president. Probst has b... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Italy's David Di Donatello Awards To Celebrate Sophia Loren For 'Human Voice' By Nick Vivarelli ROME - After being honored in Cannes, Sophia Loren will be celebrated by Italy's David di Donatello film awards, the country's top film nods, with a special prize for her performance in "La Voce Umana" ("Human Voice") the short directed by h... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Tweet this Forward this

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