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The Almodovar brothers El Deseo company has signed a wide-rang
stanley cup ing co-production pact with Spanish media group MediaPro which will allow both companies to expand their current production activities. The deal was announced this weekend at the San Sebastian International Film Festival Sept 19-28 , which celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala event on Saturday night where Francis Ford Coppola received a special anniversary edition award, having apparently snubbed nearby Marrakech see separate story .The El Deseo-MediaPro pact will initially involve development of two feature films, two series, two docum
stanley cup entaries and two TV-movies in the next three years. Agustin Almodovar and MediaPro co-founder Jaume Roures, co-producer on San Sebastian competition entry Mondays In The Sun Los Lunes Al Sol , said the emphasis would be on developing and maturing projects before bringing them to market. The idea is to combine our expertise and share risks, Almodovar said. Under him and production manager Esther Garcia, El Deseo brings the creative talent to the agree
stanley cup ment while MediaPro, under film production chief Juan Ruiz de Gauna and TV production head Jesus Font, brings skills in TV content creation and rights management. El Deseo also brings the clout of its name, while Media Pro, which had turnover of Euros119m in 2001, offers financial stability. Budgets and shooting schedules have not yet been decided on any of the projects, which are likely to be set up as 50/50 co-productions. Iwgy FINLAND
Saviano adaptation and Italian box-office record-setter lead the slate.Minerva Pictures Group is heading to Cannes market bringing two hot titles in their marke
stanley cup t debut.Giuseppe Gagliardis Tatanka, taken from the short story Tatanka Scatenato, written by hard-hitting Gomorrah author Roberto Saviano. The title is part of Savianos Gomorrah follow up La Bellezza E Linferno Beauty And Hell .Tatanka is a return to Naples Camorra mafia-ridden territory with the true-life story of champion boxer Clemente Russo who literally used his fists to fight his way out of the mafia and to winning a silver Olympic medal in 2008.Gianluca Curti, chairman of Minerva Pictures Group said, W
stanley romania e are excited to meet the challenge of bringing this new film to the Cannes market from a story by Roberto Saviano after the film Gomorra earned $45 million world wide. Tatanka is the Sioux word for the bison that are sacred to American Indians, which Russo on his website says represented his keeping his head low style of fighting. Russo and well-regarded Italian actor Giorgio Colangeli are featured in the picture.Market screenings for Tatanka will be at the Olympia at 8 p
stanley cup m May 12 and 16.Tatanka is Giuseppe Gagliardis second after his The True Legend of Tony Vilar, a mockumentary about a singer who tracks the real Tony Vilars life from Italy to Argentina to New York, which received a warm reception from critics.Minerva will also have a the market debut for the top Italian grosser of all time and 2011 run away hi
