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Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment have announced their second acquisition of the week, partnering for North America on the highly
stanley cup regarded true-life drama I Love You Phillip Morris.The partners struck the deal with CAA and WME on behalf of EuropaCorp and will release on December 3. I Love You Phillip Morris premiered at Sundance in 2009 and has had a troubled history. It was originally set for US release through Consolidated Pictures Group, however earlier this year EuropaCorp took back the rights after it claimed Consolidated failed to follow through on financial
stanley cup commitments including payment of a $3m guarantee.Glenn Ficarra and John Requa co-wrote and co-directed the story starring Jim Carrey as a fraudster who escapes from Texas prisons four times to be with his gay lover. Ewan McGregor also stars.The story is based on Steve McVickers non-fiction book. Andrew Lazar and Far Shariat produced with Luc Besson serving as executive producer. Jim and Ewan once again prove themselves to be among the rare group of A-list actors who take the risks, embrace them and wildly succeed, Roadside co-president Howard Cohen said. This i
stanley cup s a film that everyone has been talking about, and were thrilled it became available again, as we had been in hot pursuit of it at Sundance and were disappointed it was one that got away. Earlier this week Roadside and Liddell confirmed they had acquired US rights to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritus Biutiful.TopicsDistribution No comments Amcu Intertainment reports 848% jump in revenues
EXCLUSIVE/FILM BAZAAR: The music powerhouse wants to produce 100 films in the next five years.Indian powerhouse music label Saregama is planning to produce 100 filmsin the next five years to build a significant
stanley mug library of indie Indian films with budgets of about $500,000 each.The first three films are already in production with the next group of films, mostly genre-based in a variety of Indian languages, at different stages of pre-production.Shooting now are Devashish
stanley usa Makhijas Hindi-language revenge story Ajji, Samit Kakkads Hindi and English-language love story AscharyaFuckIt; and Nikhil Bhatts Brij Mohan Amar Rahe, a satire of the legal system.Vikram Mehra, managing director of Saregama,told Screen, We are most interested in producing eclectic, niche and tricky topics where story is the key. While the story and budget are central criteria, we are looking at a mode
stanley cup l that is not dependent on a theatrical release, which takes off the burden of a big PA spend. Instead we will focus on festivals, SVOD, cable/satellite, etc. Given the tight budget for each film, Mehra added that the company is open to a profit-sharing model. Like we have royalties for music, we are also open to a profit-sharing model with the director, writer, actor, DoP, etc. The other big opportunity is that we can leverage Saregamas rich music catalogue. Agency Tulsea is a key stakeholder and is advising Saregama on the packaging, talent and content strategy.Scriptwriter Anjum Rajabali is on board as sc
