One of the most anticipated moments of the 77th Cannes Film Festival finally arrived Monday night with the world premiere of the Donald Trump drama The Apprentice, starring Sebastian Stan as a young version of the real estate mogul in his pre-maga days.
Only Francis Ford Coppola’s wildly ambitious swan song Megalopolis had inspired more pre-premiere chatter and curiosity at this year’s edition of the glamorous French film festival. Ahead of its unveiling, virtually no one had seen The Apprentice, as the movie reportedly was finished only days before its premiere.
Ali Abbasi, Stan, Martin Donovan and Maria Bakalova walked the Cannes red carpet for the premiere. Only Jeremy Strong, who plays notorious political fixer Roy Cohn in the film, was not in attendance.
Directed by acclaimed Iranian-Danish filmmaker Abbasi and written by Gabe Sherman, The Apprentice explores Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America under...
Only Francis Ford Coppola’s wildly ambitious swan song Megalopolis had inspired more pre-premiere chatter and curiosity at this year’s edition of the glamorous French film festival. Ahead of its unveiling, virtually no one had seen The Apprentice, as the movie reportedly was finished only days before its premiere.
Ali Abbasi, Stan, Martin Donovan and Maria Bakalova walked the Cannes red carpet for the premiere. Only Jeremy Strong, who plays notorious political fixer Roy Cohn in the film, was not in attendance.
Directed by acclaimed Iranian-Danish filmmaker Abbasi and written by Gabe Sherman, The Apprentice explores Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America under...
- 5/20/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski and Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Studiocanal has acquired UK and Ireland rights for Ali Abbasi’s Cannes Palme d’Or contender The Apprentice.
Billed as an exploration of the underbelly of U.S. politics, the biographical film stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong as firebrand Roy Cohn, Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr, and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump.
The film is produced by Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Jacob Jarek for Profile Pictures, Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde for Tailored Films, and Abbasi and Louis Tisné for Film Institute.
Executive Producers are Amy Baer, Mark H. Rapaport, Emanuel Nunez, Josh Marks, Grant S. Johnson, Phil Hunt and Compton Ross, Thorsten Schumacher, Niamh Fagan, Gabe Sherman, Lee Broda, James Shani, Andrew Frank and Greg Denny.
Rocket Science are handling International Sales on the project, which was financed by Kinematics, Head Gear Films, Screen Ireland, Film i Vast, The Danish Film Institute and National Bank of Canada.
Billed as an exploration of the underbelly of U.S. politics, the biographical film stars Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong as firebrand Roy Cohn, Martin Donovan as Fred Trump Sr, and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump.
The film is produced by Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Jacob Jarek for Profile Pictures, Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde for Tailored Films, and Abbasi and Louis Tisné for Film Institute.
Executive Producers are Amy Baer, Mark H. Rapaport, Emanuel Nunez, Josh Marks, Grant S. Johnson, Phil Hunt and Compton Ross, Thorsten Schumacher, Niamh Fagan, Gabe Sherman, Lee Broda, James Shani, Andrew Frank and Greg Denny.
Rocket Science are handling International Sales on the project, which was financed by Kinematics, Head Gear Films, Screen Ireland, Film i Vast, The Danish Film Institute and National Bank of Canada.
- 5/16/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
6.1 million viewers tuned in to see who Gerry Turner would propose to on Thursday night after two month of wooing women of a certain age. That marks not only a series high, but the most-watched episode of any series in the “Bachelor” franchise since the conclusion of Matt James’ season in 2021.
When “The Golden Bachelor” premiered on Sept. 28, it brought the long-running ABC franchise its biggest debut since 2021 with 4.4 million viewers. Viewership dipped down to 4.3 million and then 4 million with Episodes 2 and 3, but steadily grew from that point forward: Episodes 4-8 reached 4.1 million, 4.4 million, 4.8 million, 4.9 million and 5.3 million viewers, respectively, according to fast national data reported by Nielsen.
Among adults age 18-49, Thursday’s episode earned a 0.8 — the highest key demo rating for a “Bachelor” franchise episode since the finale of Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey’s season of “The Bachelorette” in 2022.
Starring 72-year-old Turner as the inaugural Golden Bachelor,...
When “The Golden Bachelor” premiered on Sept. 28, it brought the long-running ABC franchise its biggest debut since 2021 with 4.4 million viewers. Viewership dipped down to 4.3 million and then 4 million with Episodes 2 and 3, but steadily grew from that point forward: Episodes 4-8 reached 4.1 million, 4.4 million, 4.8 million, 4.9 million and 5.3 million viewers, respectively, according to fast national data reported by Nielsen.
Among adults age 18-49, Thursday’s episode earned a 0.8 — the highest key demo rating for a “Bachelor” franchise episode since the finale of Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey’s season of “The Bachelorette” in 2022.
Starring 72-year-old Turner as the inaugural Golden Bachelor,...
- 12/1/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
It appears Gerry Turner has stolen audiences’ hearts.
In its first week, the premiere episode of The Golden Bachelor has managed to deliver an audience of more than 11M total viewers across linear and streaming platforms. This accounts for both its debut telecast on September 28, as well as its rebroadcast on October 3.
The Sept. 28 broadcast alone soared to 9M viewers after seven days of delayed viewing, according to ABC.
That’s an addition 4.64M people who tuned in through delayed cross-platform viewing, making it the strongest multiplatform telecast for any series within The Bachelor franchise in more than two years — since February 2021, when Matt James led the titular series.
In the 18-49 entertainment demo, the episode has grown to a 2.46 rating, which is quadruple its initial live+same-day rating. This is the best seven-day multiplatform rating for the franchise in two years, since a September 2021 episode of Bachelor in Paradise.
In its first week, the premiere episode of The Golden Bachelor has managed to deliver an audience of more than 11M total viewers across linear and streaming platforms. This accounts for both its debut telecast on September 28, as well as its rebroadcast on October 3.
The Sept. 28 broadcast alone soared to 9M viewers after seven days of delayed viewing, according to ABC.
That’s an addition 4.64M people who tuned in through delayed cross-platform viewing, making it the strongest multiplatform telecast for any series within The Bachelor franchise in more than two years — since February 2021, when Matt James led the titular series.
In the 18-49 entertainment demo, the episode has grown to a 2.46 rating, which is quadruple its initial live+same-day rating. This is the best seven-day multiplatform rating for the franchise in two years, since a September 2021 episode of Bachelor in Paradise.
- 10/11/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
The Golden Bachelor is truly golden for ABC and Hulu. The series premiere of The Bachelor spinoff ranks as the highest-rated premiere on Hulu for any series in The Bachelor franchise, and as the network’s No. 1 series premiere ever on the streaming platform in Live+3 with 1.76 million views.
After three days of viewing across linear and streaming platforms, the premiere for the latest installment of ABC’s dating franchise surged to a 1.90 rating among Adults 18-49, up a whopping 206% over its initial Live+Same day rating, according to Nielsen. Additionally, the series soared to 7.70 million Total Viewers, picking up an additional +3.34 million viewers in delayed cross-platform viewing.
The Golden Bachelor premiere also scored the biggest multiplatform audience (7.70 million Total Viewers) for any telecast in The Bachelor franchise in nearly 3 years, since the Nov. 10, 2020 telecast of The Bachelorette. It also opened as the...
After three days of viewing across linear and streaming platforms, the premiere for the latest installment of ABC’s dating franchise surged to a 1.90 rating among Adults 18-49, up a whopping 206% over its initial Live+Same day rating, according to Nielsen. Additionally, the series soared to 7.70 million Total Viewers, picking up an additional +3.34 million viewers in delayed cross-platform viewing.
The Golden Bachelor premiere also scored the biggest multiplatform audience (7.70 million Total Viewers) for any telecast in The Bachelor franchise in nearly 3 years, since the Nov. 10, 2020 telecast of The Bachelorette. It also opened as the...
- 10/3/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Gerry Turner, a retired restauranteur from Indiana, was dancing his way into a slew of dates on Thursday night’s opening episode of The Golden Bachelor.
The latest extension of the ABC dating franchise opened with 4.36 million viewers and a 0.62 rating in the 18-49 demographic, per Nielsen Live+Same Day national ratings.
Hosted by Jesse Palmer, the series comes from Warner Bros Unscripted Television and is exec produced by Andrew Frank, Bennett Graebner, Claire Freeland and Jason Ehrlich.
The number marked the biggest audience in the franchise since The Bachelor: After The Final Rose in March 2022 and delivered the strongest premiere for any series in the franchise since The Bachelor season premiere in 2021.
ABC said it also marked the most-watched debut for any unscripted series on any network in five months since the network’s own Jeopardy! Masters in May. The network highlighted that these numbers are expected to grow on delayed viewing with Hulu.
The latest extension of the ABC dating franchise opened with 4.36 million viewers and a 0.62 rating in the 18-49 demographic, per Nielsen Live+Same Day national ratings.
Hosted by Jesse Palmer, the series comes from Warner Bros Unscripted Television and is exec produced by Andrew Frank, Bennett Graebner, Claire Freeland and Jason Ehrlich.
The number marked the biggest audience in the franchise since The Bachelor: After The Final Rose in March 2022 and delivered the strongest premiere for any series in the franchise since The Bachelor season premiere in 2021.
ABC said it also marked the most-watched debut for any unscripted series on any network in five months since the network’s own Jeopardy! Masters in May. The network highlighted that these numbers are expected to grow on delayed viewing with Hulu.
- 9/29/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old grandfather from Indiana, is set to star in The Golden Bachelor, ABC newest iteration of The Bachelor franchise set to premiere in the fall.
Turner is hoping to prove it’s never too late to find love in the series that focuses on folks looking for a partner in their golden years.
Hosted by Jesse Palmer, the new unscripted series follows one hopeless romantic given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life. The women arriving at the mansion have a lifetime of experience, living through love, loss and laughter, hoping for a spark that ignites a future full of endless possibilities. In the end, will our golden man turn the page to start a new chapter with the woman of his dreams?
Here is Turner’s story: A retired restaurateur, Turner is described...
Turner is hoping to prove it’s never too late to find love in the series that focuses on folks looking for a partner in their golden years.
Hosted by Jesse Palmer, the new unscripted series follows one hopeless romantic given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life. The women arriving at the mansion have a lifetime of experience, living through love, loss and laughter, hoping for a spark that ignites a future full of endless possibilities. In the end, will our golden man turn the page to start a new chapter with the woman of his dreams?
Here is Turner’s story: A retired restaurateur, Turner is described...
- 7/17/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sandra Oh to star in sci-fi thriller Can I Get A Witness.
Toronto-based Mongrel International arrives at AFM with four sales titles led by Ann-Marie Fleming’s sci-fi thriller Can I Get A Witness to star Sandra Oh, and Kyle Armstrong’s horror thriller Hands That Bind.
Can I Get a Witness takes place in the near future when 50-year-olds are expected to die in order to save the planet while teenage artists are ordered to document their demise. Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl are producing the project, which is in development.
Hands That Bind follows a farmer who struggles...
Toronto-based Mongrel International arrives at AFM with four sales titles led by Ann-Marie Fleming’s sci-fi thriller Can I Get A Witness to star Sandra Oh, and Kyle Armstrong’s horror thriller Hands That Bind.
Can I Get a Witness takes place in the near future when 50-year-olds are expected to die in order to save the planet while teenage artists are ordered to document their demise. Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl are producing the project, which is in development.
Hands That Bind follows a farmer who struggles...
- 10/31/2022
- ScreenDaily
Killing Eve star Sandra Oh is reuniting with award-winning Canadian director Ann Marie Fleming on sci-fi thriller Can I Get a Witness.
The project, which is in development, is among four new features being launched at the American Film Market this week by Canadian sales outfit Mongrel International, a division of Toronto-based independent film distributor Mongrel Media.
Set in the near future, the film unfolds in a reality where, in order to save the planet, “death is everyone’s job”, with 50-year-olds making the sacrifice, while teenage artists have to document it.
Fleming and Oh previously collaborated on the award-winning 2016 animated feature Window Horses. Producers on the new project are Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl.
Mongrel will also launch sales on two other projects in development: Jason Lapeyre’s crime thriller Stealing Is Bad starring Nick Stahl (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) and Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
The project, which is in development, is among four new features being launched at the American Film Market this week by Canadian sales outfit Mongrel International, a division of Toronto-based independent film distributor Mongrel Media.
Set in the near future, the film unfolds in a reality where, in order to save the planet, “death is everyone’s job”, with 50-year-olds making the sacrifice, while teenage artists have to document it.
Fleming and Oh previously collaborated on the award-winning 2016 animated feature Window Horses. Producers on the new project are Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl.
Mongrel will also launch sales on two other projects in development: Jason Lapeyre’s crime thriller Stealing Is Bad starring Nick Stahl (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) and Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
- 10/31/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Mongrel Media is set to release Saban Films’ 2018 North American slate in Canada following a new partnership announced Friday.
The deal includes Roland Joffe’s The Forgiven, starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana, Alexandros Avranas’ True Crimes, starring Jim Carrey and Charlotte Gainsbourg; and Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms;’ Small Town Crime, starring John Hawkes and Octavia Spencer.
“We have developed a close partnership with Mongrel over the past couple years, having released 14 films with Andrew Frank and the rest of the team, and delivering strong numbers across the board,” said Saban’s Bill Bromiley. “We look forward to continuing...
The deal includes Roland Joffe’s The Forgiven, starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana, Alexandros Avranas’ True Crimes, starring Jim Carrey and Charlotte Gainsbourg; and Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms;’ Small Town Crime, starring John Hawkes and Octavia Spencer.
“We have developed a close partnership with Mongrel over the past couple years, having released 14 films with Andrew Frank and the rest of the team, and delivering strong numbers across the board,” said Saban’s Bill Bromiley. “We look forward to continuing...
- 11/3/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The Us faith-based distributor, in Toronto with Woodlawn, has signed an output deal with the Canadian art house specialist.
The films will go through Mongrel Media’s faith and family label GoodFilm and the partnership kicks off with a trio of Pure Flix/Quality Flix titles: Woodlawn, God’s Not Dead II – the sequel to the 2014 breakout Us hit that grossed $60m – and Faith Of Our Fathers.
Pure Flix head of international Ron Gell is handling international sales on Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin’s Woodlawn, which will open in North America in 1,500 theatres on October 16 in conjunction with Provident Films and screens in Toronto on Sunday and Tuesday.
Sean Astin, Nic Bishop, Caleb Castille, Sherri Shepherd and Jon Voight star in the story of a young man in a 1970s Alabama school divided by racism. Kevin Downes produced.
Gell brokered the output deal with Mongrel Media’s Andrew Frank.
The films will go through Mongrel Media’s faith and family label GoodFilm and the partnership kicks off with a trio of Pure Flix/Quality Flix titles: Woodlawn, God’s Not Dead II – the sequel to the 2014 breakout Us hit that grossed $60m – and Faith Of Our Fathers.
Pure Flix head of international Ron Gell is handling international sales on Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin’s Woodlawn, which will open in North America in 1,500 theatres on October 16 in conjunction with Provident Films and screens in Toronto on Sunday and Tuesday.
Sean Astin, Nic Bishop, Caleb Castille, Sherri Shepherd and Jon Voight star in the story of a young man in a 1970s Alabama school divided by racism. Kevin Downes produced.
Gell brokered the output deal with Mongrel Media’s Andrew Frank.
- 9/12/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
After 23 unbelievable, uninterrupted days of screenings, today marks the Closing Night of the 19th edition of the Fantasia Film Festival. There is always a sadness lingering in the air on the last day. I often compare it to the feeling you get as a kid on the final day of summer camp. You get to spend an entire month with a group of friends from around the world knowing you might not have the opportunity to see some of these people again for an entire year. Known worldwide as North America’s longest-running genre film festival, Fantasia is special because of the people who not only make it happen but also for those of us who choose to spend the beautiful hot summer days crowded inside a gloomy theatre to watch movies we might not have the chance to see otherwise. And for the sixth consecutive year, the event succeeded...
- 8/5/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
After 23 uninterrupted days of amazing new genre features, Canada's Fantasia International Film Festival has come to a close. To cap off the fest, they have announced the names of the films that won top-honors at its 19th edition. The prizes were awarded by the juries of each category.
Cheval Noir Award – Feature Films
The jury, presided over by Andrew Frank (VP of Sales and Acquisitions, Mongrel Media) and composed of Roxanne Benjamin (filmmaker), François Létourneau (writer and actor), Ian Rattray (co-founder, Film4 Frightfest), and Ryan Turek (director of development, Blumhouse Productions), awarded the following prizes:
Cheval Noir Award for Best Film: Tag by Sion Sono
Award for Best Director: Malik Bader for Cash Only
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Cheval Noir Award – Feature Films
The jury, presided over by Andrew Frank (VP of Sales and Acquisitions, Mongrel Media) and composed of Roxanne Benjamin (filmmaker), François Létourneau (writer and actor), Ian Rattray (co-founder, Film4 Frightfest), and Ryan Turek (director of development, Blumhouse Productions), awarded the following prizes:
Cheval Noir Award for Best Film: Tag by Sion Sono
Award for Best Director: Malik Bader for Cash Only
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- 8/5/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Montreal’s genre film festival wraps with over 100,000 spectators attending across its 23 days of screenings.
Sion Sono’s Tag was among the winners at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, which wrapped yesterday [Aug 4] with the Canadian premiere of Shinji Higuchi’s Attack on Titan.
This year saw over 100,000 spectators attending across the festival’s 23 days of screenings, including 195 indoor screenings, three outdoor screenings, eight virtual reality films and other special events, such as the debut international performance of Glass Eye Pix’s live horror radio show Tales from Beyond the Pale.
Over 900 international guests, including more than 400 film industry professionals, visited the festival and its Frontières Market which saw two deals close during the market. Raven Banner boarded worldwide sales on Gigi Saul Guerrero’s El Gigante, while Frank Murray of Lux Capta Films signed on as producer of Renaud Gauthier’s ‘Lude Behavior.
Guests included Jon Watts and Kevin Bacon for Cop Car, Michael Ironside, [link...
Sion Sono’s Tag was among the winners at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, which wrapped yesterday [Aug 4] with the Canadian premiere of Shinji Higuchi’s Attack on Titan.
This year saw over 100,000 spectators attending across the festival’s 23 days of screenings, including 195 indoor screenings, three outdoor screenings, eight virtual reality films and other special events, such as the debut international performance of Glass Eye Pix’s live horror radio show Tales from Beyond the Pale.
Over 900 international guests, including more than 400 film industry professionals, visited the festival and its Frontières Market which saw two deals close during the market. Raven Banner boarded worldwide sales on Gigi Saul Guerrero’s El Gigante, while Frank Murray of Lux Capta Films signed on as producer of Renaud Gauthier’s ‘Lude Behavior.
Guests included Jon Watts and Kevin Bacon for Cop Car, Michael Ironside, [link...
- 8/5/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Montreal’s genre film festival to showcase 135 features and almost 300 shorts across its three-week run from July 14-Aug 4.Scroll down for line-up
Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for its upcoming 19th edition which kicks off next Tuesday [July 14].
Over its three-week run, the Montreal-based genre film festival will showcase 135 features, including 22 world, 13 international premieres and 21 North American premieres, and almost 300 short films.
Shinji Higuchi’s Attack on Titan will receive its Canadian premiere as the closing film of this year’s edition on Aug 4. The live-action film is based on Hajime Isyama’s steampunk fantasy war opera manga series.
Additional highlights of the final wave of titles include the world premieres of Malik Bader’s thriller Cash Only and Ken Ochiai’s Ninja the Monster, as well as the Canadian premiere of Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion’s horror comedy Cooties starring Elijah Wood.
A trio of Sion Sono films will also be shown at this...
Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for its upcoming 19th edition which kicks off next Tuesday [July 14].
Over its three-week run, the Montreal-based genre film festival will showcase 135 features, including 22 world, 13 international premieres and 21 North American premieres, and almost 300 short films.
Shinji Higuchi’s Attack on Titan will receive its Canadian premiere as the closing film of this year’s edition on Aug 4. The live-action film is based on Hajime Isyama’s steampunk fantasy war opera manga series.
Additional highlights of the final wave of titles include the world premieres of Malik Bader’s thriller Cash Only and Ken Ochiai’s Ninja the Monster, as well as the Canadian premiere of Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion’s horror comedy Cooties starring Elijah Wood.
A trio of Sion Sono films will also be shown at this...
- 7/7/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The New York-based company has licensed all Us rights excluding TV on the Sundance Audience Award winner to Music Box and Canadian rights to Mongrel Media.
Showbox Networks has picked up broadcast rights to Meru, which Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi co-directed and centres on three Himalayan big wall climbers who attempt to scale Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru.
David Koh and Josh Braun of Submarine brokered the deals with Ed Arentz and William Schopf of Music Box, Helen Huang of Showtime Networks and Andrew Frank and Hussain Amarshi of Mongrel Media.
Music Box plan a late summer theatrical release and academy qualification.
Vasarhelyi, Chin and Shannon Etheridge produced and Daniel T Reiner, Elizabeth Lauren Reiner, Jonas Tempel, Chris Wright and Loren Bough are the executive producers.
Showbox Networks has picked up broadcast rights to Meru, which Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi co-directed and centres on three Himalayan big wall climbers who attempt to scale Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru.
David Koh and Josh Braun of Submarine brokered the deals with Ed Arentz and William Schopf of Music Box, Helen Huang of Showtime Networks and Andrew Frank and Hussain Amarshi of Mongrel Media.
Music Box plan a late summer theatrical release and academy qualification.
Vasarhelyi, Chin and Shannon Etheridge produced and Daniel T Reiner, Elizabeth Lauren Reiner, Jonas Tempel, Chris Wright and Loren Bough are the executive producers.
- 3/24/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Faith-based title continues to sell well for Pure Flix.
Pure Flix continues to do solid business on its faith-based title Do You Believe? and has licensed Canadian rights to Mongrel Media.
Pure Flix and Mongrel will market the film theatrically in Canada, while Mongrel will handle all other rights for TV, DVD and Svod.
Ron Gell of Pure Flix brokered the deal with Mongrel’s Andrew Frank.
Do You Believe? weaves together a number of stories that examine the nature of faith and will open in the Us on more than 1,000 screens on March 20.
Pure Flix continues to do solid business on its faith-based title Do You Believe? and has licensed Canadian rights to Mongrel Media.
Pure Flix and Mongrel will market the film theatrically in Canada, while Mongrel will handle all other rights for TV, DVD and Svod.
Ron Gell of Pure Flix brokered the deal with Mongrel’s Andrew Frank.
Do You Believe? weaves together a number of stories that examine the nature of faith and will open in the Us on more than 1,000 screens on March 20.
- 2/9/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: “The future is a fix” in Narcopolis, a thriller set in a city where the manufacture and use of all recreational drugs is legal. Director Justin Trefgarne, a former story editor at Working Title Films who has also worked with the UK’s Ruby Films, Ridley Scott Associates and Film4, makes his feature helming debut here. Heading into the Afm, Narcopolis, which employed an unconventional financing method, has been acquired by the UK’s Altitude Film Distribution and by Canada’s Mongrel Media. (See trailer above.)
In the film, Elliot Cowan (Da Vinci’s Demons) plays Frank Grieves, a police officer and former addict, who is called to investigate an unidentifiable corpse and pulled into a world infected with corruption and in which the only person upon whom he can rely is himself. Jonathan Pryce also stars with Elodie Yung (GI Joe: Retaliation), Harry Lloyd (Game Of Thrones), Cosima Shaw...
In the film, Elliot Cowan (Da Vinci’s Demons) plays Frank Grieves, a police officer and former addict, who is called to investigate an unidentifiable corpse and pulled into a world infected with corruption and in which the only person upon whom he can rely is himself. Jonathan Pryce also stars with Elodie Yung (GI Joe: Retaliation), Harry Lloyd (Game Of Thrones), Cosima Shaw...
- 11/5/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
London’s biggest film export event returns with a new name and strong selection of upcoming titles.
This year’s London Screenings (June 23-26) marks the 11th edition of the capital’s biggest film export event and has been given a make-over for 2014.
It has dropped the previous title of the London UK Film Focus (Luff) and will introduce various new strands. But organisers are quick to point out this isn’t a case of reinventing the event - more of “buffing it up” after more than a decade.
“Everyone felt that after doing it for 10 years, maybe it was time for a bit of a facelift,” says Adrian Wootton, CEO of Film London, which organises the London Screenings.
The budget of around $330,000 is roughly the same as in previous years. The key difference is that the event, which generates an estimated $8m a year in international business for British films and sales agents, has secured...
This year’s London Screenings (June 23-26) marks the 11th edition of the capital’s biggest film export event and has been given a make-over for 2014.
It has dropped the previous title of the London UK Film Focus (Luff) and will introduce various new strands. But organisers are quick to point out this isn’t a case of reinventing the event - more of “buffing it up” after more than a decade.
“Everyone felt that after doing it for 10 years, maybe it was time for a bit of a facelift,” says Adrian Wootton, CEO of Film London, which organises the London Screenings.
The budget of around $330,000 is roughly the same as in previous years. The key difference is that the event, which generates an estimated $8m a year in international business for British films and sales agents, has secured...
- 6/23/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Av Pictures strikes deals on completed sci-fi thriller [pictured].
Av Pictures has secured Us and UK deals on sci-fi thriller Scintilla.
Mongrel Media has acquired all rights for North America whilst Metrodome has secured UK.
eOne had previously acquired rights for France, German-speaking Europe, Scandinavia and South Africa.
The film follows a group of mercenaries who must go deep within a former Soviet state to secure the work of a scientist who has been splicing alien and human DNA.
Commented Andrew Frank, Mongrel Media’s vice president, sales and acquisitions: “Scintilla is an exciting and exceptionally well-crafted entry in the sci-fi genre. We’re thrilled to be bringing it to North American audiences.”
Said Caroline Couret-Delègue, Av Pictures’ sales and acquisitions director: “We’re delighted to have signed our first deal with Mongrel Media and pleased to see Scintilla be part of such a prestigious line-up of independent films.”...
Av Pictures has secured Us and UK deals on sci-fi thriller Scintilla.
Mongrel Media has acquired all rights for North America whilst Metrodome has secured UK.
eOne had previously acquired rights for France, German-speaking Europe, Scandinavia and South Africa.
The film follows a group of mercenaries who must go deep within a former Soviet state to secure the work of a scientist who has been splicing alien and human DNA.
Commented Andrew Frank, Mongrel Media’s vice president, sales and acquisitions: “Scintilla is an exciting and exceptionally well-crafted entry in the sci-fi genre. We’re thrilled to be bringing it to North American audiences.”
Said Caroline Couret-Delègue, Av Pictures’ sales and acquisitions director: “We’re delighted to have signed our first deal with Mongrel Media and pleased to see Scintilla be part of such a prestigious line-up of independent films.”...
- 2/6/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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