TORONTO -- Although the Toronto International Film Festival has begun to wind down, several deals were announced Thursday: Fine Line inked a pact to pick up world rights to the basketball documentary The Year of the Yao, a portrait of NBA player Yao Ming, and Palm Pictures took on Johnnie To's Breaking News. At press time, further theatrical pacts were in the process of being hammered out for the Real to Reel selection Three of Hearts, the Midnight Madness horror features Creep and Dead Birds and Susanne Bier's Danish import Brothers. In other dealings, attorney Andrew Hurwitz and the William Morris Independent unit wrapped up $3 million in international sales on the TIFF pick Saint Ralph. Meanwhile, all eyes turned to the high-profile feature The Libertine, which was slotted for a gala screening Thursday night. The film stars Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton and John Malkovich, and even while many top execs were heading out of town, Miramax Films honcho Harvey Weinstein was said to be landing in Toronto to screen Libertine. Besides checking out the film, Weinstein was likely on hand to support Depp, who plays the lead in Miramax's Oscar hopeful Finding Neverland.
- 9/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Although the Toronto International Film Festival has begun to wind down, several deals were announced Thursday: Fine Line inked a pact to pick up world rights to the basketball documentary The Year of the Yao, a portrait of NBA player Yao Ming, and Palm Pictures took on Johnnie To's Breaking News. At press time, further theatrical pacts were in the process of being hammered out for the Real to Reel selection Three of Hearts, the Midnight Madness horror features Creep and Dead Birds and Susanne Bier's Danish import Brothers. In other dealings, attorney Andrew Hurwitz and the William Morris Independent unit wrapped up $3 million in international sales on the TIFF pick Saint Ralph. Meanwhile, all eyes turned to the high-profile feature The Libertine, which was slotted for a gala screening Thursday night. The film stars Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton and John Malkovich, and even while many top execs were heading out of town, Miramax Films honcho Harvey Weinstein was said to be landing in Toronto to screen Libertine. Besides checking out the film, Weinstein was likely on hand to support Depp, who plays the lead in Miramax's Oscar hopeful Finding Neverland.
- 9/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Although the Toronto International Film Festival has begun to wind down, several deals were announced Thursday: Fine Line inked a pact to pick up world rights to the basketball documentary The Year of the Yao, a portrait of NBA player Yao Ming, and Palm Pictures took on Johnnie To's Breaking News. At press time, further theatrical pacts were in the process of being hammered out for the Real to Reel selection Three of Hearts, the Midnight Madness horror features Creep and Dead Birds and Susanne Bier's Danish import Brothers. In other dealings, attorney Andrew Hurwitz and the William Morris Independent unit wrapped up $3 million in international sales on the TIFF pick Saint Ralph. Meanwhile, all eyes turned to the high-profile feature The Libertine, which was slotted for a gala screening Thursday night. The film stars Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton and John Malkovich, and even while many top execs were heading out of town, Miramax Films honcho Harvey Weinstein was said to be landing in Toronto to screen Libertine. Besides checking out the film, Weinstein was likely on hand to support Depp, who plays the lead in Miramax's Oscar hopeful Finding Neverland.
- 9/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- A flurry of wheeling and dealing marked the opening weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival, with a slew of pacts closing and further features primed to sell in the coming days. Lions Gate Films won a bidding war for the star-studded ensemble drama Crash, while Sony Pictures Classics closed deals on two foreign titles -- Kim Ki-duk's 3-Iron and Jan Hrebejk's Up and Down. Meantime, Palm Pictures targeted the Iraq-set Gunner Palace as the fest' first documentary buy. Other films generating heat North of the Border now include the feature docu Three of Hearts, Ra'up McGee's homage to '60s French film noir Automne and the U.K. import My Summer of Love. As expected, the hotly tipped Crash -- a Los Angeles-set ensemble drama featuring Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Jennifer Esposito and Larenz Tate -- prompted instantaneous offers from buyers after its Friday premiere in the Special Presentations section.
- 9/13/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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