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Indomina Releasing on ‘Fire’ – Adds Dante Lam’s Action Thriller to Slate
Carving themselves out to be a niche brand and a competitor to the well-liked genre label Magnet Releasing, Indomina Releasing have made their third film pick-up in less than three weeks, grabbing Dante Lam's Fire of Conscience not from TIFF's Midnight Madness section, but from the just completed 6th edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin.
Everything ‘Now is Good’ with Fanning On-Board, Watts in Talks
I'm already seeing a film trend for 2011 - films dealing with disease in young people and their unique reaction in facing death. If production begins before the year's end, we could potentially add Ol Parker's Now Is Good to the mix.
Armadillo, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Tabloid Make up First DOC NYC
You'd be partially right if you thought that Thom Powers would simply do a "copy and paste" job of shuffling films from TIFF's Reel to Real programme to the first edition of the DOC NYC festival. Powers, the fest's Artistic Director has loaded the inaugural edition of the New York City based documentary film festival with U.S preems of several titles from TIFF -- it includes a pair of galas for Herzog's 3D docu and Errol Morris' Tabloid, but DOC NYC will also include a dozen selected films...
ATO Not Insecure about Azazel Jacobs’ ‘Terri’
After making George Hickenlooper's Casino Jack their first pick up (it occurred right before it showed at TIFF), ATO Pictures have made their second "preemptive" buy, grabbing Azazel Jacobs' Terri while the film is currently in post.
Justin Bartha, Jordan Gelber and Aasif Mandvi Are Solondz’ ‘Dark Horse’ Picks
Not much is known on Todd Solondz's next film except that Production Weekly is calling it an edgy character drama and that Justin Bartha, Jordan Gelber & Aasif Mandvi are joining the project set to begin filming this Fall.
