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TIFF 2010 Buyer’s Club: #19. Steven Silver’s The Bang Bang Club
Suited for a distributor looking to grab the moviegoer segment who are inclined to read/watch the world news and would have paid to have seen Hotel Rwanda or The Devil Came on Horseback.
The Buyer’s Club: Top 20 Films for Sale at TIFF 2010
If you happen to be at a world premiere screening at the Toronto Int. Film Festival for a film that is going into the fest with available domestic rights, there is a distinct chance you might run into the VIPs of the acquisitions world: the Weinsteins, Focus' James Schamus, Fox Searchlight's Ray Strache, IFC's Arianna Bocco, SPC's Michael Barker & Tom Bernard, Magnolia Tom Quinn and Summit's Michael Schaefer.
Clip: Winterbottom’s The Trip Featuring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as Woody Allen
Without any info on the run time, I'm not entirely sure how much Michael Winterbottom will strip away from The Trip. The six episode BBC sitcom starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon will be shown at TIFF probably in a two-hour form, allowing it to be shopped to the same territories that may have picked up Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.
Neil Marshall Places ‘Underground’ on the Menu
Currently promoting Centurion, which receives it theatrical release in the U.S today, Neil Marshall isn't wasting much time "cooking" up his next project. Titled Underground, no this is not a remake of Emir Kusturica's 1995 film, this is based on a David Cohen script that would probably make chef Anthony Bourdain feel queasy.
Julian Fellowes’ Scripted ‘The Girl on the Landing’ Slate for 2011 Production
There'll soon be a casting call for young Brit and Aussie actors and actresses looking to board a psychological thriller/love story signed by an Oscar-winning scribe. Robert Jones' Jonescompany Productions will produce the Julian Fellowes adaptation of Paul Torday's The Girl on the Landing, and the pair are now on the look out for a director who can work in duel genres. Production would be set for Spring of next year.
