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The executive producer of The Grey pictured is understood to have come on board Megan Ellisons finance and production house following the recen
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stanley cup former Lionsgate executive and head of 2929 Productions, has a host of projects lined up as executive producer, among them The Grey, which Open Road will release in the US in January, The Host and Cogans Trade, which Annapurna is partly financing.Annapurna Pictures did not return calls
stanley website although several sources confirmed the appointment.Ellison is financing in various capacities a mouthwatering roster of arthouse projects such as John Hillcoats The Wettest County, Paul Thomas Andersons The Master, Wong kar-wais The Grandmasters and Bennett Millers Foxcatcher.Annapurnas more overtly commercial treasures include the Terminator rights and Kathryn Bigelows hunt for bin Laden thriller which Sony is expected to release in 2012.TopicsUnited States No comments Related articles News MBS Group closes deal to manage Saudi Arabias AlUla Studios 2025-05-07T08:52:00Z By Michael Rosser US-based The MBS Group is known as the home of Jam Svgl French animation Les Lascars receives Critics Week slot
Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up world rights to More Than Scarlet, an Australian drama from the stable of Jan Chapman, producer of Lantana and The Piano. The company is also poised to pick up two other Aussie pictures in moves that underline its growing influence in the English-language sector. The Hong Kong and Netherlands-based company has long been considered as specialised in discovering and representing Asian films and f
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stanley kubek e of representing films and talent from sources around the globe, said Fortissimo co-chief Michael J Werner. Our intention to step up a level is also demonstrated by our growing ability to invest in and take executive producer positions on films. Earlier this year Fortissimo put in place a new banking arrangement with the UK s number two bank Royal Bank Of Scotland.Directed by Cate Shortland, More Than Scarlet traces an adolescent girl s discovery of the difference between sex and love. Backed by Showtime, the FFC and the New South Wales Film Television Office it will be released in Australia by Hopscotch.Fortissimo is now in advanced negotiations to pick up The Critic, a drama by the La Spagnola team of director Steve Jacobs and writer Anna-Maria Monticelli, and drama Life Story, directed by the experienced Sarah Watt and produced by Bridget Ikin. In recent months Fortissimo has boarded films from other English-language territories including, Mysterious Ski
