FEATURE: MARKET BUZZ
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›› Goldcrest Films International is presenting two projects currently in pre-production: UK horror The Autopsy of Jane Doe, from a screenplay by Ian B. Goldberg and Richard Naing; and Brooklyn Bridge, with Douglas McGrath set to direct Daniel Radcliffe in the period drama about a brilliant but inexperienced engineer who is left to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge after the death of his father. ›› Independent bring Carol Morley’s drama The Falling and recently announced family comedy A Bollywoof Tale to Cannes. Andy Hamilton’s comedy What We Did On Our Holiday, about a family trying to survive through difficult circumstances, receives a market premiere. Billy Connolly, David Tennant and Rosamund Pike star. ›› Salt will be screening Northmen: A Viking Saga and will also tout the Neil LaBute thriller Geography Of Hope, starring Ed Harris and Ethan Hawke as small-time crooks who flee to Mexico following a botched store robbery. ›› K5 International’s slate includes the Bruce Willis sci-fi actioner Vice which receives a Cannes debut, and Neil LaBute’s Dirty Weekend starring Alice Eve and Matthew Broderick. ›› The Works bring the Toni Collette romcom Lucky Them and Canadian horror There Are Monsters, written and directed by Jay Dahl. ›› SC Films International is screening Phil Hawkins’ The Last Showing, starring Robert Englund, Finn Jones and Emily Berrington, and 3D animation Gnome Alone, a family adventure-comedy about a young boy, a group of garden gnomes and the trolls that are hunting them.
debut during the Marche last year, and is offering buyers a three-minute promo screening of The Diabolical by director Alistair Legrand, about a woman and her children who are awoken nightly by an increasingly strange and intense presence. ›› GFM Films is shopping the Terry Jones comedy Absolutely Anything which is currently shooting in London with an ensemble cast including: Simon Pegg; Kate Beckinsale; Robin Williams; Terry Gilliam; John Cleese; Michael Palin; and Eddie Izzard. The story, which the Monty Python star co-wrote with Gavin Scott, follows a teacher as he experiences a series of mishaps after discovering he has magical powers. ›› Genesis Film Sales is shopping sci-fi-thriller Alone. Damian Lewis is attached to star as a lone astronaut orbiting the earth, who has 24 hours to prevent the planet’s destruction. ›› Kaleidoscope Film Distribution will debut four new titles in their lineup this year, including Ruairi Robinson’s sci-fi horror, The Last Days On Mars starring Liev Schreiber, and David Rebordão’s sci-fi action/ adventure RPG, with Rutger Hauer as a terminally ill millionaire in search of eternal youth. ›› Saradan Media bring Russian thriller Viktor to Cannes for a market screening. Written and directed by Philippe Martinez, the film stars Gérard Depardieu and Elizabeth Hurley.
›› High Point will debut the Dutch romcom Heart Street by Sanne Vogel which the company picked up from 2CFilm at Berlin earlier this year, and Australian feature Drown, which is currently in post-production.
›› Matteo Rolleri’s Devilworks arrive in Cannes to tempt buyers with a line-up which includes: Jason Cuadrado’s thriller Devil May Call; Renaud Gauthier’s Canadian horror Discopathe; and James Katz’s Chilean thriller, The Vineyard. Also receiving their Cannes premieres are: sci-fi pic Time Lapse; psychological thriller The Maid’s Room; and Martin Doepner’s 2013 Canadian Film Fest winner The Storm Within, starring Isabelle Guérard, Lothaire Bluteau, Peter Miller and Vincent Leclerc.
›› Content Media Corporation is in Cannes to tout Redirected, an action-comedy about four friends turned firsttime robbers, who get stranded in Eastern Europe through a series of misadventures. Vinnie Jones, Scot Williams, Gil Darnell and Oliver Jackson star. The London / Los Angeles based sales and finance shingle is also giving Paul Solet’s modern ghost story Dark Summer a premiere following its
›› Entertainment One Films bring three premieres to the Marche including David Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Williams, John Cusak and Robert Pattinson; Xavier Dolan’s Mommy and Atom Egoyan’s kidnap drama, The Captive with Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman and Rosario Dawson. Both Mommy and The Captive screen In Competition this year.
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MOVIESCOPE AT THE MARCHÉ DU FILM | MAY 2014