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EOne Acquires North American Rights To Elmore Leonard Adaptation ‘Freaky Deaky’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 23, 2012 @ 12:57pm PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Charlie Matthau, Elmore Leonard, eOne, Freaky Deaky
Mike Fleming

CANNES (May 23, 2012) – Entertainment One (“eOne”) announced today from the 2012 Cannes Film Festival that the company is acquiring all North American rights to director Charlie Matthau’s homage to 1970s filmmaking, FREAKY DEAKY. Matthau also penned the screenplay, which is based on Elmore Leonard’s 1988 novel of the same name. The film stars Crispin Glover, Billy Burke, Michael Jai White, Christian Slater, Andy Dick, Breanne Racano and Sabina Gadecki. Matthau andJudd Rubin produced the project, with George Eyde, Louis Eyde, Nathaniel Eyde, Robert Cantrell, Steven Berez, Donald Zuckerman, and Lee Greenberg executive producing. FREAKY DEAKY had its world premiere earlier this year at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. READ MORE »

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‘Samsara’ Bought For Australia, New Zealand By eOne, Hopscotch: Cannes

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 16, 2012 @ 11:09am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, eOne, Samsara
Mike Fleming

eOne and Hopscotch Films have acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to Samsara, the follow-up to Baraka. Filmed over a period of five years in 25 countries on five continents and shot on 70mm film, Samsara reunites director Ron … Read More »

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TOLDJA! EOne Picks Up Rights To ‘Cosmopolis’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 3, 2012 @ 1:40pm PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg, eOne

Related: Another Pre-Cannes Deal: EOne Closing In On David Cronenberg’s ‘Cosmopolis’

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO/LONDON – MAY 3, 2012 – Entertainment One (“eOne”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the US and UK distribution rights to COSMOPOLIS in all media, from Paris-based Kinology. As previously announced, eOne will also handle the theatrical release of the film in Canada.

Based on award-winning writer Don DeLillo’s novella of the same name, Cosmopolis is a contemporary thriller about a hedge fund trader who is stalked while his fortune evaporates under the weight of his cynical bets against the survival of the global economy.

Directed by the highly-esteemed and multi-award winning David Cronenberg, the film stars Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and Paul Giamatti. Cosmopolis is a presentation of Paulo Branco and Martin Katz. The film is produced by Paulo Branco of Alfama Films and Martin Katz of Prospero Pictures and is co-produced by Grégoire Melin of Kinology.

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Another Pre-Cannes Deal: EOne Closing In On David Cronenberg’s ‘Cosmopolis’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 3, 2012 @ 10:21am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Cannes Film Festival, Cosmopolis, eOne, Robert Pattinson
Mike Fleming

Cosmopolis Robert PattinsonEXCLUSIVE: Cannes is two weeks away and already the deals are percolating. Yesterday, The Weinstein Company paid upwards of $3 million for the Dustin Hoffman-directed Quartet. Now, I’m told eOne is closing in on a deal … Read More »

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eOne Partners With Steven Bochco For Futuristic Drama Series ‘Evolution’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 27, 2012 @ 7:16am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, eOne, Steven Bochco
Nellie Andreeva

Steven Bochco EvolutionEntertainment One has teamed with NYPD Blue co-creator Steven Bochco for his next straight-to-series drama project, Evolution. Created and written by Bochco and Bryan Law and to be produced by eOne in association with Steven Bochco Prods, Evolution … Read More »

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EOne Scoops Up Berlin Film Titles

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 15, 2012 @ 5:37am PSTTags: Berlin, eOne, European Film Market
Mike Fleming

Toronto/Los Angeles/London/Amsterdam/Sydney – February 15, 2012 – Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce that it has secured the rights to a broad selection of premium titles at this year’s annual European Film Market in Berlin. From comedies and dramas to zombie-flicks and thrillers, eOne scored films for each of its core markets and inked a number of key multi-territory deals.

Entertainment One secured multi-territory rights for, among others:

· 2 GUNS, starring Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington, from Foresight, UK & Canada

· A MOST WANTED MAN, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, from FilmNation Entertainment, Canada & Benelux

· DEAD MINE, Writer/Director Steven Sheil, from Celluloid Nightmares, UK, Canada & Benelux

· LOVE PUNCH, starring Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan, from SND, UK, Canada & Australia

· MISS YOU ALREADY, Director Paul Andrew Williams and starring Jennifer Aniston, from The Salt Company, UK, Canada & Australia

· SIDE EFFECTS (‘BITTER PILL’), Director Steven Soderbergh and starring Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Jude Law, from FilmNation, UK & Canada

· WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, Director Jim Mickle, from Memento Films, UK & Canada

Other acquisition highlights from across eOne territories include:

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EOne Makes Overall Deal With ‘Paranormal’s Steven Schneider and ‘The Grey’s Adi Shankar

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday February 6, 2012 @ 7:02am PSTTags: eOne, Steven Schneider
Mike Fleming

Los Angeles/Toronto – February 6, 2012 – Independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) has entered into a multi-year film and television production pact with ROOM 101, Inc. partners Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity 1, 2 & 3, Insidious, The Devil Inside) and Adi Shankar (The Grey).

Under the terms of the deal, ROOM 101 will deliver on average two premium micro-budget genre titles annually to eOne. The projects will be high-concept and filmmaker-driven, and will encompass both acquisitions and original productions. eOne will finance, co-produce, and distribute globally, with the exception of the United States where distribution will be handled on a per-project basis.

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Entertainment One Inks Development Deal With Richard Branson’s Virgin Produced

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday September 12, 2011 @ 11:09am PDTTags: Entertainment One, eOne, Richard Branson, Virgin Media, Virgin Produced

Indie studio Entertainment One and Virgin Produced — the production unit of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group — have signed a two-year, first-look development deal in which eOne will … Read More »

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Benedict Carver Tapped For Entertainment One Senior Vice President Post

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 4:50am PDTTags: David Hayter, Entertainment One, eOne
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Benedict Carver has been hired as SVP Filmed Entertainment at Entertainment One. He will be responsible for ramping up eOne’s output of film and TV product. Carver reports to eOne Television dramatic programming president Noreen Halpern and Lara Thompson, … Read More »

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Indie Distributor EOne Shuffles Exec Roster

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 24, 2011 @ 9:38am PDTTags: Entertainment One, eOne
Mike Fleming

Entertainment One, which came on the indie distribution scene by acquiring and releasing Jolene, Love Ranch, Helen and The Greatest, has shaken up its executive roster. David Reckziegel, who had been eOne Films Canada co-president, is now President of eOne … Read More »

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EOne & SPT’s Networks To Produce 22- Episode Series Based On John Grisham’s ‘The Firm’, NBC In Negotiations To Pick It Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 27, 2011 @ 10:30pm PDTTags: eOne, John Grisham, NBC, Sony, The Firm
Nellie Andreeva

Nearly two decades after John Grisham’s The Firm made him a household name, the novel is becoming a TV series, which has locked in wide international distribution and is close to landing a domestic network too. NBC is in negotiations … Read More »

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eOne Acquires Australian Film Distributor

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday April 10, 2011 @ 11:37pm PDTTags: Entertainment One, eOne, Movie Deals, Movies, The Kids Are All Right
Nellie Andreeva

International company Entertainment One, known primarily for its TV production and distribution business, has acquired Australian independent feature film distributor Hopscotch. Hopscotch released 15 titles theatrically in 2010 and has a library of 300-plus film and television titles. Recent releases include The Wrestler, The Kids Are All Right, Vicky Cristina Barcelona … Read More »

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HBO Developing Rural Drama Produced By Philip Seymour Hoffman

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 16, 2011 @ 7:03am PDTTags: eOne, HBO, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is heading Upstate with a drama project in development from eOne Television and Philip Seymour Hoffman and Emily Ziff’s Cooper’s Town Prods. Upstate, which is being written by Brett C. Leonard  (HBO’s Hung) and actor-playwright Bob Glaudini, … Read More »

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