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EFM Roundup: Richard Linklater’s Surprise Prize, XYZ International

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday February 12, 2013 @ 9:37am PSTTags: Berlin Film Festival, EFM, Richard Linklater, XYZ Films

Before Midnight director Richard Linklater was awarded a special surprise Berlinale Camera trophy on Monday night. The film festival began awarding Cameras in 1986 to people or institutions to which it feels particularly indebted. The award was presented to Linklater at the official screening of Before Midnight which has sold out internationally during the EFM. Linklater’s first film in the Julie Delpy-Ethan Hawke trilogy, Before Sunrise, won the Silver Bear for best director in 1995. He then brought sequel Before Sunset to the fest in 2004. …

XYZ Films is hanging a sales shingle. XYZ International will handle world sales on some of XYZ’s in-house titles and on third-party projects that are filmmaker-driven, elevated genre pics with broad commercial appeal. It will also handle North American sales on foreign films. The first slate will be unveiled for Cannes. XYZ partner Nate Bolotin will oversee. XYZ’s productions include The Raid and The Raid 2 and Killers. It’s also exec producing Aguas Rojas which Participant Media is financing.

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Luke Wilson, Zachary Quinto, Topher Grace Accept Karyn Kusama & XYZ’s ‘Invitation’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday May 11, 2012 @ 10:55am PDTTags: XYZ Films, Zachary Quinto

EXCLUSIVE: Girlfight director Karyn Kusama will start shooting The Invitation this summer. Luke Wilson stars with an ensemble that includes Zachary Quinto, Topher Grace and The Big Bang Theory‘s Johnny Galecki. Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi’s script sees Wilson … Read More »

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Sony Nabs U.S. Rights For ‘The Raid’ Sequel

By BRIAN BROOKS | Thursday February 2, 2012 @ 5:44pm PSTTags: Sony Pictures Classics, SXSW, The Raid, XYZ Films

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has pre-bought U.S., Latin American and Spanish rights to the upcoming sequel to Indonesian action feature The Raid, which won the Midnight Madness Award at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Tentatively titled Berandal for … Read More »

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IFC Midnight Will Distribute Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Corridor’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday November 21, 2011 @ 9:28am PSTTags: AMC Networks, IFC Midnight, XYZ Films

AMC Networks’ IFC Midnight says that it is buying the U.S. rights to The Corridor, a sci-fi thriller from first-time director Evan Kelly. The film stars Stephen Chambers, James Gilbert, and David Patrick Flemming and the screenplay comes from Josh … Read More »

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