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Global Showbiz Briefs: New Wave Acquires ‘Winter Of Discontent’, Ted Shapiro Exits MPA Europe, Nobel Laureate’s Film Ties

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 11, 2012 @ 10:00pm PDTTags: Zhang Yimou

New Wave Has ‘Winter Of Discontent’
New Wave Films has acquired Egypt’s Winter Of Discontent for the UK and Ireland. Swipe Films is handling international sales on Ibrahim El Batout’s drama that debuted in Venice last month. It’s set against the backdrop of the 2011 Tahrir Square protests. The film also has a berth at the London Film Festival which is currently underway. Salmon Fishing In The Yemen actor Amr Waked stars in Winter Of Discontent and also produced via his Zad Communication. The deal was negotiated by Robert Beeson of New Wave and Frank Mannion of Swipe.

Ted Shapiro Leaves MPA Europe For Copyright-Focused Law Firm
UK media law firm Wiggin is opening a Brussels office specifically designed to advise on pan-European copyright issues. The Motion Picture Association’s head of legal for Europe, Ted Shapiro, will leave the lobby group to run the new Wiggin office. The office will open in January and the team will also support Incopro Ltd, Wiggin’s partnership between its content protection practice and former Warner Bros and NBCUniversal exec Bret Boivin, which offers technology and legal advice. Shapiro started as an intern at the MPA over 16 years ago, rising to become an expert in his field and espousing “peace, love and copyright!” Wiggins’ clients include BBC Worldwide, Condé Nast, Discovery, Disney, Endemol, HBO, Ingenious, ITV, Paramount Pictures, Sony Columbia, Time Warner Books, Times Newspapers, Turf TV, Twentieth Century Fox, UEFA, UKTV, Universal, Virgin Media and Warner Bros.
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CAA Signs Chinese Helmer Zhang Yimou

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 9, 2012 @ 7:59am PDTTags: CAA, The Flowers Of War, Zhang Yimou
Mike Fleming

Zhang Yimou CAAEXCLUSIVE: As CAA continues to bolster its presence in China, the agency has added one of the country’s premier filmmakers to the client roster. It has signed Zhang Yimou, whose film Ju Dou became the first Chinese … Read More »

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AFM: Wrekin Hill Acquires Zhang Yimou’s ‘Flowers Of War’ Starring Christian Bale

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 7, 2011 @ 4:49pm PSTTags: Christian Bale, Zhang Yimou
Mike Fleming

Los Angeles, CA (November 7, 2011) — Chris Ball, President and CEO of LA-based film production and distribution company Wrekin Hill Entertainment, announced today that his company, in association with Row 1 Productions, have acquired theNorth American distribution rights to award-winning Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s (Raise the Red Lantern, Hero) and producer Zhang Weiping’s THE FLOWERS OF WAR starring Academy Award® winning actor Christian Bale (The Fighter, The Dark Knight). The film has been selected as this year’s official foreign language entry for China at the Academy Awards. Wrekin Hill, in association with Row 1, will open the film in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco in late December 2011 and the film will then expand through early 2012.

THE FLOWERS OF WAR will have a wide release in China on December 16th following three premiere events in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Based on a screenplay by Heng Liu (The Story of Qiu Ju), THE FLOWERS OF WAR is adapted from Geling Yan’s historical novel 13 Flowers of Nanjing. The film is a work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the Rape of Nanking, a brutal chapter in the Sino-Japanese War, which was a significant event in Chinese history. Produced and fully financed by Zhang Weiping under his New Pictures Film banner, THE FLOWERS OF WAR is inspired by true life events, and tells a genuine story of hope, love and sacrifice.

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Toronto: Buyers Get First Look At Christian Bale-Starrer ‘Heroes Of Nanking’, Now Titled ‘The Flowers Of War’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 10:05am PDTTags: Christian Bale, David Linde, FilmNation Entertainment, The Flowers Of War, Zhang Yimou

Buyers at the Toronto Film Festival got their first look today at Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers of War, which previously was known as Heroes of Nanking. The true-life drama stars Christian Bale and is set against the backdrop … Read More »

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2011 Toronto: ‘Shame’ Will Start Dealmaking Flurry, But Buyers Wait To Be Blown Away

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 5:03pm PDTTags: 2011 Toronto Film Festival, Adam Scott, Alexis Bledel, Allen Hughes, Allison Janney, Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Mackie, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ben Foster, Bruce Beresford, Bruce Willis, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Keener, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Christian Bale, Danny Trejo, Eduardo Sanchez, Elizabeth Olsen, Ewan McGregor, Geoffrey Fletcher, Harvey Weinstein, Hugh Laurie, Ice Cube, James Gandolfini, Jamie Linden, Jane Fonda, Jon Hamm, Jonathan Teplitzky, Jude Law, Justin Long, Kate Mara, Kristen Wiig, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lasse Hallström, Luc Besson, Mark Wahlberg, Matthew Goode, Maya Rudolph, Megan Fox, Mia Farrow, Michael Fassbender, Michelle Williams, Michelle Yeoh, Mickey Rourke, Oliver Platt, Peter Morgan, Peter Schlessel, Rachel Weisz, Rebecca Hall, Robert Redford, Robin Wright, Rosario Dawson, Russell Crowe, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Polley, Sarah Silverman, Selma Blair, Seth Rogen, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Frears, Steve McQueen, Terence Davies, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Zhang Yimou
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Last year’s Toronto Film Festival started slow for acquisitions, but finished with a flurry of modest distribution deals that served notice the specialty film business had finally pulled out of its nosedive. This year’s festival hasn’t started and … Read More »

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