Hannover House nabs ' Girlfriend '

House of Hanover has acquired American rights for indie drama by Justin Lerner "Girlfriend", in the wake of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

The deal, announced Friday, comes a year after the beginning of the film production house of Hanover said it intends to release "Girlfriend" by the end of the year.

PIC was produced by Wayne/Lauren Films co., in association with PatchMo Entertainment. House of Hanover noted in the announcement that "Girlfriend" stars Evan Sneider, the first actor with Down syndrome to cast as a leading man in an American film.

Amanda Plummer and Jackson Rathbone also with Shannon Woodward as a MOM only little city is romantically pursued by a young man with Down syndrome.

Lerner, he wrote and directed "Girlfriend", his feature debut. Furthermore, he wrote and directed the replacement "the child".

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Wanda takes "Cirkus ' for Spain

SAN SEBASTIAN-Spanish d'essai-producer-Distributor Wanda Films took all rights Spanish tragedy of Danis Tanovic war "Cirkus Columbia," which played in section Zabaltegi-pearls of the San Sebastian Film Festival.

Deal was closed in San Sebastian of Wanda CEO Jose Maria Morales with Director of sales company Match Factory Michael Webber.

Wanda also manages Spanish distribution rights to the drama of rape Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena "Elisa K," a player in San Sebastian contest sold internationally by Imagina Intl.sales.

To further negotiation, new San Sebastian d'essai distrib of Adolfo Blanco A Contracorriente Films inked all rights to Argentinian Rodrigo Great comedy "A Matter of principles," toplining Federico Luppi, Norma Aleandro and Pablo Echarri.

The acquisition was negotiated with salesperson based on Madrid Urban Films, which also pacted to fest with Miami Intl basis.Owns venevision

Owns venevision closed US DVD, video-on-demand TV rights, pay and Free-to-air Jesus Mora docudrama "Quiet" Villa, a Spain-Argentina sold by urban.

Patti were part of a small clutch of business put through the San Sebastian Festival this year.If the task was slow, however, there's a good reason for this.

It's not just football. Spain near world standards in the hardness of his movie market. Only the USA and Japan are so difficult to sell a. And sales per unit of Spain traded to San Sebastian, as tenders for Italy not to Venice.

"The market of Spain addresses a high degree of uncertainty," said Jose Maria Morales of Wanda. "First, it is devastated by piracy. From another, there's little visibility on RTVE "funding model.

The jury's still out, for example, as if Spanish telcos will be forced to stump part of the budget of RTVE.

Anecdotally, San Sebastian seemed to have seen traffic--in hotels, restaurants and parties--and the mood of trade was calm of cautious.

That is not to say that there was a significant business presence in San Sebastian.

The Basque festival boasts almost presence piled distributor of Toronto.

But, as in recent years, the contingent of international sales agents was bigger than Venice. this year, the wild bunch, fortissimo, Match Factory, MK2, Rezo, Elle Driver, Funny balloons, coproduction Office, average U, beta and lock all sailed in the city, among the most agents.

Also, with some of the best films-received San Sebastiano play late in the race, a considerable amount of business looks set to fall after the market.

U Media is now fielding interest from French distributors on Colombian drama "the colors of the mountain," said Virginie Devesa u Media. World successful Thursday preeming, debut of Carlos Cesar Arbelaez is placed second behind "Abel of Diego Luna" premium Euskatel youth vote, a key public appeal.

Release of magnet acquired "I Saw the Devil" in Toronto for North America in San Sebastian, Youngjoo Suh's linchpin said that now she was negotiating sales in Germany and in Latin America.

Sale of traction also looks likely that the beta-sold "Black bread Agusti Villaronga," the best received film contest in Spanish critics posted a chart from regional newspaper El Diario Vasco.

Film being fielded a strong lineup, with reports of sales people circling of some of his more mainstream propositions, such as "Asalto al cine Mexico" and "Todos tus muertos Colombia."

"There were interesting titles in section and some might see sales," said Dorothee Pfistner of MK2.

Fest runs Sept.17-25.

Emilio Mayorga has contributed to this article.

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Universal Studios chills in 3D

After five years to produce the event Halloween Horror Nights, Universal Studios took the gimmick same the rest of Hollywood has relied on this year to boost ticket sales: 3D.

Starting from Friday, theme park study of Los Angeles will reopen as haunted attraction that runs for 5 nights, especially on weekends, through Halloween. in addition to allowing guests to take a tram directly to 3D renewal of Peter Jackson's Park of longrunning "King Kong" attraction, a maze of "House of 1000 corpses," designed around horror pic of Rob Zombie slip on, will have guests as they walk through 3D glasses re-created scenes from movies.

For the labyrinth, visitors wearing the same cardboard ChromaDepth glasses that come with the current crop of 3D movies released on homevideo: he edited.

If you look through the glasses, lighted LED paint is ejected upon visitors walk through the Captain Spaulding Museum of monsters and Madmen. The color spectrum is altered with the hottest colors that appear shades closer and more fresh apparent withdraw, giving a three-dimensional effect.

The effect is used on actors and on the walls, transforming environments. "It's like the walls are coming alive, "said John Murdy, Creative Director at Universal Studios Hollywood. The labyrinth, officially titled "House of 1000 corpses of Rob Zombie: 3D Zombievision," is almost double those Universal has built for "Horror Nights" Date.

Uses a couple more advanced than glasses for "King Kong".

Since the prices of the tickets at a cost "Horror Nights" from $ 60 to $ 90, not including discounts, Universal strives for a new twist to attract visitors each year.

In the past, which has included the block licensing deals to build the mazes and other attractions around "Saw," "Friday the 13th," and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" from Lionsgate and New Line. The boogeymen of these last two are back again this year, featured as part of the Park's five mazes, but the focus will be on remake recently from earlier this year and in 2009 that introduced a new look for Jason and Freddy Krueger. The Labyrinth "visa" will promote the first installment of the franchise, 3D that Lionsgate unspools 29 October.

"We are doing the three top horror franchises of all time in terms of box office," said Murdy. this year marks the 50th anniversary of "Psycho" and "Friday the 13th," 30 Murdy something has made sure to reference.

Murdy by incorporating 3D doesn't seem much of a stretch this year because "our attractions are already 3D", he said."You're already walking through the scene of the movie, the characters are coming to you.

Murdy was encouraged to add 3D for attraction this year because it is one thing that had asked fans on websites and Twitter feed.

"Horror film fans are really voice," said Randall."They're rabid fans. they tell you what they want.And just as they have evolved film we have to evolve as well. "

Murdy had wanted to work with the 3-d effect, but it worked only with brighter colors.Movies like "Friday 13" savor the deepest shadows.

"It would have ruined it," said Murdy. "You must have a style crazy Carnival. linen (' 1000 corpses ') is very weird and we wanted to bring that to life ".

This year, the theme park also added an additional tram to take guests directly to "King Kong 360 3D," a permanent part of his tour of tram USA demolished and one that has proved a major draw since opening in July 1st, years after the original was destroyed in a fire. new attraction has strengthened considerably presences to Park, Universal said.

Regular Studio tram Tour USA Universal demolished during the day I was again renamed tram terror and will take some parkgoers household "Pyscho" and collection of "war of the worlds" in USA the demolished. this year, Chucky, the doll serial killer from franchising "Chucky", has hijacked the tour.

The Team has exploited even Murdy growing use of comicbooks by self-publishing 32-page graphic novel "Vampire: Castle of the Undead," whose characters suck blood and texture, created by the artist Ian Patrick Moore, will be featured in the maze of the property. the book about vampires of Wallachia, Romania, the House of Vlad the Impaler, will be sold in gift shops online parks and serialized.

Given that "Horror Nights" has also shown a tie popular among the Hispanic community in the years, Universal has also designed one of its six scare zones around the urban legend, "The Mexican Llorona," about a woman who drowned her children to get the hand of a rich man.

"Halloween Horror Nights" officially opens this weekend, after the ceremony of Eyegore tonight that will honor horror filmmakers Eli Roth and Rob Zombie, thesps Christopher Lloyd, Betsy Russell and Gina Holden and Sid Haig, as well as short film contest winner Elizabeth Schieffer, whose "Jasper" won the "Rob's shorts Zombie."Short will be projected on NBC Universal owned cabler chiller TV and POSTED ON syfy.com.

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Creighton joins Warner Bros.

LONDON--Warner Bros. UK has named Tom Creighton as its chief financial officer, effective from September 27th.

In the newly created role, Creighton will report to Josh Berger, prexy and m.d. of Warner Bros.United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain and Linda Van Wagner, senior vice prexy of international finance.

He will be responsible for the oversight of accounting, planning and internal control environment for all of Warner Bros.' Blighty biz as well as the undertakings U.K.-based regional.

Creighton moves from Sony Pictures Home Ent., where he was the Director of finance for three years.

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Par picks'm villain for: I4 '

Paramount's found a villain for his fourth "Mission: Impossible"--thesp Swedish Michael Nyqvist.

The Tom Cruise's new movie, directed by Brad Bird, is set to begin lensing in Vancouver this fall, Prague, Dubai and par the US already set a release date 16 December 2011.

Nyqvist played journalist Mikael Blomkvist front Noomi Rapace in "Millennium Trilogy of Sweden" movies--"the girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl Who Played with fire" and "The Girl Who expelled the Hornet's nest." He also appeared in photos Swedish "together" and "As It Is in heaven."

Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Vladimir Mashkov were previously annouced as cast members for the "mission" fourth with Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames return.Details of the plot are under wraps.

J.J. Abrams is producing the film through his Shingle based on Par Bad Robot. Cruise will be also a producer on the actioner. society Skydance Prods., which has a financing deal with par of slate, is co-financing. the script is Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec.

Insiders have revealed that the fourth film in the series will probably not be called "Mission: Impossible IV."

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Kino jumps for joy '

Kino Intl. sought pic Russian "My Joy," the fourth film I bought from Kino to have a slot in 2010 New York Film Festival.

Drama of Sergei Loznitsa, jumping between both Russia and flashback WWII, follows a trucker, played by Viktor Nemets and meetings that has during his travels across the nation.

Film preemed at Cannes this year and also played Telluride and Toronto before his NYFF screening September 30.

Acquisition was negotiated by Donald Krim of Kino and Winnie Lau of fortissimo.

Kino also will release NYFF film "Poem", "the four Times" and "Tuesday, after Christmas."

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Lohan ordered back to jail

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP)--Lindsay Lohan returned to prison in handcuffs Friday after a judge refused to set the security and ordered you remain in prison for failing a drug test up to hear another nearly a month away.

Bailiffs they escorted the stellina shocked by courtroom Beverly Hills immediately after the hearing which lasted less than 10 minutes. came to century Regional Detention Center of Lynwood shortly afterward, with sheets held around her for her shield from Vista.

Will third stint in prison for a drug Lohan's 3-year-old and drunk Driving case filed after a few high-profile arrests in 2007.

Before the hearing, the Star "Mean Girls" chatted with her lawyer, smiling and laughing. But moments before Judge of superior court of Los Angeles Elden s. Fox took the bench, started fidgeting with her earrings and trying to back of the courtroom, where two bondsmen, willing to post security with the actress.

Advocate of Lohan, Shawn Chapman Holley, asked Fox if revocation hearing of Lohan full parole may be delayed a week.

"I think your client rather than have the 22 October," said Fox, giving the first suggestion that he intended to send the actress to jail.

Holley has risen to argue that the security must be set. "No, "answered the Fox.

"Oh God," said Michael Lohan as bailiffs moved in and her daughter rose and was handcuffed.

Lohan, twice, was released soon because of overcrowding, with his tenure longest prison a stint of 14 days on a sentence of 90 days earlier this summer.

But this time, the order of the judge decreases the probability that Lohan will be issued before the hearing on 22 October, when we discuss his positive drug test.

"When the judge put in difficulty, he has no alternative," said Barry Gerald Sands, a defense lawyer, who represented clients of celebrities in drug cases. "You won't get now. "

The previous court case management of Lohan had said that he had set the security for Lohan because she was faced with misdemeanors.

"This Court considers that he did not set the security," Sands said, adding that Fox orders are rarely overturned.

Fox said that Lohan had a "positive test for a controlled substance" that he has not identified.Probation officials are also reviewing compliance of Lohan with other facets of his evidence, which included the frequent meetings with counselors, he said.

"I think the jurisprudence is clear that you have the right to bail," said after the hearing Holley. wouldn't say if she would appeal the judgment of Fox and left the Court with Dina Lohan's mother, who played her daughter shoes and jewelry in a transparent plastic bag.

TV stations in Los Angeles has followed a car said aboard Lohan to jail.

She and her mother had arrived to the Court together an hour before, while father of actress-with which she has publicly are sparred-arrived earlier.

The actress has recognised in the absence of a drug court ordered last week in a series of screening Twitter messages.

Was the first appearance of Star before Fox, who had said in a previous court hearing, that he would sentence you to a month in prison for each test drugs has ignored or failed.

The actress was not present for this hearing, which took hours after his release from rehab.

Lohan seemed to recognize a dependency problem after the news of his positive drugs test broke last week.

Lohan "substance abuse is a disease, which unfortunately does not go away overnight," published his Twitter feed last Friday. "I'm working hard to overcome it and I'm taking positive measures.

"This is certainly a setback for me but I take responsibility for my actions and are ready to face the consequences," said his posts.

The actress remains on probation for a reckless driving and two driving under the influence charges, all misdemeanors. Fox came down to two cases of drugs at a court hearing in August, during which he announced the release of Lohan from rehab and set a strict outpatient treatment program that included random drug projections.

Fox has dossier of sealed Lohan, but a source familiar with the case told the associated press that the test failed actress came about two weeks after his release from rehab.

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Moreno preparation "Submarine"

SAN SEBASTIAN--After Sundance player "Dog Eat dog" and "Todos tus muertos" Colombian Carlos Moreno, Director and producer Diego f. Ramirez are re-teaming on a third collaboration, "Yellow Submarine".

"Underwater"--a job title--is hereby attached basis of Bogota 64 Films of Ramirez, where Moreno is a minority partner.

The pic slots into an exclusive deal for first-look Ramirez to produce the film originated from Moreno.

In line with the punch Moreno combined active welfare State and dark or absurdist humor, "underwater" is based on a life difficult-to-believe but real narco traffic trend, turning on two fishermen who build a submarine amateur fragile, which aims to smuggle cocaine from Colombia to Central America.

Ramirez dubs "underwater", a thriller drama. Moreno is currently writing the screenplay with Alonso Torres, its co-scribe on "dog" and "Muertos."

PIC of Moreno is follow up to its "Reservoir Dogs"-ish deb "Dog Eat Dog," which has been included for international from Celluloid Dreams and created buzz at Sundance 2008. A social drama, absurdist "Muertos" screened in roughing Wednesday to positively to Films San Sebastiano in the sidebar of course.

Ramirez said that now he intends to complete post-production and roll off selection from a great festival of hitch affair of a salesperson.

Upcoming film shoot 64 Films will be "180 Segundos," the film debut of capabilities of the Colombian film director and short documents Alexander Giraldo, a "low budget humor-laced romantic thriller," according to Ramirez. "Segundos "rolls in November.

Giraldo has a second movie set up at 64 movies, "delete", a sci-fi thriller that is already sparking buzz because of its cost and "Matrix"-ish theme-plot line.

Film Colombians are able to draw down of Finance tax credit for films up to 41% of budgets, for photos of 1.5 million or less.

Skedded to shoot early 2012, "delete" is expected to $ 2.5 million and will be structured as an international co-production in order to get the specially made, said Ramirez.

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Festival of cinema of Israel to fete Avi Lerner

The Festival of cinema of Israel 25th honor producer and Nu Image/Millennium Films CEO Avi Lerner with a kudo's duration has been reached.

Lerner will be feted the fest Gala opening night on 20 October at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. the fest will start on 21 October with the bow of the western coast of "the Matchmaker."

The Festival runs through the 4 November and screens more than 30 films.

Lerner, who was born in Israel, is being honored for his work on more than 300 films including "The Expendables", "88 minutes" and "Rambo IV."Ryan Annie of relativity media will receive a result in film award at the Gala.

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Finnish send ' Steam ' to Oscar

STOCKHOLM--Doc "steam of life" has been tapped as the Finnish entry for foreign language Oscar.

PIC, who was skinny Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen, was produced by Berghall for Shingle Oktober.

The story is simple: naked men sit in a Finnish sauna, talking openly about their lives.

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