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15 May 2011 7:14 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

FilmDistrict, the company spun off from Graham King's Gk FIlms, has been very busy at Cannes. The company has picked up distribution rights to the 3D version of Arabian Nights that we reported on a while back [1], starring [2] Liam Hemsworth, as well as the Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel romcom Playing the Field. And now that the lousy announcements are out of the way, there are these, too: FilmDistrict is teaming with TriStar to release Rian Johnson's film Looper (we just had the first still [3] from that one on Friday) and Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, which now has the title In the Land of Blood and Honey. More info on all four films, after the break. The biggest news here is the fact that Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, a romance set during the Bosnian war, finally has a title. Less surprising is the fact that FilmDistrict will distribute the film, »

- Russ Fischer

14 May 2011 5:28 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »

With their first feature Insidious being a massive hit, the newly formed FilmDistrict is currently on a pick-up frenzy during the chaotic Cannes Film Festival. Their upcoming thriller, Nicolas Winding Refn‘s Drive starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, is playing in competition and they’ve decided to do some business on the trip to France. Deadline tells us they are in final negotiations to acquire U.S. distribution for Looper, the next film from Brick and The Brothers Bloom director Rian Johnson.

The plan is to team with Sony Pictures’ TriStar label for marketing and distribution. The time travel film stars Bruce Willis (as an older version of Joseph Gordon-Levitt‘s character), Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels and Piper Perabo. The high-concept story follows “hitmen whose victims are sent back in time from the future to be executed. The Loopers bump them off in the present, so there »

- Jordan Raup

15 April 2011 4:30 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

Though treatment for her bipolar II disorder shouldn't hamper filming on her next two upcoming films, Catherine Zeta-Jones is, the La Times points out, "in the midst of an unusual career dry spell." Since her debut in the 1990 French film Les 1001 Nuits, Zeta-Jones had appeared in projects almost every year or two, but she hasn't had a film open theatrically in wide release since 2007's No Reservations. »

3 items from 2011