John Hopewell

Betting on a title that is being tipped as a potential big breakout this fall in Mexico, Fox Intl. Pictures (FIP) has teamed with Mexico's Beanca Films on "Guten Tag,...

Azure Entertainment, a Mumbai-based independent producer and financier, has unveiled a slate of a dozen western remakes. Headlining the slate is a trio from France's Gaumont, including a Hindi-remake of...

Indie distributor Synergetic has acquired North American rights to "Gold," an off-beat comedy set in an affluent suburb of Dublin. David Wilmot ("Six Shooter") leads a name cast of Kerry...

Brazilian actor-turned-director Selton Mello is following up "The Clown," Brazil's Oscar entry, with "A Movie Life." Pic is based on the book "Un padre de pelicula" by Chilean writer Antonio...

Penelope Cruz starrer "Ma Ma," which also marks her first film as a producer, has initiated pre-sales, closing key territories Germany, (MFA), Benelux (Cineart) and Switzerland (Frenetic). Russia, Israel and...

For Spain's film industry, the spring outlook for 2014 represents a frustrating paradox. On the one hand, theatrical grosses and ticket sales through April 20 were up 12% and 29%,...

In one of the high-profile deals announced early Cannes, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North America and Australia/New Zealand rights to Damian Szifron's buzzed-up Cannes Competion entry "Wild Tales." Spain's...

In a year when one Mexican movie, Eugenio Derbez's "Instructions Not Included," finally cracked the U.S. Latino market, and two titles -- Gary Alazraki's "We Are the Nobles" and "Instructions"...

One-year-old Versatile , the Paris-based sales company headed by Pape Boye and Violaine Pichon , has closed a slew of sales on two flagship titles on its first-year slate: Supernatural...

One-year-old Versatile , the Paris-based sales company headed by Pape Boye and Violaine Pichon , has closed a slew of sales on two flagship titles on its first-year slate: Supernatural...