Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts’ “While We're Young” sells worldwideSeptember 17, 2014 - 18:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Within days of the film's premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, FilmNation has closed deals for Noah Baumbach's While We're Young in virtually every international territory, The Hollywood Reporter said. The dramedy stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as a married couple whose lives are disrupted by the arrival of a younger couple, played by Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried. While We're Young also stars Charles Grodin, Adam Horovitz, Maria Dizzia and Ryan Serhant. “It is fantastic to see the distributor response match all the critical praise that Noah’s film has received,” said FilmNation CEO Glen Basner. During Toronto, While We're Young sold in the U.S. to A24 films for $4 million (UTA handled that deal). It first screened in the festival's special presentations section on Sept. 6. The movie, along with Chris Rock's Toronto entry Top Five, marks a prosperous start for producer Scott Rudin and Barry Diller's new film venture, IACF. Top Five, likewise represented by UTA and FilmNation in Toronto, cut a $12.5 million worldwide deal with Paramount following a spirited bidding war. Foreign distributors striking deals with FilmNation for While We're Young include Icon Film in the U.K., Mars in France, SquareOne Entertainment in Germany, Eagle Pictures in Italy, Vertigo Films in Spain, Village Roadshow in Australia, Kino Films in Japan, Swen in Latin America, Dreamwest Pictures in South Korea and Sundream Motion Pictures in Hong Kong. Top stories American actor of Armenian descent Eric Bogosian has been cast in the upcoming TV adaptation of Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire". Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Partner news | Kazakh Foreign Minister arrives in Armenia Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu on Monday, March 18 arrived in Armenia for a two-day trip. Aliyev touts “good chances” for normalizing ties with Armenia Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has declared that there are “good chances” for normalizing relations with Armenia. Putin secures fifth term as Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office through a dubious national plebiscite. Top Armenian, Indian defense officials discuss cooperation The discussions primarily focused on enhancing cooperation in the defence sector between Armenia and India. |