Buyers line up for Bruce Willis, M. Night Shyamalan's “Labor of Love”February 11, 2014 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Stuart Ford’s IM Global has closed more territories on one of the powerhouse sales titles at this year’s European Film Market: “Labor of Love”, Variety said. Produced by Emmett/Furla Films, “Love” marks a reteaming of “The Sixth Sense’s” M. Night Shyamalan and Bruce Willis. “Labor of Love” has seduced Australia (Roadshow), Spain (Corbi), Iceland (Myndform), Israel (United King), South Africa (Ster Kinekor), Poland (Kino Swiat), Eastern Europe (Multi-territory) (Grandview) and Malaysia (Golden Screen). Deals were for France (Metropolitan), Italy (Andrea Leone), Latin America (Gussi), Japan (Shochiku). Canada (VVS), Scandinavia (Svensk), Benelux (DFW) and Middle East (Italia) had been previously announced. The reteaming Shyamalan and Willis made “Labor of Love” an “event,” Ford said. The director flew in to Berlin to have wall-to-wall meetings talking buyers through his ideas for “Labor of Love.” “That was a huge help and that injected a lot of life and vitality into everything,” Ford said. IM Global also put on a presentation, lauded by EFM buyers, of “Max Steel,” teaming with Dolphin Films Intl. and Mattel. Based on a screenplay written before “Sixth Sense,” “Labor of Love” stars Willis as a bookstore owner who honors his late wife by walking across the U.S. “In the last few years, there has been an overabundance of slightly formulaic mid-budget action thrillers. ‘Labor of Love’ clearly plays to a female as well as male audience,” Ford said. “From a marketing perspective, buyers are looking for material that can play more than one demographic.” Related links: Top stories 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. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |