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8 June 2007 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

HandMade PLC, the British film company founded by the late Beatle George Harrison, outfaced a falling London Stock Exchange Thursday as it posted a 5.2 percent gain on a report that it had returned from the Cannes Film Festival last month with more than $50 million in sales, more than twice its target. Topping the list of new films sold at Cannes was a planned U.S. remake of the 1980 British gangland feature, The Long Good Friday, which Harrison was credited with rescuing after it failed to find a distributor. Sony Pictures Entertainment reportedly acquired North American rights to the movie, to be directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Alien Vs. Predator, Resident Evil) at Cannes for an undisclosed amount.

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17 May 2007 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Classic British crime film The Long Good Friday is getting a Hollywood makeover in Miami under the direction of Resident Evil moviemaker Paul W. S. Anderson. The 1980 original starred Bob Hoskins as a London gangster whose criminal empire comes under attack from a wave of mysterious bombings. But production company Handmade Films says the new movie would be "refreshed" with a modern setting. Chairman Patrick Meehan says, "The original was a highly praised classic and one of Handmade's most prized films, but its reach was limited primarily to the U.K. Following continued interest from the U.S., we realized this remake could attract audiences worldwide with an updated setting and contemporary overtones. When Paul presented his creative vision for this project, we were instantly convinced that this is a story that could be successfully refreshed, yet leave the integrity of the original intact." No actors have so far been cast for the project.

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