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A Work In Progress: Halls and the lobby of Loews remained bare and quiet until Monday when the final day approaches and buyers began congregating in final deals. Surprisingly to all multiple sales had already been made by day 2 and sales for some, if not all were better than expected even if prices were lower. At the Thursday evening European Film Promotion reception, where all friends in the biz meet with welcoming smiles, Marcus Hu of Strand said he was already packing up to go as he had made his purchases..they were already screening Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before AFM began he said. One sales agent remarked that Toronto was the zero level and AFM looked like level 1 had been reached. One sales agent said only theatrical films were selling. Jonathan Wolf says AFM has are 10% fewer sellers (369 vs. 412 in 2008) but 4% more buyers with 13 new buyers from South Korea,...

• Adrien Brody joins his real-life girlfriend (fab looking Elsa Pataky) for a piece of horror-erotica from  legendary director Dario Argento. Producers have found extra money for the shoot, meaning that they were able to replace Ray Liotta in the lead role and grab more star power allure with Brody. Based on a screenplay by Jim Agnew and Sean Keller, Giallo sees Emmanuelle Seigner take the role of a flight attendant (once assigned to Dario's daughter Asia) who pairs with the detective (Brody) on a race against time to save her sister, a super model (Elsa Pataky), from a serial killer who has snatched her.THR reports that the picture will be produced by Rafael Primorac and Richard Rionda Del Castro. Production is set to start May 12 in Torino, Italy. Brody is exec producing along with Oscar Generale, Claudio Argento, Luis De Val, David Milner, Billy Dietrich, Patricia Eberle, Donald Barton and John Hicks.

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