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Arsenal Pictures has struck a multi-picture deal to handle features from Live Free or Die Hard producer Arnold Rifkin and Lord of War executive producer Christopher Eberts. The deal with Rifkin-Eberts kicks off with the horror title Timber Falls and the thriller Night Train with Danny Glover.

- Screen Daily

Arsenal Pictures has struck a deal under which it will handle all films flowing from the ambitious Asian mini-studio Bigfoot Entertainment. Slate covers 3 Needles, starring Lucy Liu, The Curiosity of Chance, dual-language thriller Irreversi and Deep Gold. Bigfoot is owned by entrepreneur Michael Gleissner and spans production and studio facilities.

- Variety

THE SAINT
( Production begins May 25 )

An updated adventure following the exploits of sophisticated international thief Simon Templar, whose job it is to right the wrongs of the modern world.

Director: Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Sleepers)
Writer: Jorge Zamacona

Cast: James Purefoy (Soloman Kane, Rome)

Genre: Action

Producer: William J. MacDonald (HBO's Rome, The Saint 1997)

HAROLD
( City Lights Media )

A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school's janitor.

Cast: Spencer Breslin (The Santa Clause 2&3), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray)

Producers: Cuba Gooding Jr., Danny Fisher (The Ten)

Genre: Comedy

Director: T. Sean Shannon (Saturday Night Live, 1996-2006)

NIGHT TRAIN
( post-production )

As a nearly empty passenger train plunges into the heart of a blizzard on Christmas Eve the lives of three characters - a conductor, a med student, and a salesman - are changed forever when an eccentric passenger dies - leaving behind a mysterious wooden box.

Cast: Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, Shooter, Saw),
Leelee Sobieski (Deep Impact, Eyes Wide Shut),
Steve Zahn (Sahara, Red Dawn),
Matthias Schweighofer (The Red Baron)

Genre: Action

Director: Brian King

Producers: Arnold Rifkin (Die Hard 4.0, Tears of the Sun), Christopher Eberts (Lord of War, Lucky Number Slevin)

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