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Film News: Two features center on exploitation, horror films — Lorber Films has picked up “American Grindhouse” and “Nightmares in Red, White and Blue,” a pair of documentary features about the seamy side of U.S. filmmaking, for theatrical and DVD release.

Film News: Studio wins bidding war for heist pic — DreamWorks Studios has won a bidding war for John Hlavin’s pitch for an internationally set heist pic.

Film News: Animated pic slated for late 2010 release in North America —
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American rights to “The Illusionist” from Pathe.

Film News: BermanBraun to produce film based on John Gray book series — Summit picks up film and TV rights to the “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” franchise.

Film News: Studio picks up action-comedy from director — DreamWorks Studios has picked up an untitled buddy action-comedy from director Ruben Fleischer, based on his original idea.

Film News: Horror pic produced by Eli Roth, StudioCanal, Strike — Lionsgate has grabbed U.S. distribution rights to “The Last Exorcism,” a verite-style horror pic produced by Strike Entertainment, StudioCanal and genre maven Eli Roth.