Continental drift evident in Cannes

May 28, 2009 While the amount of product that financiers and producers are churning out -- dozens of indie projects, many with big stars attached -- shows no sign of a letup, U.S. buyers' appetites remain more finicky than ever. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group did pick up rights for Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller "Moon" for Italy, Spain, Latin America and all Asian territories (excluding South Korea) at the market, adding to the English-speaking territory rights already secured. "It's a fact that even the studio buyers who are always in the market for multiterritory acquisitions on independent movies were able to pay less and be far more cautious," he said.

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