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Zaillian finds Mandate for auteur pics


May 02, 2007 Writer-director Steven Zaillian and Mandate Pictures are teaming up to produce modestly budgeted, character-driven films and have inked a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. The deal allows Zaillian's company, Film Rites, to produce projects he writes and/or directs as well as films from emerging writers and filmmakers. Mandate will co-finance and handle international sales for the films covered by the pact.

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