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Pooh creator biopic hits Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: The Iron Lady producer Damian Jones is teaming with Pinewood Films’ Steve Christian to produce a biopic of Winnie the Pooh creator AA Milne.
Dinklage to star in Hop Frog
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Dinklage, riding high on the global success of Game Of Thrones, has signed on to star in Hop Frog.
Solar Studios to launch in Romania
Bobby Paunescu and Jared Underwood’s Solar Entertainment Group (SEG) has partnered with Romanian real estate entrepreneur Dragos Savulescu to launch Solar Studios.
Protagonist bites Lanthimos' Lobster
EXCLUSIVE: UK outfit boards Yorgos Lanthimos’ English-language debut.
Cinepix joins space-shoot Newcomers
Distributor Cinipix has joined forces with Patricia A Beninati and Michael K Anderson’s Centerboro Productions to produce the sci-fi action film Newcomers.
Festivals and Awards
Disney's Dave Hollis named CineEurope's Distributor of year
He will receive the award on June 27 as part of CineEurope in Barcelona.
ScreenTech
eOne adopts Simon's Cat
Marking their first foray into brand management of digital brands, eOne will handle worldwide distribution rights for the property across all media including, TV, Home Entertainment, Licensing and Online.
Distrify strikes Facebook partnership with Butterfly Media
The online distributor will be able to target facebook users with relevant films via Butterly Media’s 300 million strong network.
Production News
Cinepix joins space-shoot Newcomers
Distributor Cinipix has joined forces with Patricia A Beninati and Michael K Anderson’s Centerboro Productions to produce the sci-fi action film Newcomers.
Latest box office news
Fast & Furious 6 tops UK box office
Sixth instalment in the racing action franchise scores Universal’s biggest-ever three-day opening weekend at $13.8m (£8.7m).
Star Trek opens in US on $71m
Stark Trek Into Darkness stormed to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $70.6m opening weekend.
Corporate News
Simon Goff named executive director of FilmAid International
Liz Manne appointed vice chair of board of directors.
