All Screen articles in 07 June 2012 – Page 32
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Backgammon starts production
3:1 Cinema and Fischer Productions have started production on psychological thriller Backgammon.
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Fox and Warner join forces in Brazil
Fox International and Warner Bros Pictures International are creating a joint operation in Brazil to distribute and markets their respective slates.
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NewsColumbus acquires Grisham's Calico Joe
Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures has acquired the rights to John Grisham’s best-selling novel Calico Joe. Columbus (pictured) will adapt the novel to direct as a feature.
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NewsIFC Midnight takes Replicas
IFC Midnight has acquired all US rights to thriller Replicas, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca festival in April.
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NewsPanorama orders Chinese Take Away for US
Panorama Entertainment has acquired award-winning Argentinian-Spanish drama Chinese Take Away (Uncuento chino) for distribution in the US.
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Rand launches distributor Grand
Former Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and Maya Entertainment executive David Rand has formed Grand Entertainment Group (GEG), a multi-platform distribution and content development company based in Los Angeles.
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NewsCinemaNX in talks to merge into Pinewood Shepperton
UPDATED: The Isle of Man government is in negotations to acquire a 19.9% stake in Pinwood Shepperton, whilst Pinewood would advise on film investment opportunities for the Isle of Man’s £25m Media Development Fund.
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NewsGame of Thrones’ Kit Harington to star opposite Vera Farmiga in thriller Greenland Time
EXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones and The Seventh Son star to play opposite Vera Farmiga in Sigma/Zentropa thriller.
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NewsPrometheus lands top at the UK box office
Fox’s sci-fi beats Universal’s fantasy Snow White And The Huntsman with a $10.1m (£6.6m) debut.
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NewsEFP backs seven projects at Shanghai International Film Festival
Film Sales Support awarded to the likes of Excuse Me [pictured], Isztambul and Chrysalis.
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Emerging Pictures, Cinemark pact for ballet programme
US alternative content specialist pacts with cinema chain Cinemark on six ballets.
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CommentWhiskey shot
Kevin Spacey plays three very different leads in the winning films to come out of Jameson’s First Shot short film competition.
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NewsFilm London greenlights four new artist films
Now in its third year, Film London’s Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) is investing £145,000 of production funding in four new moving image projects from London-based artists.
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NewsFox International crosses $1bn in 2012
Distributor passes the milestone for the ninth consecutive year.
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NewsAruba lineup includes Stolen, The Magic of Belle Isle, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Polanski doc
Rob Reiner’s The Magic of Belle Isle starring Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen to open the third Aruba international film festival.
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NewsContent takes piece of Gibney's Jigsaw
Content Media Corporation is buying a 50% stake in documentarian Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and plans to help the company expand its film and TV development and production operations.
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NewsAntiviral spreads to IFC for US
IFC Midnight has acquired US rights to Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral, which had its world premiere at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section.
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Submarine picks up eighties music films
Submarine Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights in all media to eighties music films Downtown 81 and Wild Style.
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Reliance gets film rights to Frost novels
Reliance Entertainment and Kintop Pictures have acquired film rights to The Paladin Prophecy, Mark Frost’s forthcoming young adult trilogy to be published by Random House Children’s Books.
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Chapman debuts with thriller Trigger
Chapman Filmed Entertainment, the micro-budget production company launched by California’s Chapman University, will make thriller Trigger its first production.