All Screen articles in 17 January 2013 – Page 5
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Tom Stoppard to receive WGA lifetime achievement honour
The British playwright and screenwriter will collect the 2013 Laurel Award for screen during the simultaneous East and West Coast WGA awards ceremonies on Feb 17.
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FilmNation to handle int’l sales for Good Films
UK production house Good Films and sales outfit FilmNation Entertainment have signed an international sales agreement for the indie’s upcoming slate of films.
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Michael Hirst writing mini-series Alexander
ZDF Enterprises, Beta Film and Gruppe 5 to produce English-language event series about Alexander the Great.
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Obituary: Jack F Murphy
The former non-theatrical distributor and independent producer, died in Los Angeles on Jan 6 after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.
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Creative Europe given “key priority” by Irish Presidency of EC
The European Commission’s (EC) proposed Creative Europe programme has been given “key priority” in Ireland’s Presidency of the European Council for the first six months of 2013.
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Avatar first to top 1m Blu-ray sales in UK
James Cameron’s Avatar has become the first title to sell more than a million copies on Blu-ray, the British Video Association (BVA) announced today. The Dark Knight Rises topped the top 10 of 2012.
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RCR licenses Cinedigm Theatrical Distribution System
Beverly Hills-based RCR claims to have financed and produced more than 20 feature films in recent years and says it has six features in production. It is releasing Phantom on 3,000 screens on Mar 1.
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When Alan met Jeremy
Screen’s US editor Jeremy Kay hosted a Q&A with Alan Cumming at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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Les Misérables hits high note at UK box office
Les Misérables has recorded Universal’s biggest ever three-day opening in the UK at non-final $13.1m (£8.1m), which is also the biggest for producer Working Title and the biggest ever opening for a musical in the UK.
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Koch Media launching UK theatrical push with Arbitrage
EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment group Koch Media - one of German’s leading independent media companies - has revealed its intention to become a major player in UK theatrical distribution. Koch plans to release 25 films a year into British cinemas.
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Showtime orders Sam Mendes horror drama
US cable network Showtime has ordered a horror series from Skyfall director Sam Mendes and Call The Midwife producer Neal Street Productions.
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Buckingham launches consultancy Sampo Media
Former UKFC and BFI exec Buckingham launches consultancy with Michael Gubbins.
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Shoot underway on Jason Maza spoof Hooligan Factory
Nick Nevern directs and has co-written the football hooliganism spoof shooting in London.
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Austrian incentive scheme extended for another two years
Austria’s film production incentive scheme “Filmstandort Austria” (Film Location Austria - FISA) has been extended to the end of 2014 with an annual budget of $10m (€7.5m).
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Argo, Les Mis edge out rivals at emotional Golden Globes
Many things are said about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association but nobody can deny the group goes its own way, as evidenced by the 70th annual Golden Globes on Jan 13.
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70th Annual Golden Globes – the winners as it happened
Argo wins best dramatic picture and Ben Affleck takes the directing prize as members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association reveal their winners on an emotional and good-humoured night at the 2013 ceremony in Beverly Hills on Sunday [13].
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Life Of Pi leads int’l session on $33m, Hobbit crosses $600m
Fox International’s adventure epic directed by Ang Lee capped a fine week that saw the film pick up 11 Oscar nominations and retain its hold on the charts thanks to an estimated $33.2m haul from 67 markets that boosted the running total to $357.4m.
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Zero Dark Thirty leaps to top of US charts on $24m
Annapurna Pictures’ thriller procedural about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden has begun its assault on the North American box office in earnest.
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Blancanieves, Fill The Void among PSIFF winners
The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival comes to a close on Monday and festival top brass unveiled the award winners at the traditional brunch on Sunday [13].