All Screen articles in 17 October 2013 – Page 2
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Legendary lures Crane to Hot Wheels
Renowned second unit director Simon Crane will direct Legendary Pictures’ Mattel adaptation Hot Wheels from a screenplay by Paul Attanasio.
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NewsCole to direct Daylight Robbery
EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive Media producing with James Gay-Rees; marks start of Exclusive’s new focus on UK non-genre productions.
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NewsCanal+ Canada to take on Netflix
French pay-TV group Canal Plus is set to launch French-language SVOD and VOD services in Canada in November via Paris-based video-sharing platform DailyMotion, the companies announced in a joint statement.
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NewsTWC close to Macbeth deal
The Weinstein Company is understood to be about to close a domestic deal on the Shakespeare adaptation that will star Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.
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NewsOpen Road, Searchlight set key releases
Open Road Films in association with SB Films and Dolphin Films will release the Justin Bieber concert documentary Believe nationwide on December 25. Separately, Fox Searchlight will release The Grand Budapest Hotel on March 7, 2014.
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NewsContent sells Pact 2 to IFC
Content has announced that IFC Midnight has picked up US theatrical rights to The Pact 2, a candidate for Park City At Midnight in Sundance 2014 given that the first film premiered there in 2012.
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NYFCC set Dec 3 vote
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) hierarchy has announced it will stage its vote for the 2013 awards season on December 3.
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NewsLionsgate home ent promotes Ceylan
Akin Ceylan has been promoted to COO of Lionsgate Home Entertainment Group.
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NewsFilmNation boards Selick's Grimm
FilmNation has come on co-produce and handles sales on the live-action feature A Tale Dark & Grimm to be directed by Henry Selick.
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News'Gatsby' wins Box Office award
Other awards handed to Mt Zion, The Hobbit, Intouchables and Skyfall.
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NewsFilmmakers to oversee Creative England funding schemes
New funds aimed at helping regional filmmakers and production companies across England have been launched this week by Creative England.
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NewsSPC's Barker delivers PFM keynote
The beleaguered community of film critics has received strong support from an influential source in the shape of Sony Pictures Classics Co-President and Co-Founder Michael Barker.
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NewsBFI launches international strategy
The British Film Institute (BFI) has unveiled its new international strategy.
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NewsXbox orders first unscripted series
Microsoft has commissioned a football-themed series as the first unscripted series to stream via its Xbox games console.
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NewsCamerimage to honour John Turturro
Cinematography festival will also honour Avatar production designer Rick Carter and documentary cinematographer Joan Churchill.
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NewsSoulmate sales to begin at AFM
Supernatural thriller, presented by Neil Marshall, marks the directorial debut of actress Axelle Carolyn.
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NewsIreland boosts tax incentive
The Irish government has amended its tax incentive for the film, TV and animation industries so that non-EU talent is now included as eligible expenditure.
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NewsEvent Cinema on growth curve
Event Cinema (formerly known as alternative content) could account for 3% of the worldwide box office by 2017, according to experts at an all day networking event dedicated to the sector.
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NewsFinecut scores Asian Film Market sales
South Korean sales company Finecut has announced a raft of Asian Film Market deals led by Kim Ki-duk’s controversial Moebius.