All Screen articles in 26 July 2012 – Page 2
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NewsPhilip Seymour Hoffman cast in Catching Fire
The Oscar winner will play Plutarch Heavensbee, the enigmatic Head Gamemaker in the remaining episodes of Lionsgate’s dystopian young adult franchise The Hunger Games.
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NewsSPWA gets into Agatha Christie business with Crooked House
Neil LaBute will direct from a screenplay he co-authored with Julian Fellowes (pictured) and Tim Rose Price. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired all North America and select territories from Ealing Metro International.
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NewsBekmambetov options UK action script
EXCLUSIVE: UK writer-director Faisal A Qureshi wins $10,000 pitching prize at third Astana International Action Film Festival in Kazakhstan.
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NewsCBS Films snaps up feature rights to Deus Ex
Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh are attached to produce the adaptation of the smash video game with John P Middleton on board as executive producer.
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NewsLuke Snellin to direct teen musical feature The Wanderers
Bill Milner is atttached to star, with Blur’s Graham Coxon and Ash’s Tim Wheeler onboard to write music for the debut feature of former Screen Star of Tomorrow Luke Snellin.
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NewsNBCUniversal Films signs online distribution deal with China’s Youku
The multi year agreement is for video on demand rights to current and library titles.
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NewsMiramax inks first Russian SVOD deal
Miramax has inked a multi-year deal with Russian SVOD service Stream LLC for titles inlcuding Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction and The English Patient.
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Legendary Entertainment finalises Nerdist buy
Nerdist Industries is a multi-platform genre and popular content content generator whose pipeline includes a website, YouTube channel, iTunes podcast and BBC America show.
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NewsLipSync appoints Ben Shepherd head of 3D/VFX supervisor
UK VFX specialists LipSync have appointed Ben Shepherd as its new head of 3D/visual Effects Supervisor.
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NewsStuart Murdoch’s God Help The Girl starts shoot in Glasgow
Belle and Sebastian frontman’s directorial debut underway in Glasgow, Emily Browning joins cast with Hannah Murray and Olly Alexander, Metrodome handles UK.
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NewsHaneke co-producers reunite for Wolfgang Becker's latest feature
The adaptation of Daniel Kehlmann’s bestseller Ich & Kaminski will be Wolfgang Becker’s first feature since Good Bye, Lenin!, which he made ten years ago.
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Distribution round-up: Drafthouse strikes digital pact with Distrify
The deal connects consumers with content creators in a communal VoD platform and kicks off on Jul 27 with the comedy Klown, about an ill-fated Danish canoe trip.
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Sundance Institute awards $490,000 in tenth anniversary year
Twenty-seven documentaries have received the grants through the Institute’s documentary film programme.
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Alexis Alexanian voted as NYWFT president
The New York Women in Film & Television have elected Alexis Alexanian to serve as president and voted in five new board members.
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JK Simmons among wave of new cast on jOBS
Kevin Dunn, Elden Henson, Lenny Jacobson, Giles Matthey, Ahna O’Reilly and Victor Rasuk have also joined the biopic. Shooting is underway in the Los Angeles area.
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CommentGold Medal for Coach Carter
Team GB has chosen Coach Carter as its favourite sports movie of all time, whilst Chariots Of Fire came out top amongst facebook users.