All Screen articles in 30 Sept 2010 – Page 6
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Lucas to give Star Wars franchise the 3D treatment
George Lucas is going ahead with his plan to retrofit all six Star Wars films in 3D and has earmarked a 2012 launch.
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This Is That closes New York offices, will continue in spirit
The New York independent film scene is losing a familiar name but not the people behind it as Ted Hope, Anne Carey and Diana Victor call it a day on their production company This Is That.
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Voltage expects surge of interest on thriller Escapee
Production has started on the psychological thriller Escapee from Hollywood Media Bridge and Tall Tales Entertainment in association with Voltage Pictures and Nantucket Productions.
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Hollywood Film Awards to fete Bening, Duvall
Annette Bening and Robert Duvall will receive the Hollywood Film Festival’s best actress and actor awards at the gala night in Beverly Hills on October 25.
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Indomina takes North America on Griff The Invisible
Fledgling distributor Indomina Releasing continues to build its slate and has acquired all North American rights from Fortissimo to Griff The Invisible.
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Longtime Tarantino editor Sally Menke found dead
Sally Menke, the friend and collaborator of Quentin Tarantino who edited all his films, was found dead on a hiking trail in Los Angeles early on Tuesday morning [27]. She was 56.
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Film Sales Company takes worldwide rights to Mooz-lum
The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has acquired worldwide sales rights to Qasim Basir’s feature directorial debut Mooz-lum.
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Favorite Film Pitch contest returns to AFM 2010
The People’s Choice Awards (PCA) and AFM are teaming up again to host the second annual Favorite Film Pitch contest during the AFM that runs from November 3-10 in Santa Monica.
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The Other Guys holds firm at UK box office
The Other Guys held firm over the Sept 24-26 weekend despite close competition from three openers.
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Toronto 2010 slideshow
The stars align at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. All photos by Tim Leyes.
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Phase 4 claims industry's first 3D VOD release
Phase 4 Films will launch what it claims to be the first stereoscopic 3D VOD release this week [October 1].
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Swedish director Lukasiak heads to Hollywood
Her second untitled feature will be produced by Noah Wyle and James C Katz.
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Hong Kong’s OSGH invests in Legendary Pictures
Hong Kong’s Orange Sky Golden Harvest (OSGH) is forging a partnership with LA-based Legendary Pictures to work on film and media ventures in mainland China.
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Hong Kong, China announce foreign-language Oscar submissions
Hong Kong has selected Alex Law’s Echoes Of The Rainbow, while China has picked Feng Xiaogang’s box office hit Aftershock.
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Studios ponder NZ exit as Hobbit union row heats up
New Line, Warner Bros and MGM raised the possibility last night [27] that they may take production on the two upcoming Hobbit features away from New Zealand unless an escalating confrontation with regional unions is resolved.
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Biutiful to fly flag for Mexico in Oscar race
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful will represent Mexico in this year’s foreign language Academy Awards race.
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Winter's Bone among US films bound for inaugural AFF in Poland
The American Film Festival (AFF), the first film event in Eastern Europe devoted to American cinema, has announced the 19 American Independent features that will compete in Wroclaw, Poland, for the $10,000 audience award and chance of Eastern European distribution.
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EuropaCorp strikes deal with Universum for German-speaking Europe
EuropaCorp has entered into an agreement with Germany’s Universum Film which will give the latter all media rights to the French studio’s next 23 productions.
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Animation spotlight among Hamptons special events roster
The Hamptons International Film Festival has announced its special programmes for the 2010 edition.
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First Run acquires Phil Ochs documentary
First Run Features has picked up Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune, a documentary from Michael Cohl’s S2BN Entertainment.