All Screen articles in August 22 2014 – Page 2
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NewsDragon 2 bids to retain title
DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 finished top of the pile last session thanks to a sterling debut in China that delivered a little over $26m.
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NewsSundance Institute names New Frontier co-heads
Sundance Institute executives have named Shari Frilot and Kamal Sinclair co-directors of New Frontier in a bid to deepen the organisation’s commitment to the programme.
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NewsSean Astin, daughter sign for Bad Kids 2
In a week of stars committing to projects with their daughters, Sean Astin and Ali Astin have signed on to star in the comedy-horror sequel Bad Kids Go 2 Hell.
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NewsMiramax secures $250m re-finance
Chairman Thomas J Barrack Jr said the movie reflected “stability and maturity” as top brass seek to grow the development and production business.
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NewsParamount takes select home ent on Boyhood
Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) has acquired select US home entertainment rights to the acclaimed film.
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NewsShane Black joins Sony’s The Destroyer
The Iron Man 3 director is on board the adaptation of the novels about a former police officer who gets signed up to a secret government arm.
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NewseOne picks up Take Care
eOne Films has acquired North American rights to the SXSW rom-com and plans a late 2014 theatrical release.
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NewsA24, DIRECTV swoop on Cut Bank
EXCLUSIVE: The edgy distributor has struck a deal with the producers in conjunction with eOne Films International to take Matt Shakman’s contemporary thriller off the table heading into Toronto.
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NewsLD Entertainment’s Clavius cast bulks up
Peter Firth, Spain’s Leonor Watling, Antonio Gil and Maria Botto and New Zealand’s Cliff Curtis have joined LD Entertainment’s Biblical thriller.
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NewsSarajevo: co-production challenges debated
The first of Sarajevo’s Industry Days featured a discussion on the challenges of international co-production.
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NewsStrategic Partners sets panels
Atlantic Film Festival market Strategic Partners top brass have announced the panels for the event, set to run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from September 11-14.
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NewsC4 orders series from Spielberg writer
Political thriller from Matt Charman, writer of Spielberg’s next film.
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NewsDogwoof falls for Longinotto’s Love
Dogwoof has picked up world sales rights to Kim Longinotto’s Sheffield doc Love is All.
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NewsUK pirate gets 33-month sentence
Sentence passed on a man who recorded Fast and Furious 6 at a UK cinema and sold copies to the public.
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NewsAFI DWW to expand beyond shorts
The AFI Directing Workshop for Women (AFI DWW) is to launch an episodic programme.
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NewsStudioCanal readies Toronto slate
French powerhouse’s slate includes Zac Efron, Ralph Fiennes and Tom Hardy projects.
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NewsFalklands film gets LFF Archive Gala
A new restoration of British silent film The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) has been selected as the London Film Festival Archive gala screening.
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NewsAsgar Farhadi to head Busan jury
The Oscar-winning director of A Seperation will oversee jury members including Bong Joon Ho.
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