All Companies articles – Page 12
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NewsLionsgate, Oprah Winfrey, Chris Rock board Black Friend
Lionsgate and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films will develop the Chris Rock vehicle Will You Be My Black Friend?
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NewsSPC takes North and Latin American rights to Tolstoy drama The Last Station
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has picked up North America and Latin American rights to Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy and Paul Giamatti.
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NewsDick Cook steps down as Disney chairman
In a shock announcement buried late on Friday evening [18], Dick Cook said he was stepping down as chairman of Disney, effective immediately.
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NewsNathalie Bloch Laine lands at EuropaCorp as producer
Former Canal Plus executive Nathalie Bloch Laine has joined Luc Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam’s EuropaCorp. as a producer, the company announced on Monday.
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NewsSearchlight promotes Hooper, Allen and DeLoach to key executive roles
Michelle Hooper and Stephanie Allen have been promoted to executive vice-presidents of marketing and Sheila DeLoach to executive vice president of distribution at Fox Searchlight, effective immediately.Allen and Hooper will jointly manage all aspects of marketing while DeLoach will manage all aspects of distribution. The trio reports directly to studio ...
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Brooke Shields joins Brendan Fraser on Furry Vengeance
Brooke Shields and Dick Van Dyke have joined Brendan Fraser in Summit Entertainment and Participant Media’s family comedy Furry Vengeance.
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Sony hires Raja Gosnell to direct The Smurfs
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have hired Raja Gosnell to direct the live-action and animated Smurfs feature.
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NewsTransformers 2 becomes second fastest North American release to reach $300m
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen has became the second fastest film in history to reach $300m at the North American box office.
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NewsBarry Johnson named Searchlight vp national publicity
Barry Dale Johnson has joined Fox Searchlight effective July 23 as vice-president of national publicity and will relocate to New York.
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NewsDisneynature takes OceanWorld 3D for North America, Mexico
Disneynature has acquired North American and Mexican rights to 3D Entertainment’s OceanWorld 3D, the first feature-length nature documentary filmed in 3D.
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NewsTakeshi Harada named MD of Geneon Universal Entertainment
Takeshi Harada has been appointed managing director of Geneon Universal Entertainment (GUE) in Japan, assuming control from interim managing director Taichi Fukuda.
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Image, Universal Music Group sign distribution deal
Image Entertainment has signed a five-year deal with Universal Music Group to distribute music and music-related urban programming in Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.