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NewsLionsgate takes God’s Not Dead
The studio has entered into an agreement with Pure Flix Entertainment for the US home entertainment rights to the faith-based spring hit.
NewsJim Belushi joins The Whole Truth
Jim Belushi will join Keanu Reeves and Renée Zellweger on the cast of Courtney Hunt’s The Whole Truth, which has begun production this week in New Orleans. FilmNation handles international sales.
FeaturesMartin Provost, Violette
Martin Provost’s French period drama Violette relates the story of author Violette Leduc and her relationship with Simone de Beauvoir. It stars Emmanuelle Devos and Sandrine Kiberlain and has just opened in Los Angeles ahead of a national roll-out.
NewsEurocinema On Demand launches on Mediacom
North American VOD channel Eurocinema is now available on Mediacom Communications.
FeaturesRania Attieh and Daniel Garcia, Recommended By Enrique
The neo-noir premieres at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 13 and plays again on June 17 and tells of a young actress and an aging cowboy in a small Texan town on the Mexican border. Emmanuelle Charlier saddles up.
CommentWriting lecturer offers ebook courses
Jennine Lanouette is revolutionising the way the art of screenwriting is taught, as Emmanuelle Charlier discovers.
NewsPeter Bogdanovich to direct Tycoon
Cohen Media Group has tapped Oscar-nominated director Peter Bogdanovich to direct its television miniseries adaptation of Edward Ball’s The Inventor And The Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder And The Birth Of Moving Pictures.
NewsOutfest 2014 unveils line-up
The 2014 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival has announced its complete programming line-up for the event, set to run from July 10-20.
NewsIndiecan unveils Indiegogo projects
Indiecan Entertainment in partnership with Indiegogo has announced the launch of the Indiegogo campaigns for this year’s INDIECAN10K feature film projects.
NewsShortFest unveils first titles
First 10 films selected will play on the festival’s website ahead of online voting, which takes place from June 10-21.
NewsFandor to Reinvent Hollywood
Streaming service teams up with Reinventors for a six-part interactive web series.
NewsLittle Hope finds distribution
Slamdance documentary Little Hope Was Arson will be distributed by PBS series Independent Lens in conjunction with film and music distributor The Orchard, the film’s producers announced (13).
FeaturesTakashi Murakami, Jellyfish Eyes
Renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami talks to Emmanuelle Charlier about his feature directorial debut, a two-part tale about a fatherless youngster in a post-Fukushima world who relocates with this mother to the countryside where he discovers a strange creature.
NewsRefn, Anderson join AGFA
The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) announced (24) the addition of filmmakers Nicolas Winding Refn and Paul Thomas Anderson to its advisory board.
NewsSundance chooses Theatre Lab fellows
The Sundance Institute has selected nine projects to participate in its 2014 Theatre Lab that runs from July 7-27 at the Sundance Resort in Utah.
NewsAlloy readies Sisterhood Everlasting
Alloy Entertainment is developing Sisterhood Everlasting, the third film from its Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants series.
NewsNXNE expands to include film
Toronto’s North By Northeast (NXNE) is expanding its film festival programing beyond music-themed movies to include films of all genres.
NewsBANFF honour for Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler will be the recipient of the 2014 Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) Award Of Excellence.
NewsFalco Ink promotes Michelle DiMartino
New York-based entertainment PR firm Falco Ink has promoted Michelle DiMartino to account executive.
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Eunice Shin joins Manatt Digital Media
Manatt Digital Media announced (April 2) it has hired consultant and business strategist Eunice Shin as director.