All Screen articles in January 13 2017 – Page 2
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NewsWestEnd Films appoints head of acquisitions and development
Former Studiocanal and See Pictures exec Sophie Green has joined the UK sales outfit.
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NewsUS Briefs: Gugu Mbatha-Raw to star in 'Fast Color'
LD Entertainment’s Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon are joining forces with Original Headquarters’ Jordan Horowitz on the original thriller.
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FeaturesVilleneuve, producers on the making of $50m sci-fi 'Arrival'
How did a hot indie director and a producer of broad Hollywood comedies come together to make the cerebral sci-fi hit Arrival? Director Villeneuve and the film’s lead producers talk to Tom Grater.
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NewsLucasfilm will not digitally recreate Princess Leia
Star Wars franchise producer and Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy and her cohorts have settled the debate over whether the character will be prolonged beyond this year’s December release of Episode VIII.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to handle sales on 'The Promise'
Nick Meyer and his team have boarded Terry George’s drama starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon and Christian Bale.
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NewsChelsea Barnard to head film at Annapurna Pictures
Founder and CEO Megan Ellison announced on Thursday that she has promoted Barnard to president of film.
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NewsUS Briefs: Melissa Wohl to head FilmRise sales
Wohl most recently served as senior vice-president of worldwide distribution at Content Media and will spearhead sales on 16-24 new theatrical titles this year and digital releases.
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NewsCristal Pictures ramps up production team
Nick D’Angelo, who most recently served as vice-president of production at Fox 2000, has joined the Los Angeles-based film finance and production company.
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NewsNickel City closes investment, hires Mark Fasano
The Los Angeles and New York-based production company, Nickel City Pictures has brought on the former PalmStar Media executive as partner and president of production.
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News'Lion' in surprise DGA 2017 nod
The Birth Of A Nation director Nate Parker and Deadpool helmer Tim Miller on first-time directors list.
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NewsNumber of women directors fell in 2016, study finds
There was a drop in the number of women working on high profile Hollywood films, despite ongoing diversity debate.
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NewsBerlinale Co-Production Market selects 36 projects for 2017 edition
A pool of 550 producers, sales agents and financiers will attend this year’s event.
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NewsProduction starts on 'Funny Cow' starring Maxine Peake and Paddy Considine
Filming under way on Entertainment One’s 1970s-set comedy drama.
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NewsAndre Rieu, Picturehouse, NT Live among 2017 Event Cinema Association award nominees
The ECA has also crowned its 2015-16 box office award winners.
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NewsDutch comedy, Brazilian drama score sales deals
EXCLUSIVE: M-Appeal snaps up Rotterdam-bound comedy-drama and Ventana Sur hit.
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FeaturesSundance 2017 preview: climate change to the fore
The festival will host the premiere of Al Gore’s new climate change doc, with the environment one of the key themes this year.
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NewsLondon-based law firm Wiggin bolsters film & TV team
Chris Hanson and Gráinne McKenna have both been made partners at the company.
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News'Carol' producer Christine Vachon to talk at Glasgow Film Festival
BBC, BFI, Film4, Creative Scotland execs to speak on panel discussion about the future of Scottish film industry.
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NewsHammer Films, Motion Picture Capital team for movie fund
The Hammer Films EIS Fund will back film and TV projects.