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Outdoor screening of Cameron Crowe’s The Union to open Tribeca
The documentary follows Elton John as he collaborates on an album with his early-career idol Leon Russell.
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NewsDiane Lane to play Superman's mother for Warner Bros
Diane Lane has joined Zack Snyder’s Superman project and will play the hero’s mother Martha Kent.
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Japanese pay-TV service Wowow establishes LA hub
Japanese pay-TV company Wowow Inc has set up an office in Century City, Los Angeles, as it sources content for three new HD channels set to launch in October.
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Weinsteins takes US rights to Exclusive's So Undercover
US distributors were circling the Miley Cyrus action comedy in Berlin where Exclusive Films International closed multiple territories.
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Film Movement acquires US rights to Vera’s Karen Cries On The Bus
The company’s third acquisition of a Colombian film in two years follows will open in New York this summer followed by nationwide release and day-and-date VOD launch.
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NewsNewly launched Omni/FSR to release Dylan Dog in US in April
Australia and New Zealand-based Omnilab Media announced today [Mar 1] that Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night will open wide in the US through the newly launched Omni/FSR label on Apr 29.
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NewsAlliance Films, Miramax renew distribution partnership
The extended long-standing relationship covers new titles and a library that includes Pulp Fiction, ShakespeareIn Love, No Country For Old Men (pictured) and Chicago.
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NewsFormer Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd to lead MPAA
The new head of the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) is former Democratic Senator Christopher J Dodd.
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Maui 2011 festival to run from Jun 15-19
The 12th Annual Maui Film Festival will run from Jun 15-19 at the Wailea Resort.
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Summit casts Hoult in zombie tale Warm Bodies
Nicholas Hoult will star for Summit Entertainment in the story of an angst-ridden zombie who forms a friendship with the girlfriend of one of his victims.
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FeaturesLA celebrates British Oscar nominees
The King’s Speech Academy Award winning director Tom Hooper, Oscar winning producer Iain Canning and nominee Helena Bonham Carter attended an event in Los Angeles to celebrate British Oscar nominees last week.
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NewsWME to represent life rights of celebrated Chilean miners
WME will represent of the official life rights of the 33 Chilean miners who famously survived 69 days trapped 2,000 feet below ground following a cave collapse.
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NewsTribeca Film to double distribution slate
The fledgling distributor has committed to release 26 films over the next year, more than two times the number of titles released in 2010.
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NewsUniversal to release StudioCanal's Tinker Tailor in US
StudioCanal confirmed [Feb 27] it had struck a deal with Universal to release the Working Title production Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in the US.
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Omnilab prepares Australia shoot on Tomorrow 2
The producer-financier has tentatively lined up a September start in the Australian state of New South Wales on the follow-up to its box office hit Tomorrow When The War Began.
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Oscar nominated shorts win at Shorts International event
Shorts International presented its first ever Shorts Awards in Los Angeles last week.
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NewsInDigEnt founder Gary Winick dies aged 49
The champion of independent cinema who made several forays into mainstream Hollywood died from brain cancer on Feb 27. He was 49.
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NewsBlack Swan leads overseas pack on $17m weekend haul
Fox International’s Black Swan once again held on to the overseas crown – but only just – thanks to a confirmed $17.5m weekend haul from 3,950 screens in 45 markets.
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NewsHall Pass rises to the top in North America on $13.5m
New Line’s comedy Hall Pass starring Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis opened top in the US through Warner Bros according to official studio figures released on Monday [28]. The Farrelly Brothers comedy grossed $13.5m.
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NewsOscars: The King's Speech edges out The Social Network
By the time Steven Spielberg took to the stage to announce the best picture winner as the crowning moment of a largely predictable 83rd Academy Awards, The King’s Speech and The Social Network were neck-and-neck on three wins apiece.