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NewsVisit Films announces slew of sales in run-up to AFM
New York-based sales company Visit Films has closed a number of deals ahead of next week’s AFM in Santa Monica.
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NewsNIAF honours producer Aurelio De Laurentiis
Italian producer and president of Napoli football club Aurelio De Laurentiis was honoured by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) at its 35th awards gala in Washington DC on October 23.
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Unified falls for teen comedy Cherry ahead of AFM
Los Angeles-based production, financing and international sales company Unified Pictures will arrive at next month’s AFM with the teen comedy Cherry.
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NewsParanormal Activity 2 rules international on $22.2m launch
Paranormal Activity 2 dominated the overseas arena as the opening wave of releases through Paramount / PPI produced $22.2m according to revised figures issued on Monday [25], knocking Universal’s Despicable Me off its perch. Universal chiefs won’t mind too much as they revealed the company’s combined overseas box office was ...
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NewsParanormal 2 inspires $42m in US box office activity
A superb $42m debut saw Paranormal Activity 2 soar to the top of the charts as Jackass 3-D secured second place to set up a one-two finish for Paramount.
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Mazursky in line for LAFCA career honour
Paul Mazursky will receive Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s (LAFCA) Career Achievement Award “for his collective work and contributions to film”, the body announced last night [24].
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Paradox lines up motion comic Conan prequel
Paradox Entertainment and Double Barrel Motion Labs are producing Conan: The Savage Tales, a prequel to the upcoming Conan film that will take the form of a motion comic.
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NewsSpielberg to shoot Robopocalypse in January 2012
Steven Spielberg will commence principal photography on the sci-fi tale in January 2012 in what is expected to become another tentpole for the reconstituted DreamWorks Studios.
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NewsFirst Beautiful Thing to open Cinema Italian Style in LA
Italy’s Academy Awards submission The First Beautiful Thing (La Prima Cosa Bella) will open the Cinema Italian Style 2010 showcase in Los Angeles on Nov 9.
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NewsParanormal Activity 2 ushers in early Halloween overseas
Paramount unleashes the much anticipated Paranormal Activity 2 through PPI in around 20 territories over the next several days.
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NewsMiller, Heller on way up at SPHE international unit
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) senior vice-president of international T Paul Miller will oversee the company’s operating territories in the Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions as well as select emerging markets.
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Palisades Tartan to release Italy's The First Beautiful Thing in US
The distributor has taken North American rights from IntraMovies to Italy’s foreign language Oscar submission, The First Beautiful Thing (La Prima Cosa Bella).
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New York trio launch publicity, marketing and creative agency Brigade
Digital marketing executive Tom Cunha, publicist Adam Kersh and social media strategist Jean McDowell have launched the publicity, digital marketing and creative agency Brigade.
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NewsNew Line casts doubt over NZ location for Hobbit
The issue over where and when The Hobbit will shoot looks likely to drag on given the studio’s announcement today.
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NewsWarner Bros to decide on Hobbit location
Uncertainty continues to hover over the saga of The Hobbit despite a move by SAG to defuse a tense situation that has been mounting between the unions and the film’s producers.
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NewsFilm Bridge to tempt AFM buyers with Lives Of The Saints ensemble
Meg Ryan, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, John Lithgow, Joe Anderson and Kat Dennings will star in BCDF Pictures’ ensemble drama Lives Of The Saints.
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NewsBusy Magnet acquires US rights to Black Death
Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights from HanWay Films to Christopher Smith’s medieval thriller Black Death starring Sean Bean.
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NewsUS-China summit set for Los Angeles on eve of AFM
A special Chinese delegation will explore opportunities with Hollywood professionals at a US-China Film Summit on November 2 in Los Angeles, one day before the AFM kicks off across town in Santa Monica.
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FeaturesThe starting post
A host of titles are jostling for position in the awards race as Venice and Toronto kick off. Jeremy Kay assesses the credentials of the leading contenders.
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NewsMagnet drawn to Vanishing On 7th Street
Magnet Releasing has announced its second acquisition this week, taking US rights from Cinetic to Brad Anderson’s recent Toronto world premiere Vanishing On 7th Street.