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My Idiot Brother
Paul Rudd stars alongside Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel in this recently wrapped ensemble comedy written and directed by Jesse Peretz.
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Production underway on Keanu Reeves drama Generation Um...
Principal photography is scheduled to start in New York today [9] on Company Films’ Generation Um… starring Keanu Reeves, which Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures is introducing to buyers in Toronto.
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Universal aims high with Dark Tower adaptations
Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment is teaming up with Ron Howard to adapt Stephen King’s venerated fantasy saga The Dark Tower.
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Lionsgate urges shareholds to reject latest Icahn bid
The latest round in the battle for Lionsgate took an expected turn as the company’s board rallied against Carl Icahn’s recently modified hostile takeover.
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Oscilloscope takes North America for Franco's Saturday Night
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to James Franco’s directorial debut, Saturday Night.
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Spyglass' Birnbaum, Barber proceed with plan to run MGM, reports say
Spyglass co-founders Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber are reportedly moving closer in their quest to run beleaguered MGM.
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Sundance Institute, Gates Foundation plan doc shorts initiative
Sundance Institute and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are teaming up on a documentary shorts initiative related to global health, poverty and education.
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Imax Corporation signs deal with CFG for two more installations
Imax Corporation and China Film Group Corporation (CFG) have agreed to expand their partnership with two new systems.
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IFTA names 30 most significant independent films of past 30 years
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has selected what it regards as the 30 most significant independent films to commemorate its 30th anniversary.
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Lorber takes US rights to Le Quattro Volte
Lorber Films has acquired all US rights to Toronto-bound Le Quattro Volte from Italian director Michelangelo Frammartino (The Gift).
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Fubar II among trio of new TIFF sales titles for Celluloid Nightmares
Celluloid Nightmares has picked up rights to three titles heading into Toronto, including Midnight Madness opener Fubar II.
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Pohlad winds down Apparition, seeks new home for Tree Of Life
Apparition is winding down 13 months after its official launch as owner Bill Pohlad laid off the final 11 employees in the Los Angeles and New York offices today [7].
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Fox Home Entertainment, Thirteen acquire Scorsese's A Letter To Elia
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Thirteen’s American Masters series have acquired Martin Scorsese’s documentary A Letter To Elia following its world premiere in Venice.
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Spanish shoot starts on Cold Light arring Willis, Weaver
Production is underway in Valencia and Madrid on Summit Entertainment, Intrepid Pictures and Galavis Film’s action thriller The Cold Light Of Day starring Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver.
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NYFCC set annual annual awards vote for December 13
Members of the New York Film Critics Circle will vote for their annual awards on December 13.
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Cinemavault licenses RWWM to Image in US, Telepool in Germany
Image Entertainment has taken US rights from Toronto-based Cinemavault to Julius Kemp’s horror tale ReykjavikWhale Watching Massacre.
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Shrek Forever After is overseas king for DreamWorks Animation
Shrek Forever After has become the highest grossing DreamWorks Animation film of all time at the international box office.
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D Films signs alternative content deal with Emerging Pictures
Canada’s D Films has signed an exclusive long-term output deal with New York-based Emerging Pictures to distribute alternative programming.
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The American hits Labor Day target for Focus on $16.4m
Summer ended with a whimper as Focus Features’ assassin drama The American starring George Clooney opened top on an estimated $16.4m over the four-day Labor Day holiday weekend, rising to $19.5m since Wednesday’s [Sept 1] release.
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The American leads the way on $13m as summer fizzles out
Summer ended with a whimper as Focus Features’ assassin drama The American starring George Clooney opened top on an estimated $12.9m over three days, rising to $16.1m since Wednesday’s [Sept 1] release.