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Reliance MediaWorks adds Today's Special to the menu
Reliance MediaWorks has picked up US rights to New York-based Inimitable Pictures’ first US production Today’s Special.
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Production wraps on Atlas Shrugged - Part One
Production has wrapped on Strike Productions’ Atlas Shrugged – Part One based on Ayn Rand’s rousing 1957 novel about the collapse of American society after leading thinkers and creators go on strike.
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Icahn sues Lionsgate over debt-to-equity swap
Carl Icahn, the man who would be king of Lionsgate, is suing the studio over its move last week to convert $100m of debt into equity.
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NewsSucker Punch, Avengers, Other Guys captivate Comic-Con
The studios rolled out their big guns at Comic-Con over the weekend as panels from Warner Bros, Marvel Studios and Universal stirred up the crowd.
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NewsInception dreams on with $44m hold as Salt spices up charts
Inception’s estimated $43.5m number one hold in North America saw the sci-fi thriller race towards the $150m mark after barely two weeks in play.
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NewsToy Story 3 trumps Inception with $62m overseas weekend
An estimated $62m weekend haul propelled Toy Story 3 to $351m overseas and while it is stretching it to say the animation’s prospects could reach infinity and beyond, at this pace a long and prosperous life looks guaranteed.
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Watchmen producer pounces on film rights to comic book The Untamed
Watchmen and Hellboy producer Lloyd Levin has acquired film rights to Stranger Comics’ The Untamed ahead of the comic’s publication.
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Quartet to adapt Will Eisner's graphic novel A Contract With God
Alex Rivera, Tze Chun, Barry Jenkins and Sean Baker are to direct the late Will Eisner’s graphic novel A Contract With God.
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NewsRelativity achieves studio goal following Overture deal
Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media has effectively become a studio overnight following a deal to acquire the distribution and marketing operations of Overture Films.
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NewsDel Toro thrills Comic-Con with Haunted Mansion announcement
Guillermo del Toro is developing a 3D feature for Disney based on the amusement park ride The Haunted Mansion – one of the first films under the Rich Ross regime.
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NewsBernal, Furstenberg start shooting thriller The Loneliest Planet
Gael Garcia Bernal and Hani Furstenberg have been cast as the leads in Julia Loktev’s thriller The Loneliest Planet, which is set to commence principal photography in the republic of Georgia on July 26.
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NewsAdrian Grenier's producing partner launches Bert Marcus Productions
Adrian Grenier’s producing partner Bert Marcus has launched Bert Marcus Productions, the company behind the upcoming documentary Teenage Paparazzo, and announced its next few projects.
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Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn join cast of My Idiot Brother
Anthony Bregman of Likely Story and Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub of Big Beach have hired Hugh Dancy and Kathryn Hahn to join the comedy My Idiot Brother.
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NewsSummit sets release dates for Fair Game, The Darkest Hour
Summit Entertainment has scheduled the true-life spy drama Fair Game for a November 5 launch in North America.
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IMAX, Guangzhou Jinyi agree to build further four theatres in China
IMAX Corporation has expanded its footprint in China by signing an agreement with Guangzhou Jinyi Film & Television Group to open eight IMAX theatres.
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BAFTA/LA, Warner Bros team up with Los Angeles for screening series
BAFTA/LA, Warner Bros and Warner Home Video are launching a free outdoor summer screening series in Los Angeles.
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Film Bridge International to handle sales on Winnie biopic
Ellen Wander’s Film Bridge International has picked up international sales rights to Ironwood Films’ Winnie Mandela biopic Winnie starring Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard.
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NewsLionsgate, Icahn renew hostilities as truce expires
In two dramatic twists in the ongoing tale of Lionsgate, Carl Icahn returned from the truce period between the parties with a $6.50 tender offer for common stock shortly before the studio announced last night [20] it had swapped $100m in debt for stock.
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NewsFIP hires Shebnem Askin-Schreger as sales activity grows
Fox International Productions (FIP) is expanding its sales activity and has hired Shebnem Askin-Schreger formerly of Cinetic International and 2929 International as senior vice-president of sales and production finance.
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Andy Tennant to direct Heigl romance Adaline for Lakeshore, Kimmel
Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment have hired Andy Tennant to direct the epic romance Adaline starring Katherine Heigl.