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Au Revoir Taipei to open LA Asian Pacific Film Festival
Arvin Chen’s debut feature Au Revoir Taipei and Hong Kong’s box office hit Bodyguards And Assassins starring Tony Leung and Donnie Yen bookend the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
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La Mission secures domestic launch through Screen Media, GCD
Screen Media has acquired all North American DVD, TV and digital rights to Peter Bratt’s La Mission starring Benjamin Bratt.
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NewsCasting complete on Likely Story, Olympus Pictures' The Oranges
Anthony Bregman of Likely Story and Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech of Olympus Pictures have completed casting on their dark comedy The Oranges, drawn from the 2008 Black List of most promising unproduced projects.Film Nation holds international rights and CAA is representing North America on the project, which stars Hugh ...
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NewsTitans slays Dragon, Alice with $45m overseas launch
Clash Of The Titans prevailed overseas to slay PPI’s dragon and reigning champion Alice In Wonderland thanks to an estimated $45m initial launch through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).
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Redick, Beaudoin in place as Tower Hill steps up operations
US-based Tower Hill Entertainment is stepping up operations and has placed Shaun Redick in charge of feature packaging and announced the hire of finance expert and former attorney Tony Beaudoin.
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Shoreline takes foreign sales rights to Sundance premiere Homewrecker
Los Angeles-based Shoreline Entertainment has signed on to handle international sales on Todd and Brad Barnes’s romantic comedy Homewrecker.
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Amber Heard to receive first Dallas Shining Star Award
Amber Heard will receive the inaugural Dallas International Film Festival’s Shining Star Award.
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NewsMagnolia boards Freakonomics ahead of Tribeca world premiere
Magnolia Pictures has swooped on all North American rights to Freakonomics ahead of the documentary’s world premiere at Tribeca later this month.
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Mandalay Vision names Hardy Justice svp development and production
Mandalay Vision has expanded its New York office and hired Hardy Justice as senior vice-president of development and production.
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Sundance Selects takes worldwide rights to Convention
Sundance Selects has taken worldwide rights to AJ Schnack’s documentary Convention and will release theatrically in select cities in June following a nationwide VOD roll-out on May 12.
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Reliance acquires 50% stake in UK games developer Codemasters
Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired a 50% stake in British video game developer and publisher Codemasters.
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I Killed My Mother, La Mission bookend Miami GLFF
The ten-day 12th Annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (MGLFF) will open with Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother and close with La Mission starring Benjamin Bratt.The festival will screen more than 80 feature and short films from 17 countries, such as Bear Nation, The People I’ve Slept With, ...
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Transmedia, eco-film-making on the agenda at Produced By Conference
Brand integration, green productions and transmedia storytelling will be among the talking points at the Producers Guild Of America’s second annual Produced By Conference in Los Angeles in June.
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NewsUS distributor Arthouse dives in to Waste Land
Arthouse Films has acquired all US rights to Lucy Walker’s Sundance and Berlinale audience award winner Waste Land.
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O-Scope goes Bananas*! for investigative documentary
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Frederick Gertten’s courtroom documentary, Bananas!*
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FeaturesPhil Hay and Matt Manfredi, screenwriters, Clash Of The Titans
The writing team behind Clash Of The Titans talk about how their childhood love of the original informed the remake.
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NewsAlice, Dragon face 3D clash with Warner Bros titan
An intriguing three-way battle unfolds this weekend as an unprecedented 3D crush sees current overseas champion Alice In Wonderland take on newcomer Clash Of The Titans and How To Train Your Dragon.
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NewsMGM, Miramax buy time in separate ownership sagas
Deadline extension was the name of the game in Hollywood yesterday [March 31] as two unrelated ownership sagas involving storied Hollywood brands dragged on.
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NewsLetters To Juliet to close Newport Beach Film Festival
The World Premiere of Danny Buday’s drama Five Star Day and an advance screening of Gary Winick’s Letters To Juliet starring Amanda Seyfried bookend the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival.
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Smuggler Films acquires stage and remake rights to Jean Anouilh's Becket
John N Hart, Brian Carmody and Patrick Milling Smith’s Smuggler Films has acquired the live stage and feature remake rights to Jean Anouilh‘s 1960 play Becket.