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PPI hires Lauren Miller as evp finance
Lauren Miller has joined Paramount Pictures International (PPI) as executive vice-president of finance.
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NewsShout! Factory, Roger Corman sign home entertainment deal
Shout! Factory has signed a deal with New Horizons Picture Corporation securing exclusive North American home entertainment rights to more than 50 Roger Corman properties.
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NewsHeartland Truly Moving Pictures selects 2009 top ten
The non-profit Heartland Truly Moving Pictures has announced its top ten ‘Moving Pictures’ of 2009 chosen from the 22 films that were bestowed with the Heartland Truly Moving Picture Award in 2009.
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NewsVisit Films boards Sundance Islamic punk tale The Taqwacores
Visit Films has acquired worldwide rights to Eyad Zahra’s Islamic punk film The Taqwacores ahead of its world premiere at Sundance.
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NewsLegendary hires Stephen Norrington to direct The Lost Patrol
Blade director Stephen Norrington has signed on to write and direct Legendary Pictures’ supernatural action thriller The Lost Patrol.
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NewsOren Aviv latest casualty of Rich Ross purge at Disney
The Rich Ross reshuffle continues at Disney as it emerged today that Oren Aviv has resigned as president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production.
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NewsLA critics name Mulholland Dr. Film Of The Decade
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has anointed David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. Film Of The Decade.
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NewsMagnet picks up worldwide rights to Down Terrace
Magnet Releasing has taken worldwide rights to Ben Wheatley’s feature directorial debut Down Terrace ahead of its Slamdance slot.
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NewsAlla Verlotsky's Seagull commemorates tenth anniversary
Seagull Films, the sales and distribution consultancy and leading distributor of Russian arthouse films in North America, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of special events.
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NewsSony reboots Spider-Man as Raimi, Maguire leave franchise
Sony has abandoned plans to release Spider-Man 4 in summer 2011 and will reboot the franchise a year later following the departure of Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire.
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NewsWhite Ribbon, Hurt Locker among ASC nominees
The American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) has announced its five feature nominees ahead of the 24th annual awards ceremony on February 27.
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NewsHornby, Tarantino among notable WGA omissions
The Writers Guild Of America (WGA) has unveiled its feature nominees in a year when the major talking points will turn to the list of notable absentees.
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NewsHurt Locker, Avatar, District 9 among ACE nominees
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) have announced the feature nominees for the 60th Annual ACE Eddie Awards set to take place on February 14.Best edited feature (dramatic) nominees:Avatar (Stephen Rivkin, John Refua, James Cameron)District 9 (Julian Clarke)The Hurt Locker (pictured) Bob Murawski and Chris Innis)Star Trek (Maryann Brandon and Mary ...
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NewsSeven films chosen for Academy's make-up shortlist
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences announced today [January 11] that seven films have made it on to the shortlist for the make-up prize.
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NewsAvatar seventh biggest US film on $429m after $48.5m haul
Avatar stayed top in North America for the fourth weekend in a row with an estimated $48.5m haul through Fox that lifted the running total to $429m.
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NewsAvatar grosses $150m overseas to reach $915.1m
If the extraordinary heights of Titanic’s final box office once seemed unattainable, Avatar proved it is more than up for the challenge internationally at least as it climbed more than 4.5% in its fourth weekend to gross $150m and raise the tally to $915.1m.
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NewsAnchor Bay to release Toronto hit Alice Creed in US
Anchor Bay will release J Blakeson’s much fancied kidnapping thriller The Disappearance Of Alice Creed starring Gemma Arterton following its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsIFC Films boards horror tale The Human Centipede
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Tom Six’ horror film The Human Centipede (First Sequence).
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NewsChina, Palm Springs Film Festival clash over Tibet doc
Chinese authorities have pulled two films from the Palm Springs International Film Festival ahead of screenings later this week of The Sun Behind The Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle For Freedom.
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NewsAvatar heads into weekend as second biggest global release
Avatar enters its fourth weekend as the second highest grossing worldwide release in history on $1.131bn and should have little trouble retaining its box office crown as it sweeps past $800m overseas.