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FeaturesVisual effects
Screen International brings you two of this awards season’s visual effects contenders.
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NewsComcast, GE unveil joint entertainment venture
Comcast has made its long awaited play for NBC Universal, agreeing to form a joint entertainment venture with General Electric granting Comcast 51% ownership and 49% to General Electric managed by Comcast.
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NewsThe Last Station, Precious lead Indie Spirit nominations
The Last Station and Precious lead FIND’s 25th Indie Spirit Award nominations with five apiece following the announcement in Los Angeles earlier today [December 1].
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NewsIFC, SBS team up on release of Falling Awake
IFC Entertainment and Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) have formed a broad marketing partnership between IFC Films and SBS division Mega Films to release Falling Awake in January 2010.
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NewsUniversal keeps tight-lipped about Liebling production role
Universal Pictures is refusing to comment on speculation that former Fox executive vice-president of production Debbie Liebling may be about to join the studio as president of production.
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Withoutabox launches online festival submission model Secure Online Screeners
Independent film-maker and festival resource Withoutabox has launched Secure Online Screeners in a move that allows festival to manage submissions entirely over the internet.
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NewsCircus Road takes worldwide rights to Right To Bear Arms
Producers reps Circus Road Films has acquired worldwide rights to Blue Wood Films’ Right To Bear Arms and is in talks with North American distributors.
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NewsGwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw join Screen Gems' Love Don't Let Me Down
Gwyneth Paltrow will star opposite country singer and actor Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester in Screen Gems’ drama Love Don’t Let Me Down.
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NewsBahamas to honour Johnny Depp with career award
Three-time Academy Award nominee Johnny Depp will collect the Bahamas International Film Festival’s career achievement award later this month.
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NewsVideo game hot-shot Keith Arem to direct Frost Road
Keith Arem, director of the video game Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that achieved $550m in sales in its first five days earlier in the month, will make his feature directorial debut on the action thriller Frost Road.
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NewsHurt Locker, The Maid among IFP New York Gotham winners
IFP New York handed out the first prizes in the 2009/10 awards season last night [November 30] as Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker and Robert Kenner’s Food, Inc were named best feature and documentary at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York.
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NewsAlliance, CBS Films strike Canadian distribution deal through 2012
Alliance Films will handle the release of the CBS Films slate through 2012 under the terms of a deal announced today(December 1).
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NewsSandra Bullock to receive Santa Barbara American Riviera Award
Hot off her second $100m-plus film of the year, Sandra Bullock will receive the 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s American Riviera Award on February 5.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Helen Mirren with career award
Helen Mirren will receive the 21stPalm Springs International Film Festival’s Career Achievement Award on January 5.
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Camelot fetches worldwide rights to family title Wiener Dog Nationals
Camelot Entertainment Group has picked up worldwide distribution rights to the upcoming family film Wiener Dog Nationals that is set to begin filming in 2010.
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NewsGreg Silverman promoted to new development and production role at Warner Bros
Greg Silverman has been promoted to the newly created position of executive vice-president of creative development and production at Warner Bros.
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NewsParamount takes US rights to red-hot Oren Peli's Area 51
Paramount Pictures has reunited with Paranormal Activity (pictured) director Oren Peli, paying high seven figures for US rights to the in-demand film-maker’s alien thriller follow-up Area 51.
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NewsNew Moon leads record Thanksgiving weekend with $42.5m gross
The Twilight Saga: New Moon narrowly held on to its number one berth over a record Thanksgiving holiday weekend that saw it add a further $42.5m over three days and $66m over five according to estimates from Summit Entertainment, raising the domestic tally to $230.7m.
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NewsNew Moon bites further $85.1m out of overseas box office to reach $243m
Summit Entertainment’s Twilight Saga: New Moon maintained a devastating early pace as an estimated $85.1m international haul in the second weekend raised the tally to $243m.