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SPC chiefs Michael Barker and Tom Bernard extend Sony contracts
Sony Pictures Classics co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard have extended their contracts with Sony Pictures Entertainment for a further four years.
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NewsPeace Arch to bring Oh My God to Cannes
Peace Arch Entertainment has acquired international rights to Oh My God, Peter Rodger’s documentary in which celebrities, religious leaders and ordinary people discuss their perception of god.
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NewsGerry Noble steps down as Peace Arch Group CEO
Gerry Noble has resigned as Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc’s CEO, effective immediately.
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Kimmel International adds Trust to Cannes slate
Mark Lindsay’s New York-based sales company Kimmel International has bulked up its Cannes slate with international rights to the espionage thriller Trust starring Kiefer Sunderland, Billy Crudup and Guy Pearce.
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NewsLightning boosts Cannes slate with Coach and Taking Chances
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has added international rights to two romantic comedies heading into Cannes.
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NewsTribeca claims attendance increase
The Tribeca Film Festival attracted about 348,000 people this year, according to organisers.
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NewsScreen Media acquires US rights to Death In Love
Screen Media Rights has acquired US rights to Boaz Yakin’s erotic drama Death In Love starring Josh Lucas, Lukas Haas and Jacqueline Bisset.
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Red Giant Studios to release 3D short The Way To Heaven
Dalton Grant Jr and Cindy Rangel’s new animation and effects studio, Red Giant Studios, will release its first 3D CG-animated short The Way To Heaven in July.
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NewsSteve Rabineau joins United Talent Agency
Steve Rabineau, the former William Morris Agency senior motion picture literary agent and Endeavor founding partner, has joined United Talent Agency (UTA) as a partner and agent in the motion picture literary department.
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NewsStudent Oscars reveals foreign film nominees
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has picked five contenders for this year’s Honorary Foreign Film award in the 36th Annual Student Academy Awards.
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NewsFilm Movement picks up Gigante
US distributor Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Adrian Biniez’s Uruguayan comedy Gigante.
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NewsFocus Features starts sales on Adrift
Focus Features International start sales in Cannes on Heitor Dhalia’s Brazilian sexual awakening tale Adrift, which screens in Un Certain Regard.
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NewsRichard Lorber is re-elected to NY Film Forum
Richard Lorber, president and chief executive of Lober HT Digital, has been re-elected as the chair of New York’s Film Forum’s board of directors.
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NewsAmerican World Pictures picks up Just Peck
Los Angeles-based sales company American World Pictures has picked up international rights to Michael A Nickles’s high school comedy Just Peck ahead of Cannes.
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NewsPublic Enemies named LA Film Festival centrepiece screening
Michael Mann’s Depression era gangster thriller Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard will receive its world premiere as the centrepiece screening for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, which runs from June 18-28.
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NewsMK2 picks up French rights to Fish Tank
MK2 has acquired French rights to Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank from ContentFilm International.
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NewsMaya acquires rights for La Linea
Maya Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution company, has acquired US rights to the crime drama La Linea (The Line) starring Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta and Esai Morales.
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NewsLove Child begins principal photography in Toronto
Love Child, the romantic comedy starring Donald Sutherland, has begun principal photography in Toronto.The Myriad Pictures and Alcina Picture co-production is directed by Michael Melski and produced by Toronto-based Alcina’s Paul Barking and Larissa Giroux, with theSanta Monica-based Myriad Pictures and Toronto-based Alcina Pictures have commenced principal photography in Toronto ...
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NewsMagnolia acquires The Eclipse
Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to Conor McPherson’s The Eclipse.
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NewsCity Island wins Heineken Audience Award
Raymond De Felitta’s comedy City Island, starring Andy Garcia and Julianna Margulies, has won the eighth annual Tribeca Film Festival Heineken Audience Award.De Felitta will receive a cah prize of $25,000 for his film, which received its world premiere during the festival and tells of a Bronx family riddled with ...