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NewsContent to sell Tribeca entry 'Bodyslam'
The company has acquired world sales rights to the documentary ahead of its world premiere in Tribeca on Saturday (April 18).
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News‘Spy’ to open Seattle film festival
The latest collaboration between director Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy will open the 41st Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) on May 14.
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NewsPatricia Laucella to head Lionsgate film business & legal
In her expanded role the executive will oversee a division responsible for negotiating the production and talent deals across a broad portfolio of films.
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NewsReel Red Films to launch in Cannes
Breaking Glass Pictures is partnering with Jay Paul Deratany’s new distributor as they work together to build a slate.
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NewsThe Film Sales Company sets four for Tribeca
Andrew Herwitz will launch sales in New York this week on a quartet of titles led by A Ballerina’s Tale.
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NewsDistribution: Strand takes Eisenstein In Guanajuato
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights from Films Boutique to Peter Greenaway’s fact-based drama.
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NewsSundance NEXT FEST sets LA date
Sundance NEXT FEST will return to The Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles from August 7-9, marking the second year at the venue and the third in Los Angeles.
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NewsSKE, Ivanhoe launch SKE Global
The joint venture between Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) and Ivanhoe Pictures will build a local-language slate in China, South Korea and India, among others, and will be led by John Penotti who replaces Jim Tauber as SKE president.
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NewsCalemzuk joins RightsTrade advisory board
The former president of Fox Television Studios will help build the client roster at the online global marketplace for film and TV rights.
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NewsSTX Entertainment fills out executive suite
Top brass at the new studio launched by Robert Simonds and TPG Capital have shed more light on the marketing executive suite in the run-up to the July 31 launch of maiden title The Gift.
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NewsProduction: Cary Fukunaga to direct 'The Alienist'
The red-hot director of the first season of True Detective will direct and serve as executive producer on the serial killer series for Paramount Television and Anonymous Content.
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NewsSanford Panitch to head Sony int'l film, TV
UPDATED: The widely admired former president of Fox International Productions has been named president of international film and television at Sony in a huge boost to the studio’s global co-production and local-language ambitions.
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NewsBreaking Glass's Justin Giani dies aged 25
Staff at Breaking Glass Pictures are in mourning following the sudden death of chief financial officer Justin Giani. He was 25.
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NewsFilmTrack signs new clients
Bloom Media and Embankment Films are among a slew of new clients to sign on to the SaaS rights and content management specialists.
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NewsRiviera Maya Film Festival unveils slate
The fourth edition of the festival, set to run in Mexico from April 23-29, will feature three world premieres of Mexican productions and 53 international premieres.
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NewsBAFTA champions John Maclean in Brits event
The Slow West director will take part in the British Academy Of Film And Television Arts Brits To Watch: The Screenings series.
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NewsRound-up: Goldwyn gets ‘A Brilliant Young Mind’
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to Morgan Matthew’s feature directorial debut.
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NewsJim Tauber to leave film business
The president of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment is stepping down after 10 years to set up a private psychotherapy practice with his wife.
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News'Four Colors' triumphs at IFFLA
Bikas Mishra’s drama Four Colors (Chauranga) earned the grand jury prize for best feature as the 13th annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA) concluded on Sunday.
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NewsTWC plots ‘In Cold Blood’ TV series
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has optioned television rights to Truman Capote’s 1966 bestseller with Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski’s Flying Studios on board to produce.