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NewsAFI FEST to premiere Furnace
Top brass at AFI FEST unveiled additional Centerpiece Galas including the world premiere of Scott Cooper’s Out Of The Furnace, Alexander Payne’s Nebraska and Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty.
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NewsLD, Aiello plot Bible epic
LD Entertainment will produce and finance the New Testament story Resurrection from producer Patrick Aiello with Kevin Reynolds set to direct.
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NewsCNN cancels Clinton doc
CNN said on Monday (30) it had cancelled its Hillary Clinton documentary after Oscar-winning director Charles Ferguson pulled out due to what he described as difficulties in getting potential interviewees to talk and wide political disapprobation.
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NewsFergurson joins Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber has hired Alan Fergurson as svp of home entertainment, replacing vp Eric Wilkinson who will leave the company to pursue other opportunities.
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NewsFDM falls for Language
EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) has come on to handle all digital rights to Rocky Powell’s rom-com Language Of A Broken Heart and will release on VOD and DVD on October 1.
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NewsCloudy 2 tops US on $35m
Box office climbed 34% over the previous session as Sony’s Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 stormed to the top on an estimated $35m.
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NewsDetective Dee rules int'l BO
UPDATED SEPT 30: A second Asian film in two weeks led the international box office as Tsui Hark’s Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon generated an estimated $17m debut. Meanwhile, Despicable Me 2 crossed $500m for UPI.
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NewsEgypt selects Winter for Oscar
Winter Of Discontent to represent Egypt as foreign language Oscar submission.
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NewsInstructions sets box office record
In its fifth weekend, Pantelion Films’ Instructions Not Included has become the highest grossing Spanish-language release at the US box office on $38.6m.
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NewsArgentina's Doctor in Oscar bid
Pyramide International holds sales rights to Lucia Puenzo’s thriller and recently closed a raft of deals. Samuel Goldwyn will release in the US in spring 2014.
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IFTA elects 10 new board members
IFTA has elected its new executive committee and board of directors.
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NewsRelativity opens Middle East hub
Relativity has launched Relativity Middle East to partner with local producers of film, TV and digital content.
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NewsCanada selects Gabrielle for Oscar
Telefilm Canada has elected to submit Gabrielle as its foreign language Oscar submission.
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NewsSierra eyes Colombia shoot for Ciudad
Sierra/Affinity will handle international sales on the Sierra Pictures crime thriller Ciudad.
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NewsImage secures Odd Thomas
Image Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the $30m Dean Koontz adaptation directed by Stephen Sommers and will release in first quarter 2014. Separately, Oscilloscope has picked up US rights to Our Day Will Come.
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NewsWeinsteins, Endgame cry Murder
Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s newly renamed TWC-Dimension will partner with Endgame Entertainment on the adult comedy Murder Mystery.
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NewsSony, Annapurna bite into Sausage Party
Sony Pictures and Annapurna Pictures will partner on the raunchy animation Sausage Party based on a story by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill.
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FeaturesNamit Malhotra, Prime Focus
Jeremy Kay talks to the founder of one of the world’s leading effects and post houses about their work on the likes of Gravity and World War Z.
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Newsttff lands VOD deal
Top brass at the trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) have entered into an exclusive VOD deal with leading Caribbean region cable television and telecommunications company Flow.
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NewsHoward in Lady Filmmakers honour
Bryce Dallas Howard will receive the 2013 Spotlight Award at the 5th Annual Lady Filmmakers Film Festival.