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Sony, MRC line up Chappie
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and MRC are reuniting with director Neill Blomkamp on Chappie hot on the heels of the South African’s number one North American launch of Elysium.
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UPI breaks int'l box office record
Universal Pictures International (UPI) top brass announced that as of Monday the company had reached $1.8bn - its biggest year at the box office.
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Toronto reveals Wavelengths line-up
Rithy Panh’s Un Certain Regard winner takes its place alongside Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England and new films from Canada’s Stephen Broomer and Chris Kennedy in the Wavelengths section.
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Toronto adds 75+ titles to line-up
World premieres of Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now, Fred Schepisi’s Words And Pictures and John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo are among the TIFF line-up of galas and special presentations.
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Fantastic Fest unveils second wave
Programmers at the forthcoming Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas have revealed 19 further selections.
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HFPA awards $1.6m grants
Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held their annual lunch in Beverly Hills and presented financial awards and announced newly elected officers.
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NewFest unveils line-up
The festival, in partnership with Outfest and the Film Society Of Lincoln Center, has announced the programme for the 25th anniversary edition.
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Grandmaster gets Scorsese vote
The Weinstein Company have announced that Martin Scorsese will lend his name to present Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster heading into awards season.
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TIME launches Red Border
The documentary film unit will be hosted on an interactive digital site on Time’s website and the plan is to showcase original content by filmmakers, journalists and photojournalists.
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Uni ups Neil to digital post
Doug Neil has been promoted to evp of digital marketing, Universal Pictures co-president of marketing Michael Moses announced on Monday [12].
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Wenders starts Every Thing shoot
Mongrel Media has announced that Wim Wenders will commence principal photography on Every Thing Will Be Fine on Aug 13 in Montreal. HanWay Films handles worldwide rights.
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The Exchange to sell C.O.G.
EXCLUSIVE: CEO Brian O’Shea announced on Monday [12] that he has picked up international sales rights to the Sundance premiere heading into Toronto.
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Anton Yelchin joins Cymbeline
EXCLUSIVE: The rising star becomes the latest cast member to swell the ranks on the International Film Trust sales title heading into Toronto.
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D Films sees Double
The distributor has swooped on Canadian rights to Richard Ayoade’s forthcoming Toronto world premiere The Double.
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Koplan joins Red Granite
The financing, production and sales company has hired David Koplan as head of physical production and development.
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Elysium rules US on $30.4m
Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 independently financed sci-fi action film launched at number one in North America thanks to an estimated $30.4m opening weekend through TriStar that consigned a trio of studio openers to lower top five finishes.
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Smurfs 2 rules int'l on $35m
UPDATED AUG 12: Sony’s The Smurfs 2 came in above weekend estimates, scoring $35.3m in the second weekend to boost the international running total to $110.7m. Brad Pitt recorded his biggest North American and global hit as World War Z reached $500m worldwide.
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D23: Jolie talks Maleficent
A surprise appearance by Angelina Jolie was the highlight of Saturday’s [10] live-action presentation at Disney’s annual expo in Anaheim, California, as attendees booed a paltry Star Wars segment.
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Eddie Michaels, 1964-2013
Eddie Michaels, the Hollywood publicist whose longtime clients included Noah Wyle and Illumination Entertainment, died on Thursday [8] in Los Angeles after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 49.
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D23: Zootopia, Dory cast unveiled
Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios chief creative officer John Lasseter joined colleagues and talent at the annual convention in Anaheim, California, to announce a number of surprises.