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Payne launches Traverse Media
Errors Of The Human Body producer Cole Payne has launched the Los Angeles-based film and television production, distribution and talent management company.
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NewsFilmNation to play by Rules
The New York and LA-based company has lined up its latest prestige project and will finance and handle international sales on The Rules Of Inheritance from Susanne Bier to star Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence. CAA negotiated the deal with FilmNation, packaged the project and represents US rights.
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NewsExclusive Media secures Metallica sales
EXCLUSIVE: Nimród Antal’s 3D concert / suspense film Metallica Through The Never has sparked a raft of deals following its launch in Cannes through Exclusive Media.
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NewsCrudo returns to ASC presidency
Former president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Richard Crudo has been voted to the post for the fourth time.
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NewsSelects acquires Polanski’s Venus In Fur
Sundance Selects announced on Wednesday [5] its latest acquisition from Cannes, taking US rights from Resolution’s Jeff Berg to Roman Polanski’s Venus In Fur.
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NewsCinedigm, Slamdance plan digital slate
The pioneering distributor has struck a digital deal with Slamdance to launch a roster of features on Jun 11.
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NewsUni hires Seth Byers to strategy, research role
Seth Byers has joined Universal’s marketing team as evp of creative strategy and research.
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Film Society, Jaeger-LeCoultre launch residency
Jaeger-LeCoultre and the Film Society Of Lincoln Center are partnering on a multi-year partnership and launch of the upcoming Filmmaker in Residence initiative.
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Goeckner joins HFPA exec ranks
Gregory Goeckner has been appointed COO and general counsel at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).
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NewsGirlfriend's Day gears up for autumn
Magic Stone Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment announced on Tuesday [Jun 4] they will produce the feature Girlfriend’s Day.
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NewsFundAnything hires Monster producer
In a novel development FundAnything has brought in Brad Wyman to serve as chief crowdfunding officer and head of the film/video/web division.
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NewsCanadian Screen Awards to allow online submissions
Contenders for the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards will be able to apply online for the first time following a deal between The Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television and secure digital media management company Yangaroo.
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NewsLAFF unveils special events
Top brass at the Los Angeles Film Festival have unveiled the programming on their Coffee Talks event on Jun 16 as well as other attractions.
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NewsFFI reports Cannes sales surge
Focus Features International co-president Alison Thompson announced on Monday [Jun 3] a raft of multi-territory deals from the Croisette on the Amy Winehouse doc, Mike Leigh’s Turner project, submarine thriller Black Sea and genre title Oculus.
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NewsTroika, Coup ready Road
Troika Pictures and Coup d’Etat Films have signed Robert Sheehan, Dev Patel and Zoë Kravitz to star in The Road Within, an English-language adaptation of German comedic drama Vincent Will Meer.
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NewsOutfest names writing lab fellows
Adam Baran, Rosie Haber, J Michael Feldman, Pete Mercurio and Julia Dwyer Sullivan have been selected for this year’s 2013 Screenwriting Lab, now in its 11th year and set to take place in June.
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NewsVision, XII Tribes plot Canada slate
Worldwide sales agent Vision Films announced on Monday [Jun 3] it had struck a deal with Montreal-based Archeos Entertainment to finance development and production on a slate of Canadian films from XII Tribes Entertainment.
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NewsLock & Monkey readies Ruby
Producer-director Zoe Quist has cast Judd Nelson, Jonathan Bennett, Daniel Ponickly and Antoinette Kalaj to play the leads in her upcoming Mining For Ruby.
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NewsAfter Earth debuts third at US box office
Fast & Furious 6 held on to its number one berth in a second weekend for Universal while Lionsgate’s mystery Now You See Me arrived in second place and Sony had to settle for third with Will and Jaden Smith starrer After Earth.
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NewsHangover 3 tops Fast 6 at int'l box office
The Hangover Part III usurped Fast And Furious 6 at the international box office thanks to an estimated $82.3m haul through Warner Bros Pictures International on close to 8,600 screens in 54 markets.