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Active Fox lines up two releases
Filmmaker and actor Joey Dedio of Active Fox Productions and Rob Lynch of Eammon Films have teamed up to handle the nationwide theatrical release on Tio Papi and 36 Saints.
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Ad Eaters comes to Hollywood
A selection of leading cinema commercials will screen on May 31 at the Egyptian Theatre as part of the annual Night Of The Ad Eaters celebration.
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NewsIconic Productions readies Passage
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based Iconic Productions has hired K Rocco Shields to direct Right Of Passage.
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NewsIschia festival to honour Cage
Nicolas Cage will receive a 2013 Ischia Legend Award on on Jul 19 at Italy’s Ischia Global Film & Music Festival.
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NewsCampbell lands top IMAX marketing job
Eileen Campbell has been appointed chief marketing officer of IMAX Corporation and will start work on Jul 15.
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NewsFord extends IM Global contract
IM Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford has signed a multi-year extension to his CEO service contract.
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NewsUCLA film fest to honour quartet
Ben Affleck, Shane Acker, David Magee and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura are among the honourees at the upcoming UCLA School Of Theater, Film And Television’s 22nd annual film festival.
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FeaturesExclusive Media: scaring up business
Exclusive Media has made an impressive mark on the industry with such diverse titles as The Woman In Black and End Of Watch. Jeremy Kay talks to the company’s leaders about its evolving business.
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FeaturesFilmNation: state of the nation
Guided by Glen Basner, FilmNation has effortlessly mixed critical acclaim with commercial success. Jeremy Kay talks to Basner as the company celebrates its fifth anniversary.
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FeaturesCol Needham, IMDb
IMDb’s founder talks about his love for movies and the company’s huge growth over the years.
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NewsDoppelganger takes Torrente quartet
Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American rights to the four Spanish action comedy Torrente films by director-star Santiago Segura.
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NewsCaplan to leave eOne by June
Sally Caplan is to relinquish her role as managing director of eOne Films International and will leave the company at the end of May.
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NewsFast 6 rules int'l on $160m
UPDATED MAY 28: The world belongs to Fast & Furious 6 as the action thriller grossed a confirmed $161.3m from 9,683 venues in 59 territories to deliver the biggest international opening weekend in Universal’s 101-year history.
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NewsFast 6 takes US pole on $120m
UPDATED MAY 27: Universal’s Fast & Furious 6 scored a rip-roaring $120m over a record four-day Memorial Day weekend at the North American box office that also set a new benchmark for a US holiday weekend.
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NewsSundance Selects acquires Like Father
Sundance Selects announced on Sunday [26] it had acquired US rights to Kore-eda Hirokazu’s jury prize winner Like Father, Like Son from Wild Bunch.
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NewsSPC bites into Jarmusch film
Sony Pictures Classics has swooped on North American rights to Jim Jarmusch’s vampire tale Only Lovers Left Alive in Cannes ahead of the world premiere on Saturday [25]. Hanway Films handles international sales.
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NewsBlanc Biehn to enter Woods
Blanc Biehn Productions announced in Cannes it has signed a deal with investor Hackybox Pictures to produce Hidden In The Woods.
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NewsMongrel takes four for Canada
Hungry Canadian buyer Mongrel Media has snapped up four more films in Cannes, taking the competition trio Jimmy P., Like Father, Like Son and Young And Beautiful as well as Un Certain Regard entry Bastards.
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NewsSundance Selects finds Selfish Giant
Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights from Protagonist Pictures to Clio Barnard’s Directors’ Fortnight entry The Selfish Giant starring Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas and Sean Gilder.
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NewsDouble Dutch closes slew of deals
Canada’s Double Dutch International has licensed rights in Cannes to Level 1 Entertainment’s thriller Detour starring Neil Hopkins and Brea Grant, closing deals with IPA Asia Pacific for Japan, Thailand and Vietnam.