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DoubleK PR & Marketing launches
New York-based Kahn Media Strategies founded by Sharon J Kahn and Los Angeles-based Kallista PR and Marketing headed by Beve Regas have launched an inter-agency alliance.
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NewsFilmDistrict to release Pompeii
The distributor, riding high on the number one release of Evil Dead and the ongoing activity of its biggest release to date Olympus Has Fallen, will release the action film on Feb 28 2014. Lionsgate handles international sales.
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NewsLakeshore sets digital division
Lakeshore Entertainment announced on Monday [Apr 8] the arrival of Lakeshore Premium Digital Content and has appointed Todd Olsson to run the unit.
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NewsCross Creek, Smuggler find Ruins
Todd Field has set up his next film Beautiful Ruins with Brian Oliver and Tyler Thompson’s Cross Creek Pictures and Patrick Milling Smith and Brian Carmody’s Smuggler Films.
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NewsCinedigm acquires ABC library
Cinedigm has acquired digital/VoD rights for US, Canada and Latin America to more than 1,000 episodes of television from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) library.
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NewsIM Global, Open Road set House 2
Following the robust box office performance of A Haunted House, IM Global and Open Road are teaming up on a sequel.
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NewsDivergent starts production
Summit Entertainment reported on Monday [Apr 8] that the sci-fi is underway in Chicago.
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NewsCinemaCon to honour Vaughn, Wilson
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, the Wedding Crashers stars set to reunite in The Internship, will receive the CinemaCon Comedy Duo Of The Year Award on Apr 18 in Las Vegas.
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NewsMuch Ado to open Seattle
Top brass at the 39th Seattle International Film Festival made the announcement on Monday [Apr 8].
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NewsEvil Dead tops US on $26m
The remake of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead dominated the charts with a solid debut through TriStar Pictures in a nostalgic North American session that also produced a solid number four launch for Universal’s Jurassic Park 3D.
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NewsGI Joe rules int'l on $40.2m
G.I. Joe: Retaliation held on to its international berth thanks to an estimated $40.2m weekend through Paramount Pictures International that propelled the early running total to $145.2m after two sessions.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch joins Guillermo del Toro's 'Crimson Peak'
Guillermo del Toro will direct the UK’s white hot Benedict Cumberbatch, Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain, Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam in Legendary Pictures’ haunted house thriller.
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NewsBradley Cooper joins Jane
The Oscar nominee has replaced Jude Law in the villain’s role on the Western Jane Got A Gun.
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NewsG.I. Joe targets $125m int'l BO
G.I. Joe: Retaliation rules the international roost and the action adventure looks a good bet to maintain winning ways heading into its second weekend.
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NewsInception Media Group launches in UK
EXCLUSIVE: The Los Angeles-based producer-distributor has hired Maura Ford to oversee its ambitious international digital distribution operation from a new office in London.
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NewsRoger Ebert dies aged 70
The world renowned critic died on Thursday [Apr 4] in Chicago following a long battle with cancer. He was 70.
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NewsMatthew Velkes named VRPE COO
Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment (VRPE) has promoted Matthew Velkes to the newly created position.
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NewsStreisand to direct love story
Further details have emerged on the project that Barbra Streisand will direct for Kilburn Media and was first announced at the EFM in February. Aldamisa International handles worldwide sales.
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NewsDudley-Smith earns WBITD stripes
Warner Bros International Television executive Malcolm Dudley-Smith will return to his native Australia as the company’s svp and general manager, Asia Pacific.