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NewsGuadalajara, Miami festivals unveil partnership
Industry guests at either festival will get access to the Miami Encuentros entries and Guadalajara Construye entries.
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NewsWeinsteins acquire US rights to The Butler
Lee Daniels’ all-star ensemble was an international sell-out in Cannes through IM Global and is already been spoken of as an awards contender for 2014.
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NewsFreestyle Releasing takes all domestic rights to Genius On Hold
Gregory Marquette’s documentary about telecoms inventor Walter L Shaw reveals how the scientist’s poor treatment at the hands of the major companies drive him to work for the Mob and led his son into a life of crime.
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NewsMaster breaks into US top ten as two vie for number one
Another tepid session at the North American box office down approximately 25% on last year saw new releases End of Watch and House At The End Of The Street battle it out for the top spot while Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed drama surged into the top ten.
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NewsResident Evil 5 stays atop international charts
UPDATE: The horror thriller added an estimated $33m over the weekend as the running total climbed to $103.3m. Sony Pictures Releasing International markets have generated $99.2m overall.
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NewsMerced invests in select Exclusive Media titles
The joint venture from Minneapolis-based private investment film EBF & Associates and Kevin Frakes’ PalmStar Media Capital’s strategic partnership has closed on a structured facility for some Exclusive films, the first of which is the 2013 Formula One release Rush (director Ron Howard pictured in pre-production.)
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Dark Sky Films, Site B to partner on Late Phases
MPI’s Dark Sky Films announced at Fantastic Fest that it has signed a co-production agreement with producer Zak Zeman’s Site B to make the genre film Late Phases.
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GFZ Group to handles effects on Andy Lau thriller Switch
Vancouver-based visual effects company GFZ Group has won a contract to act as lead visual effects and post-production house on the China-US action thriller Switch.
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NewsFantastic Fest: Magnet finds Devil, Tribeca gets Wicked
Magnet made the announcement about Here Comes The Devil at its US premiere in Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, following the recent world premiere in Toronto.
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Cinedigm Entertainment Group acquires Love, Marilyn
The US DVD-Digital-VOD rights deal follows the world premiere of Liz Garbus’ documentary Toronto earlier in the month.
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NewsSPRI expects Resident Evil 5 to prosper in holdover weekend
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s Resident Evil: Retribution has amassed $69m since it launched last weekend and opens in around eight new markets.
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NewsLouis Phillips joins Focus as evp physical production
Phillips [pictured] recently served as a production consultant at Lionsgate and was a co-producer on The Hunger Games and What To Expect When You’re Expecting.
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NewsOpen Road Films, Endgame partner on A Haunted House
IM Global’s Octane genre label financed and produced the horror spoof and Open Road plans to release the film nationwide in the US on Jan 11 2013 with a P&A commitment from Endgame’s fund and Open Road.
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NewsLincoln, Hitchcock slot into awards race starters blocks
AFI FEST announced on Thursday (20) that the world premiere of DreamWorks-Fox’s Lincoln will close the festival on Nov 8, two weeks before Fox Searchlight drops Hitchcock into the race with a Nov 23 platform release. Looking ahead to next year’s contest, Warner Bros has set a May 10 2013 ...
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NewsDistribution round-up: Toronto’s Frances Ha, The Last Gladiator
IFC Films announced on Thursday (20) it will release Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha in North and Latin America, while Phase 4 has acquired Alex Gibney’s ice hockey documentary The Last Gladiator.
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NewsBreaking Glass Pictures to launch UK distributor
The new operation under the stewardship of CEO Richard Wolff and co-president Richard Ross plans to debut several titles a month including theatrical releases.
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NewsIFC Films closes US deal for rights to Inescapable
The latest domestic deal from Toronto is understood to have closed last week following a tepid festival in terms of horse-trading that was shaped by cautious buyers and the variable quality of acquisition titles.
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NewsDemarest to finance, co-produce Two Night Stand
Sam Englebardt, Michael Lambert, and William D Johnson’s financing and production company will produce the rom-com alongside Beau Flynn and Ruben Fleischer. The Solution Entertainment Group is handling international sales.
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NewsScreen Media acquires exclusive rights to Media 8 library
The company will begin promoting its new catalogue at MIPCOM in October and closed the deal in the wake of Media 8’s ongoing restructure.
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NewsCharles Roven promotes Atlas Entertainment executives
Andy Horwitz [pictured] goes from creative executive at the production company to vp, while director of development Jake Kurily is also named vp.