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Cinema Audio Society embraces animation sound mixing
President David E Fluhr announced changes on Monday (17) to the Society’s (CAS) awards categories as well as additions to those sound mixers eligible for CAS Awards.
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NewsResident Evil returns to dominate international arena
UPDATE: The preceding fourth episode scored a whopping $236m internationally and the latest entry has got off to a great start, grossing an estimated $49.6m through Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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NewsSilver Linings Playbook scoops Toronto audience award
No film earned the rapturous reception enjoyed by David O Russell’s rom-com (pictured) starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence and it heads into awards season with the BlackBerry People’s Choice Award under its belt.
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NewsRetribution rules US though $21m launch
The latest entry in the hit Resident Evil global franchise opened well enough to secure number one spot above Buena Vista’s re-release of one of Pixar’s most enduring stories Finding Nemo, replete with a 3D retro-fit.
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NewsRoadside salutes Emperor, SPC finds Wadjda, Patience Stone
A flurry of Toronto acquisitions emerged at the weekend as the festival neared its conclusion.
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NewsTom Rothman to quit Fox by end of year
Jim Gianopulos to become chairman and CEO of reorganised studio, now renamed Twentieth Century Fox Film.
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Academy sets Oscar documentary feature deadline
Filmmakers must submit their entries to the Academy by Sept 24 at 5pm PT to be eligible for consideration in the 85th Academy Awards.
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Silver Linings Playbook, On The Road to open Mill Valley
David O Russell’s crowdpleaser and Walter Salles’ Jack Kerouac adaptation will open the festival on Oct 4 in Marin County, California. Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi will close the event.
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Gonzaga to open Rio Film Festival
The Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival will screen approximately 400 films from more than 60 countries. The festival is scheduled to run from Sept 27 for 15 days.
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Lincoln Centre appoints programming duo
Kent Jones joins as director of programming at the New York Film Festival and Robert Koehler is named director of programming, year-round.
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NewsAscot Elite, New Select taste A Little Bit Zombie
Cave Painting Pictures’ first feature will open theatrically in Germany in 2013 through Ascot Elite while Japan’s New Select has acquired home entertainment rights.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films falls for Toronto drama Still
Michael McGowan’s story about a couple in their twilight years stars James Cromwell and Geneviève Bujold and will open in 2013.
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NewsToronto deals: Magnolia buys Teapot, Cinedigm finds Play
As the Toronto deals continued to come in, Magnolia Pictures announced on Friday (14) it had taken North American rights to The Brass Teapot.
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NewsGraham King returns to Warner Bros
The Oscar winning producer has signed an exclusive first-look deal for one year with his frequent studio partner.
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NewsSony unleashes Resident Evil 5 in first international wave
The latest instalment in the horror franchise will open in more than 65 territories this weekend and looks good to usurp The Dark Knight Rises after that film’s seven consecutive sessions at the top.
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NewsMillennium takes US rights to Writers as TIFF deals flow
EXCLUSIVE: Josh Boone’s family drama stars Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly and Lily Collins and premiered in Toronto over the weekend. Millennium Entertainment brokered the low seven-figure domestic deal with CAA on the day when deals also closed for The Reluctant Fundamentalist, No Place On Earth, How To Make Money Selling ...
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NewsGareth Edwards’ Godzilla to open on May 16, 2014
Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures announced the scheduling on Thursday (13), two months after previewing footage at Comic-Con. Studio sources said they expected the film would play in 3D.
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NewsIFTA extends contracts for Jean Prewitt, Jonathan Wolfe
The top executives will continue to serve as the Independent Film And Television Alliance through 2015.
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NewsLionsgate announces Australian output deal
The “longterm” arrangement with Roadshow Films covers The Hunger Games series.
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NewsPalm Springs to host awards gala on Jan 5 2013
The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) is scheduled from January 3-14, 2013.