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Wayne Watkins to be first BAFTA LA sponsorship development head
The hire is part of the organisation’s expansion plans as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Prodns names key hires
Stacey Offman arrives at the New York-based company as vp of development and production while Dave Snyder is appointed vp of development.
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Jena Malone joins Catching Fire cast
The actress will play Johanna Mason in Lionsgate’s sequel to its global smash The Hunger Games.
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NewsDreamWorks Animation buys Classic Media
The $155m transaction brings properties such as Lassie and Casper under CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg’s control.
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NewsWeinsteins to receive PGA 2013 Milestone Award
Bob and Harvey Weinstein will collect the Producers Guild Of America’s highest honour at the organisation’s awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Jan 26, 2013.
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NewsJim Berney named head of studio at Digital Domain in Florida
Berney will oversee daily operations of Digital Domain Media Group’s (DDMG) Florida studio and joins from Sony Pictures Imageworks.
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NewsDark Knight Rises dominates in Australia, South Korea
UPDATE: By early Friday morning (20) the film had grossed $10.4m from nine countries through Warner Bros Pictures International including a $3.8m opening day in Australia from 628 screens. The numbers however will be overshadowed by the shooting tragedy at a screening in Colorado on Thursday night (see separate story.)
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NewsJason Spivak earns digital distribution stripes at SPHE
The executive is named evp of worldwide digital distribution at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and will continue to lead transactional digital business activities.
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NewsDemarest, China’s E Stars board Reliance / IM Global’s Paranoia
Robert Luketic is set to start shooting the $40m thriller on Friday (20). Liam Hemsworth (pictured), Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford and Amber Heard star. Relativity Media holds US rights.
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NewsDrafthouse picks up Australian shocker Wake In Fright
Ted Kotcheff’s nightmarish tale of a stranded British teacher’s torment at the hands of an Outback gang played in selection in Cannes in 1971 before Martin Scorsese brought a restored version back to the Croisette in 2009.
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Tribeca Film acquires British found footage film Hollow
Michael Axelgaard’s film premiered at Fantasia Festival in 2011 and will open on Sept 19.
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Breck Eisner to direct Stretch Armstrong for Relativity
The action story based on the Hasbro property is earmarked for release in the US on Apr 11, 2014 and will open internationally through Relativity’s global network of distribution partners.
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NewsDisney sets Nov 9 US release date for Lincoln biopic
In what will come as no surprise, Steven Spielberg’s Abraham Lincoln drama has been thrust into the heart of awards season.
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Andy Horn named to new role of Academy CFO
Horn has served as the Academy’s controller since he joined in 2001 and since that time has managed the organisation’s daily financial activities.
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NewsVincent Scordino joins Cinedigm acquisitions team
The new vp of theatrical acquisitions most recently served at Millennium Entertainment where he led negotiations in acquiring such films as Richard Linklater’s Bernie, Oren Moverman’s Rampart and Elgin James’s Little Birds.
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NewsMichelle Pfeiffer joins Malavita for EuropaCorp, Relativity
Also joining previously announced Robert De Niro on the cast are Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron and John D’Leo. Luc Besson is schedule to begin shooting this summer.
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Kino Lorber acquires The Revisionaries doc
Vice-president Elizabeth Sheldon negotiated the North American deal with producer Daniel Chalfen of Naked Edge Films and the company has set an early October release. PBS will broadcast in early 2013 to coincide with DVD and digital.
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NewsIFC Films takes US rights to Welcome To The Punch
Eran Creevy wrote and directed Worldview Entertainment’s action thriller starring James McAvoy, Mark Strong and Andrea Riseborough.
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Robin Williams joins Lee Daniels’ The Butler
The comedian and actor will portray Dwight D Eisenhower and joins an ensemble that includes Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Vanessa Redgrave, Terrence Howard, John Cusack and Alan Rickman.
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NewsProducers bulk up cast on Karl Urban thriller Overdrive
Screen UK Stars Of Tomorrow Sam Claflin, recently seen in Snow White And The Huntsman, and Emilia Clarke (pictured) from Games Of Thrones are on board. Pierre Morel is producing and Michael Brandt and Derek Haas wrote the screenplay.