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Sony Pictures, Scott Sanders team up on stage partnership
The studio has signed a five-year deal with Scott Sanders Theatrical Productions (SSTP) to develop and produce stage versions of Sony films.
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NewsKodak introduces asset protection film stock
The company said its Color Asset Protection Film 2332 was designed for content owners who “originate or finish their productions on digital formats and want to protect their valuable media for the future.”
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Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts enlists faculty members
Screenwriter and producer Leslie Dixon, director and screenwriter Barry W Blaustein and producer Harry Ufland are on board.
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Deals round-up: IFC Midnight falls for Maniac, O-Scope courts Disaster
Franck Khalfoun’s thriller is a remake of William Lustig’s 1980 slasher film of the same title and is based on a screenplay by Alex Aja and Gregory Levasseur about a repressed mannequin store owner with homicidal urges.
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Poverty Row names Mary Pickford biopic The First
Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia’s production company began official discussions in Cannes on the project based on Eileen Whitfield’s biography Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood.
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News2013 Golden Globes ceremony set for January 13
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and producer Dick Clark Productions announced the timetable on Tuesday (21). Nominations for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards will come out on Dec 13.
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NewsDaniel Diamond to head sales at QED International
The veteran sales and marketing executive arrives from Morgan Creek and will oversee a prestige slate alongside Bill Block heading into Toronto and the AFM.
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NewsIce Age franchise crosses $2bn internationally
Fox made the announcement on Tuesday (21) as Ice Age: Continental Drift became the second biggest animated release at the international box office on $653m, behind Ice Age 3 on $693.9m.
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NewsFox to distribute DreamWorks Animation slate
The five-year deal kicks in after the current arrangement with Paramount expires at the end of the year and runs from 2013 through 2017.
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A24 film venture launches in New York
UPDATE: Daniel Katz, David Fenkel and John Hodges announced the new distribution, financing and production entity on Monday (20)
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Marco Polo Production bulks up French video slate
Gun, All Things Fall Apart and Set Up join the pipeline for the fledgling distributor, fully owned by Hannibal Pictures and Hannibal Classics’ Richard Rionda Del Castro and Patricia Eberle.
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NewsTony Scott dies in apparent suicide
Los Angeles Country coroner’s officials confirmed on Sunday that the 68-year-old filmmaker and younger brother of Ridley Scott leapt to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California.
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NewsDKR overtakes Dark Knight to reach $487.8m international
Warner Bros’ third Batman film became the biggest of the franchise outside North America at the weekend as it clung on to its top berth for the fifth consecutive weekend thanks to an estimated $20.6m haul from 61 markets.
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NewsExpendables 2 bursts into action on $29m US launch
The Sly and Arnie show rolled into town and proved to be an unstoppable albeit modest force as Lionsgate’s action sequel opened top on an estimated $28.8m. Warner Bros’ The Dark Knight Rises crossed $400m in its fifth weekend.
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Academy puts sci/tech feats under microscope
The list of achievements is made public “to allow individuals and companies with similar devices or claims of prior art the opportunity to submit their achievements for review.”
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NewsWarner Bros eyes fifth weekend of international rule for DKR
The Dark Knight Rises has amassed $464m through Warner Bros Pictures International and the question is can it stay top for the fifth consecutive weekend.
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Kino Lorber acquires North American rights to Violeta Went To Heaven
Andrés Wood’s film will open theatrically in November or December followed by VoD in early 2013.
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NewsAmour, Beyond The Hills, Barbara headed for NYFF
Top brass at the 50th New York Film Festival unveiled the main slate on Thursday (16), a rich selection of world cinema that includes the Cannes premieres from Palme d’Or winner Michael Haneke and Cristian Mungiu (film pictured).
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NewsThe Avengers sequel to hit theatres on May 1 2015
The follow-up to Marvel Studios and Disney’s global smash will kick off the summer season in three years’ time.
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NewsLooper, Sinister to screen at Austin's Fantastic Fest
The pair are among the second wave of programming announced on Thursday (16) by organisers of the Texan genre jamboree.