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Luther Anderson scoops $50,000 Louisiana Film Prize Festival Weekend
Thomas Woodruff’s short film The Legend Of Luther Anderson beat out 19 other finalists at the weekend to win the inaugural high-value award.
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NewsMoviepilot names two senior hires
The film discovery platform has brought on Amy Elkins for the newly created role of evp of strategy and advertising and Amy Smith as its first US director of advertising.
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NewsMel Brooks to receive AFI lifetime honour
The veteran comedian and filmmaker [pictured] will collect the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in Los Angeles on June 6.
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NewsBrian Goldsmith named co-COO of Lionsgate
Goldsmith [pictured] joins co-COO Steve Beeks and will report to CEO Jon Feltheimer on corporate management issues and continue to work closely with vice chairman Michael Burns and general counsel Wayne Levin on merger and acquisitions activities and capital structure.
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NewsTaken 2 restores faith in North American box office
EuropaCorp’s thriller starring Liam Neeson as the protective family man with a very particular set of skills stormed to the top on an estimated $50m through Fox in what EuropaCorp sources called the biggest launch of a French film at the US box office.
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NewsEuropaCorp’s Taken 2 rules international on $55.2m
UPDATE: The Liam Neeson thriller sequel ran away with the weekend box office, earning an estimated $39.2m though Fox International and the remainder through producer-financier EuropaCorp.
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NewsChristian Bale reunites with David O Russell on untitled project
The Oscar winning star of The Fighter will join Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams on the ensemble drama.
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NewseOne acquires Twice Born for North America
Sergio Castellitto’s film premiered in Toronto last month and went on to receive a strong reception in San Sebastian.
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NewsFox Int'l unleashes Taken 2 in 25-plus territories
Liam Neeson and his very particular set of skills are back and audiences in the UK, Australia and China will be among those who can watch EuropaCorp’s thriller day-and-date with North American filmgoers.
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NewsProducers set Nov 19 Canada shoot for Reasonable Doubt
Samuel Jackson and Dominic Cooper will star in the thriller, formerly known as The Good Samaritan. Voltage Pictures represents international rights.
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NewsDistribution round-up: Cinedigm takes Dead Man’s Burden
Jared Moshe’s western [pictured] premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and will open in North America in 2013 in theatres followed by VoD, digital and DVD. FilmBuff will release Ex-Girlfriend, Magic Stone and Brainstorm are on board The American Scream and Kino Lorber has signed a distribution deal with ...
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NewsBrenton Thwaites signs on to Intrepid Pictures’ Oculus
The Australian actor [pictured] has been cast as the male lead alongside Karen Gillan, with Rory Cochrane also in the cast. Film District acquired US rights on the eve of Cannes and Focus Features International handles sales for the rest of the world.
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NewsInception Media Group sets US release for Four Assassins
The Will Yun Lee thriller will receive its North American premiere on Oct 19.
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NewsDaniel Day-Lewis to collect Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award
The star of Lincoln will collect the BAFTA LA honour at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Nov 7 on the eve of the film’s world premiere as the AFI FEST closing night screening.
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Film Armada to stream NYFF’s Views From The Avant-Garde
The roster of films will screen on the Film Armada site from Oct 9-14.
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FilmMatters film and lecture symposium returns to Dallas
The event will take place in Texas on Nov 3 and features panel discussions involving people from entertainment, non-profits and activists.
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Artsploitation Films to open maiden release Gandu
Raymond Murray’s young distributor will release the drama by Bengali filmmaker Q (aka Kaushik Mukherjee) on VoD and DVD on Dec 11.
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Bleiberg Entertainment takes worldwide sales on Under The Bed
Steven C Miller’s new film hails from the producing team behind festival horror hit V/H/S. Bleiberg will commence sales in MIPCOM through its Compound B label.
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Robert L Johnson buys Image, Acorn Media
The chairman of the RLJ Companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television announced the acquisition on Wednesday (3) and said shareholders from Image and Acorn had approved the transaction. The new company is called RLJ Entertainment.
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NewsGary Barber becomes sole MGM chairman and CEO
Roger Birnbaum announced on Wednesday (Oct 3) that he is stepping down from the joint leadership role at the studio to focus on producing.