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FlixChip Corp launches storage device, partners with FilmChest
Entrepreneur John Strisower’s new venture aims to deliver entertainment content with a new family of devices it claims will be smaller, simpler and faster.
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Obit: Ted Shugrue, international executive
J Edward ‘Ted’ Shugrue has died in New York following a short illness at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was 62.
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Phase 4 gets generation Um... New Yorker takes Hors Satan
Phase 4 Films has picked up North American rights to Mark L Mann’s generation Um… starring Keanu Reeves, Bojana Novakovic and Adelaide Clemens.
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NewsHotel Transylvania rules US box office on $43m debut
A mighty weekend for Sony saw two of its releases dominate the charts as the session brought in around 20% more than a year ago to end the recent slump.
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NewsLooper poised to rule int'l, Ice Age 4 sets animation record
UPDATE: Resident Evil: Retribution is the temporary weekend champion after a $21.2m haul but will lose its crown when Looper’s number one result from China comes in on Tuesday. The Joseph Gordon-Levitt thriller amassed more than $12m from six other territories including a number one UK launch. Fox International’s Ice ...
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Safari set to shoot in South Africa on Oct 15
Thaba Media’s project will pitch tent in Johannesburg and is based on US writer Tyler Hisel’s found footage script about a band of American tourists stranded in the heart of the South African wilderness.
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IFTA announces new board members after 'most active' election
The Independent Film & Television Alliance voted on Friday (Sept 28).
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NewsJon Mone named evp production at Universal
The executive has been in the studio fold since 2006 in his capacity as an executive at Scott Stuber’s Universal-based Bluegrass Films.
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NewsAndrew Garfield, Marc Webb return to Amazing Spider-Man
Columbia Pictures top brass made the announcement on Friday (28) in the wake of the summer success of The Amazing Spider-Man’s $751m worldwide haul.
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NewsMalick, De Palma films find US distributors
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Terrence Malick’s To The Wonder while eOne Films North America will release Brian De Palma’s Passion. Both films will open in 2013 and thus are out of contention for the current awards season race.
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NewsMinds Eye, Red Sky, Moving Pictures board Avalon
Canada’s Minds Eye Entertainment, Red Sky Entertainment and Moving Pictures Media will produce the live-action fantasy book adaptation Avalon: Web Of Magic [pictured].
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NewsWell Go USA swoops on North American rights to The Thieves
Choi Dong-hoon’s South Korean heist thriller was a summer smash in its home country where it reportedly generated more than 10m admissions – the first film to do so since tsunami action film Haeundae three years ago.
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NewsWinkler Films options The Empty Glass
J I Baker will adapt the thriller screenplay from his novel about conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe.
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NewsFilm District moves up thriller release Dead Man Down
The film will now open on Mar 8 2013 after FlimDistrict initially selected Apr 5 2013.
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NewsDistribution round-up: Film Movement acquires Broken
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Rufus Norris’ Critics’ Week opener, while The Cinema Guild has swooped on US rights to Museum Hours and Freestyle Digital Media will release Amphibious (pictured) in North America.
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NewsLionsgate grows borrowing base with $800m facility
The new five-year revolving credit facility replaces the studio’s previous $340m deal.
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NewsLakeshore to finance Baby Jane remake
More than two months after it emerged that Walter Hill [pictured] would remake the 1962 thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? A clearer picture of the elements is beginning to emerge.
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NewsBabacar Diene joins Voltage in key acquisitions role
The new hire joins as vp of acquisitions and most recently worked at IM Global where since 2010 he served in a similar capacity for Apsara Distribution.
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NewsHitchcock to open AFI FEST on Nov 1
Sacha Gervasi’s film is based on Stephen Rebello’s book Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho and the film will receive its world premiere.
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CommentArgo and The Master off to strong start in awards season
Jeremy Kay analyses how the awards race is shaping up after Venice, Telluride and Toronto.