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Lincoln Center unveils NYFF Convergence, Midnight Movies
NYFF Convergence will take place from Sept 29-30 during the 50th New York Film Festival when audiences will get the chance to attend panels, workshops and “immersive experiences.”
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NewsIFC Midnight acquires US rights to Berberian Sound Studio
Peter Strickland’s psychological horror film will screen in Toronto and played previously in Locarno and Edinburgh.
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NewsSPC takes US rights to The Company You Keep
The buy takes Robert Redford’s thriller off the table ahead of its world premiere out of competition in Venice and subsequent Toronto screening.
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Magnet answers Nature Calls for North America
Magnet Releasing has picked up North American rights to Nature Calls starring Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville, Rob Riggle, Patrice O’Neal, Maura Tierney and Darrell Hammond.
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NewsDKR crosses $500m internationally for Warner Bros
The biggest international performer in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy has now reached $501.1m and combines with the $413.9m North American gross for a $915m worldwide running total.
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NewsRiver Road dips toes into the wilds of Fordlandia
Bill Pohlad has hired Ben Coccio, screenwriter of upcoming Toronto world premiere The Place Beyond The Pines, to adapt the story about Henry Ford’s ill-fated Brazilian utopia project.
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NewsFocus Features throws Promised Land into awards race
Insiders had spoken of a fifth film that would join Anna Karenina, Hyde Park On Hudson, Moonrise Kingdom and ParaNorman on the company’s slate and on Thursday Focus revealed it will be the latest film from Gus Van Sant.
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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.