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RiverRun unveils inaugural Spark Award winners
The North Carolina festival will honour actors David Oyelowo and Brady Corbet and multi-hyphenate Amy Seimetz on Apr 20.
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Alden Ehrenreich replaces Jack O’Connell on Alcon’s Beautiful Creatures
The supernatural love story is part of Summit International’s sales slate and production is set for later this month in and around New Orleans.
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NewsGary Ross drops out of Hunger Games sequel
Speculation over who will direct the follow-up to Lionsgate’s $460m-plus global smash looks set to drag on after Ross and studio issued statements on Tuesday (10).
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NewsEmily Watson, Anna Friel join The Poisoners
Film Bridge International holds worldwide rights to the comedic tale about women left to run a farm community during the first world war with only German POWs for company. Jon Amiel will direct and Jeanna Polley of London-based The Producers is producing.
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Anchor Bay Films takes North America on Bait 3D
Arclight handled international sales and managing director Gary Hamilton produced what is purportedly Australia’s first 3D action film along with Todd Fellman and Peter Barber.
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Mic Kramer to head international publicity at Paramount
The studio veteran most recently served as head of publicity at GK Films and will start in his new position as evp of international publicity on Apr 16.
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Jonathan Helfgot to head marketing at Walden Media
The new evp of worldwide marketing previously served as svp of marketing and research at Fox and worked on the likes of Avatar and X-Men First Class.
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NewsWild Bunch to introduce Suspiria remake in Cannes
David Gordon Green will direct the Dario Argento remake and Crime Scene Pictures will produce with First Sun and Memo Films. CAA represents US rights.
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NewsRed Granite, Mythology, Phoenix partner on Jonathan Hoag
The fledgling LA-based production, finance and sales company is teaming up to fully finance and co-produce The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag. Alex Proyas will direct and his Mystery Clock Cinema also produces.
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NewsReliance commits to second round of funding for DreamWorks
The Indian giant is understood to be pledging a second round of capital but the studio will narrow its focus to three to five tentpoles a year, according to a report in the New York Times.
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NewsTribeca Online Film Festival line-up to include Babygirl
The world premiere of Macdara Vallely’s drama is one of four selections from the main festival that top brass unveiled on Monday (9). The roster will run concurrently with the main festival from Apr 18-29.
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NewsEnder’s Game to open in US on Nov 1, 2013
The young adult sci-fi project was one of the highlights of the Cannes 2011 market and Sierra / Affinity handles international sales. Summit holds US rights.
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NewsWrath rules the waves on $43m as Titanic makes a splash
Updated: Warner Bros Pictures International’s action fantasy dominated outside North America for a second straight session as the running total climbed to an estimated $152.5m and $211.3m globally.
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NewsThe Hunger Games charges past $300m in US
Lionsgate’s action smash has grossed more in North America than any film in the Twilight series and stands at $459.9m worldwide.
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Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival sets 2013 dates
The 28th annual jamboree will take place from Jan 24-Feb 3.
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Paula Wagner, Rick Nicita to chair 2012 Ischia Global Film & Music Festival
The tenth annual summer event will take place on the Italian island from Jul 8-15.
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NewsThe Lady, The Source bookend Sonoma Int'l Film Festival
A pair of films from EuropaCorp will open and close the 15th annual Sonoma event, set to run in the Californian Wine Country from Apr 11-15.
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Haxan Films, Amber Entertainment to shoot Exists
The Blair Witch Project co-director Eduardo Sanchez is directing the horror-thriller about friends who encounter Bigfoot in the woods.
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Tribeca Film Institute names Sloan student screenwriter winner
Grainger David of NYU’s Tisch School Of The Arts will receive the 2012 Alfred P Sloan Foundation Student Grand Jury Prize for Screenwriting at an evening reception in New York on Thursday (5).
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Laura Linney to receive Dallas Star Award
Top brass at the Dallas International Film Festival also confirmed that Josh Radnor’s previously announced Liberal Arts will play as the opening night screening, while Todd Louiso’s Hello I Must Be Going and Marius A Markevicius’ The Other Dream Team earn Centerpiece slots.