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NewsLikely Story sets writers for Too Cool graphic novel adaptation
Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko will adapt the Top Shelf Productions graphic novel about a family man who reverts to his 15-year-old body after a hypnosis course to stop smoking.
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NewsRelativity takes over Stretch Armstrong project with Hasbro
Universal has dropped the action adaptation, allowing Relativity to come on board the tentpole based on the action figure launched in 1976 and re-launched in the 1990’s. The parties did not mention Taylor Lautner, who had been attached to the Universal project.
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NewsLightning lines up comedy The Hot Flashes for EFM
Principal photography is set to begin in New Orleans on Feb 13 on the story of a tough middle-aged women’s basketball team. Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Melanie Griffith, Wanda Sykes, and Camryn Manheim star.
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NewsDujardin, Davis, The Help among big SAG winners
The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night (29) threw up a surprise as Viola Davis (pictured) trumped Meryl Streep in the lead actress race for her performance in The Help, while Jean Dujardin claimed the lead actor prize for The Artist.
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NewsGhost Protocol reclaims int'l pole position on $25m
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol — now the biggest in the franchise on a $571m worldwide tally — got back into the driving seat internationally through PPI thanks to a big debut in China and $25m overall from 7,837 sites in 63 markets to boost the score to $369m.
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NewsOpen Road scores number one US launch for The Grey on $20m
Tom Ortenberg’s second release under his new company after Killer Elite delivered as expected a number one result for the critically acclaimed survival story starring Liam Neeson. Joe Carnahan directed.
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NewsSundance: Weinsteins take Favorite, Indomina gets Rap, FilmDistrict takes on Safety
In two late-breaking deals on Sunday (29), The Weinstein Company took US rights to Stephen Frears’ caper Lay The Favorite while Indomina Releasing acquired the world on Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap. Also, FilmDistrict took Safety Not Guaranteed.
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NewsHazanavicius scoops DGA prize for The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius has won the DGA’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Feature Film award for The Artist, official cementing his status as the favourite to claim the Oscar.
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NewsBeasts, House I Live In triumph at Sundance
Benh Zeitlin’s fantasy drama Beasts Of The Southern Wild won the grand jury prize in the US dramatic competition while Charles Ferguson’s war on drugs film The House I Live in took corresponding documentary honours at the Sundance 2012 awards ceremony on Saturday night (28).
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NewsSundance: Magnolia takes US rights to Compliance, 2 Days
The deals continued to roll in on Saturday (28) as Magnolia acquired Craig Zobel’s thriller following their previous collaboration on Great Wall Of Sound.
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NewsSundance: Middle Of Nowhere, Simon Killer sell
Participant Media and AFFRM (African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement) have jointly acquired US theatrical rights to AFFRM founder Ava DuVernay’s Middle Of Nowhere, while IFC have added Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer to the pipeline.
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Update: SAG, AFTRA take another step towards merger
AFTRA’s (American Federation Of Television And Radio Artists) national board of directors voted on Saturday (28) by 94%-6% in favour of a merger with SAG. The matter will go to referendum for membership.
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Sarah Jessica Parker replaces Demi Moore on Lovelace
Parker will play the feminist author and activist Gloria Steinem after Moore left the project last week citing personal reasons.
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NewsAcademy committee allows four producers on Tree Of Life
The producers branch executive committee of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has ruled that the official producers are Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill.
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Davi Oliveira to oversee Brazil for PHMD
Oliveira will oversee marketing, sales and distribution in the territory for Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) and will report to Dave Davis, svp Asia Pacific and Latin America physical and digital transactional sales.
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Sundance Institute announces Sloan, NHK winners
Robot & Frank, directed by Jake Schreier and written by Christopher Ford and Valley Of Saints, directed and written by Musa Syeed, have each been awarded the 2012 Alfred P Sloan Feature Film Prize. Close far Away wins the Sundance Institute / NHK award.
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News2012 Slamdance honours Bindlestiffs, Pine Hill
The jurors and audiences at the 18th annual event in Park City have spoken.“What a great way to end Slamdance’s 18th festival - by celebrating the films our excellent jurors and incredible audiences have awarded these emerging filmmakers,” Slamdance co-founder and festival director Peter Baxter said. “This year’s narrative and ...
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NewsHolmes 2 faces Underworld, Descendants at box office
Sherlock Holmes 2 has dominated the international arena in recent weekends but will need to muster all its nous to prevail against Underworld and The Descendants.
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Outsider Pictures acquires US rights to Juan Of The Dead
The zombie satire will screen at the Miami International Film Festival which runs from Mar 2-11.
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NewsMimi Steinbauer launches Radiant on eve of Berlinale
The international sales veteran who most recently served at Hyde Park International has resurfaced with her new company, Radiant Films International. Lullaby and I Am are the first two titles confirmed for the EFM.