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Wrekin Hill, NECA team up for Spurlock Comic-Con doc
Morgan Spurlcok’s Comic-Con Episode IV – A Fan’s Hope will open theatrically in spring 2012 in conjunction with a multi-city tour following the joint acquisition.
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Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink to create content for Microsoft
The filmmaker’s transmedia production company will make original interactive content for worldwide distribution and includes video games.
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NewsVentana Sur attendance up 42%; FilmSharks sells Saving Private Perez to CIS
Ventana Sur came to a close on Monday (5) after four days of meetings, panels and conferences with a smattering of deals and the announcement of the winners of the Primer Corte competition of works in progress.
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NewsLay The Favorite, Bachelorette among Sundance Premieres
Joining Stephen Frears and Leslye Headland are narrative entries 2 Days In New York from Julie Delpy, Nicholas Jarecki’s financial thriller Arbitrage and Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer. Documentary Premieres includes fresh work from Joe Berlinger, Stacy Peralta and Ice-T.
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NewsBreaking Dawn adds $40m, surges towards $350m int'l
Summit’s penultimate Twilight episode ruled the international waves with ease for a third consecutive session, adding an estimated $40.2m from approximately 9,000 venues in 73 markets for $341m.
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NewsBreaking Dawn holds on to US box office crown with $17m
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 stayed top for the third consecutive weekend as the runningtotal for Summit’s tween delight climbed to $247.3m.
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NewsVentana Sur: INCAA, ANCINE renew fund for 2012
The film institutes of Argentina and Brazil will once again offer a total of $800,000 towards the production budgets of four projects that advance through the selection process set to launch in late February.
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Restless City, Amos among Bahamas winners
The winners of the eighth Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) were unveiled on Sunday night (Dec 4) at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.
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Miscarriage of justice doc backed by Peter Jackson wraps
Jackson’s WingNut Films announced on Sunday (Dec 4) that West Of Memphis is complete.
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NewsVentana Sur: producers sound alarm over Eurozone crisis
The Latin American industry should place less reliance on Europe as a co-production partner in the wake of economic woes, attendees at the Buenos Aires market heard on Friday (Dec 2).
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Adrian Smith promoted to evp, general sales manager at Sony
Smith will oversee domestic sales of all of Sony Pictures’ films alongside Sony Pictures Releasing president Jim Amos, to whom he will report, and worldwide distribution chief Rory Bruer.
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NewsPGA announces documentary nominees
The films are Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest, Bill Cunningham New York, Project Nim (pictured), Senna and The Union.
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NewsBreaking Dawn eases past $300m int’l box office
The penultimate episode in Summit’s world-beating tween franchise soared past $500m in worldwide ticket sales earlier in the week.
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NewsSales agents, producers mobilise for LatAm market Ventana Sur
Six Latin American films will compete for post-production and marketing funds in Primer Corte, one of several anticipated highlights when the third Ventana Sur market kicks off in Buenos Aires on Friday (Dec 2).
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NewsNBR honours Hugo, Scorsese in best of 2011 vote
The National Board Of Review (NBR) on Thursday (Dec 1) anointed Martin Scorsese’s homage to the filmmaking pioneers as its best film of the year and gave the directors award to the man himself.
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NewsWingard, Swanberg among Sundance Midnight line-up
Sundance organisers announced on Dec 1 the out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City At Midnight, NEXT and New Frontier.
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Drafthouse Films picks up Electric Boogaloo
The distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will release Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films theatrically in late 2012.
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NewsViola Davis to receive Santa Barbara honour
The star of The Help will collect the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performer Of The Year Award on Jan 27, 2012.
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NewsSundance unveils US, World Cinema competition sections
Todd Louiso’s Hello I Must Be Going, Lauren Greenfield’s The Queen Of Versaillies, Kieran Darcy-Smith’s Wish You Were Here [pictured] and Malik Bendjelloul’s Searching For Sugar Man will open the festival, representing the US Dramatic, US Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic and World Cinema Documentary competitions.
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NewsTake Shelter, Artist lead Spirit Awards with five nominations
Film Independent announced its nominees in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning (Nov 29). Fox Searchlight leads the pack on 14 nominations for The Descendants, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Shame, Win Win, Another Earth and Cedar Rapids.