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NewsScud makes Voyage to Europe
Hong Kong filmmaker Scud has made his first foray into shooting in Europe with his fifth feature Voyage which was filming in Germany’s Hanover this week before moving on to the Dutch capital of Amsterdam.
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NewsMartin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio reunite on Wolf
Red Granite has confirmed the pair will team up on the $85m-plus The Wolf Of Wall Street, their fifth collaboration after The Departed, Shutter Island, The Aviator and Gangs Of New York.
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NewsCannes' 65th edition has strong American flavour
Thierry Fremaux says he will announce two to three more titles in coming weeks.
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Constantin acquires rights to fantasy saga The Iron Trial
The deal with authors Cassandra Clare and Holly Black for the unpublished series follows the adventures of 12-year-old Callum Hunt and his interaction with magicians. The Iron Trial is the first in the series.
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Jennifer Garner named CinemaCon Female Star Of The Year
Garner will next be seen in Disney’s family film The Odd Life Of Timothy Green set to open on Aug 15 about a childless couple who bury a box in their back yard containing their wishes for an infant son.
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NewsBenh Zeitlin to receive inaugural Graham Leggat Award
The director of Beasts Of The Southern Wild, the Sundance grand jury dramatic prizewinner that has just been announced in the Un Certain Regard line-up, will collect the honour during the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival on Apr 26.
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NewsThe Wolverine to be filmed in Australia
Sydney has beaten Vancouver to James Mangold’s The Wolverine, the sixth film in the X-Men franchise, principally because the Australian Government is providing a one-off cash incentive of $13.2m (A$12.8m).
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Cinedigm acquires New Video in $14m-plus deal
The resulting entity will serve as a full-service end-to-end digital releasing studio capable of acquiring and distributing content theatrically and digitally.
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SundanceNOW launches Doc Club SVoD programme
The Sundance Selects stablemate’s new initiative is curated in association with documentary programmer Thom Powers and kicks off with an Errol Morris spotlight.
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GoDigital buys four from Shoreline Entertainment
The digital distributor has picked up the documentary Fat Belly, sci-fi animation Technotise: Edit & I, horror thriller Cannibal and stop-motion Edison & Leo.
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NewsTitanic 3D to cross $200m this weekend
International preview: Fox International’s smash is expected to reach the milestone by Friday and could cross $100m in China as early as Saturday.
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NewsKaleidoscope closes US, Benelux deals for Victim
EXCLUSIVE: Kaleidoscope Entertainment has sold UK drama Victim to Well Go USA for North America and Three Lines for Benelux.
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NewsToo little investment in British family features, says Sky Movies head
Sky Movies director Ian Lewis has revealed that the company’s decision to develop and produce family films has been partly triggered by a lack of investment in the genre in the UK, calling on the UK production sector to pitch more ideas.
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NewsIndomina, Kaleidoscope seal deal on The Art Of Rap
The Indomina Group has sold international distribution rights to London-based Kaleidoscope on Ice-T’s Sundance entry Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap.
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NewsRich Ross steps down as Walt Disney Studios chairman
Following the $200m John Carter write-down Ross is ending his two-and-a-half-year tenure in the post and leaves behind a 15-year career at the studio.
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Europa International backs EC move on digital plan
Europa International, the organisation representing the interests of international sales agents, has given an enthusiastic welcome to The European Commission’s recently published call for proposals related to a new preparatory action Circulation Of European Films In Digital Era.
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NewsWWE Studios joins IM Global on Dead Man Down
The companies will co-finance the $30m romantic thriller, which is set to begin shooting in Philadelphia on Monday (23) and stars starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard and Dominic Cooper.