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Christopher Nolan, Peter Berg in Produced By line-up
The PGA’s annual conference in Los Angeles is set to run from Jun 8-10 and will feature on-stage conversations with the filmmakers behind The Dark Knight and Battleship.
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NewsStruck By Lightning among five new titles on Lightning Entertainment slate
The Santa Monica-based company will introduce the Tribeca coming-of-age comedy written by and starring Glee’s Chris Colfer to buyers on the Croisette. Lightning negotiated the deal with ICM and Traction Media.
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Expanded Beijing Film Market wraps
The second Beijing Film Market (April 24-26) wrapped on Thursday after three days of increased participation and business, although delegates agreed that it remains a mostly domestic Chinese event.
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Dimension Films acquires US rights to Dark Skies
Scott Stewart wrote and will direct the supernatural thriller, his follow-up to Priest that is being produced by Jason Blum and Alliance Films, which is fully financing. IM Global will commence pre-sales in Cannes through its Octane division.
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Bye Bye Blondie to close Inside Out Toronto LBGT on May 27.
The The North American premiere follows two women who struggle to revive their relationship after years of separation and change.
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Hammer options Winchester haunted house story
The Exclusive Media subsidiary will develop and produce with Imagination Design Works (IDW) and Nine/8 Entertainment.
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NewsThe Avengers races to $73m int'l tally before weekend
SATURDAY UPDATE: The superhero mash-up has grossed an estimated $73.1m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International from Wednesday through Friday and is active in 41 territories.
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NewsWillem Dafoe joins Out Of The Furnace
The two-time Oscar nominee will play the role of John Petty in the crime drama, which started shooting in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Apr 13.
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NewsStellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada join cast of The Railway Man
Shooting begins on Jonathan Teplitzky’s war drama in Scotland on April 30.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Among the new projects added to Screenbase is Wasteland starring Luke Treadaway.
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Film Factory picks up Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang for Cannes
Popular Spanish comic Zip & Zap is headed to the big screen as a family adventure produced by Zeta Cinema, Mod Producciones, Antena 3 Films and Kowalski Films.
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NewsVerve picks up My Brother The Devil, Couple In A Hole
Verve to release Sally El Hosaini’s Sundance and Berlin drama in the UK this autumn.
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FeaturesBritish Film Commission party, Tribeca Film Festival
The BFC hosted its annual Tribeca party on Tuesday 24 April, attended by industry and festival winners.
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NewsWorld premiere of Grassroots to close Seattle Int’l Film Festival
Stephen Gyllenhaal’s comedy stars Jason Biggs and will bookend the festival with the previously announced opening night screening of Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister (pictured). The festival is set to run from May 17-Jun 10.
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Tribeca Film Institute hands out TAA All Access honours
Rhymes For Young Ghouls and The New Black were selected from 11 projects at a ceremony on Thursday night (26) to win the $10,000 Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards for narrative and documentaries, respectively.
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Working Title extends Universal deal through 2015
The new deal becomes a first-look arrangement rather than the exclusive deal shared by the parties since 1999.