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CASHét Card launches in US; offers cash rebate
Film and TV producers are entitled to a 1% cash rebate on every dollar spent on the production without limit through the customised MasterCard. The card will soon expand beyond US borders.
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NewsMemento racks up sales on Craig Zobel’s Compliance
EXCLUSIVE: PictureWorks takes India and AT Entertainment, Japan ahead of controversial picture’s international premiereat the Locarno Film Festival.
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NewsBBCW eyes VoD push after Netflix buys Call the Midwife
BBC Worldwide has sold period drama hit Call The Midwife to US video-on-demand service Netflix and has identified major opportunities in the global digital market.
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NewsSky profits hit £1.2bn
Sky has boosted pre-tax profits 17% to £1.19bn as its spend on entertainment costs increased by £70m.
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NewsDurban FilmMart wraps with development, production grants and festival invites
Best Feature Film Project goes to Jambula Tree; some projects on their way to IDFA, Rotterdam.
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NewsHaneke actress Susanne Lothar dies at 51
German actress Susanne Lothar, who appeared in four films by Michael Haneke, has died at the age of 51.
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NewsMovie streaming service blinkbox gets update for Xbox 360
Update allows Xbox LIVE users to buy or rent from a library of 10,000 titles, including the likes of John Carter [pictured] and This Means War.
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NewsDolby Laboratories acquires immersive audio competitor IMM Sound
IMM Sound’s immersive audio technology includes both theatre systems and audio post technology with their Immersive Audio Workstation mixing console.
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NewsGerman co-financier of Traffic and Gangs Of New York making first foray into local production
EXCLUSIVE: Splendid Medien, the Cologne-based co-financier of such US mainstream films as Traffic and Gangs Of New York, is set to make its first foray into local German production this autumn.
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NewsInward investment surges in UK as number of domestic productions and spend fall
Film creates an annual £1.5bn trade surplus for UK, according to BFI, but as inward investment rises number of domestic productions, and spend of those productions, fall.
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FeaturesKath & Kimderella
Two of Australia’s most loved and idiosyncratic TV comic characters, Kath & Kim, have been taken out of their usual suburban setting and dropped into Italy for their big screen debut, which will be unleashed on Australian cinemas in September.
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CommentRevisiting Amityville
Screen chats to director Eric Walter and producer Andrea Adams about their documentary My Amityville Horror, which plays at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
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NewsCinedigm acquires US rights to Journey documentary
The company will release Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey in theatres, on VoD and premium digital platforms in spring 2013.
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NewsIMAX Corp reports growth in Q2 2012 earnings call
Shooting sequences on IMAX cameras for blockbusters like The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man offers a “differentiation” factor that bodes well for the future, CEO Rich Gelfond said on Thursday (26).
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NewsMaven Pictures to produce With A Friend Like Harry
Principals Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler announced on Thursday (26) that Kimberly Peirce will direct the remake of the French psychological thriller.
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Wolf Of Wall Street casting continues ahead of August shoot
Ethan Suplee and Katarina Cas have joined recent arrival Jon Favreau and previously announced Leonardo DiCaprio. Martin Scorsese will direct in New York for Red Granite.
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Sara Canning, Catherine O’Hara joint Sex And Sunsets
Producer Robert Lantos made the announcement on Thursday (26). Shooting is earmarked for an Aug 20 start on location in the Canadian town of Banff and Los Angeles.
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Arclight, Wrenn launch distribution outfit Greenlight
Arclight Films owners Gary Hamilton and Victor Syrmis and Arclight’s local managing director Michael Wrenn are launching an Australian distribution outfit, Greenlight Releasing, which will begin ushering films into cinemas early next year.
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NewsLinen Mill Studios expands with new 5000 sq ft stage
The Northern Ireland based studio is currently playing host to part of the shoot for Game Of Thones, season three.