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NewsStudioCanal acquires Hoyts, plans local productions
StudioCanal has bought successful Australia and New Zealand distributor Hoyts Distribution of the Hoyts Group; the outfit will release last Twilight instalment in November.
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Busan partners with Al Jazeera on doc support
The Busan film festival’s Asian Network of Documentary (AND) is partnering with Al Jazeera English (AJE) on documentary scheme Viewfinder: Asia (working title).
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The Children wins investment from ScreenWest
The Children, from The Waiting City writer/director Claire McCarthy, has become the latest film to get $767,000 (A$750,000) in production investment funding from Western Australia’s West Coast Visions feature film initiative.
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NewsBong Joon Ho wraps Snowpiercer in Prague
The Host director Bong Joon Ho has wrapped shooting what looks to be Korea’s most expensive film to date, Snowpiercer.
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NewsProduction wraps on Gilbert’s A Long Way From Home
Production has wrapped on Virginia Gilbert’s A Long Way From Home, a UK-France co-production starring James Fox and Brenda Fricker.
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NewsImax to convert up to 18 additional AMC theatres
The companies announced on Monday (16) they were expanding their revenue sharing partnership and have agreed on eight new installation deals.
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Emma Pemberton joins UPIE as VP international new release marketing
She joins from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
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NewsOdeon wins tender to programme BFI IMAX, will ramp concession offering
Odeon has won a tender to programme the BFI IMAX Waterloo venue and will ramp the site’s concession offering.
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NewsVenice announces Orizzonti and Opera Prima juries
Orizzonti jury includes Sandra den Hamer, Jason Kliot, Nadine Labaki, Milcho Manchevski. Pierfrancesco Favino to preside.
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NewsPremier PR adds to portfolio, rebrands as Premier
Premier PR buys design and animation house Liquid Television and rebrands as ‘Premier’.
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NewsK5 to handle international sales on Status Quo doc
Directed by Alan G Parker, Hello Quo charts the 50 year career of British rock band Status Quo.
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NewsQED International signs up for John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo
Production is scheduled to begin in October in New York on the comedy starring Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara, Vanessa Paradis and Liev Schreiber.
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NewsDaniel Radcliffe speaks The F Word for eOne
Entertainment One Films has acquired international rights to the rom-com and will distribute in the UK and Canada. UTA and Jamie Feldman represent US rights.
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Amanda Plummer joins Lionsgate’s Catching Fire
She will play Wiress in the follow-up, set for release on Nov 22, 2013.
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UPIE appoints Emma Pemberton vp int’l new release marketing
The executive has started work and arrives from Sony, where she was based for five years as vp of international marketing and worked on campaigns for Spider-Man 3, The Da Vinci Code and Casino Royale, among others.
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NewsRob Springer appointed to key post at Cinedigm software division
The former svp of sales operations at Overture Films has been named svp and product manager of distributor solutions.
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NewsUPI crosses $1bn to set new company record
The studio announced on Tuesday (17) it had crossed the international box office threshold one month faster than its previous best time, established on Aug 16, 2008.
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NewsDante Spinotti, Bill Condon among new Academy governors
Cinematography branch representative Dante Spinotti, Lisa Cholodenko for the directors branch, executive Dick Cook, effects artist John Knoll, sound technician Scott Millan and Bill Condon of the writers branch are the six first-timer governors voted on to the board.
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Icarus, dGenerate sign US distribution pact
Icarus Films president Jonathan Miller and dGenerate Films president Karin Chien have signed a deal for the former to release dGenerate’s Chinese catalogue in the US.