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Sundance entry Enemies Of The People to benefit from Artist Services
The Sundance Institute announced on Wednesday (18) the addition of 10 independent films to its online digital platforms through its Artist Services initiative.
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NewsDisney sets Nov 9 US release date for Lincoln biopic
In what will come as no surprise, Steven Spielberg’s Abraham Lincoln drama has been thrust into the heart of awards season.
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NewsGaga to handle sales on Warner Bros’ Rurouni Kenshin
Japan’s Gaga Corporation will handle international sales, excluding Japan and North America, of Warner Brothers Pictures Japan production Rurouni Kenshin.
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Robin Williams joins Lee Daniels’ The Butler
The comedian and actor will portray Dwight D Eisenhower and joins an ensemble that includes Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Vanessa Redgrave, Terrence Howard, John Cusack and Alan Rickman.
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NewsDark Knight Rises dominates in Australia, South Korea
UPDATE: By early Friday morning (20) the film had grossed $10.4m from nine countries through Warner Bros Pictures International including a $3.8m opening day in Australia from 628 screens. The numbers however will be overshadowed by the shooting tragedy at a screening in Colorado on Thursday night (see separate story.)
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NewsBFC appoints Kattie Kotok as executive vice president US production
She fills the role previously held by Andy Weltman who left in March to head up Pinewood’s LA office.
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NewsHMRC draft guidance raises doubts over EIS schemes
The HM Revenue and Customs has issued a draft guidance which could disqualify the majority of creative businesses from accessing the relief.
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NewsAppetite for local fare in Norway down in 2012
Norwegian films have lost 59.3% of their audience in the first half of 2012 in their home territory.
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CommentUpstanding citizen
Syrian director Sam Kadi talks to Elnaz Toussi about his debut feature The Citizen, his hopes for his homeland and the American Dream.
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NewsCineplexx acquires Planet TUS cinemas in Slovenia
Austrian exhibitor also announces new screens in Macedonia and Serbia.
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NewsBavaria boosts film fund for international productions
The increasing competition between the German Länder to attract film productions to their respective regions has taken on a new dimension this week with Bavaria’s introduction of a € 6m dedicated programme for international productions over the next two years .
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Film 4.0 to support online collaborative art project This Exquisite Forest
The scheme is aimed at bringing together artists and the wider creative community to allow people to create short animations.
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NewsGael Garcia Bernal to receive Locarno's Excellence Award
The Mexican actor will join Charlotte Rampling as a second recipient of the Locarno Film Festival’s Excellence Award this year.
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NewsUPI Russia inks distribution deal with Premium Film
UPI will handle physical distribution of eight Premium films including Jackie Chan’s Chinese Zodiac and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Stand.
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NewsDrafthouse picks up Australian shocker Wake In Fright
Ted Kotcheff’s nightmarish tale of a stranded British teacher’s torment at the hands of an Outback gang played in selection in Cannes in 1971 before Martin Scorsese brought a restored version back to the Croisette in 2009.
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NewsDemarest, China’s E Stars board Reliance / IM Global’s Paranoia
Robert Luketic is set to start shooting the $40m thriller on Friday (20). Liam Hemsworth (pictured), Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford and Amber Heard star. Relativity Media holds US rights.
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NewsJason Spivak earns digital distribution stripes at SPHE
The executive is named evp of worldwide digital distribution at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and will continue to lead transactional digital business activities.
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Breck Eisner to direct Stretch Armstrong for Relativity
The action story based on the Hasbro property is earmarked for release in the US on Apr 11, 2014 and will open internationally through Relativity’s global network of distribution partners.
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Tribeca Film acquires British found footage film Hollow
Michael Axelgaard’s film premiered at Fantasia Festival in 2011 and will open on Sept 19.
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Schölermann attached to Tour de France action drama
Australian producer/lawyer Rob Gibson has secured German director Marc Schölermann for The Domestique, an action/drama about a veteran pro cyclist who fights his way back onto a struggling team in the Tour de France after he has been banned for doping.