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Memento secures sales on Silent Souls
The company has nade a number of sales on Aleksei Fedorchenko’s well received Venice competition film, which will go on to screen in Toronto.
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Protecting Inward Investment
A new proposal to make the UK tax credit recoupable seems to ignore the fact that virtually every other country in the world is lining up to steal big productions away from the UK.
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Sony Pictures Classics picks up Barney's Version
SPC has acquired all US rights to Richard J. Lewis’ feature adaptation, which is in competition at Venice.
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LFF host Vue launches festival twitter competition
Three competition winners will have the chance to review some of the London Film Festival’s (Oct 13-28) highlights on behalf of Vue including opening night film Never Let Me Go and Darren Aronofsky’s thriller Black Swan.
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Simon Hewlett named EVP marketing for Universal
Simon Hewlett has been promoted to executive vice president of marketing for Universal Pictures International (UPI).
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Godard may pick up his honourary Oscar after all, says Academy
The 79 year old French director has written a “cordial, handwritten note” to the Academy suggesting he may be heading to Hollywood to pick up his award in person, despite earlier indications that he would shun the ceremony.
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China Film Group to add two IMAX theatres
State owned film enterprise China Film Group (CFGC) has agreed a two-theatre deal with IMAX.
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Harmony Korine joins Rotterdam crowd funding scheme
Director Harmony Korine has joined International Film Festival Rotterdam’s (IFFR) Cinema Reloaded, the online film production fundraising platform.
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Ealing boards sales for John Lennon doc LENNONYC
Ealing Studios International has taken on worldwide sales rights (excluding the US) to Michael Epstein’s LENNONYC.
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Mad Men's Hendricks is latest addition to Drive cast
Emmy nominee Christina Hendricks from hit series Mad Men has joined Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan on Bold Films, OddLot Entertainment and Marc Platt Productions’ action thriller Drive.I
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Oscilloscope takes North America for Franco's Saturday Night
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to James Franco’s directorial debut, Saturday Night.
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Sundance Institute, Gates Foundation plan doc shorts initiative
Sundance Institute and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are teaming up on a documentary shorts initiative related to global health, poverty and education.
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Universal aims high with Dark Tower adaptations
Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment is teaming up with Ron Howard to adapt Stephen King’s venerated fantasy saga The Dark Tower.
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Production underway on Keanu Reeves drama Generation Um...
Principal photography is scheduled to start in New York today [9] on Company Films’ Generation Um… starring Keanu Reeves, which Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures is introducing to buyers in Toronto.
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IFTA names 30 most significant independent films of past 30 years
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has selected what it regards as the 30 most significant independent films to commemorate its 30th anniversary.
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Imax Corporation signs deal with CFG for two more installations
Imax Corporation and China Film Group Corporation (CFG) have agreed to expand their partnership with two new systems.
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Lionsgate urges shareholds to reject latest Icahn bid
The latest round in the battle for Lionsgate took an expected turn as the company’s board rallied against Carl Icahn’s recently modified hostile takeover.
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Spyglass' Birnbaum, Barber proceed with plan to run MGM, reports say
Spyglass co-founders Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber are reportedly moving closer in their quest to run beleaguered MGM.
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Hong Kong’s Celestial appoints Zhao as China managing director
Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has appointed Gillian Zhao Fang as managing director, China.