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NewsVersatile unveils first Cannes slate
Pape Boye and Violane Pichon’s fledgling Versatile Films to launch first slate in Cannes.
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NewsLacaze to head Wild Bunch Distribution
Former Pathé Distribution head of marketing to take up position mid-May.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
The Blaine Brothers have started shooting their debut feature and production is also underway on animation Gus, starring Dakota Fanning and Seth Green.
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NewsRezo picks up Aoyama’s Backwater
Japan’s Pictures Dept has announced that Shinji Aoyama’s The Backwater has been picked up by Rezo International for worldwide sales.
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NewsPicturehouse plans Chiswick venue
Picturehouse plans five-screen cinema at Rambert Company’s former Chiswick High Road property.
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NewsSavill named BFI deputy chair
Pat Butler, Charles Cecil and Oona King appointed to the BFI board.
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NewsUniversal take five at BVA Awards
Universal Pictures UK took home five awards at the annual British Video Association Awards last night [May 2] in London.
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NewsOne Net Labs launches new app
FoundLove ties into themes of documentary Occupy Love [pictured].
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NewsQED Int’l promotes Friedberg
John Friedberg has been named evp of international sales in the wake of Daniel Diamond’s segue into a production deal at the company.
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NewsOwen, Heigl to star in Survivor
EXCLUSIVE: Clive Owen and Katherine Heigl will star in the latest hot project to fall into place in the run-up to Cannes. Nu Image will introduce to buyers on the Croisette.
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NewsIM3 reaches $361m global
Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 continued to charge towards $400m in its first week following an estimated $37.7m worldwide haul on Thursday [May 2].
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NewsCMG Cannes-bound with Moon
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has bulked up its Cannes slate and acquired international rights excluding Latin America to Bruno Barreto’s Reaching For The Moon.
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NewsIM Global trio extend contracts
Senior executives Jonathan Deckter, Bonnie Voland and Tatyana Joffe have all signed new multi-year deals, founder and CEO Stuart Ford announced on Friday [3].
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News108 Media acquires Jug Face
CEO Abhi Rastogi announced the deal on Friday [3] after negotiating rights for the Slamdance entry with Modernciné’s Andrew van den Houten. 108 Media will launch sales on the Croisette this month.
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Non-profit supports Toronto mental health event
Workman Arts, a non-profit organisation fighting mental disease, will celebrate Mental Health Week from May 5-11 with the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival.
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NewsAcademy: new voting rules
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has amended its rules so that for the first time every voting member will automatically be eligible to vote in all 24 Oscar categories.