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Wild Bunch to launch Lindon-starring Rodin biopic at Rendez-vous
EXCLUSIVE: Slate also includes new films by Alain Guiraudie and Raymond Depardon.
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NewsAwards publicist Murray Weissman dies aged 90
The renowned publicist who represented the likes of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg, has died of pancreatic cancer surrounded by family at his Studio City home. He was 90.
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NewsChristopher Nolan to direct 'Dunkirk'
According to reports the British filmmaker is preparing to helm the WWII war film with Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy in talks to star.
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NewsUS box office hits $11bn in 2015
DECEMBER 29 UPDATE: Combined grosses reached $11bn in North America on Tuesday according to Rentrak, powered by Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Jurassic World. This was the first time Hollywood achieved the feat – at least when unadjusted for inflation.
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Haskell Wexler, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies aged 93
The double Oscar-winning cinematographer who worked on One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest died in hospital in Santa Monica on Sunday. He was 93.
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News'Force Awakens' adds $149.2m in record North America session
DECEMBER 28 UPDATE: A further confirmed $149.2m boosted Disney-Lucasfilms’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens past the half-billion mark in a huge Christmas weekend session and destroyed the second-weekend record of $106.6m set by Jurassic World back in the summer.
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NewsScreen's most-read news, reviews, features and blogs of 2015
Heelgate, the “tedious” Fantastic Four, Screen’s Stars of Tomorrow and our Cannes Competition blog proved some of the most-read articles of the year.
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NewsUS Briefs: Breaking Glass acquires 'My Big Night'
Plus: Sony offers free Concussion screening to NFL players; and more…
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News'Mockingjay – Part 2' crosses $600m worldwide
Lionsgate executives announced the milestone on Wednesday as the four-film franchise reached $2.9bn.
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NewsNorway’s film and TV rebate to launch in January
Incentive scheme will offer $5.17m in its first year; Tomas Alfredson’s The Snowman could be first beneficiary.
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NewsFilm tax relief reaches $372m in 2015
The relief generated a total of $1.5bn of investment in the UK this year, according to HM Treasury.
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News'The Force Awakens' targets $1bn by Sunday
DECEMBER 25 UPDATE: Star Wars: The Force Awakens used an estimated $47.6m global take on Thursday as the space opera reached $813.5m worldwide.
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NewsBFCA head defends 'Star Wars' Critics Choice nod
The president of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has defended Tuesday’s announcement adding Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a late eleventh best picture nominee in the group’s upcoming Critics’ Choice Awards.
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NewsWarner Bros' Josh Berger named BFI chair
US executive to take over as chair of the BFI when Greg Dyke steps down early next year.
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NewsRotterdam to open with 'Beyond Sleep'
English-language adaptation of Dutch bestseller to open IFFR 2016.
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NewsFormer Qwerty exec launches Escape Plan
EXCLUSIVE: Ruth Platt horror on slate for new UK production outfit.
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NewsKenneth Branagh named Film London’s Shakespeare on Screen patron
New film productions to celebrate 400 years of Shakespeare; The Hungry named Film London’s first UK-India co-production.
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NewsChantal Akerman's final film finds UK home
EXCLUSIVE: Contemporary Films inks deal with Doc & Film for No Home Movie, the final film of the late director.
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NewsGoteborg Film Festival adds TV section
The Goteborg Film Festival is adding TV drama to its usual public film programme for its 2016 edition.
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News'Mojin – The Lost Legend' scares up $93.39m in China
Action-horror rakes in a whopping $93.39m to become the third-biggest opening for a local film.