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NewsLew Weitzman, 1937-2013
A memorial service in honour of literary agent Lew Weitzman, who died on Jun 30 aged 76, has been set for Jul 24 in Los Angeles.
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NewsMPAA beefs up global unit
Shanna Winters has joined the Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) as senior vp of global policy.
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NewsNEXT Weekend unveils roster
Sundance organisers have announced the line-up for the inaugural NEXT Weekend event, set to run in Los Angeles from Aug 8-11 at various venues. The programme includes world premieres of The Foxy Merkins and How To Be A Man.
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NewsSony to release Inferno in 2015
The studio will relesae the third adaptation in the Dan Brown series on Dec 18, 2015.
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NewsTrio join Wiig's Welcome
Linda Cardellini, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tim Robbins will join Kristen Wiig in the upcoming Welcome To Me, which Cargo International is selling outside North America. Separately, financier Kilburn Media has lined up its first film, Flock Of Dudes.
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NewsNew Horizons adds Silent Ones to competition
Ricky Rijneke’s Silent Ones has been named as a late addition to the main Competition line-up at Poland’s T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival.
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NewsGuggenheim on Yousafzai doc
The plight of Pakistani student activist Malala Yousafzai has captured the imagination of Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, who have signed Davis Guggenheim to direct Image Nation Abu Dhabi’s documentary about the teenager.
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News‘Soldiers of the Damned’ wraps
Psychological horror set during the Second World War wraps shoot.
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NewsRobert Englund joins The Last Showing
Psychological horror, which starts shooting this week, to star Nightmare on Elm Street’s Robert Englund and Game of Thrones’ Finn Jones.
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NewsChristiansen back in Denmark for Razone sequel
Christian E Christiansen, whose US debut The Roomate opened at the top of the box office in 2011, has returned to Denmark to shoot a sequel to Råzone (Life Hits).
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NewsMischa Barton, Sean Astin join Kickback
Mischa Barton, Sean Astin, John Hannah, Michael Biehn, Stelio Savante and Noureen DeWulf have joined the cast of thriller Kickback.
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NewsPolish Days titles revealed
All titles for the main industry event at the T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival have been announced.
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NewsPascal, Utley named AMPAS governors
Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal and Fox Searchlight co-president Nancy Utley are among 10 first-time members voted to the board of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.
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NewsIMAX, CJ CGV to add 35 theatres
IMAX in partnership with CJ CGV Holdings, operator of South Korea’s largest multiplex cinema chain, has announced the addition of 35 new IMAX theatres to the companies’ existing commitment in South Korea and China.
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Roberto Paris named Italy MD at UPIE
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) top brass announced on Monday [15] that the former Sony Pictures Home Entertainment executive has been hired as managing director of Italian operations.
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NewsCronenberg starts Maps shoot
eOne and Prospero Pictures executives have announced that principal photography has begun on David Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars.
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AAM partners with dcinex
Digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media (AAM) is to partner with Belgium’s dcinex to bring AAM’s Virtual Print Fee (VPF) deals and software to exhibitors across Europe.
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NewsGravitas takes Calvin & Hobbes doc
Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American rights to Joel Allen Schroeder’s documentary Dear Mr. Watterson.
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NewsIn Bloom wins at VOICES
Co-directors Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross’ second feature In Bloom has continued its successful run of winning prizes by picking the Grand Prix at the 4th edition of the Vologda Independent Cinema From European Screens Festival (VOICES).
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NewsDraft Cinema Communication fails to dispel industry concerns
The European Commission’s latest draft Cinema Communication on state aid for films and other audiovisual works has failed to dispel major concerns expressed by various sections of the European film industry, particularly about proposed territorialisation guidelines.