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NewsSecret Cinema opening cancelled
Event specialist Secret Cinema has been forced to cancel the opening of its latest production just hours before its launch due to “licensing reasons”.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Marjane Satrapi’s new film The Voices has started shooting in Germany and a big screen adaptation of Shaun the Sheep will be made.
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NewsWarner, BAFTA back Prince William scholarships
Scholarships in film, TV and games backed by BAFTA and Warner Bros.
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NewsHooper to head Shanghai jury
UK director Tom Hooper has been appointed jury president for the Golden Goblet Award at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 15-23).
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NewsDisney switches IM3 China date
UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 — now at $37m after two days in international release — will now open on May 1 and not May 3 as previously stated, Disney executives confirmed on Friday [26].
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NewsTFF unveils first Ephron winner
Top brass at the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) said on Thursday [25] that Meera Menon received the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at the annual Women’s Filmmaker Brunch.
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NewsKinoSmith acquires at Hot Docs
Canadian distributor KinoSmith has acquired two titles out of Hot Docs on opening day, company fonder Rob Smith announced on Thursday [25].
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NewsCargo goes along for Free Ride
The company has acquired international sales rights to the Anna Paquin film and will screen in Cannes next month and kick off sales. Paradigm represents US rights.
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NewsThe Exchange buys Camden
The Exchange has closed what it said was a low-to-mid six-figure deal for the action film as it builds its production slate backed by the recently announced Exchange Peaks Film Capital fund.
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NewsParticipant, Image Nation find Dark
Shooting is underway in Colombia on the supernatural thriller Out Of The Dark financed by Participant Media and Image Nation and starring Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman. Colombia’s Dynamo and Spain’s Apaches produce.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to sell Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the dark drama that Dan Gilroy will direct.
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NewsTribeca triumph for The Rocket
Kim Mordaunt’s Australian entry [pictured] has won The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced on Thursday evening [25].
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NewsUniversal dates Dracula for Aug 2014
The studio announced on Thursday [25] that the origins story will open on Aug 8, 2014.
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NewsWarner Bros launches UK training
Studio to offer scholarships, apprenticeships and trainee roles on Warner films shooting in UK.
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NewsReliance plans Graceling franchise
The Indian giant has acquired rights to Kristin Cashore’s bestselling young adult fantasy trilogy in partnership with Kintop Pictures.
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NewsCinema Guild lands Cousin Jules
The Cinema Guild announced on Thursday [25] that it has acquired all distribution rights to a digitally restored version of Dominique Benicheti’s 1972 documentary Cousin Jules.
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NewsDeparted writer in le Carré talks
Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan is an advanced talks to pen a feature adaptation of new John le Carré spy novel A Delicate Truth.
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Films Without Borders wins philanthropy award
Organisation beat celebrity chef Jamie Oliver at fourth Annual Britweek UKTI Business Innovation Awards.
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