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NewsIndie Spirit triumph sets up Artist for awards trifecta
The Artist on Saturday (Feb 25) cleared the final hurdle separating it from the Academy Awards finishing line, taking four major prizes at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards including best picture after Friday night’s six-strong Cesars haul.
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NewsOscar nominee Jonah Hill to receive IFF LA award
The 26th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles will present Oscar nominee Jonah Hill with the achievement in film award on opening night Mar 15.
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NewsOpen Road takes US rights to Exclusive’s End Of Watch
Tom Ortenberg has added another high profile title to the roster after acquiring David Ayer’s “mesmerizing” crime saga.
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Arctic Rabbit Pictures lines up Tell No Tales shoot
Filming on the drama is set to begin on Mar 26. Dexter’s Desmond Harrington and Prison Break’s Dominic Purcell will star and the cast includes David Zayas, Michael Nardone, Daniel Garcia and Miguel Angel Munoz.
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Miami festival to spotlight four rising international directors
The focus will be on Joong-Hyun Kim, Alejandro Landes, Pippo Mezzapesa, and Susan Youssef whose films will be presented in North America for the first time.
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NewsLincoln Center, MoMA announce New Directors / New Films line-up
The 41st annual showcase is scheduled to run from Mar 21-Apr 1 and is bookended by Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now? (pictured) and a surprise closing night selection.
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NewsDeals round-up: Wrekin Hill sets Comic-Con doc tour dates
Together with partner and merchandising specialists the National Entertainment Collectibles Association, Wrekin Hill announced on Thursday (Feb 23) that Morgan Spurlock’s Comic-Con Episode IV – A Fan’s Hope (pictured) will kick off its travelling showcase on Apr 5 in Atlanta.
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NewsJacqueline Fernandez to star in UK-Canada thriller from James Simpson
EXCLUSIVE: Bollywood rising star Jacqueline Fernandez to play lead in UK-Canadian thriller; film to use NLP techniques to enhance fear factor.
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NewsDoha Film Institute boards animated feature The Prophet
Directors onboard the portmanteau animated feature version of Khahil Gibran’s novel include Marjane Satrapi, Tomm Moore and Roger Allers, who will oversee the project’s narrative thread.
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NewsBlacklight, ASI target creatives through HollywoodPitch.com
Zak Kadison’s Blacklight Transmedia has struck a deal with publisher Author Solutions (ASI) and its new production company FuseFrame as part of the launch of HollywoodPitch.com.
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NewsGoDigital snaps up Latin Anywhere's Spanish-language film library
The ambitious digital distributor has taken all VoD, electronic sell-thru and PPV rights to the catalogue of more than 1,000 films from Mexico including US digital and VoD rights to more than 600 Spanish-language films and worldwide rights to more than 200 films.
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NewsAlliance takes Quartet to Canada
Alliance Films’ recent spree includes the acquisition of Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut for Canada
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Outfest’s Fusion to honour Polk
The event, officially called Fusion: the Los Angeles LGBT People Of Color Film Festival, will open on Mar 22 and honours filmmaker Patrik-Ian Polk.
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NewsParamount, Bad Robot extend first-look deal
The key exclusive relationship between the studio and J J Abrams’ production company will now run through December 2015.
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NewsIndomina takes The Imposter for North America
The Sundance deals continued to trickle in on Tuesday [Feb 21] as Indomina announced it had acquired rights to Bart Layton’s directorial debut and was planning a 2012 theatrical release.
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Tropfest to host Las Vegas event at The Cosmopolitan
Tropfest will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Las Vegas with “indie spirited” musical performances and an all-star competition featuring films from the festival over the past 20 years.
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NewsUniversal signs two-year deal with Paul Walker’s Laguna Ridge
The first project to go under the production arrangement is the action thriller Skyscraper based on an original idea by Mike Sobel.
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NewsSundance Selects takes North America on Ai Weiwei doc
Alison Klayman’s acclaimed Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry premiered at Sundance last month and will benefit from a “major” summer theatrical roll-out planned to coincide with the activist’s first trip outside China since his recent detention.
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NewsDel Toro, Reel FX team up on Day Of The Dead
Jorge R Gutierrez will direct the Romeo And Juliet-style CG animation from a screenplay he is writing with Doug Langdale set against the Mexican folklore milieu. Guillermo De Toro is on board as creative collaborator and will also present the film.
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NewseOne picks up Paris Manhattan for North America
Release likely end of 2012; further announcements pending for mini-major which has been voraciously acquiring in recent weeks.