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NewsShane Smith joins Hot Docs as director of programming
The new hire arrives from the Toronto International Film Festival and will start on October 5.
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NewsCasting: Sharon Stone joins 'Running Wild'
The star has joined the drama from Forrest Lucas and Ali Afshar’s recently launched ESX Entertainment. Separately, Ving Rhames is on board Alcon’s comedy Bastards.
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NewsMetro Int'l strikes North American deal on 'Kilo Two Bravo'
EXCLUSIVE: The London-based sales agent has struck a US and Canadian sale on the BAFTA-nominated war story ahead of next month’s North American premiere in Toronto.
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NewsAcort International to sell 'Excess Flesh'
EXCLUSIVE: The Phoenix-based sales agent will represent worldwide rights to Patrick Kennelly’s SXSW psychological thriller.
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News'Holding Patterns' cast bulks up
AUGUST 26 UPDATE: Gary Ray Moore from House Of Cards has joined Freddie Highmore, Odeya Rush and Haley Joel Osment on Animus Films’ coming-of-age film.
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NewsUniversal's $200m BuzzFeed investment confirmed
The deal is set to include collaboration on television and movie content between the two companies.
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NewsBud Yorkin dies aged 89
The film and television director, producer and writer died of natural causes at his Bel Air Home. He was 89.
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NewsMel Gibson's 'Hacksaw Ridge' sold to China
YooZoo acquires Second World War drama starring Andrew Garfield.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films buys 'Yakuza Apocalypse'
The North American rights deal for Japanese genre master Takashi Miike’s comedic vampire action thriller precedes the Midnight Madness screening in Toronto next month.
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NewsCohen Media Group acquires 'Rams'
Chairman and CEO Charles Cohen announced the North American deal for the Cannes Un Certain Regard prize winner on Monday.
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NewsFilmBuff boards world rights to 'Uncle John'
The digital distributor has acquired worldwide rights to Steven Piet’s SXSW drama thriller.
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NewsO.D Welch named Digital Domain president
The new arrival previously served in senior executive roles at Cameron Pace Group, Prime Focus Limited and 525 Studios among others.
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NewsDisney parks adding 'Star Wars'-themed lands
The new Star Wars lands will be built at its Orlando and Anaheim theme park locations.
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News'Compton' soars to $60.2m on US debut
AUGUST 17 UPDATE: The year when Universal Pictures can seemingly do no wrong continued as the NWA biopic brushed Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation aside. Warner Bros’ The Man From U.N.C.L.E. flopped in third place.
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NewsFilmRise launches on demand service
The Brooklyn-based film and TV distributor has partnered with streaming video applications provider ViewLift to launch CoolFlix.
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NewsCourt postpones Relativity sale
A New York U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Friday approved a $2.5m interim financing loan for the bankrupt company and pushed back the sale timetable by two weeks.
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NewsA24, David Goyer to develop elevated horror
Marc Munden, the British director behind the TV series Utopia, will direct for the ambitious New York-based film company, Goyer and his Phantom Four.
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NewsAlchemy snaps up TIFF selection 'Evolution'
The distributor has acquired North American rights from Wild Bunch to Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s French horror film ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Vanguard strand.
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NewsVertical acquires world rights to 'Terminus'
The global rights deal on Marc Furmie’s sci-fi becomes the second such pact for the LA-based distributor as it continues its strategic expansion.
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News'Bastards', 'The Promise' add cast
J.K. Simmons and American Football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw are to join Ed Helms and Owen Wilson on the Alcon Entertainment comedy.