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NewsGerry Lopez to step down as AMC CEO
In a sudden move, the president and CEO of the second largest exhibitor in the US is to depart the company on August 6 “to pursue another opportunity.”
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NewsRoadside Attractions sets 'Stonewall' date
The drama about the 1969 Stonewall riots will open on September 25. Separately, Sundance Selects has acquired A Ballerina’s Tale and Gravitas Ventures has picked up Unbranded.
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NewsChristina Lazaridi joins ttff industry team
Top brass at the 2015 trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) announced on Tuesday that the Oscar-nominated short film writer will serve as facilitator for this year’s RBC Focus: Filmmakers’ Immersion in September.
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NewsTeri Everett to head Uni corporate comms
The executive will start work as evp of global communications for Universal Filmed Entertainment on August 17 and replaces outgoing Kori Bernards, who is leaving after seven years.
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NewsTyler Perry joins ‘Brain On Fire’
The multi-hyphenate joins Chloë Grace Moretz and Carrie-Anne Moss on the Broad Green, Denver & Delilah and Foundation Features adaptation. Separately, Clea DuVall lines up a directorial debut and Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings is the subject of a documentary.
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NewsARC Entertainment acquires 'Molly Moon'
The North American rights deal has cued up an August 14 release on VOD and in select theatres for Christopher N Rowley’s adaptation.
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NewsRosamund Pike joins 'High Wire Act'
The Oscar-nominated star of Gone Girl joins Jon Hamm on Radar Pictures’ political action-thriller that Good Universe represents internationally.
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News‘Ant-Man’ swarms over US box office on $57m
JULY 20 UPDATE: The final film of Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe debuted top in North America as Universal comedy Trainwreck arrived at number three on $30.1m.
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News'A Sinner In Mecca' among 2015 Outfest winners
Parvez Sharma’s pilgrimmage to Mecca shot on an iPhone picked up a prize as the LGBT festival in Los Angeles came to a close on Sunday night.
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News'Sin Mover', 'The Contestant' prevail in BAM awards
Carlos Osuna’s two projects El Concursante and Sin Mover Los Labios earn BAM Projects and Screenings prizes; seven other titles headed to Locarno and San Sebastian.
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NewsBold acquires spec script ‘The Edge Of Normal’
The production and finance company has acquired the spec script by Matt Venne based on the novel by Carla Norton.
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NewsImage snaps up ‘A Christmas Horror Story’
The RLJ Entertainment label has acquired US rights from Paradigm Talent Agency on behalf of the filmmakers.
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News‘Grace Of Monaco’ gets Emmy nod
After a brief and tumultuous career as a feature film the Nicole Kidman starrer earned a nomination on Thursday for best television movie.
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NewsCarrie-Anne Moss, Richard Armitage join 'Brain on Fire'
Chloë Grace Moretz stars in drama currently in production in Vancouver.
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NewsFilm Movement picks up ‘Men Go To Battle’
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to Zachary Treitz’s debut feature and Tribeca 2015 selection.
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NewsGuilty verdict for Colorado theatre killer
Prosecutors in Colorado are pushing for the death penalty after James Holmes was found guilty on Thursday of first-degree murder of 12 people during a rampage at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises three years ago.
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NewsWarner Bros, MACCS International strike software distribution pact
The studio has brought its global theatrical distribution operations under one technology platform and licensed MACCS Theatrical Distribution Software to run its North American operation.
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News'Demolition' gets 2016 release
Fox Searchlight announced the release date on Wednesday for Jean-Marc Valleé’s upcoming drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts.
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News'Chi-raq' first Amazon Original Movie
Top brass at the digital sleeping giant have confirmed Spike Lee’s film about the inner city violence in Chicago as their first Amazon Original Movie and hinted at an accompanying theatrical release.
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NewsSPHE, Criterion Collection extend home ent deal
The Criterion Collection and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) on Wednesday announced a multi-year extension to their distribution agreement.