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NewsLegendary options The Damned
Thomas Tull’s Legendary Pictures has optioned rights to Andrew Pyper’s forthcoming novel The Damned.
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NewsThe Sony hacking crisis: timeline
UPDATED: On the day Sony cancels the release of The Interview, Screen charts the timeline of events in the hacking crisis.
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NewsArt Directors Guild to honour quartet
For the first time, the guild is awarding lifetime achievement awards in all four crafts comprising the ADG (IATSE Local 800) at the 19th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in Los Angeles on January 31.
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NewsSony pulls The Interview
The embattled studio has cancelled the December 25 release of the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy in light of threats from the suspected cyber attackers behind a string of embarrassing revelations about its business dealings and correspondence.
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NewsLeslie Moonves joins USC school board
The president and CEO of CBS Corporation has joined the USC School Of Cinematic Arts board of councillors, Dean Elizabeth M Daley announced.
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NewsSundance Institute names 12 screenwriters fellows
Sundance Institute has announced the 12 projects selected for the 2015 January Screenwriters Lab set to run from January 16-21.
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NewsFive chains drop The Interview
DECEMBER 17 UPDATE: Regal Entertainment, AMC Entertainment, Cineplex Entertainment and Cinemark are understood to have joined Carmike Cinemas’ boycott of the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy in light of ambiguous threats by the hackers believed to be behind the Sony cyber attack.
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NewsFilmNation, Roadshow Films strike equity pact
FilmNation Entertainment has sold a roughly one-third stake of the company valued at $18m to Roadshow in a strategic partnership that sees both parties seek to expand their production operations.
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NewsPPI bolsters vp ranks
Paramount Pictures International has appointed Yit-Ching Lee, Richard Aseme, Ricardo Cortes and Su Lee to vice-presidents of marketing and distribution at regional offices.
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NewsSundance Selects swoops on Jacques Audiard film
Sundance Selects has made an early move on Untitled Jacques Audiard Film, which is currently in production.
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NewsWolfe Releasing appoints co-president
Jim Stephens has joined the distributor of gay and lesbian films and will share oversight duties with co-president Maria Lynn.
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NewsA24 takes US on Trespass Against Us
A24 has acquired US rights to music video director Adam Smith’s feature directorial debut starring Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson.
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NewsSelma director to deliver SXSW keynote
Ava DuVernay, tipped to become the first black female director to earn an Oscar nomination after scoring a pioneering Golden Globe nod last week, is one of two new additions to the festival.
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NewsPSIFF unveils Eastern Promises
Selma and Boychoir will bookend the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), set to run from January 2-12.
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NewsFilmNation sells Knight Of Cups
EXCLUSIVE: As Berlin senior staff announced Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups had landed a competition berth in February, details have emerged on the drama’s global distribution network.
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NewsInterstellar crosses $100m on Imax worldwide
The occasion marks the fourth time an Imax film has crossed the threshold.
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NewsSeven advance in Oscar make-up race
Academy voters have made their pre-nomination selections on the road to the 87th Oscars.
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NewsSaban Films closing on Englishman
The ambitious distributor is understood to be in the final stages of exclusive talks for US rights to Pierce Brosnan starrer How To Make Love Like An Englishman.
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NewsSlow West finds US home
A24 and DIRECTV have swooped on their latest film, taking US rights from world sales agent HanWay Films to the upcoming Sundance world premiere starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender and Ben Mendelsohn.
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NewsSundance unveils programme additions
SUNDANCE: Robert Redford stars opposite Nick Nolte in Salt Lake City gala