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NewsAcademy unveils live-action shorts contenders
The Academy has whittled down 141 submissions to a shortlist of ten films in the running for the 87th Academy Awards.
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NewsEvan Katz to direct You’ll Be The Death Of Me
Lionsgate will distribute the Mandeville Films comedy thriller.
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NewsSteve McQueen to direct Widows
New Regency is reuniting with the director of its Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave on the heist thriller as the studio continues to assemble its stable of prestige filmmakers.
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NewsSix law partners flock to Latham & Watkins
Joe Calabrese, Lisbeth Savill and four other entertainment, sports and media partners from law firm O’Melveny & Myers have moved to Latham & Watkins.
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NewsWarsaw Uprising to open AFI EU showcase
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the complete slate for the 2014 edition of its AFI European Union Film Showcase, set to run from December 3-21 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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NewsMike Nichols, Graduate director, dies aged 83
The Graduate director Mike Nichols has died aged 83.
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NewsSony abandons Jobs biopic
The studio is understood to have put the project about the life of the Apple founder in turnaround, with one report claiming that Universal is now actively in the hunt.
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NewsFed Up tops doc digital charts for RADiUS
The food activism documentary Fed Up ranks as the top-grossing documentary for the year-to-date on iTunes and Amazon and has become the ninth biggest of all time on iTunes, according to distributor RADiUS.
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NewsThe Orchard takes The Yes Men Are Revolting
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to the comic documentary directed by Laura Nix, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno.
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NewsProduced By Conference sets 2015 date
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has set its seventh annual Produced By Conference for May 29-31 on the Paramount lot in Hollywood.
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NewsRelativity plots Black Or White awards run
Mike Binder’s drama starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer will open in the US for one week on December 3.
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NewsGravitas acquires Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus
Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus starring Zaraah Abrahams and Stephen Tyrone Williams. Separately, Cinema Guild has acquired Asghar Farhadi’s 2009 mystery About Elly.
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NewsVinterberg’s Commune sold across Europe
Danish director’s follow-up to The Hunt picked up by the UK, Germany and Brazil among others.
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NewsNielsen to track Netflix data
The research company is poised to introduce a potentially game-changing metric that for the first time will provide data on TV viewership on platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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NewsSFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grant recipients unveiled
The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF) has announced the latest round of $300,000 in funding.
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NewsFactory 25 takes world on Little Feet
The distributor has acquired worldwide rights to Alexandre Rockwell’s drama and set a December 12 New York theatrical release. Separately, an alliance of companies is handling the US release of What We Do In The Shadows.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour JK Simmons
In what has become a reliable bellwether of Oscar nominations, the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present JK Simmons with the Spotlight Award, Actor at its annual awards gala.
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NewsDev Patel drama 'Infinity' sells worldwide
EXCLUSIVE: Mister Smith inks deals on drama starring Patel and Jeremy Irons.
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NewsUPI opens China office
Universal Pictures announced on November 17 the official launch of a China office in Beijing to be led by Jo Yan.
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NewsMagnet picks up [REC] 4: Apocalypse
Magnet Releasing has picked up US rights to [REC] 4: Apocalypse.