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NewsFocus goes for gold with Race
Jason Sudeikis has joined Jeremy Irons and Stephan James in the true story of the Olympic legend. Focus acquired US rights in a deal with world sales agent Mister Smith Entertainment.
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NewsTime Warner rejects Murdoch bid
An $80bn initial offer by 21st Century Fox for Time Warner has been turned down, sending Big Media shares to historic highs.
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NewsDoug Belgrad earns SPE stripes
Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad has been promoted to president of the Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) motion picture group.
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NewsRightsTrade marches on with new signings
Fortissimo, GK Films, Lightning Entertainment and Odin’s Eye Entertainment are the latest companies to sign up to the online entertainment rights licensing marketplace.
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NewsRon Howard to direct Beatles doc
Documentary will focus on The Beatles’ touring years from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg to their last public concert in 1966.
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NewsPeter Webber film among BAM projects
Pickpocket drama from Girl With a Pearl Earring director is one of 33 film projects in development being presented at the Bogota Audiovisual Market (BAM).
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NewsIM Global enters The Killing Pool
EXCLUSIVE: The LA-based production, sales and financing company will co-produce the Liverpool-set crime episodic with the UK’s Red Union Films and Pinewood Pictures.
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NewsDolby pledges $12m Academy gift
Dolby Laboratories is to provide a $7m gift for audiovisual technology in the Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures’ theatres and has committed an additional $5m to the Academy Museum’s capital campaign.
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NewsIra Sachs in Newfest honour
New York-based non-profit NewFest wil recognise the director with the third annual NewFest Visionary Award at its annual LGBT jamboree that runs from July 24-29.
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NewsReading Promise for Relativity, Walden
The companies will jointly develop, finance and produce a feature adaptation of Alice Ozma’s memoirs.
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NewsDisney discovers its Mowgli
A global search has resulted in the opportunity of a lifetime for 10-year-old New York newcomer Neel Sethi.
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NewsTFI announces second StoryLab
The Tribeca Film Institute has announced the second annual New York-set StoryLab for film-makers in partnership with A&E IndieFilms.
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NewsFox 2000, Color Force forge pact
The studio announced on Tuesday (15) the three-year production deal with The Hunger Games producer and longtime champion Nina Jacobson and partner Brad Simpson.
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NewsMadsen, Plummer among King Jack cast
Summer shoot due for Sundance Creative Producing Labs feature.
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NewsLionsgate, Alibaba in stream deal
Lionsgate has struck a deal with e-commerce titan Alibaba Group to stream its content in mainland China in a service that is expected to commence in August.
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NewsAnna Friel joins The Master Cleanse
The British actress has joined the Bron Studios and Gilbert Films fantasy-horror and replaces replaces Chloë Sevigny who had a scheduling conflict. Production commenced in Vancouver on July 11.
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NewsChild 44 to open spring 2015
Lionsgate has set the release date for the Summit Entertainment thriller starring Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace.
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NewsTriCoast Worldwide expands into UK
The US distribution and production company has formalised UK partnerships to distribute its titles across multiple platforms.
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NewsThe Orchard checks into Harmontown
The Orchard has acquired North American and UK theatrical and digital rights to Harmontown.
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NewsAnnapurna in talks to board Revenant
Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures is in talks to board the revenge tale as co-financier while it is understood New Regency is sticking to its intended September start date.