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NewsTechnicolor names new division head
Tim Sarnoff named president of new production services division and Claude Gagnon is svp, content solutions and industry relations.
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NewsLynne Ramsay, Jane Got a Gun producers reach agreement
EXCLUSIVE: Producers quash pending civil action after private resolution.
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NewsDemange's '71 finds US home
Roadside Attractions and Black Label Media have acquired all US rights to Yann Demange’s thriller.
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NewsAmplify to release The Better Angels
The recent Berlin world premiere from Terence Malick’s longtime collaborator AJ Edwards premiered in Sundance and screened in Berlin.
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NewsCarla Hacken joins Sidney Kimmel
The studio veteran arrives at Sidney Kimmel Entertainment as president of production, effective March 17.
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NewsSimonds Jr leads China venture
Days after Jeff Robinov announced his Studio 8 venture with Huayi Brothers and details emerged of the Disney partnership with Shanghai Media Group, longtime Adam Sandler producer Robert Simonds Jr is at the heart of the latest US-China venture.
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NewsPhilip Seymour Hoffman's final film sold to UK
Electric Entertainment marks first major territorial sale of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final film as a leading man to Arrow Films in the UK.
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News300 sequel conquers US on $45m
Warner Bros’ 300 sequel beat off the competition from DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman, while Fox Searchlight capitalised on 12 Years A Slave’s Oscar glory and scored a massive limited debut on The Grand Budapest Hotel.
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NewsLionsgate believes in Exists
The studio has picked up North American rights at SXSW to Eduard Sanchez’s Bigfoot film, which International Film Trust handles for international sales.
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NewsScott Kalvert dead at 49
The director of The Basketball Diaries starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg has been found dead at this home in Woodland Hills outside Los Angeles. He was 49.
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NewsCinemaCon honour for Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman will receive the CinemaCon Lifetime Achievement Award at the Las Vegas convention on March 27.
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NewsReport highlights CA production drop
California’s film czar Paul Audley has called on the state legislature to boost tax incentives in light of a sobering report that illustrates the extent of the state’s decline as a production hub.
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NewsSFIFF unveils New Directors, GGA
Top brass at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) have announced the films in competition for the New Directors Prize and the Golden Gate Award contenders in the documentary category.
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NewsAlex Fragen joins UTA in distribution role
The former head of domestic television distribution at Summit has joined the agency in the new role of global distribution strategist.
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Mark Bomback to adapt Veronica's Room
TWC-Dimension has hired Mark Bomback to write its adaptation of Ira Levin’s Broadway thriller Veronica’s Room.
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NewsPhase 4 snaps up Super Groovy
Phase 4 Films has acquired North American rights to Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie from SModcast Pictures.
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NewsHologram shoot underway in Morocco
Principal photography has commenced in Morocco on Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram For The King starring Tom Hanks.
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NewsJonas Cuaron begins Desierto shoot
Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón to produce; Gael García Bernal to star.
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NewsVimeo unveils $10m distribution fund
The video platform will promote a $10m investment at SXSW on the anniversary of its Vimeo On Demand platform.