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NewsHeretic Films hires Sarah Scougal
US-based finance and production company Heretic Films has hired Sarah Scougal as vp of development and production.
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NewsFanning to star in Naranjo debut
Production on Miss Bala director Gerardo Naranjo’s untitled English-language debut for Verisimilitude and Lola Pictures is set to commence in Nevada in late March.
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NewsMagnet Releasing gets Stage Fright
Jerome Sable’s horror musical will open in the US after its world premiere in the Midnighters section at SXSW.
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NewsFreestyle sets Paradise release
Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) and Freestyle Releasing will distribute Corrado Boccia’s Bangkok-set action thriller A Stranger In Paradise day-and-date theatrically and digitally on February 14.
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NewsStrand takes US on Lilting
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Hong Khaou’s Lilting following its Sundance world premiere.
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NewsCinemaCon to honour Eddy Duquenne
The Kinepolis Group CEO will receive the Global Achievement Award In Exhibition on the Las Vegas convention’s International Day on March 24.
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NewseOne to release Seduction in US
eOne Films US has acquired US rights to Don McKellar’s comedy The Grand Seduction starring Brendan Gleeson and Taylor Kitsch.
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NewsFey, Poehler return for 2015 Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and dick clark productions will present the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 11, 2015.
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NewsSXSW unveils Midnighters, shorts
SXSW top brass have announced the Midnighters and short film line-ups, set to screen when the festival runs in Austin, Texas, from March 7-15.
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NewsEmma Watson joins Regression
The UK actress joins previously announced Ethan Hawke on the TWC-Dimension thriller from Alejandro Amenábar. FilmNation Entertainment is selling at the EFM.
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NewsElton John, Lloyd Webber to animate Joseph
Elton John’s Rocket Pictures has acquired film rights to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s global stage phenomenon Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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NewsRelativity International finds Son Of God
EXCLUSIVE: Relativity International has picked up international sales rights to Son Of God, LightWorkers Media’s feature version of smash miniseries The Bible.
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NewsFour arrests in Hoffman case
According to reports four people have been arrested in connection with the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman last weekend from a suspected heroin overdose.
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NewsLola boards Frank & Lola
Las Vegas-based Lola Pictures has come on board the Preferred Content, Killer Films and Parts & Labor romantic thriller Frank & Lola.
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NewsK5, Lionsgate get Bruce Willis' Vice
March shoot for futuristic action film backed by Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films.
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NewsMcConaughey to star in Van Sant's Trees
Oscar frontrunner Matthew McConaughey will play a suicidal man for Gus Van Sant in Sea Of Trees in an intriguing project that is yet to land with an international sales agent.
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NewsMcGregor enters Garcia's Desert
Ewan McGregor to lead cast in Rodrigo Garcia drama, HanWay to begin sales at EFM.
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NewsSierra/Affinity strikes Focus deal
Sierra/Affinity has formalised a relationship with the Focus Features fold that was hinted at during the AFM and will represent international rights to select titles going forward.
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NewsMagnolia Pictures takes Life Itself
The documentary profiling the life of the late film critic Roger Ebert documentary premiered at Sundance last month.
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NewsShoreline nabs Pardon for EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Shoreline Entertainment has acquired world sales rights heading into Berlin to Pardon starring John Hawkes and Jamie King.