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Virgin Produced India launches
Virgin Produced has partnered with Cinema Capital Venture Fund and Tantrik Group to launch Virgin Produced India.
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NewsAmerican Hustle to close Dubai fest
David O. Russell’s American Hustle has been selected for the closing night gala of the 10th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), which runs December 6-14.
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NewsThor 2 adds $39m in US
Thor: The Dark World held on to the North American crown for its third and most likely final weekend ahead of the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
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NewsImogen Poots to star in Ruins
The UK actress is attached to star in the 1960s Ligurian drama for Cross Creek Pictures and Smuggler Films.
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NewsSundance hires doc leader
Tabitha Jackson has been appointed director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Bullock
Sandra Bullock, riding high on critical acclaim for her role in the global hit Gravity, will receive the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress.
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NewsPartners to release Anonymous
Screen Media Films and Starz Digital Media have partnered on North American rights to Ellie Kanner’s comedy Authors Anonymous starring Kaley Cuoco, Chris Klein, Dennis Farina, Jonathan Bennett, Dylan Walsh, and Teri Polo.
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NewsBahamas fest unveils line-up
Top brass at the 10th Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) have announced the full programme ahead of the opening night on December 5.
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NewsASC to honour trio
The American Society of Cinematographers’ (ASC) 28th annual Outstanding Achievement Awards will honour Dean Cundey, Eduardo Serra and Richard Rawlings on February 1 2014.
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NewsMPAA hires Steven Fabrizio
The new senior evp and global general counsel is a leading copyright and content protection lawyer and played a critical role in the MPAA’s recent legal victory over cyberlocker Hotfile.com.
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NewsRocket, Giant triumph at AFI FEST
As the festival comes to a close on November 14, top brass have announced the grand jury short film and audience award winners.
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NewsRed Compass lines up vampire horror
William Sadler (pictured), John Heard, James Russo, Andrew Keegan and Thomas Ian Nicholas will star in Red Compass Media’s found footage film Living Among Us.
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NewsWes Anderson “would” make 3D movie
Moonrise Kingdom director says he would consider making a 3D film; and would like to turn his new short for Prada into a series set around the world.
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NewsAFI launches China fellowship
The American Film Institute on November 11 unveiled the AFI/IDG China Story Fellowship to develop feature-length screenplays that foster “greater understanding of Chinese history, culture and literature.”
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NewsNYFCC sets vote date
The New York Film Critics Circle will stage its annual awards ceremony on January 6 2014 at The Edison Ballroom.
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NewsPhilomena earns PG-13 rating
The Weinstein Company’s (TWC) latest ratings battle has resulted in a victory after the MPAA overturned Philomena’s R classification.
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NewsFactory 25 takes All The Light
Factory 25 has acquired US rights to director Joe Swanberg’s All the Light in the Sky.
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NewsRelativity boards Hope
Relativity Media has acquired worldwide rights to finance, produce and distribute Not Without Hope (working title) with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson attached to star.
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NewsNight sells for XYZ Films
XYZ Films has closed a raft of deals at AFM on The Night Comes For Us, its Indonesian and English-language action-thriller collaboration with Gareth Evans’ PT Merantau Films.
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NewsFifty Shades moves to 2015
Highly anticipated adaptation moves to Feb 13, 2015 from Aug 2014 release.