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NewsBAM: Colombia feels global pull
Colombian broadcast giant RCN is looking to shift its film production focus away from local product in favour of low budget English-language genre fare, top brass said on Thursday [11].
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NewsSKE lines up Legacy
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) will finance and produce Gregg Hurwitz’s spec script Legacy with Double Nickel Entertainment for the directorial debut of UK theatre director Thea Sharrock.
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NewsHBRFest to honour Muylaert
The Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival (HBRFest) celebrates its fifth anniversary with more than 30 premieres showcasing fiction, documentary and short films in competition from Jul 31-Aug 4 in Hollywood.
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NewsJodorowsky’s Dune goes to SPC
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to the Cannes Director’s Fortnight selection.
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NewsBAM: Dynamo lines up Elephant
Colombian production powerhouse Dynamo is preparing to shoot Peruvian co-production The Vanished Elephant as it enters post on Que Viva La Musica and Out Of The Dark.
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NewsSam Mendes returns for Bond 24
Sony confirms that Skyfall director will return after some to-ing and fro-ing about his schedule.
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NewsStudios on board Producers Mark
All six of the US majors have now signed up for the industry certificate launched by the Producers Guild Of America.
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NewsLegendary lands at Universal
Buoyed by box office success, Universal’s summer just got even more impressive as the studio announced on Wednesday [10] it had struck a five-year co-financing and co-production deal with Legendary Entertainment.
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NewsContinental seals Coldwater deal
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts’ production and sales company Continental Media has licensed French rights to the prison break thriller to KMBO Distribution.
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NewsFantastic Fest gets Machete debut
Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills will receive its world premiere as opening night film on Sept 19 in Austin. Aldamisa International handled sales outside the US, where Open Road will release the film on Oct 4.
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NewsHunting Elephants scores in Israel
EXCLUSIVE: Reshef Levi’s crime caper scored the biggest opening weekend of the year-to-date in its native Israel after beating out Despicable Me 2 and The Lone Ranger in its first few days.
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German Currents 2013 sets dates
The seventh edition of German Currents, the annual celebration of German cinema, will run in Los Angeles from Oct 4-7.
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NewsSan Sebastian launches Latin American LGBT prize
Festival launches new prize for the best Latin American LGBT film.
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NewsUnbroken to open late 2014
Distribution round-up: Universal has said [10] it will release Angelina Jolie’s upcoming second feature as director, Unbroken, on Dec 25 2014. Separately, ARC Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Standing Up, while Monterey Media has taken Approaching Midnight and Gravitas Ventures has picked up Ass Backwards.
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NewsKickstarter campaign for Blood Brother team
Documentary team behind Sundance Grand Jury winner launches crowd-funding campaign for next film; Atticus Ross to score.
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NewsAlmost Man arrives in US
Karlovy Vary 2012 Crystal Globe winner The Almost Man picked up by new US distributor.
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NewsScreen Media gets Awful Nice
The distributor has acquired US rights to Todd Sklar’s comedy and has earmarked a spring 2014 theatrical and VOD release preceded by a nationwide college tour of event screenings and interactive parties through Sklar’s Range Life.
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NewsElysium to get IMAX treatment
IMAX Corporation, TriStar Pictures and Media Rights Capital announced on Tuesday [9] that Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi is to be digitally remastered and will open on IMAX worldwide starting on Aug 9.
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NewsSchrader's The Canyons gets world premiere at Lincoln Center
On July 29, The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York will host the world premiere of Paul Schrader’s The Canyons, including a conversation with Schrader.
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NewsClooney to receive BAFTA LA award
BAFTA LA will honour George Clooney with its Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film.