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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.
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NewsMagnet picks up Last Days on Mars
Magnolia Pictures genre arm nabs Cannes thriller for US from Focus International.
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NewsFantasia jurors include Kern, Neece
Montreal-based genre festival also announces final wave of programming, including world premieres of Curse of Chucky and Zombie Hunter, starring Danny Trejo [pictured].
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NEXT WEEKEND unveils openers
Sundance Institute announced on Monday [8] that the inaugural Los Angeles event set to run from Aug 8-11 will kick off with an outdoor screening of Chris Smith’s documentary American Movie and Mark Borchardt’s horror film Coven.
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NewsGreg Foster promoted at IMAX
The executive has been named CEO of IMAX Entertainment and senior evp of IMAX Corp.
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Barrack Jr to lead Miramax
Thomas J Barrack Jr has been named chairman of the film company in the wake of Richard Nanula’s resignation.
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Hayter to adapt The Sword
Lakeshore Entertainment and Hopscotch Features have hired David Hayter to adapt graphic novel revenge tale The Sword. Lakeshore and Sierra/Affinity will handle international sales.
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NewsMinions rule US as Ranger flops
In-form Universal maintained winning ways as the family sequel Despicable Me 2 amassed $82.5m over three days and $142.1m over the four-day July Fourth weekend, while Disney’s The Lone Ranger flopped in second place.
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NewsCuba’s Blue Heart courts Indiegogo
The sci-fi thriller has become the first Cuban project to use the crowd-funding platform as the director and producer launch their fundraising campaign.
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NewsDespicable Me 2 soars in US debut
Universal’s Despicable Me 2 is heading into a huge Fourth Of July weekend after it grossed $59.5m in the first two days in North America. By contrast Buena Vista’s The Lone Ranger, the other major tentpole release over this long holiday weekend, has returned mediocre numbers.
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NewsMcGown wraps horror shoot in Argentina
Shooting wraps this week in Argentina on The Rules of The Game, directed by the UK’s Ed McGown.
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NewsPennsylvania keeps tax advantage
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s new state budget signed on Jun 30 has backed the Pennsylvania Film and Television Production Tax Credit programme, which remains fully funded at $60m.
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NewsKino Lorber takes Drew Struzan doc
The distributor has acquired all US rights to Erik P Sharkey’s documentary Drew: The Man Behind The Poster and plans an August theatrical roll-out followed by VoD and DVD in autumn.
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NewsRon Howard: cinema can still provide a ‘Rush’
Director Ron Howard has said there are still “great things” happening in film, despite the prevalence of “manufactured product” in cinema.
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NewsMingyian portal draws A-listers
M Night Shyamalan has joined a group of investors in backing Chinese brand management start-up Mingyian’s micro-event platform for celebrities and influencers.
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NewsWeaver joins Allen cast
Australian Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver is among a coterie of actors to join Woody Allen’s latest film, which takes place in the south of France and is currently shooting.
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NewsWolfe acquires festival quartet
The distributor has picked up four films from Frameline 37 – San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, which ended on Jun 30.
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NewsJameson First Shot shorts released
The three winning films from the 2013 Jameson First Shot competition, each starring Willem Dafoe, have been released on Jameson’s YouTube channel.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires Cannes title Grigris
Distributor Film Movement has secured all North American rights to African drama Grigris, which played in Competition at Cannes.