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DreamWorks, Participant acquire Church abuse story
DreamWorks and Participant Media are partnering on a drama about the Catholic Church sex scandal after acquiring rights to the story uncovered by the Boston Globe.
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NewsMonterey Media acquires Between Us
Monterey Media announced on Tuesday [2] that it had acquired US and Canadian rights to the dark comedy.
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NewsRelativity closes $115m facility
Top brass announced they have closed a $115m five-year revolving credit facility led by OneWest Bank, Barclays and City National Bank.
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NewsRyan Guzman joins April Rain
The star of Step Up Revolution joins Luke Goss, Vincent Spano, Andrew Keegan, Doug Savant, Ming Na Wen and newcomer Adrian Tudor.
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NewsMagnolia takes I Give It A Year
StudioCanal fully financed and Working Title produced the British rom-com from Sasha Baron Cohen collaborator Dan Mazer. Separately, Film Movement has acquired North American rights to the upcoming Tribeca rom-com from Taiwan, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
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NewsTribeca unveils online fest roster
Seven titles will stream shortly after their theatrical premiere and these include Lil Bub & Friendz [pictured] and Alias Ruby Blade.
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NewsCinedigm launches doc tour
The distributor and multi-faceted digital entertainment company has scheduled a series of screenings across the US through its independent Docurama label starting on Apr 22.
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NewsRudderless sets sail in April
Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Spring Breakers star Selena Gomez [pictured] and Laurence Fishburne have joined William H Macy and Felicity Huffman on Unified Pictures’ music drama Rudderless. Radiant Films International handles sales outside the US and will introduce in Cannes.
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NewsG.I. Joe tops US on $41.2m
G.I. Joe: Retaliation from Paramount, MGM and David Ellison’s slate financier Skydance Productions arrived on an estimated $41.2m to set the second best three-day Easter opening after Clash Of The Titans posted $61.2m in 2010.
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NewsPrana affiliate prevails in R&H auction
UPDATED MAR 29: 34x118 Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Los Angeles-based VFX and animation house Prana Studios, has emerged victorious in its bid for beleaguered Rhythm & Hues.
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NewsLAAPFF unveils 29th festival line-up
Linsanity will open the 29th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, set to run from May 2-12.
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NewsMiramax, Scorsese to develop Gangs TV series
The production company and library owner has teamed up with Martin Scorsese to develop a TV series based on his 2002 Oscar-nominated crime saga Gangs Of New York.
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NewsIconic signs Frankowski for two films
Los Angeles-based Iconic Productions has signed a two-film deal with director Nathan Frankowski [pictured].
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NewsKing Of Comedy to close TFF
A restored version of Martin Scorsese’s darkly comic fable will close the 12th Tribeca Film Festival on Apr 27 to mark the film’s 30th anniversary.
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NewsVirgil Films gets Stevie Nicks doc
Virgil Films has acquired US VoD and digital download rights to In Your Dreams.
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NewsCinedigm acquires Short Term 12
Cinedigm has picked up all North American and Latin American rights to Destin Daniel Cretton’s SXSW hit.
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NewsFactory 25 gets Nancy, Please
The distributor has acquired US theatrical rights to Andrew Semans’ drama, which premiered at Tribeca 2012.
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NewsWGA awards set for Feb 1 2014
The Writers Guild Of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild Of America, East (WGAE) announced on Thursday [28] the date of the simultaneous East and West Coast shows.
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NewsAng Lee: 3D offers 'so much realism'
Speaking at the 3D Creative Summit, the Life of Pi Oscar winner tells filmmakers to learn new cinematic language themselves and “don’t trust anybody”.
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NewsNetflix orders series from Matrix creators
Netflix has commissioned a sci-fi drama that will see The Matrix creators Andy and Lana Wachowski team with Babylon5 creator Joe Michael Straczynski.