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NewsVendome Pictures acquires spec script The Widow
Vendome will produce and CEO Philippe Rousselet will produce with Steve Golin and Alix Madigan of Anonymous Content.
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NewsFull Frame unveils thematic programme and tribute
This years’ Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will honour Academy Award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu with the Full Frame Tribute. The festival is set to run from Apr 4-7 in Durham, North Carolina.
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NewsOpen Road to release Machete Kills on Sept 13
Robert Rodriguez’ action sequel stars Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, Vanessa Hudgens and Mel Gibson, among others.
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NewsSXSW selects The Incredible Burt Wonderstone as opener
Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey star in the Warner Bros/New Line comedy about feuding Las Vegas musicians that will open the 20th anniversary event on Mar 8. Warner Bros will release the film a week later.
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NewsTribeca Film Institute unveils 2013 documentary grantees
The Institute also announced the inaugural TFI/ESPN Prize, an extension of the Fund that will award an annual grant of $30,000 to a work-in-progress documentary that integrates “sports, competition and athleticism” into the story.
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Further details emerge on BlancBiehn’s Hidden remake
As reported here last summer, Chilean director Patricio Valladares will direct the English-language remake of his horror film, Hidden In The Woods. Dimitri Stephanides of Paris-based WTF is handling international sales.
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NewsJosh Green leaves Emerging Pictures, forms Game 7
Ira Deutchman and Barry Rebo’s head of distribution has set up his new production and distribution services venture with film-makers Asger Hussain, Kief Davidson and Yaron Schwartzman.
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Fandor hires Liz Ogilvie as director of market programmes
The streaming service has struck recent partnerships with Cinema Guild, Brainstorm Media, Zeitgeist, Global Film Initiative and FiGa Films, among others.
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NewsBuena Vista to release Pirates 5 in July 2015
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures also announced it was pulling The Little Mermaid in the latest round of scheduling on Monday [14]. The film was set for a 3D re-release on Sept 13 this year.
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NewsVariance takes North America on Oversimplification
The distributor announced on Monday [14] it had acquired Terence Nance’s An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty.
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NewsTom Stoppard to receive WGA lifetime achievement honour
The British playwright and screenwriter will collect the 2013 Laurel Award for screen during the simultaneous East and West Coast WGA awards ceremonies on Feb 17.
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NewsRCR licenses Cinedigm Theatrical Distribution System
Beverly Hills-based RCR claims to have financed and produced more than 20 feature films in recent years and says it has six features in production. It is releasing Phantom on 3,000 screens on Mar 1.
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NewsShowtime orders Sam Mendes horror drama
US cable network Showtime has ordered a horror series from Skyfall director Sam Mendes and Call The Midwife producer Neal Street Productions.
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News70th Annual Golden Globes – the winners as it happened
Argo wins best dramatic picture and Ben Affleck takes the directing prize as members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association reveal their winners on an emotional and good-humoured night at the 2013 ceremony in Beverly Hills on Sunday [13].
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NewsZero Dark Thirty leaps to top of US charts on $24m
Annapurna Pictures’ thriller procedural about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden has begun its assault on the North American box office in earnest.
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NewsBlancanieves, Fill The Void among PSIFF winners
The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival comes to a close on Monday and festival top brass unveiled the award winners at the traditional brunch on Sunday [13].
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NewsAmerican Cinema Editors recognise Skyfall, Argo, Pi
The American Cinema Editors group ACE announced its nominations on Friday [11]. The awards gala is set for Feb 16 in Los Angeles.
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NewsGuardians of the Galaxy due to land at Shepperton
EXCLUSIVE: Pinewood-Shepperton is preparing for the arrival of Marvel’s next blockbuster franchise in-waiting.
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News85th Academy Awards nominees react with delight
Lincoln led the way on Thursday [10] with a dozen nominations but Academy members saw fit to celebrate a rich tapestry of storytelling and talent.
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NewsSFFS, Kenneth Rainin Foundation extend partnership
The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) announced on Thursday [10] that it would receive a “significant increase” in funding to its Filmmaker360 programmes through a renewal of its relationship with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation.