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The Dirties, My Name Is Faith among Slamdance winners
The festival organisers announced their winners on Friday [25].
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Content secures international rights to Concussion
Content Film has acquired all foreign rights to Concussion, following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday [19].
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation gets limited IMAX release
Paramount, MGM and Skydance Productions’ follow-up to the 2009 action film will launch in select international theatres in remastered IMAX 3D on Mar 28 and embark on a one-week run in North America the following day, when it opens wide across the continent.
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El Deseo to co-produce Damián Szifrón’s Wild Tales
EXCLUSIVE: Almodóvar’s company also working on new title by Lucrecia Martel.
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Freestyle Digital Media acquires Norman for DVD, VoD
Jonathan Segal’s drama stars Emily VanCamp, Dan Byrd, Richard Jenkins, Adam Goldberg and Billy Lush.
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Casting By rights picked up by Autlook
Documentary sales agent Autlook has secured ‘rest of world’ rights for star-studded feature Casting By, which debuted at Toronto in September.
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Exclusive Releasing nabs US, UK, CIS on Two Mothers
The Naomi Watts-Robin Wright Sundance drama will get a day-and-date release; marks Exclusive Releasing’s first acquisition.
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DreamWorks begins shooting on WikiLeaks drama
Bill Condon directs Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, which is set for a Nov 15 North American release through Touchstone in time for awards consideration. Disney, DreamWorks, Reliance and Mister Smith split the international release.
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FilmMcQueen and Marteau Films team for comedy thriller
FilmMcQueen and Marteau Films are to partner on Slate and Kelly, a thriller comedy to be shot in Paris.
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Wirthwhile Entertainment starts development on One Week In Hollywood
Sheri Sussman, who wrote the screenplay to Sundance 2001 entry MacArthur Park, wrote the screenplay about a week in the life of a writer in Hollywood and will direct.
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Sony production admin chief Gary Martin retires
The executive has served 32 years at Columbia Pictures and 51 years in the industry overall.
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Miami International Film Festival announces competition jurors
Knight Ibero-American Competition jury members are Morena Films co-founder Juan Gordon, Chilean film-maker Cristián Jimenez and film-maker Whit Stillman.
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Hobby and Hubbell launch Tangerine Entertainment
Production company will partner with other organisations to promote film work by women.
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Consumer spending on film up $1.3bn in 2012
Growth in 2012 generated by Asia-Pacific region but North Americans remains by far the biggest spenders on films at about $80 per capita per year, according to a new report from IHS Screen Digest.
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Gravitas Ventures snaps up Slamdance trio
The VoD distributor has acquired rights to Steven Feinartz’s documentary The Bitter Buddha, Michael Urie’s comedy He’s Way More Famous Than You and Peter Baxter’s Shrovetide Football documentary Wild In The Streets.
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Sundance: Outfest names Kristin Pepe director of programming
Monday morning’s [21] announcement came out of the annual Outfest Queer Brunch, when it was revealed that Pepe would replace Kim Yutani, who has been named artistic director.
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War Witch, A Royal Affair join SBIFF line-up
Programming chiefs at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival have added 15 films to the roster, the festival announced on Monday [21].
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Horror tale Mama opens top in US on $28.1m
Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain stars in the top two releases in North America after Mama debuted at number one and Zero Dark Thirty slipped one place to number two. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first starring role in almost a decade, The Last Stand, flopped in tenth place.
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Sundance: Dirty Wars finds home at Sundance Selects
Sales representative Submarine and distributor Sundance Selects have concluded negotiations for a North American deal on Richard Rowley’s documentary, their second piece of business together in two days following Saturday’s deal for The Summit.
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Michael Gambon, Alfred Molina join Ira Sachs’ Love Is Strange
Parts & Labor announced the casting on Friday [18] and said the romance was scheduled to commence shooting in New York this summer.