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NewsSkyfall notches record debut in the US
Eon, Sony and MGM’s Skyfall pulled off the biggest debut of the franchise on an estimated $87.8m through Sony and powered a 31% climb for the top 12 box office against the same session last year.
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NewsSundance’s Film Forward reveals line-up
Touring festival Film Forward has unveiled the titles that will be taken to communities throughout the US and around the world in 2013.
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NewsBenaroya Pictures boards Hateship as financier
Benaroya Pictures has come on to finance Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage. As reported exclusively on Screendaily last week, the Weinstein Company commenced international pre-sales at the AFM.
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Robert Redford to collect Houston award
The filmmaker and Sundance Film Festival founder will take part in a 90-minute on-stage conversation during the 2012 Houston Cinema Arts Festival (HCAF) and receive the Levantine Cinema Arts Award on Friday (9).
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Magnet acquires US rights to Hammer from Vertigo, Protagonist
Farren Blackburn’s feature directorial debut Viking quest saga Hammer Of The Gods stars Charlie Bewley and James Cosmo.
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Arpa to honour Frances Fisher, USC Shoah Foundation, Lusine Sahakyan
The 15th Annual Arpa International Film Festival will honour stage and film actress Frances Fisher with the Career Achievement Award.
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NewsParamount Pictures, MGM team up on Hercules
Brett Ratner will direct Dwayne Johnson in the adaptation of the graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars.
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Morgan Compagnon, Pascale Marchand join Legend3D
Company president Ian Jessel made the announcements on Monday (5).
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NewsClive Owen, Juliette Binoche fall for Words And Pictures
Fred Schepisi will direct the rom-com and Curtis Burch produces through his Latitude Productions in association with Gary Cogill of Dallas-based Lascaux Films.
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NewsFilm finance roundtable: 'The advantage is having great material'
EXCLUSIVE: The money’s around, but only for perfectly packaged product. That was the message from film finance experts during a special roundtable discussion during AFM.
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Tim Robbins attached to direct, star in Man Under
Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloe Moretz will also star in the drama from EMJAG Productions and Film 360.
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NewsTWC takes select territories on Kon-Tiki
The deal with HanWay Films covers North America, the UK and Italy. Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg’s film is Norway’s official foreign language Oscar submission.
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NewsLiz Mackiewicz joins Cohen Media Group
The veteran sales executive arrives as svp of international distribution.
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NewsDistribution round-up: SPWA snags Foxcatcher
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired Latin America, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, South Africa from Panorama Media to Bennett Miller’s (pictured) Moneyball follow-up. In other developments, Phase 4 Films has picked up North American rights to Long Time Gone, while Factory 25 has acquired world rights to The Sheik And ...
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NewsMPAA honours Avex Group founder and TIFF chairman Tom Yoda
The ceremony took place on Nov 5 in Washington DC in recognition of Yoda’s “outstanding contribution to the Japanese filmmaking industry.”
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Jonathan Demme to receive CAS Filmmaker Award
The filmmaker will collect the honour at the 49th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards on Feb 16 in Los Angeles.
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Interactor Media unveils Cavemen as maiden project
Herschel Faber’s directorial debut rom-com will be the first to go under producer Cole Payne’s new Los Angeles-based film and television production, distribution and management company.
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NewsCaroline Rowland in talks to make New York Cosmos film
EXCLUSIVE: Director [pictured] of official London 2012 Olympics film First could make film about revival of New York football team.
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Here Media head Paul Colichman heralds advent of HTML 5
The next iteration of internet architecture will liberate filmmakers, cut out middle men and pave the way for potentially lucrative “differentiated content”, attendees at the International Film Finance, Production And Distribution Conference in Los Angeles heard on Monday (5).