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FilmDistrict’s Red Dawn to close Fantastic Fest
Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianna Palicki and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in the action reboot.
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Overbrook, Roc Nation to partner on Free Angela doc
Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment and Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter’s Roc Nation are teaming up with Realside Productions and De Films Aiguille on the film ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.
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Arnold Shapiro to receive IDA career honour
The 28th Annual IDA (International Documentary Association) Documentary Awards will be held on Dec 7 at the Director’s Guild in Los Angeles.
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NewsBank Of America Merrill Lynch promotes Brian Stearns, Daniel Timmons
The executives will lead the entertainment industries coverage unit in their newly formed positions as co-heads.
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NewsCelluloid Nightmares Toronto slate includes Stage Fright
The sales partnership between Celluloid Dreams and Los Angeles-based XYZ Films – who produced Toronto 2011 sensation The Raid – will introduce buyers in Canada to a range of new genre titles.
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NewsAnnapurna Pictures acquires US rights to Spring Breakers
This is the first publicised pick-up for some time for Megan Ellison’s company as attention has shifted this year to Ellison’s production, sales and financing entity Panorama Media. Spring Breakers gets its world premiere in Venice on Wednesday (5).
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NewsDalian Wanda Group completes AMC acquisition for $2.6bn
Wanda and AMC announced the $2.6bn transaction at a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday (Sept 4) when Wanda said it would invest up to an additional $500m in the unit over time “to fund strategic and operating initiatives.”
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Digital distribution platform Yekra begins beta launch
EXCLUSIVE: Lee Waterworth and Miles Romney initiated the beta launch on Tuesday (4) for their Los Angeles-based distribution, marketing and technology company, which they claim to be one of the very few digital media outfits plugged into social media that allows filmmakers to participate in profit share.
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NewsShakespeare's Globe and Arts Alliance Media announce 2012 Globe on Screen season
Season includes three of the Globe’s 2011 productions and kicks off on Sept 26.
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NewsThe Possession rules last weekend of summer 2012
UPDATE: A typically slow end to summer saw Lionsgate’s horror film score well with a $21.3m four-day number one result, while The Weinstein Company released Cannes entry Lawless in second place with a $15.1m four-day weekend.
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NewsSam Worthington lines up for Connolly's The Riders
Stealth Media Group to handle international sales on UK-Australia co-production.
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NewsWarner Bros dates Hobbit finale on Jul 18 2014
Warner Bros and New Line announced the release date on Friday (Aug 31) for The Hobbit: There And Back Again.
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Shooting on The Runner scheduled in October
Kristopher Dolphin’s latest action thriller The Runner will star international model and actor Adam Sabbagh.
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Kino Lorber picks up Radio Unnameable
The North American deal predates the Sept 19 North American premiere at New York’s Film Forum, after which time the film will expand throughout the US and Canada.
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NewsA24 takes US rights to Roman Coppola comedy
The first announced title on the fledgling company’s roster is A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray and Patricia Arquette.
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Casting round-up: Heat on The First, The Lost Tree
Michael Pitt and Ryan Simpkins have joined Poverty Row’s Mark Pickford biopic The First, which is set to begin shooting in 2013.
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Drafthouse Films acquires North American rights to Graceland
Ron Morales wrote and directed the Filipino crime saga about a desperate man at the centre of a kidnapping plot.
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NewsTelluride to screen Hyde Park On Hudson, Midnight’s Children
The 39th annual Colorado event has announced its annual line-up featuring the customary list of unofficial world premieres prior to or around the same time as their official outings in Venice and Toronto.
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NewsCBS Films prioritises The To Do List for Feb 14 2013
The company financed Maggie Carey’s comedy starring Aubrey Plaza from the acclaimed Sundance entry Safety Not Guaranteed. Sony will distribute in the UK, Mexico, Brazil and Scandinavia and Lionsgate handled remaining territory sales.
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NewsMister Smith carves out DreamWorks agency deal
David Garrett’s fledgling sales and financing entity has scored a major coup in its first year of operation, signing a pact to handle sales on the studio’s product for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.