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NewsDaniel Diamond to head sales at QED International
The veteran sales and marketing executive arrives from Morgan Creek and will oversee a prestige slate alongside Bill Block heading into Toronto and the AFM.
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NewsOliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States gets NYFF preview
NYFF will present Untold History’s first three chapters of the project.
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NewsSAG to honour Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke will receive SAG-AFTRA’s highest honour, the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
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NewsIFC strikes US deal for Cheerful Weather For The Wedding
IFC Films has acquired all US rights to Donald Rice’s Cheerful Weather For the Wedding, which had its world premiere at Tribeca.
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NewsFox to distribute DreamWorks Animation slate
The five-year deal kicks in after the current arrangement with Paramount expires at the end of the year and runs from 2013 through 2017.
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NewsKino Lorber and Tribeca Film jointly acquire US rights to All Together
Kino Lorber and Tribeca Film have jointly acquired all US rights to Stéphane Robelin’s comedy All Together (Et si on vivait tous ensemble?).
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NewsNu Image closes deals on festival-bound The Iceman
The sales agent has sold the thriller to a host of major territories including a deal with Lionsgate for the UK.
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NewsPre-production starts on Rainstorm Entertainment's Without You I'm Nothing
Alfredo de Villa’s drama stars Dolph Lundgren [pictured] in the lead role.
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A24 film venture launches in New York
UPDATE: Daniel Katz, David Fenkel and John Hodges announced the new distribution, financing and production entity on Monday (20)
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NewseOne, United Entertainment strike Korean distribution deal
The pact marks eOne’s first distribution partnership in Asia.
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NewsNetflix clocks 1m UK subs in record time
Rival European SVOD service LoveFilm has more than 2 million members in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
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NewsTony Scott dies in apparent suicide
Los Angeles Country coroner’s officials confirmed on Sunday that the 68-year-old filmmaker and younger brother of Ridley Scott leapt to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California.
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NewsExpendables 2 bursts into action on $29m US launch
The Sly and Arnie show rolled into town and proved to be an unstoppable albeit modest force as Lionsgate’s action sequel opened top on an estimated $28.8m. Warner Bros’ The Dark Knight Rises crossed $400m in its fifth weekend.
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Academy puts sci/tech feats under microscope
The list of achievements is made public “to allow individuals and companies with similar devices or claims of prior art the opportunity to submit their achievements for review.”
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ProductionLine, Scott McGinnis team up on Q
Michigan-based production company ProductionLine Films has partnered with the director, producer and TV veteran.
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Kino Lorber acquires North American rights to Violeta Went To Heaven
Andrés Wood’s film will open theatrically in November or December followed by VoD in early 2013.
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NewsAmour, Beyond The Hills, Barbara headed for NYFF
Top brass at the 50th New York Film Festival unveiled the main slate on Thursday (16), a rich selection of world cinema that includes the Cannes premieres from Palme d’Or winner Michael Haneke and Cristian Mungiu (film pictured).
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NewsThe Avengers sequel to hit theatres on May 1 2015
The follow-up to Marvel Studios and Disney’s global smash will kick off the summer season in three years’ time.
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NewsLooper, Sinister to screen at Austin's Fantastic Fest
The pair are among the second wave of programming announced on Thursday (16) by organisers of the Texan genre jamboree.
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IMAX, Indomina partner on limited release for Flying Swords
Tsui Hark’s Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate will get the big-screen treatment in 15 IMAX theatres in select US markets for one week from Aug 31