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Freestyle Digital Media, Hawaii Film Partners Distribution find Bride
The partners will release the action-packed comedy-romance You May Not Kiss The Bride starring Katharine McPhee, Dave Annable, Rob Schneider and Mena Suvari.
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Production underway in New Orleans on The Butler
Laura Ziskin Productions and Lee Daniels Entertainment made the announcement today. IM Global sold out the project at Cannes.
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Good Universe promotes key executives
Audrey Chon is named vp of production, Meryl Emmerton becomes vp of physical production and Jeremy Needelman rises to vp of strategy, finance and accounting. Partners Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane made the announcement on Tuesday (24).
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Wolfe Video swoops on Love Free Or Die
Macky Alston’s Outfest entry earned a special jury prize at the festival’s closing ceremony in Los Angeles over the weekend.
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In Lieu Of Flowers wraps in New York
Patina Pictures has completed filming on William Savage’s feature debut.
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Korean American Film Festival to run Aug 9-11
Jinoh Park’s Should’ve Kissed will open the Los Angeles event, which has announced the inauguration of its programme in collaboration with its New York branch.
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Obituary: Frank Pierson, 1925-2012
The Oscar-winning screenwriter died of natural causes following a short illness on Monday (23) in Los Angeles. He was 87.
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Batman finale sets $160.9m 2D domestic launch record
UPDATE: The Dark Knight Rises opened on $160.9m according to results reported by Warner Bros on Monday (23), one day later than usual due to the tragedy at a midnight screening of the film in Colorado last Friday.
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Production underway on Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
Evolution Independent, Lagniappe and Paradox Entertainment’s thriller is filming in Shreveport, Louisiana, and stars Rooney Mara (pictured), Casey Affleck and Ben Foster.
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Cinedigm names Bob Fiorella evp, corporate chief strategy officer / entertainment
Fiorella will report to Cinedigm chairman and CEO Chris McGurk and COO Adam Mizel.
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Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Prodns names key hires
Stacey Offman arrives at the New York-based company as vp of development and production while Dave Snyder is appointed vp of development.
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DreamWorks Animation buys Classic Media
The $155m transaction brings properties such as Lassie and Casper under CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg’s control.
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Weinsteins to receive PGA 2013 Milestone Award
Bob and Harvey Weinstein will collect the Producers Guild Of America’s highest honour at the organisation’s awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Jan 26, 2013.
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My Brother The Devil triumphs at Outfest 2012
Sally El Hosaini’s film won the international dramatic feature grand jury award as the 30th Los Angeles Gay And Lesbian Film Festival came to an end on Sunday night (22).
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Massacre at Dark Knight Rises screening in Colorado
UPDATED: Warner Bros will not report opening weekend estimates for Christopher Nolan’s Batman finale on Sunday out of respect for the victims and families of the Aurora shootings at the Century 16 Movie Theatre in the small hours of Friday morning (20). Box office results will be issued on Monday.
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Jason Spivak earns digital distribution stripes at SPHE
The executive is named evp of worldwide digital distribution at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and will continue to lead transactional digital business activities.
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Demarest, China’s E Stars board Reliance / IM Global’s Paranoia
Robert Luketic is set to start shooting the $40m thriller on Friday (20). Liam Hemsworth (pictured), Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford and Amber Heard star. Relativity Media holds US rights.
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Drafthouse picks up Australian shocker Wake In Fright
Ted Kotcheff’s nightmarish tale of a stranded British teacher’s torment at the hands of an Outback gang played in selection in Cannes in 1971 before Martin Scorsese brought a restored version back to the Croisette in 2009.
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Tribeca Film acquires British found footage film Hollow
Michael Axelgaard’s film premiered at Fantasia Festival in 2011 and will open on Sept 19.