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NewsNBCU boss cool on ITV acquisition
NBC Universal chief executive Steve Burke has poured cold water on rumours that the US giant was planning to acquire ITV.
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NewsAnnapurna Pictures launches TV division
Former President of HBO Entertainment Sue Naegle will head the new Annapurna Television production arm.
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NewsWoody Harrelson plots directorial debut 'Lost In London'
EXCLUSIVE: LBJ star will write and direct London-set feature.
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News'Silence' gets December US release
Paramount has as expected set an awards qualifying run for Martin Scorsese’s passion project and anticipated Oscar season heavy-hitter starring Andrew Garfield.
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NewsWanda in talks to buy Dick Clark Productions
The parties have entered exclusive negotiations for an acquisition reportedly in the $1bn range at a time when US lawmakers are beginning to express concerns over what they see as China’s growing influence on Hollywood.
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NewsMenemsha boards 'The Women’s Balcony'; Kino Lorber buys 'Son Of Joseph'
Menemsha Films has acquired North American rights to Israeli film The Women’s Balcony, while Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to Son Of Joseph.
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NewsUS Briefs: Britannia Award for Jodie Foster
The director and Oscar-winning actress will receive the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at this year’s AMD British Academy Britannia Awards presented by Jaguar Land Rover and American Airlines.
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NewsGreg Shapiro to head production at IM Global
The Oscar-winning producer of The Hurt Locker has joined the LA-based company as president of feature film production.
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News'Mr. Robot' ratings study highlights viewing shift
EXCLUSIVE: Research group Parrot Analytics has challenged the orthodoxy of the traditional ratings system in light of declining viewer numbers for the second season of the Golden Globe-winning show.
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NewsPrecision takes 'Lawless Range' for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Home entertainment distributor will release the modern western, which features Kris Kristofferson and Beau Bridges.
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NewsRio Film Festival unveils 2016 line-up
The Untamed and Toni Erdmann will screen at the 18th edition of the Brazilian event next month alongside tributes to the late David Bowie and Prince.
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News'The Magnificent Seven' rules North America on $34.7m (update)
SEPTEMBER 26 UPDATE: Antoine Fuqua scored a career high $34.7m debut as his western reboot starring frequent collaborator Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt opened top.
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News'Aquarius' US distributor to launch Oscar campaign after Brazil snub
Vitagraph Films will be touting Sonia Braga for Best Actress at next year’s Academy Awards.
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NewsOliver Stone: making 'Snowden' was a “desperate venture”
Maverick director discusses funding battle and says “evil” Hillary Clinton deserves “the [biopic] full treatment”.
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NewsZurich Summit: Economics of the gender gap don't add up, say experts
Four of the five top-grossing independent films in the US this year have starred and centred on women.
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News"Movie business is in a better place than ever", says SPC boss
Michael Barker and Patrick Wachsberger were among executives to discuss the importance of early pre-buys during a Zurich Summit panel.
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NewsNATO, James Murdoch in war of words over windows
UPDATE: The CEO and president of AMC Entertainment has waded into the spat between the head of the theatre owners’ lobby group NATO and 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch.
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NewsUS Briefs: Arnon Milchan to receive Gothams Industry Tribute
The New Regency chairman and producer will receive the Industry Tribute at the 2016 IFP Gotham Awards in New York on November 28.
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NewsSPC takes 'The Leisure Seeker'; Roadside picks up 'Tommy’s Honour'; O-Scope moves on 'KEDi'
SPC confirms deal for Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland road movie.
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NewsIFTA elections choose executive committee, board for 2016-18
Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) membership voted in the executive committee and board for the 2016-2018 term at Thursday’s concurrent annual membership meeting in Los Angeles and London.