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NewsAFM speakers include Basner, Sloss, Elwes, Xiaotian
This year’s AFM programme will offer new conference sessions on China and festivals and speakers including Glen Basner, John Sloss, Cassian Elwes and the president of China Film Co-Production Corporation.
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NewsRutger Hauer, Michael Madsen join 'The Broken Key'
Cast of Italy-set mystery thriller also includes Geraldine Chaplin and Franco Nero.
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NewsRelativity TV sale approved
Relativity Television will go to a group of creditors, with Ryan Kavanaugh’s consortium set to take the rest of Relativity Media.
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NewsASC to honour Toll, Peterson and Bennett
The ASC will recognise the trio’s achievements at their annual awards ceremony in February.
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Lionsgate in “advanced talks” over Starz merger
Lionsgate is in “advanced talks” to merge with US movie channel Starz, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
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NewsJamie Foxx to lead ‘Groove Tails’ voice cast
Jamie Foxx has signed on to voice the lead character in CGI animated family film Groove Tails, from AMBI Group and Imprint Entertainment.
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NewsJeanne Tripplehorn, Callum Keith Rennie join ‘Little Pink House’
Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love) and Callum Keith Rennie (Memento) have joined the cast of Korchula Productions’ Little Pink House, which is about to go into production in Vancouver.
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NewsRelativity president Tucker Tooley resigns
Relativity Studios president Tucker Tooley is leaving the company, just as parent Relativity Media waits for bankruptcy court approval to be bought out by chairman/CEO Ryan Kavanaugh and a group of investors.
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News‘Wine of Summer’ readies US release
New Films International has set drama The Wine of Summer, with Marcia Gay Harden, for a limited US theatrical and VOD release on Oct 6, with a digital rollout to follow.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn takes Toronto sci-fi ‘No Men Beyond This Point’
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired worldwide rights (excluding Canada) to Mark Sawers’ No Men Beyond This Point and is planning a 2016 release for the sci-fi comedy.
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NewsMipcom: Screen Media acquires ‘Cold Deck’
EXCLUSIVE: The thriller will be sold at Mipcom this week.
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NewsEurocinema to expand global VOD reach
The company will launch Eurocinema World, a live channel and SVOD service.
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News'The Martian' rockets to top of North American box office on $55m
UPDATE: Fox’s The Martian shot straight to the top of the North American box office chart this weekend, opening with a confirmed gross of $54.3m from 3,831 theatres.
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NewsParamount boards Alexander Payne’s ‘Downsizing’ starring Matt Damon
Downsizing will begin production next spring.
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NewsRyan Kavanaugh-led investor group to acquire Relativity
A consortium of investors led by company founder Ryan Kavanaugh has reached an agreement to buy all the assets of Relativity Media except for the beleaguered mini-studio’s TV division.
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NewsBritannia honour for Harrison Ford
The BAFTA LA hierarchy announced on Friday that they will present the star with the Albert R Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution To Entertainment in Los Angeles on October 30.
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NewsRio opens with Chico doc ahead of packed 2015 edition
Rio de Janeiro’s International Film Festival opened last night (Oct 1) celebrating the life and work of local hero Chico Buarque who, at 71, remains one of Brazil’s top composers, musicians and singers.
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NewsParamount acquires Alexander Payne’s 'Downsizing'
Matt Damon and Reese Witherspoon will star in the studio’s third collaboration with Payne.
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NewsTWC to re-release 'Southpaw'
Antoine Fuqua’s boxing drama returns to US screens on October 2 as Harvey Weinstein steps up his Oscar push for Jake Gyllenhaal.