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NewsThe Industry & Co bolsters staff ranks
EXCLUSIVE: The entertainment venture that launched earlier this year as a sister entity to James Andrew Felts and Matthew Shreder’s Concourse Media has announced two key hires.
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News108 Media acquires ‘Lawrence & Holloman’
EXCLUSIVE: 108 Media has picked up US rights to the award-winning Canadian comedy and plans a one-week theatrical run in August.
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NewsBOOM! A Film About The Sonics heads to Indiegogo
The makers of the punk band documentary have launched a campaign on the crowdfunding site as they bid to tell the tale of a seminal musical influence little-known outside the US.
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NewsPeter Webber returns to BAM with 'One River' docu-drama
More than 30 film projects in development set to be presented at the Bogota Audiovisual Market (BAM).
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NewsForrest Lucas, Ali Afshar launch ESX Entertainment
The founder and owner of Lucas Oil Products, cable network MAVTV, Lucas Cattle Company and the naming rights to the Indianapolis Colts’ Stadium Lucas Oil Stadium has teamed on the entertainment venture with the professional racecar driver, actor and producer.
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NewsDave Saxena to lead Broad Green Investments
The executive will serve as Chief Investment Officer of the new private equity and venture capital arm launched by Broad Green Pictures.
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NewsIFTA heads extend contracts through 2018
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) announced the news on Monday concerning CEO and president Jean Prewitt and executive vice-president and American Film Market (AFM) managing director Jonathan Wolf.
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NewsAlchemy boosts distribution operations
The distributor announced on Monday corporate acquisitions and a strategic alliance that builds its annual content flow to more than 1,300 films and 3,000 TV episodes.
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NewsSnowfort Pictures hires three to boost production
Production company behind Cheap Thrills and Oscar shortlisted Jodorowsky’s Dune hires three.
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NewsIM Global Television launches distribution arm
Eli Shibley has joined from Electus as president of international distribution and co-productions.
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NewsIsrael's Spiro Films readies Lavie, Bergman, Moaz
Spiro chief Eitan Mansuri will be in Toronto with final draft of Lavie’s The Current Love Of My Life.
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News‘Minions’ leaps to top of US on $115.2m
The Universal bandwagon rolled on as Minions - its Despicable Me spin-off with Illumination Entertainment - delivered the second biggest animated launch ever at the North American box office.
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NewsTarantino teases TV ambitions
COMIC-CON: Quentin Tarantino hinted at a possible move into television as he riffed on one of his bête noires – digital filmmaking – during Saturday’s The Hateful Eight panel.
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NewsWarner Bros lights up San Diego
COMIC-CON: Warner Bros set the bar high with the first Hall H session of Saturday, unleashing a slick and loud session that suggested it has begun to execute on a long-term strategy to exploit the treasures that lie within the DC Comics vaults.
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News'X-Men', 'Deadpool' delight Hall H
COMIC-CON: Fox executives love their traditional end-of-day slot at Comic-Con and kept their appointment with the early evening crowd to good effect in a raucous finale to Saturday’s Hall H programme.
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NewsTurturro delivers masterclass in Jerusalem
The actor spoke about working with Michael Cimino, William Friedkin and Woody Allen in a masterclass at Jerusalem Film Festival.
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News'Game Of Thrones' cast reflect on roles
COMIC-CON: The panellists from HBO’s smash series took to the hallowed Hall H on Friday with their hands – and mouths – tied.
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News‘Star Wars’ panel feels the Force
As has happened so often in recent years, a Disney-owned property delivered a Comic-Con show-stopper as JJ Abrams rounded off Friday’s Star Wars love-fest by inviting the entire 6,000-plus capacity of Hall H to a live concert.
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NewsLuc Besson talks ‘Valerian’ plans
The French filmmaker and EuropaCorp head flew into Comic-Con on Thursday for a rare and deeply personal presentation that featured concept art from his upcoming $180m space opera.
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NewsMUBI, Sony Pictures Television strike content deal
EXCLUSIVE: Online service inks first major studio deal; titles include Taxi Driver, Dr. Strangelove, Snatch.