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NewsIM Global hires TWC veteran Michael Rothstein
Michael Rothstein named president of international sales and distribution following Jonathan Deckter’s exit last week.
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NewsChappie, Unfinished Business flop in US
Public sentiment aligned with critical disapproval for Neill Blomkamp’s latest sci-fi spectacle as Chappie delivered an anaemic estimated $13.3m debut via Columbia Pictures.
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NewsSubmarine Deluxe gets Station To Station
The New York-based distributor has acquired US theatrical and museum rights to Doug Aitken’s Sundance premiere.
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NewsOlivia Wilde, Katie Holmes in Tribeca shorts roster
Sixty films, a record 40 of which are world premieres, will screen across nine thematic programmes during the festival, set to run from April 15-26.
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NewsAlbert Maysles, 1926-2015
The celebrated documentarian and cinematographer whose credits included Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter has died at his Manhattan home of natural causes. He was 88.
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NewsIM Global boards The Autopsy Of Jane Doe
Andre Øvredal of Trollhunter fame will make his English-language directorial debut on the supernatural thriller starring Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox.
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NewsNBTV, Bungalow line up supermarket boycott doc
NBTV Studios & Bungalow Media + Entertainment in association with Dundee Entertainment and Hammer Productions are filming a documentary about the organised boycott of the Market Basket supermarket chain in summer 2014.
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NewsCameron Thomson to acquire control of IMG
Los Angeles-based sales outfit Inception Film Partners is being sold to Toronto’s Cameron Thomson Entertainment as part of a deal with parent company Inception Media Group (IMG).
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NewsWhite Horse boards A Faster Horse
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East’s LA-based company are commencing world sales on the Tribeca Film Festival documentary selection.
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NewsTribeca 2015 unveils second wave
New work from William Monahan, Henry Hobson, Adrián García Bogliano and Neil LaBute are among the Spotlight, Midnight and Special Screening selections announced on Thursday.
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NewsIFC Films buys Stanford Prison Experiment
The distributor has acquired US rights to Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s recent Sundance premiere and plans a 2015 theatrical release.
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NewsWalden Media joins DreamWorks on The BFG
Walden Media has come on board to co-finance and co-produce the Roald Dahl adaptation with DreamWorks Studios.
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NewsHarrison Ford recovering after plane crash
The 72-year-old actor was recuperating in hospital on Thursday night after the light aircraft he was piloting crash-landed on a public golf course in southern California.
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NewsHaraamkhor, Dhanak bookend IFFLA
The world premiere of Shlok Sharma’s feature directorial debut Haraamkhor will open the Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA) on April 8.
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NewsAFCI panel talks new world order
Producers scouting international locations should establish local companies early to benefit from tax incentives, attendees at the AFCI Locations Show 2015 heard on Thursday.
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NewsHailee Steinfeld joins Studio Ghibli voice cast
GKIDS has announced the English voice cast for When Marnie Was There (Omoide No Marnie) from Studio Ghibli.
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NewsThe Danish Girl gets US release date
Focus Features has secured a prime awards season slot for the Working Title drama starring Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander.
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NewsTribeca 2015 unveils first wave
Top brass at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) presented by AT&T have announced the World Narrative and Documentary Competition and Viewpoints selections.
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NewsFirst-look photo: Snowden
Open Road Films has released the first image from Oliver Stone’s upcoming drama about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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NewsTreachery finds North American home
Origin has acquired rights to Blanc/Biehn Productions’ dark thriller starring Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc Biehn.