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NewsUni takes int’l on Kurt Cobain doc
Universal Pictures International Entertainment Content Group will handle the release outside the US on Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck prior to the HBO broadcast in 2015.
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NewsBirdman leads Spirit Award noms
Birdman earned six nods and Boyhood, Nightcrawler and Selma five apiece as Rosario Dawson and Diego Luna unveiled the 2014 Spirit Award nominations in Los Angeles on November 25.
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NewsUniversal picks up Steve Jobs project
Aaron Sorkin’s biopic about the tech visionary and late Apple chief has landed at Universal after Sony put it in turnaround last week.
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NewsRelativity Studios unveil Masterminds name
The film formerly known as The Untitled Armored Car Project has a name and will open theatrically on August 15, 2015.
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NewsHighsmith thriller sells for Sierra/Affinity
Nick Meyer has reported a slew of sales on Untitled Patricia Highsmith, with Sony taking multiple territories on the psychological thriller that will now also star Eddie Marsan.
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NewsMr Kaplan snapped up for US
EXCLUSIVE: Menemsha Films has taken US rights to Alvaro Brechner’s second feature - Uruguay’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
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NewsHBO confirms True Detective season 2 cast
The UK’s Kelly Reilly is among the new arrivals with Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch as production gets underway in California.
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NewsSundance exec named BBC America boss
BBC America has appointed Sundance TV chief Sarah Barnett as president and general manager, one month after Sundance parent firm AMC Networks acquired a stake in the US cable network.
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NewsMockingjay leads US box office on $123m
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 starring Jennifer Lawrence was the clear winner at the North American box office although it scored the lowest of all three entries in the franchise so far.
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NewsUTA signs Benedict Andrews
The acclaimed theatre director is preparing to make his feature directorial debut on the David Harrower stage play adaptation Blackbird with Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn attached to star.
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NewsFilm Movement falls for Amour Fou
The New York-based film distributor has acquired US rights from Coproduction Office to Jessica Hausner’s Cannes selection.
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NewsCSA to honour Richard Linklater
The director of Boyhood will collect the Casting Society Of America’s Career Achievement Award at the 30th Annual Artios Awards on January 22.
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NewsMillennium buys Amplify LA operations
Millennium Entertainment has made its first buy since the management take-over earlier this year led by Bill Lee and acquired the LA operations of Amplify in a move that demonstrates its digital ambitions.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Rosamund Pike
The star of Gone Girl will receive the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Breakthrough Performance Award on January 3.
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NewsCairo Drive, Home Less triumph at DOC NYC
Festival top brass have announced their 2014 award-winners and declared this year’s event drew a record 25,000 attendance, up 28% on 2013.
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NewsAcademy unveils live-action shorts contenders
The Academy has whittled down 141 submissions to a shortlist of ten films in the running for the 87th Academy Awards.
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NewsEvan Katz to direct You’ll Be The Death Of Me
Lionsgate will distribute the Mandeville Films comedy thriller.
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NewsSteve McQueen to direct Widows
New Regency is reuniting with the director of its Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave on the heist thriller as the studio continues to assemble its stable of prestige filmmakers.
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NewsSix law partners flock to Latham & Watkins
Joe Calabrese, Lisbeth Savill and four other entertainment, sports and media partners from law firm O’Melveny & Myers have moved to Latham & Watkins.