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NewsArt directors unveil nominees
The Great Gatsby is among the contenders as the Art Directors Guild announced 10 categories of production design for film, television, commercials and music videos.
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NewsDjango Lives moves ahead
Texas-based Point Blank Pictures has secured sequel rights to Django Lives, the sequel to the Spaghetti Western Django that made an international star of Franco Nero.
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NewsProduction: Gerwig to star in Maggie’s Plan
Rebecca Miller will direct Golden Globe best actress nominee Greta Gerwig in the comedy of manners. Separately, Elijah Wood has joined the Dylan Thomas project Set Fire To The Stars.
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NewsIndie Sales boards Quentin Dupieux’s Reality
Alain Chabat stars in the Los Angeles-set project.
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NewsAcademy names sci-tech winners
The body will honour 19 scientific and technical achievements represented by 52 individuals on February 15 in Beverly Hills.In addition visual effects supervisor and cinematographer Peter W Anderson will receive the Gordon E Sawyer Award, an Oscar statuette, “for technological contributions that have brought credit to the industry.”Post-production and distribution ...
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NewsFox hires Marc Weinstock
The recently ousted president of worldwide marketing at Sony Pictures has joined Fox as president of domestic theatrical marketing, effective January 13.
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NewsSundance adds Lambert & Stamp
The late addition to the programme will screen in Park City next week and in the third Sundance London film and music festival in late April.
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NewsPGA sets conference dates
Warner Bros Studios will host The Producers Guild Of America’s 2014 Produced By Conference on June 7-8.
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NewsTed Hope resurfaces at Fandor
Shortly after stepping down as executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, it has emerged that the veteran producer will serve as CEO of the VOD distributor, effective January 30.
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NewsASC announces feature nominees
In a break from tradition, a three-way tie has forced the American Society Of Cinematographers to select seven rather than the usual five nominees.
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NewsFactory 25 takes Marvin, Seth And Stanley
Factory 25 has acquired world rights to the comedic road film starring Alex Karpovsky.
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NewsShoot wraps on Pocket Listing
Conor Allyn, who most recently directed Java Heat with Mickey Rourke, has wrapped principal photography in Los Angeles on the satirical thriller.
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NewsFinal Draft announces contest winners
Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón won the best original screenplay prize for Gravity in the Screenwriters Choice Awards unveiled on the Paramount lot on January 7.
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NewsDGA unveils 2014 nominees
A mostly predictable Oscar bellwether list includes Martin Scorsese as the mild surprise at the expense of the Coen Brothers and Spike Jonze.
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NewsDistribution: Goldwyn takes Chemistry
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Occupant Film’s Better Living Through Chemistry starring and Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde in spring in the US.
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NewsParticipant hires Ann Boyd
The corporate communications veteran has joined Participant Media as evp of communications, reporting directly to CEO Jim Berk.
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NewsOpen Road hires Peter Lawson
Peter Lawson has joined Open Road Films in the newly created position of evp, production and acquisitions. CEO Tom Ortenberg made the announcement on January 6. Separately, Kent Sanderson has joined GoDigital.
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William Hurt to play Gregg Allman
Unclaimed Freight Productions’ Randall Miller and Jody Savin have found their lead for the biopic Midnight Rider.
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NewsSingh named president of SPHE
Man Jit Singh has been named president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, reporting to Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton (pictured) and Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal.
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NewsNSFC vote Llewyn best of 2013
The Coen Brothers’ take on the early 1960s New York folk scene was named Best Picture Of The Year 2013 by the National Society Of Film Critics on January 4.