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NewsRobert Patrick joins Hellions
The actor has joined the cast of Toronto-based Whizbang Films and Storyteller Pictures’ thriller, currently shooting almost entirely in digital infrared.
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NewsBruce Dern to collect PSIFF honour
The star of Nebraska will attend the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala on January 4 2014 to receive the Career Achievement Award.
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NewsBerlinale World Cinema Fund selects eight
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded production and distribution funding of €165,000 ($223,000) to eight films.
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NewsUniversal breaks company record
A spokesperson said on Monday (18) the studio had broken its previous best North American box office for a calendar year of $1.335bn set in 2012.
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NewsFrontera, Watermark find homes
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to the crime drama Frontera, while eOne Films US has picked up the documentary Watermark.
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NewsMonsoon Shootout to open SAIFF
The South Asian International Film Festival will open on December 3 with the New York premiere of Monsoon Shootout.
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NewsTraverse to release Treachery
Traverse Media has acquired North American digital rights to the Blanc/Biehn Productions thriller starring Michael Biehn.
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NewsScreenwriting guru Syd Field dies
Writer of several influential books on screenwriting dies aged 77.
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Virgin Produced India launches
Virgin Produced has partnered with Cinema Capital Venture Fund and Tantrik Group to launch Virgin Produced India.
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NewsAmerican Hustle to close Dubai fest
David O. Russell’s American Hustle has been selected for the closing night gala of the 10th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), which runs December 6-14.
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NewsThor 2 adds $39m in US
Thor: The Dark World held on to the North American crown for its third and most likely final weekend ahead of the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
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NewsImogen Poots to star in Ruins
The UK actress is attached to star in the 1960s Ligurian drama for Cross Creek Pictures and Smuggler Films.
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NewsSundance hires doc leader
Tabitha Jackson has been appointed director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Bullock
Sandra Bullock, riding high on critical acclaim for her role in the global hit Gravity, will receive the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress.
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NewsPartners to release Anonymous
Screen Media Films and Starz Digital Media have partnered on North American rights to Ellie Kanner’s comedy Authors Anonymous starring Kaley Cuoco, Chris Klein, Dennis Farina, Jonathan Bennett, Dylan Walsh, and Teri Polo.
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NewsBahamas fest unveils line-up
Top brass at the 10th Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) have announced the full programme ahead of the opening night on December 5.
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NewsASC to honour trio
The American Society of Cinematographers’ (ASC) 28th annual Outstanding Achievement Awards will honour Dean Cundey, Eduardo Serra and Richard Rawlings on February 1 2014.
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NewsMPAA hires Steven Fabrizio
The new senior evp and global general counsel is a leading copyright and content protection lawyer and played a critical role in the MPAA’s recent legal victory over cyberlocker Hotfile.com.
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NewsRocket, Giant triumph at AFI FEST
As the festival comes to a close on November 14, top brass have announced the grand jury short film and audience award winners.
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NewsRed Compass lines up vampire horror
William Sadler (pictured), John Heard, James Russo, Andrew Keegan and Thomas Ian Nicholas will star in Red Compass Media’s found footage film Living Among Us.