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NewsFilmDistrict pays $10m for US rights to Rocketman
Rocket Pictures and Icon/AI Film’s red-hot Cannes market project about the life of Elton John has found its US home, sources confirmed to Screendaily on Wednesday evening [12]. Good Universe handles international sales and introduced to buyers on the Croisette.
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NewsDavis to head production administration at Columbia
Andrew Z Davis has been named president of production administration at Columbia Pictures, replacing Gary Martin, who retires after overseeing production on more than 600 films and serving 51 years in the industry – 32 of them at Columbia.
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NewsOpen Road bites into Chef
Open Road Films will release the Jon Favreau comedy over Mother’s Day Weekend on May 9, 2014. Aldamisa Entertainment is financing and introduced the project to international buyers in Cannes.
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NewsSundanceNOW, First Run sign pact
Sundance Selects’ digital label has agreed terms with First Run Features to bring select titles from the latter’s documentary library to SundanceNOW’s subscription VoD service Doc Club.
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NewsLiotta joins Octane’s Dragons
Top brass at IM Global’s genre division announced on Wednesday [12] that Ray Liotta has joined the Triad thriller Revenge Of The Green Dragons as production got underway.
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NewsIMAX, Disney plot Ranger roll-out
Upcoming Disney release The Lone Ranger is to be digitally remastered and released in IMAX in select markets including the UK and Japan on Aug 2.
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NewsFilmDistrict sets Selfess date
FilmDistrict top brass announced on Wednesday [12] they will release the upcoming thriller Selfless starring Ryan Reynolds wide in the US on Sept 26, 2014.
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NewsMann starts shoot on cyber theft thriller
Principal photography has begun on Michael Mann’s untitled feature starring Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom for Legendary Pictures.
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NewsSundance, TED unveil inaugural award winner
Filmmaker Jerry Rothwell has won the first annual Sundance Institute | TED Prize Filmmaker Award, Institute senior executives announced on Tuesday [11].
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NewsWWZ to open on IMAX in Australia, HK
IMAX, Paramount and financing partner Skydance Productions announced on Tuesday that the zombie thriller World War Z will be digitally re-mastered into IMAX and released on Jun 20 in Australia and Hong Kong.
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NewsEcho Lake Management staffs up
Dave Brown and Zadoc Angell have joined Echo Lake Entertainment division Echo Lake Management.
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NewsXLrator gets Conspiracy for US
XLrator Media has acquired all US rights to the political thriller written and directed by Christopher MacBride and produced by Lee Kim.
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NewsProduction begins on And So It Goes...
Foresight Unlimited in association with Castle Rock announced on Tuesday [11] that production has begun in Connecticut on And So It Goes…
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NewsProduction wraps on Galapagos Affair
Production has wrapped on the documentary murder-mystery The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came To Eden featuring Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann and Diane Kruger.
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NewsRelativity gets Romeo & Juliet
Relativity has acquired US rights to Julian Fellowes’ adaptation of Romeo & Juliet directed by Carlo Carlei and starring Hailee Steinfeld (pictured in True Grit) and Douglas Booth. Separately, Open Road and Endgame Releasing will partner on Homefront.
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NewsSadie Frost, Emma Comley launch production company
EXCLUSIVE: Blonde to Black Pictures kicks off with psychological drama Buttercup Bill.
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NewsHart earns EBHE senior stripes
Nathan Hart has been named president of Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (EBHE) and will oversee all financial, sales, operations and acquisitions decisions.
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NewsDoppelgänger bites into Evil
EXCLUSIVE: Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American rights from FilmSharks International to the Greek zombie horror Evil: In The Time Of Heroes.
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NewsTornatore, Honey among Ischia honourees
Giuseppe Tornatore’s romance The Best Offer and Valeria Golino’s drama Honey (Miele) will be honoured at the upcoming 11th annual Ischia Global Film & Musical Festival in Italy.
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NewsMillennium buys Countryman
CEO Bill Lee announced on Monday [10] that Millennium Entertainment had acquired US rights to The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman.