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Distribution round-up: ARC goes on Family Weekend
ARC Entertainment has acquired domestic theatrical and home entertainment rights to Benjamin Epps’ comedy starring Kristin Chenoweth, Matthew Modine and Olesya Rulin.
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Production underway in Lake Tahoe on Last Weekend
Patricia Clarkson stars in the feature directorial debut from Tom Dolby and Tom Williams.
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Sundance Institute announces six projects for New Frontier Story Lab
The session will take place from Oct 21-16 at the Sundance Resort in Utah and will support projects that “use technology to deepen story and engage audiences.”
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Academy announces 2012 Nicholl Fellowship finallists
Nine individual screenwriters and one writing team have been selected for the competition. The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee will now read and judge the screenplays and may award up to five of the $35,000 fellowships.
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NewsMillion Dollar Crocodile to take a bite of North America
Sales company Odin’s Eye has sold North American rights to the Chinese film Million Dollar Crocodile to Screen Media Films, which will now begin planning for a release in the first quarter of next year.
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Amazon Studios options horror novel Seed
Amazon’s original content arm has added Ania Ahlborn’s gothic tale to its development slate.
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NewsEuropaCorp, Relativity sign Kevin Costner for McG thriller
The untitled project centres on a dying secret serviceman who undertakes a volatile drug trial that could extend his life and allow him to reconnect with his estranged family in exchange for one final mission.
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NewsJake Gyllenhaal joins Alcon Entertainment’s Prisoners
Hot on the heels of the promising box office debut of End Of Watch, the actor is set to reunite with his An Enemy director Denis Villeneuve.
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NewsSPC acquires North America on Fill The Void
Rama Burshtein’s directorial debut earned seven Israeli Ophir Awards including best picture and screened in Venice and Toronto. It will receive its US premiere at the New York Film Festival.
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Ethan Goldman joins Warrior Poets as evp of development
Morgan Spurlock’s New York-based production company made the announcement on Tuesday (Oct 2).
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NewsCargo to commence sales at AFM on The Late Bloomer
Elijah Wood to star in comedy for Dignity Film Finance (DFF).
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NewsDavid Thewlis, Tilda Swinton join The Zero Theorem
Lucas Hedges and Melanie Thierry are also on board Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi project. Voltage Pictures handles worldwide sales.
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Entertainment And Media In Asia to host US-China Film Summit
The Asia Society Southern California’s Entertainment And Media In Asia (EMASIA) will present the event in Los Angeles on Oct 30.
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Elijah Wood launches production company The Woodshed
The actor-producer teams up with Daniel Noah and Josh C Waller for a stable of projects that will explore the horror genre and include Curse The Darkness.
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Daron Keet, Pete Villani among young cinematographer winners
The 16th annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards evening in Los Angeles on Sunday (Sept 30) awarded prizes to several young talents.
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FlixChip Corp launches storage device, partners with FilmChest
Entrepreneur John Strisower’s new venture aims to deliver entertainment content with a new family of devices it claims will be smaller, simpler and faster.
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Obit: Ted Shugrue, international executive
J Edward ‘Ted’ Shugrue has died in New York following a short illness at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was 62.
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Phase 4 gets generation Um... New Yorker takes Hors Satan
Phase 4 Films has picked up North American rights to Mark L Mann’s generation Um… starring Keanu Reeves, Bojana Novakovic and Adelaide Clemens.
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NewsHotel Transylvania rules US box office on $43m debut
A mighty weekend for Sony saw two of its releases dominate the charts as the session brought in around 20% more than a year ago to end the recent slump.
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IFTA announces new board members after 'most active' election
The Independent Film & Television Alliance voted on Friday (Sept 28).