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NewsSkydance and National Amusements in new deal for Paramount
Source: Skydance Media David Ellison Skydance Media and National Amusements have tentatively agreed a new deal for the takeover of Paramount Global, according to several media reports, just a few weeks after the companies’ initial deal dramatically collapsed. Reporting on the surprise development on Tuesday (July ...
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NewsOscar-winning ‘Chinatown’ screenwriter Robert Towne dies at 89
Towne was an in-demand script doctor who became a key figure in the seventies Hollywood.
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NewsKarlovy Vary’s industry strand Eastern Promises unveils 2024 winners
Winners come from festival’s works in progress and development programmes.
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NewsChinese box office down 9% in first half of 2024; June lowest month
Ticket sales from the first half of the year were the lowest since 2016.
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NewsFox’s free streaming service Tubi expands to the UK with 20,000 films and TV series
Platform’s 20,000-strong content library to join Pluto TV and Amazon Freevee in ad-supported space.
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NewsCate Blanchett to receive TIFF Share Her Journey honorary award
Blanchett to participate in a conversation event at the festival.
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NewsJason Ropell, Mubi’s chief content officer, talks growth ambitions and theatrical plans
”We need to have global theatrical distribution capabilities on top of the global streaming ability which we have,” he said.
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NewsPolish Days to showcase buzzy feature projects to international industry at New Horizons 2024
Execs from leading European sales houses as well as Sundance and Directors’ Fortnight programmers will be in town.
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NewsBerlinale launches €50,000 Perspectives competition for feature debuts, drops Encounters section
Berlinale says Perspectives strand will “shine a brighter spotlight on new filmmakers within the festival.”
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NewsFrance’s Indie Sales, Totem, Loco Films shake up sales teams in pre-summer shuffle
The teams will be in place for the autumn festival season.
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NewsSofia Exarchou’s ‘Animal’ leads winners at Greece’s Iris Awards
Film won seven prizes in total at awards ceremony which also saw Willem Dafoe take best actor prize for Inside.
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NewsTim Burton’s ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ to open Venice Film Festival
Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara all star.
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News‘Emmanuelle’: first trailer for Audrey Diwan’s film ahead of San Sebastian premiere
Pathe will release the film in France on September 25.
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NewsDaniel Bruhl to direct Felix Kammerer in tennis film ‘Break’ for The Ink Factory
‘All Quiet…’ producers Amusement Park, Edward Berger will produce the film.
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NewsLocarno to honour Indian star Shah Rukh Khan with Pardo Alla Carriera award
Award will pay tribute to actor’s career in Indian cinema.
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NewsImagine’s Brian Grazer and Ron Howard reportedly considering sale options
Investment bank JP Morgan hired to consider strategy, says report.
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NewsBarry Diller mulling bid for Paramount Global
Merger of streaming service Paramount+ with another studio platform could also be a possibility.
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NewsLionsgate to produce English-language remake of Indian actioner ‘Kill’
The Hindi-language original opens this weekend in India, the US and the UK.
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News‘Girls Will Be Girls’ takes top prize at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
Documentary Mountain Queen: The Summits Of Lhakpa Sherpa took the Audience Choice award.
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News‘Emmanuelle’ producer Rectangle in talks to form formal partnership with Goodfellas
The move would be the latest sign of consolidation in the French production sector as Covid impact lingers on.