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NewsHobbit 2 eyes second weekend rule
As battles go they do not get much bigger than the fantasy armies of Middle Earth against dinosaurs, leading box office observers to forecast a mighty international session this weekend as The Hobbit 2 bears down on $200m by Saturday.
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NewsVladar plots 2014 schedule
EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of AFM sales for Generation Iron, New York-based The Vladar Company has lined up its slate for the coming year.
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NewsFinal Draft unveils finallists
The screenwriting software company announced its finallists on December 19 ahead of the ninth Final Draft Annual Awards to be held on January 7 2014.
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NewsFox to remake Orient Express
Fox has struck a deal with RLJ Entertainment’s UK-based rights holder and production arm Acorn Productions for film rights to Murder On The Orient Express.
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NewsOpen Road sets Green Inferno release
Open Road will release Eli Roth’s cannibal horror film on September 5 2014.
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NewsSundance to explore failure
The Free Fail conference on January 20 2014 during the 30th anniversary festival will feature panels, workshops and events.
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Black digital creator awards revealed
The winners of the inaugural Screen Nation Digital-iS Media Awards for short films and other online content were announced this week at Google HQ in London.
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NewsChinns launch production outfit Lightbox
Documentary producer Simon Chinn and his cousin and showrunner Jonathan Chinn have launched the London and Los Angeles-based small-screen documentary company.
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NewsKiarostami to give Cartagena masterclass
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami will give a masterclass at the 54th edition of the International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias –FICCI.
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NewsBerlin unveils first Panorama films
John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary and new films by Michel Gondry, Kutluğ Ataman and Robert Lepage are to feature in the Berlinale’s Panorama strand, which will open with Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent.
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NewsMarvel Studios confirms Ant-Man casting
Marvel Studios confirmed on December 19 that Paul Rudd has been cast to play the lead in Ant-Man.
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NewsBFI: 7% stat misleading in healthy UK industry
BFI chief executive Amanda Nevill and Film Fund head Ben Roberts talk about why the controversial 7% profitability statistic doesn’t reflect the full picture of UK film success.
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NewsHeilongjiang, FCCE sign cooperation deal
FCCE Hong Kong and China’s Heilongjiang Loong Media Group have signed a cooperation agreement that will kick off by introducing the Entertainment Experience cross-media project in China.
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NewsBenelux focus at When East Meets West
Benelux is the regional focus for Trieste’s fourth edition of its When East Meets West (WEMW) co-production forum (January 20-22, 2014) being held during the Trieste Film Festival.
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NewsSteve McQueen: UK industry 'hugely behind' on diversity
12 Years a Slave director says British executives need to be held accountable for lack of diversity.
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NewsRose Kuo exits Lincoln Center
The executive director is stepping down from the Film Society Of Lincoln Center in New York and will be replaced by current managing director Lesli Klainberg.
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NewsDaniel Wu joins Warcraft
Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures executives have announced two casting additions to their upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game adaptation.
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NewsSundance adds Wish I Was Here
Festival top brass announced two additions to the line-up on December 18.
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NewsI, Origins in Sundance honour
Mike Cahill’s upcoming world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January has become the inaugural recipient of the Dolby Family Sound Fellowship.
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NewsSearchlight boosts 'Slave' release
Fox Searchlight is to boost the number of US screens showing 12 Years A Slave in January.