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NewsJohn Cusack eyes UK thriller Kickback
EXCLUSIVE: The Frozen Ground star in talks to join crime-thriller about renegade detective.
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NewsShoot starts on Interstellar
Christopher Nolan has commenced production on his deep space wormhole project starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain in Alberta, Canada, for Paramount and Warner Bros.
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Boundless Pictures gets Timeless
Principals Courtney Lauren Penn and Brandon Burrows announced on Tuesday [13] that the production company has optioned Timeless.
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NewsDodd hopeful on US-China feud
The stand-off over outstanding payments owed to Hollywood studios by China appears to nearing resolution in light of comments made by MPAA head Chris Dodd.
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NewsFilmBuff uncorks Red Obsession
FilmBuff will release the wine documentary Obsession narrated by Russell Crowe on Sept 6 on VoD with exclusive theatrical engagements. Separately, Freestyle has set a date for Surviving Evil while Artsploitation will release Hidden In The Woods on DVD in September and GoDigital has picked up Sample This.
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NewsStudios savour int'l BO results
The announcement by Paramount top brass that World War Z had delivered career-best box office for Brad Pitt served as reminder of the consistency of international markets this summer.
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NewsTIFF announces industry events
Panels on transmedia, direct distribution and keynote speakers including Participant Media’s Jeff Skoll and Jim Berk and documentary director Andrew Jarecki are among the highlights of Toronto’s industry programming.
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NewsSony, MRC line up Chappie
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and MRC are reuniting with director Neill Blomkamp on Chappie hot on the heels of the South African’s number one North American launch of Elysium.
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NewsMickey Rourke joins Traffik
Los Angeles-based Raging Pictures has announced that Mickey Rourke has joined the cast of director Ara Paiaya’s Skin Traffik.
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NewsUPI breaks int'l box office record
Universal Pictures International (UPI) top brass announced that as of Monday the company had reached $1.8bn - its biggest year at the box office.
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NewsToronto adds 75+ titles to line-up
World premieres of Kevin Macdonald’s How I Live Now, Fred Schepisi’s Words And Pictures and John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo are among the TIFF line-up of galas and special presentations.
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NewsToronto reveals Wavelengths line-up
Rithy Panh’s Un Certain Regard winner takes its place alongside Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England and new films from Canada’s Stephen Broomer and Chris Kennedy in the Wavelengths section.
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News‘Chechnya’ wins top Locarno co-pro prize
Film-makers from Georgia were the big winners at the Open Doors awards ceremony at the Locarno Film Festival.
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NewsLibertine Pictures wins NZFC support
The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) has introduced a three-year $2.4m (NZ$3m) business development scheme aimed at creating more substantial companies and has made the new company Libertine Pictures the first recipient.
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NewsSusanne Bier in talks for Mary Queen of Scots
EXCLUSIVE: Penelope Skinner working on script with Michael Hirst. Saoirse Ronan attached, as previously reported.
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NewsFantastic Fest unveils second wave
Programmers at the forthcoming Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas have revealed 19 further selections.
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HFPA awards $1.6m grants
Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held their annual lunch in Beverly Hills and presented financial awards and announced newly elected officers.
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NewsNewFest unveils line-up
The festival, in partnership with Outfest and the Film Society Of Lincoln Center, has announced the programme for the 25th anniversary edition.
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NewsGrandmaster gets Scorsese vote
The Weinstein Company have announced that Martin Scorsese will lend his name to present Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster heading into awards season.