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NewsEcho Bridge finds Faith
Echo Bridge Entertainment has acquired Slamdance documentary audience award winner My Name Is Faith. Separately, Phase 4 Films and Samuel Goldwyn Films will team up on The Short Game.
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NewsD23: Zootopia, Dory cast unveiled
Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios chief creative officer John Lasseter joined colleagues and talent at the annual convention in Anaheim, California, to announce a number of surprises.
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NewsAlpha Papa off to strong start in UK
Alan Partridge’s first big screen outing records $1.2m (£741,254) from its 402 sites over two days of previews through StudioCanal.
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NewsSan Sebastian names new directors line-up
Sixteen first or second directors will vie for the San Sebastian Film Festival’s (20-28 Sept) new directors award.
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NewsKaren Black dies aged 74
Actress known for her performances in Five Easy Pieces and Nashville has dies in Los Angeles after battle with cancer.
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NewsReel Suspects close Fantasia film sales
Matteo Lovadina’s sales outfit Reel Suspects has reported brisk business on its Fantasia Film Festival titles.
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NewsPacific Rim to cross $250m
Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi international hit has reached $218m and is favourite to hold on to the international crown this weekend.
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NewsForesight, Envision set Englishman
Foresight Unlimited and Envision Entertainment, riding high on the number one North American release of 2 Guns, will finance and produce the $30m action film.
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NewsFantasia co-director hails "exceptionally strong" year
Co-festival director Mitch Davis [pictured] talks to Screen about this year’s Fantasia, which wrapped yesterday [Aug 7].
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Music Box gets Bettie Page
Music Box has picked up US rights to Mark Mori’s Bettie Page Reveals All. Separately, Tribeca Film has acquired North American rights to teen drama S#x Acts.
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Strategic Partners welcomes 21 countries
The Canadian market for international film, TV and digital co-production will run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Sept 12-15.
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NewsFantasia win for Big Bad Wolves
Revenge horror Big Bad Wolves has won the best film prize at the Fantasia International Film Festival, which has revealed record attendance figures for its 17th edition.
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NewsSpike Jonze's Her to close NYFF
The world premiere of Spike Jonze’s Her starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Scarlett Johansson will close the 51st New York Film Festival on Oct 13.
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NewsTIFF execs: get entry visas early
Top brass at the Toronto International Film Festival have urged visitors to get their travel arrangements in order as soon as possible in light of the ongoing strike by Canadian foreign office workers.
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Alex Garland’s Ex Machina begins shoot
Principal photography has begun on the artificial intelligence thriller starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac and Alicia Vikander.
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NewsCast join Jude Law on Black Sea
Michael Smiley, David Threlfall, Ben Mendelsohn and Jodie Whittaker join Jude Law on submarine thriller, which has begun production in the UK.
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Cinedigm to release Penguin
Cinedigm announced on Thursday [8] that it had acquired North American rights to the documentary Adventures Of The Penguin King from Atlantic Productions.
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NewsDWKs Animation hires Taubin
Dawn Taubin has joined DreamWorks Animation as chief marketing officer, replacing the recently departed Anne Globe.
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NewsBold lands $35m facility
Heading into Cannes the word was that Bold Films was about to ramp up operations and so it has proved to be as the hierarchy announced on Thursday [8] a revolving credit line with Comerica Bank.
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NewsLondon Banks on Hanks
European premiere of Disney’s Saving Mr Banks, starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, to close the London Film Festival on October 20.