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NewseOne completes acquisition of Alliance; Loewy and Layton depart
eOne’s Throop and Theroux to lead combined company as Alliance’s Loewy and Layton exit.
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NewsKathryn Bigelow, Ben Affleck among DGA nominees
The Directors Guild Of America unveiled on Tuesday [8] the five contenders for its 65th feature film award, but there will be no joy for absentees Paul Thomas Anderson, David O Russell, Quentin Tarantino or Robert Zemeckis.
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NewsSarah Polley doc wins TFCA Rogers Award
The Toronto Film Critics Association announced at its awards night on Tuesday [8] that Polley’s Stories We Tell had received the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.
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NewsLionsgate International reports $1.3bn grosses in 2012
Propelled by the Twilight finale and buoyed by the merger with Summit, Lionsgate’s international division scored a mighty $1.251bn at the box office.
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Miramax promotes Joe Patrick, Beth Minehart
Patrick is named evp of worldwide television while Minehart becomes evp of global digital, reporting to Miramax interim CEO Steve Schoch. Separately, Robert Green has joined the ranks at Condé Nast Entertainment.
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Annapurna Pictures, Color Force unite on Bernadette
The parties have acquired feature film rights to Maria Semple’s acclaimed bestseller Where’d You Go, Bernadette and have set Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber of (500) Days Of Summer fame to adapt the screenplay.
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NewsTeam launch new UK management and production company
Two of Independent Talent Group’s top agents have left the company to set up a new management and production company with the executives behind UK indie Between the Eyes.
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NewsSolar Entertainment Group launches investment bank
SEG has partnered with Hoffman Lloyd to create the specialised media and entertainment entity Solar Entertainment HLB.
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NewsSPC takes North American rights to Blue Jasmine
The acquisition from Gravier Productions marks the distributor’s sixth collaboration with Woody Allen.
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NewsSanta Barbara Festival unveils line-up, awards honourees
Pablo Larraín’s Chilean Oscar contender No gets pride of place in the 2013 Santa Barbara International Film Festival as the International Gala.
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NewsGöteborg unveils 2013 programme; reveals Dragon Award titles
Eight new Nordic features will compete for the $150,000 (SEK 1m) Dragon Award – one of the film world’s largest prizes – at Sweden’s 36th Göteborg International Film Festival.
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NewsIrish actor Jack Reynor joins Transformers 4 cast
Michael Bay announced on his website on Tuesday [8] that he has cast Reynor in the upcoming Transformers 4.
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NewsRotterdam's Tiger Competition offers new works from Esmer, Fornay
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 23-Feb 3) has unveiled the full list of 16 films, including 8 world premieres, competing for the Hivos Tiger Awards Competition.
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NewsBlancanieves leads Spanish Goya nominations
Re-telling of the Snow White story receives 18 nominations, with The Impossible, Unit 7, The Artist and the Model also up for multiple awards.
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NewsRussian cinema reports tough 2012
Domestic films in Russia suffered a 2.1% dip at the box office in 2012.
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NewsAcademy to honour Bill Taylor with Bonner Medal
The visual effects supervisor and director of photography will receive the John A Bonner Medal Of Commendation from the board of governors.
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NewsJosh Brolin signs up to Sin City 2
Aldamisa International introduced Sin City: A Dame To Kill For to buyers in Cannes last summer.
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NewsCineworld touts 2.4% annual revenue bump
UK exhibitor’s drop in admissions was offset by 5% higher ticket price.
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NewsBerlinale unveils new German talent line-up
Former Shooting Star Max Riemelt headlines with Katharina Schüttler and Hanno Kofler in Stephan Lacant’s Free Fall, which will open in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar showcasing the work of Germany’s next generation of filmmakers.
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NewsGerman box office set to hit €1bn
German cinemas are expected to have shattered the €1bn ($1.31bn) turnover barrier in 2012.