All News articles – Page 2916
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NewsTimur Bekmambetov to direct drama The Current War
The filmmaker’s company Bazelevs has acquired Michael Mitnick’s Black List script about the public battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse for control of the early power industry.
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NewsStudioCanal, Film4, BFI pact on salsa comedy Cuban Fury
StudioCanal will handle worldwide sales on the title heading into Cannes and has scheduled a UK release for spring 2013. Nick Frost conceived the story and stars alongside Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd and Olivia Colman.
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FIP hires ex-Weinstein executive Laine Kline
The new arrival will serve as svp of business affairs for Sanford Panitch’s division.
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NewsReliance MediaWorks eyes more growth in UK visual effects business
New CEO Venkatesh Roddam wants to further expand Reliance’s global reach.
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ARRI unveils new ALEXA Plus 4:3
At this year’s NAB, ARRI announced a new ALEXA model, the ALEXA Plus 4:3, which features a 4:3 Super 35 sensor for shooting anamorphic.
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NewsInternational Union of Cinemas launches digital innovation award
Finalists to be showcased at CineEurope in Barcelona.
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NewsAMPAS event celebrates the history of digital animation
Panel to be presented May 21 in Los Angeles.
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Little Studio Films signs Mick Garris to direct Invasion
The Los Angeles-based company will represent all rights to the sci-fi thriller at the Cannes market.
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NewsCauseway Pictures unveils two new horror pictures
Red Mist screenwriter Spence Wright has written the script for the two Northern Irish based projects - Deadlocked and Vampires Verses Leprechauns - which will shoot consecutively in the autumn.
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NewsRed Sea Media adds Frankie Go Boom to Cannes slate
Chairman and CEO Roman Kopelevich will commence sales on the Croisette on Jordan Roberts’ rom-com starring Charlie Hunnam, Lizzy Caplan, Chris O’Dowd from Bridesmaids, Ron Perlman and Whitney Cummings.
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NewsYouTube unveils UK strategy
YouTube has revealed details of its UK content strategy for the first time, urging producers to pitch niche ideas and putting well in excess of £10m up for grabs.
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Cinema Without Borders to honour Darryl Macdonald
The director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Short Film Festival & Film Market and executive director of the Palm Springs Film Society will be the winner of the first annual Friend Of International Cinema Award.
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NewsPenn to attend Cannes Haiti benefit gala
The event, hosted by Giorgio Armani, will be in aid of the ongoing operation in Haiti following the earthquake in 2010 and will also support charities set up by Paul Haggis and Petra Nemcova.
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NewsPretty Pictures captures Vinterberg’s The Hunt
France’s Pretty Pictures picks up Thomas Vinterberg’s Cannes competition entry.
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NewsIDFA head calls on Dutch government to support Jan Vrijman Fund
IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) director Ally Derks has made an outspoken plea for the Dutch Government to continue to support the Festival’s Jan Vrijman Fund.
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NewsPeter Loehr joins Legendary East as CEO
Beijing-based company working on Zwick’s The Great Wall.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire unveils new board structure
The UK regional screen agency has appointed three new board members and a new chair after recently launching its £15m Yorkshire Content Fund.
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NewsDarclight takes on Aussie sci-fi Crawlspace
Just in time for Cannes, sales agent Arclight Films has picked up world rights, excluding North America, to Australian science fiction action thriller Crawlspace for its Darclight label.