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NewsJeremy Irons in final talks to join Alcon’s Beautiful Creatures
The in-demand British actor whose recent appearances include Margin Call and the upcoming The Words (pictured with Bradley Cooper) is poised to sign on to the supernatural love story.
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Phase 4 picks up North America on That’s What She Said
Carrie Preston’s raunchy female comedy premiered at Sundance in the NEXT section and will open day-and-date theatrically and on VOD later this year.
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Image takes all US rights to SXSW thriller The Tall Man
Jessica Biel stars as a nurse whose son is snatched by a figure of local folklore who has abducted children from the town of Cold Rock for years.
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NewsFabrice Denizot appointed chief marketing officer at EuropaCorp
Cinema executive was formerly head business manager at Paramount Pictures France.
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NewsSecond features by Gardev, Jalali and Achim, debuts by Segal and Chiarini to be pitched at Sofia Meetings
Second features by Javor Gardev, Babak Jalili and Gabriel Achim [pictured] and debuts by Ron Segal and Duccio Chiarini are among 14 projects being pitched at the ninth edition of the Sofia Meetings which kick off in the Bulgarian capital on Thursday (March 15).
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NewsJulian Fellowes to adapt Gypsy for Universal
Barbra Streisand and Joel Silver – the latter making his first foray into Broadway musicals – are adapting the project for the studio.
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NewsCreative England appoints talent development team
Caroline Cooper Charles, Anna Seifert Speck and Wendy Bevan Mogg have been appointed to Creative England’s talent development team.
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NewsSales veteran Pascal Diot to head Venice Film Market
The Venice Film Festival under the artistic direction of Alberto Barbara has announced that French industry professional Pascal Diot will act as director of the new Venice Film Market to take place from Aug 30-Sept 3 over the first few days of the festival.
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NewsEdinburgh Film Festival to close with Disney-Pixar's Brave
It will be the European premiere of the film, which is set in Scotland and features the voices of Billy Connolly, Kelly Macdonald and Robbie Coltrane.
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NewsParminder Vir to head Ascension Media office in Mumbai
Ascension heads to Mumbai to tap booming entertainment sector.
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NewsFrench 3D guru, Pina stereographer Alain Derobe dies
French 3D expert Alain Derobe, the stereographer on Wim Winders’ Pina and Laurent Tirard’s upcoming Astérix and Obélix: On Her Majesty’s Service, has died aged 76.
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NewsSyria’s DOX BOX festival goes global amid violence at home
Banned Syrian classics and clandestine films to screen in more than 30 venues worldwide as part of DOX BOX Global Day on andaround March 15, the first anniversary of Syria’s uprising.
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NewsThe Hunger Games tweaked in Britain for 12A
Seven seconds cut to “reduce an emphasis on blood and injury”.
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NewsIndia’s film industry revenues up 11% in 2011
India’s film industry grew by 11.5% to $1.85bn (Rs93bn) in 2011, according to a report issued by KPMG on the eve of the FICCI Frames conference in Mumbai.
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NewsAnchor Bay takes revenge thriller Girls Against Boys
The distributor has swooped on Austin Chick’s popular SXSW Midnighter entry following its Friday premiere in Austin.
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NewsJules T-Smith's new Sweet As A Films to produce Stalking Ben Chadz feature
Montserrat Lombard and Olivia Poulet to write and star in comedy; Sweet As A Films to produce, announces slate.
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RiverRun unveils 14th edition and line-up
Elisabeth Sperling and Trish Dalton’s comedy One Night Stand and Fred Schepisi’s drama The Eye Of The Storm bookend the 14th annual RiverRun International Film Festival, set to take place in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, from Apr 13-22.
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NewsMagnolia to handle US theatrical release of Bel Ami
The distributor negotiated the deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, who will take charge of all other US media, and will open the drama on Jun 8.
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NewsSundance takes bridge building initiative to India
The Institute’s Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue programme to promote cultural dialogue will tour the sub-continent from Mar 15-22 for the inaugural Mumbia Mantra Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab.
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New Regency COO/CFO Louis Santor to step down in July
A statement issued by the company said Santor was leaving to pursue “opportunities and new challenges” after serving 20 years.