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NewsMia Wasikowska joins cast of Richard Ayoade's The Double
Protagonist Pictures is handling sales on the follow up to Ayoade’s debut feature Submarine.
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NewsPaladin acquires Otter 501 before Santa Barbara world premiere
Mark Urman negotiated the deal with producers Sea Studios Foundation. The film is set to receive its first public screening at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday (2).
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NewsAhmed's Fineline gets funding for development slate in South Africa
Durban-based director/producer Junaid Ahmed plans to use state funding to developing new creative talents from black-filmmakers in South Africa.
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NewsEYZ moves into sales with Berlinale title Karaman
Berlin-based distribution company EYZ Media is branching out into the international sales business.
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NewsPeli, Spielberg's The River to launch in UK on iTunes
US paranormal thriller series The River will debut on iTunes in the UK just one day after its US premiere.
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NewsSky profits top £600m
Sky has reported operating profit of £601m for the six months to the 31 December - with more than 4m subscribers now signed up to HD TV.
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NewsSky to launch new IPTV service in UK
Sky has unveiled plans for a new IPTV service featuring access to Sky Sports, movies and its entertainment channels in a bid to acquire new subscribers.
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NewsDaisy Lowe, Alfie Allen to star in London thriller Confine
The film has been written and will be directed by Tobias Tobbell.
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NewsSony streamlines global commercial activities under Matt Brown
As evp of worldwide commercial for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Brown [pictured] will oversee all commercial efforts at the studio. He previously served as evp of North American and international.
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NewsDenis Villeneuve to direct adaptation of Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza
Paris-based Tu Vas Voir developing adaptation of Sacco’s graphic novel on 1956 Gaza massacre; company also confirms new Walter Salles film to start shooting at end of 2012.
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NewsHong Kong cinema squeezed out by high rents
One of Hong Kong exhibitor UA Cinemas’ flagship multiplexes closed its doors yesterday (Jan 31) after losing its rental lease on the ground floor of the busy Times Square shopping mall.
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NewsSierra / Affinity sets April start in Romania for Wer
The company has revealed the title of its new EFM-bound horror project from the producers behind shock US chart-topper The Devil Inside.
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NewsPretty Pictures acquires French rights to Compliance
Craig Zobel’s sophomore feature caused a stir among audiences and critics when it premiered at Sundance due to the inflammatory story about a fast food worker subjected to a humiliating investigation by a man who claims to be a police officer.
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NewsK5 strikes output and development deal with Knudsen and Van Hoy
New York-based independent producers Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy of Parts & Labor, who recently produced Oscar-nominated Beginners, have struck an output and development deal with K5 Media Group.
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NewsDavid Lipman earns visual effects stripes at Digital Domain
The 30-year industry veteran becomes vp of features visual effects production and will be based in the company’s Venice, California, offices and reports to Jody Madden, who has been promoted to svp of global studio operations.
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NewsAvengers to get IMAX treatment for summer
The highly anticipated Marvel Studios production is set to be released through Disney on May 4 and will now be digitally remastered into IMAX 3D format for a worldwide day-and-date release.
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NewsColumbia, Hasbro, Adam Sandler go to Candy Land
The companies are teaming up with Sandler’s Happy Madison to adapt Hasbro’s 1949 fantasy board game.
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NewsMyriad acquires international rights to Nobody Walks
Ry Russo-Young’s Sundance entry will be presented to international buyers at the EFM in Berlin next week. Magnolia previously acquired US rights in Park City and plans a significant theatrical release.
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Paramount to distribute Universal home entertainment in Brazil
Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) and Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) have agreed terms for a five-year deal commencing in the second quarter.
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NewsEndgame to finance Steven Soderbergh’s Bitter Pill
Jim Stern’s LA-based financing and production company has boarded the project, until recently known as Side Effects, and is in talks with 1984 Private Defense Contractors to co-finance. FilmNation handles international rights and will introduce to buyers at EFM next week.