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MGM names Roma Khanna head of television group and digital
Khanna joins the company after recent tenure as president of Universal Networks international & digital initiatives.
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Canada's Multiple Media, Pacific Northwest launch Cross Country
Multiple Media Entertainment (MME) and the fledgling Vancouver-based Pacific Northwest Pictures (PNP) have launched the distributor Cross Country Entertainment (CCE).
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NewsChina's Zonbo, Singapore's Homerun Asia partner on slate of films
First project will be a remake of Dangerous Liaisons.
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NewsWeinsteins hire Yazdi as VP of acquisitions and co-productions
The Weinstein Company has appointed Negeen Yazdi vice president of acquisitions and co-productions, based in the company’s London office.
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NewsFrench BackUp gets animated over Lassie and White Fang adaptations
BackUp’s Cofanim and Devanim funds line up animation investments
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NewsUK board bans The Human Centipede II
The ‘potentially obscene’ Human Centipede sequel ‘poses risk of harm to viewers,’ BBFC says.
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NewsNancy Carson, Thomas Molter win distributor award at CineEurope
Warner Bros. Pictures International veterans are honoured at June exhibitor conference
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Chew, Ooi launch Singapore-based talent, production outfit
Sukee Chew of Los Angeles-based Hopscotch Pictures and Andrew Ooi of Vancouver-based Echelon Talent Management have launched a Singapore-based production and talent management outfit, The COcreative Company.
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NewsSpanish organisations unite to offer film loans
Three of Spain’s government backed organizations Official Credit Institute (ICO), Audiovisual SGR and Cersa have join forces to provide new loans up €600,000 to audiovisual companies to make projects and keep afloat.
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NewsRestructured Egoli Tossell lines up slate including Hirschbiegel project
Films by Peter Chelsom, Maria von Heland, and Oliver Hirschbiegel are among the projects being lined up by a reinvigorated Egoli Tossell Film (ETF) for its 2011/2012 slate following the restructuring of the Berlin-based production company after its insolvency at the beginning of this year.
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Shoreline, Perfect Circle launch Straightline Animation
Shoreline Entertainment and Perfect Circle Productions have partnered on a new animated acquisition and production division called Straightline Animation.
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TWC hires Leah Holzer as production vp
Leah Holzer has joined The Weinstein Company as vice-president of production, reporting to production head Donna Gigliotti in New York.
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NewsRussian theatre giant Cinema Park buys Rising Star
Russian theatre chain Cinema Park has acquired Rising Star Media, the group that operates in the country under the name Kinostar de Lux.
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NewsX-Men: First Class opens top in US on $56m
The latest incarnation of X-Men returned to action as Fox’s mutants debuted top in North America to ensure the fourth consecutive weekend climb compared to a year ago.
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NewsPirates 4 crosses $600m overseas as X-Men sparkle
Disney’s Pirates grossed $69m to reach $600m after ruling the waves for the third straight weekend despite a spirited launch by Fox’s X-Men prequel and a second weekend for The Hangover Part II that saw the Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures comedy sequel cross $150m.
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NewsLondon Indian Film Festival to open with Delhi Belly
The line-up for the second edition of the festival will also include Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl In Yellow Boots.
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NewsTrustNordisk takes on Jackpot, to follow up on Headhunters’ success
Magnus Martens directs based on Jo Nesbo’s story.
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NewsHitoshi Matsumoto's Big Man Japan headed for Hollywood remake
Japanese director and comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto’s 2007 directorial debut Big Man Japan (Dai-Nipponjin) is to be remade in the US by Columbia Pictures and Original Film.
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NewsScreenSingapore kicks off with Devil Inside Me; Expo starts tomorrow
The inaugural ScreenSingapore opened last night (June 5) with the world premiere of the Chinese thriller The Devil Inside Me, directed by Zhang Qi and starring Tony Leung Ka-fai and Kelly Lin.
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NewsEmperor, Clover sign four-film deal for Singapore
Announced during the inaugural ScreenSingapore event, Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures and Clover Films have closed a four-film deal for Singapore.