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NewsK5 takes two more Zanuck productions to Cannes Market
After working together on the Robert Duvall hit Get Low, sales company K5 is again working with producer Dean Zanuck and his company Zanuck Independent on two new titles headed to Cannes Market.
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NewsSheffield Doc/Fest and EIFF to host joint premieres
Both festivals now take place in June; documentaries to be screened at both festivals will include James Marsh’s Project Nim.
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NewsSlew of deals signed for titles at Hot Docs festival
A number of deals have been signed for feature documentaries showing at Hot Docs, now underway in Toronto.
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NewsTil Schweiger box-office hit among four Beta market premieres
Beta’s Cannes Market titles also include family film The Tigerduck Gang.
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NewsFilmmakers have Niki Lauda’s near fatal crash of 1976 in their sights
Former Formula One racing champion Niki Lauda’s near fatal crash on the Nürburgring in August 1976 is at the heart of two rival film projects.
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NewsScreen's second UK Marketing & Distribution Awards open for entries
The second annual Screen UK Marketing & Distribution Awards are now open for entries.
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NewsBrendan Fraser signs on to William Tell: 3D for Moyer, Arclight Films
Fraser will play the title role in the upcoming family action film William Tell: 3D, which Arclight will introduce to Cannes buyers.
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NewsLightning heads to Croisette with comedy-horror The Revenant
Kerry Prior’s festival hit follows horror comedy about two slackers who become zombies and use their newfound powers to become vigilante crime fighters. David Anders, Chris Wylde star.
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NewsMagnolia takes worldwide rights to Jack And Diane
Magnolia International head Laird Adamson will commence sales in Cannes next week on the “twisted tale of young love” starring Juno Temple, Riley Keough [pictured], Cara Seymour and pop icon Kylie Minogue.
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Frans J Afman, pioneer of indie financing, dies at 77
Afman, the executive credited with revolutionising independent film financing during his time as an executive at Credit Lyonnais Bank in Holland in the 1980s, has died after a long illness. He was 77.
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NewsShooting wraps on Brad Pitt crime tale Cogan's Trade
Principal photography has ended in New Orleans on the crime tale Cogan’s Trade, which reunites Pitt with The Assassination Of Jesse James director Andrew Dominik.
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Fox lines up 3D Glee concert film for summer
Glee Live! 3D will screen for two weeks in theatres commencing Aug 12 and is a collaboration between Twentieth Century Fox Television, Twentieth Century Fox Film and Glee creator Ryan Murphy.
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NewsAbel Ferrara wraps shoot for 4:44 starring Willem Dafoe
Partners on film are Fabula, Funny Balloons and Wild Bunch.
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NewsWarner Bros Home Entertainment Group buys Flixster
The acquisition of the film discovery app includes the reviews website Rotten Tomatoes.
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NewsFocus signs two-film deal with Coraline producers Laika
The first title is comedy thriller ParaNorman and will be released on Aug 17, 2012, with the untitled second project to follow in 2014.
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NewsDixie Theatrical Coporation launches, backed by oilman Greg Hall
Filmmaker PJ Pettiette and Claudie Viguerie have partnered with Louisiana Oil magnate Greg Hall to form Dixie Theatrical Corporation.
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NewsSPWA swoops on North American rights to Magnet thriller Retreat
Thandie Newton stars opposite Cillian Murphy as a frail married couple in an isolated island cottage who encounter a wounded, armed stranger bearing news of an airborne pandemic. Jamie Bell rounds out the key cast.
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NewsEuropaCorp to shift focus to TV and international sales
After a turbulent 12 months, Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp came out fighting on Wednesday [May 4] with the announcement of a four-year strategic action plan it hopes will return it to profit in 2011/12 and puts the accent on increased TV production and international sales.
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NewsParis Cite du Cinema on track for 2012 opening
A decade after Luc Besson first mooted the idea, construction of France’s state-of-the-art film studio complex the Cité du Cinema is on schedule and will be completed in time for a grand opening ahead of Cannes 2012, EuropaCorp project chief Paul Kistner has confirmed.
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IMAX, Southern Theatres unveil revenue share deal
The announcement marks the first time IMAX has entered into a joint revenue sharing arrangement with a regional exhibitor.