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Someday wraps in New York
Principal photography has wrapped on director Roberto Faenza’s New York comedy Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You.
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Disney, Warner sign international TV deals
At what is turning out to be a busy Mipcom for the US studios, Walt Disney and Warner Bros have announced new international TV volume deals for Italy, the Middle East and Scandinavia.
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NewsNiels Swinkels promoted to MD of UPI UK
Duncan Clark, EVP Distribution, Universal Pictures International (UPI) today announced that Niels Swinkels has been promoted to managing director of UPI UK and Ireland.
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NewsRotterdam plans strands on Soviet Westerns, fashion films
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has announced two of the themed programmes for the Signals section.
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NewsHammer Films starts new books imprint with Random House
Random House Group’s Arrow Books has struck a publishing partnership with Hammer Films.
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NewsFestival Scope launches online platform with festival hits
Festival Scope, the new online platform which allows screenings of select films from the world’s major film festivals for industry subscribers, has gone live with a lineup including the winning films from this summer’s Sarajevo, ERA New Horizons, Paris Cinema, Taormina and Locarno Open Doors.
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NewsMomentum takes UK rights to Wasted On The Young
Momentum has acquired UK rights to Toronto buzz title Wasted On The Young from Fortissimo.
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NewsTanuj Garg to become CEO of Balaji Telefilms
After his departure from Studio 18 as head of international operations, Tanuj Garg will soon take over the motion picture business of Balaji Telefilms Ltd as CEO.
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NewsVenice's Marco Mueller to get Chinese Award
Venice Film Festival artistic director Marco Mueller is set to receive China’s prestigious Friendship Award from the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Wen Jiabao, in a closed door meeting in Rome.
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NewsThe Other Guys scores hat-trick at UK box office
The Other Guys became the fifth film this year to go three consecutive weeks at number one at the UK box office.
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Some UK producers question Freeway fee
Freeway maintains that it has received mostly positive feedback from clients.
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NewsScreen Gems partners with Constantin, Unique on Mortal Instruments
Sony’s Screen Gems is working with Constantin Film and Unique Features to develop the film franchise Mortal Instruments, based on the book series by Cassandra Clare.
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NewsLondon Film Festival adds Sofia Coppola's Somewhere
The BFI London Film Festival has added another film to its lineup: Sofia Coppola’s Golden Lion winner Somewhere.
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Myriad handles Textuality
Myriad Pictures has acquired all international rights to romantic comedy Textuality and is selling the film at this week’s Mipcom TV market in Cannes.
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NewsAFI Fest names Young Americans, New Auteurs
AFI Fest, the Los Angeles film festival run by the American Film Institute, has revealed the line-ups for its Young Americans and New Auteurs sections.
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NewsSnyder set for Superman re-boot
Zack Snyder (300) is in negotiations to direct Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures’ upcoming Superman re-boot, Warner has confirmed.
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NewsIFC takes Winterbottom's Trip for US
IFC Films is acquiring US rights to Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip.
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McTiernan gets one-year sentence
John McTiernan, director of Die Hard, Predator and The Hunt for Red October, has been sentenced by a US District Judge to a year in prison for his part in the Anthony Pellicano wire tap case.
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Disney Interactive gets new co-presidents
John Pleasants, currently head of Disney’s social games unit Playdom, and Yahoo media head James Pitaro have been named co-presidents of Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG).