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NewsMandate, Rough House line up comedy Bullies
Mandate Pictures has acquired Bullies based on an original idea from Danny McBride that will be written by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul and produced through Rough House Pictures.
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NewsCritic Peter Brunette dies in Taormina
Widely respected American film critic and scholar Peter Brunette died this morning while visiting the Taormina Film Festival.
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Chace Crawford joins Beresford's Peace, Love & Misnderstanding
Gossip Girl actor Chace Crawford has joined Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener on the cast on Bruce Beresford’s Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding.
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NewsKillers to become closing film of Shanghai International Film Festival
Lionsgate’s Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl starring romantic action comedy Killers will have its China premiere as the closing film of the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF).
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FIND unveils inaugural Alfred P Sloan winners
Writer-director Jenny Deller and producer Kristin Fairweather have been chosen to receive FIND’s inaugural Alfred P Sloan grant.
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Von Trotta, Hallstrom and Riggen backed by Filmstiftung NRW
New feature films by Margarethe von Trotta, Lasse Hallström and Patricia Riggen are among 11 projects awarded around €5.7m production funding by the Düsseldorf-based Filmstiftung NRW at its latest session.
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Luh promoted at Participant Media
Laurie Luh has been named senior director of human resources and office operations for Participant Media.
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Variance acquires US rights to Nunez's Spoken Word
Variance Films has picked up US rights to Victor Nunez’s Spoken Word starring Kuno Becker and recording artist Ruben Blades.
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NewsLocarno to show Cyrus, present tribute to John C. Reilly
Locarno will host the European premiere of Jay and Mark Duplass’ Cyrus at a Piazza Grande screening on August 7.
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NewsDogwoof takes UK rights to Lucy Walker's Countdown to Zero
UK distributor Dogwoof has acquired UK rights to Countdown to Zero from The Works International.
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Spain's Cell 211 producers to make detective thriller Nowhere
Leading Spanish production outfit Vaca Films will follow the huge success of their prison drama Cell 211 with the $5m thriller Nowhere, to be written and directed by Manuel Sanabria.
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PiFan to open with The Experiment, close with Death Bell 2
Asia’s largest genre film fest, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) will open with the world premiere of the The Experiment, directed by Paul Scheuring (TV’s Prison Break) and starring Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker.
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Sundance Institute readies first East Africa theatre lab
Sundance Institute is preparing for its inaugural Sundance Institute Theatre Lab in East Africa, set to take place from July 9-29 on the island of Manda off Kenya.
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Point Blank prepares rites-of-passage tale Tom's Dad
The Way Back producer Joni Levin and co-writer Keith Clarke have boarded the coming-of-age story Tom’s Dad through their Point Blank Productions.
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Redbox, Paramount strike day-and-date deal
Redbox has scored a coup following a deal with Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) that grants the ultra-cheap video rental service the right to rent titles on the same day as the studio’s sell-through launch.
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Rowe, Golihew earn TV publicity stripes at Warner Bros
Scott Rowe has been appointed to the newly created position of senior vice-president of worldwide communications at Warner Bros Television Group.
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FilmBuff picks 11/4/08 doc and elects for October release
VOD distributor FilmBuff as picked up Jeff Deutchman’s documentary project 11/4/08 for an October release.
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NewsFilm Movement, Soda Pictures pounce on A Screaming Man
Film Movement has picked up North American rights from Pyramide International to the Chadian Cannes competition entry A Screaming Man.
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NewsStrand takes US rights to Camera D'Or winner Leap Year
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights from Pyramide International to Michael Rowe’s Camera D’Or winner Leap Year (Ano Bisiesto).
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Martin Sheen rounds out casting on The Double
Martin Sheen has joined Hyde Park Entertainment and Imagenation Abu Dhabi’s upcoming spy thriller The Double.