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NewsScott Free appoints Channel 4 drama chief to lead European expansion
Scott Free, Ridley and Tony Scott’s production company, has appointed Channel 4 head of drama Liza Marshall to head its UK business as part of a European expansion.
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NewsShowcase boards Experimental Activity, Handsome Harry to AFM
Showcase Entertainment has picked up international sales rights for AFM to Experimental Activity starring Katie Featherstone from the US box office phenomenon Paranormal Activity.
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NewsPlaystation Video launches with Bruno, Transformers
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince and Bruno are among the films that will be available on the PlayStation Network Video Delivery Service before Christmas.
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NewsPark Circus signs distribution deal with HanWay
Park Circus Films has signed a distribution deal with HanWay Films to theatrically represent a selection of its library titles.
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NewsMPower commences talks at AFM on Hello, I Love You
Steve McEveety’s LA-based Mpower Pictures will produce the tween romantic comedy Hello, I Love You to be directed by Sunu Gonera.
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NewsCory Monteith joins Myriad Pictures' Breaking The Girl
Cory Monteith from the television show Glee has joined Amanda Crew and Adrianne Palicki on Jamie Babbit’s thriller Breaking The Girl, which Myriad Pictures is pre-selling here.
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NewsRadford walks off set of $10m Spanish civil war drama La Mula
The $10m (€6.8m) Spanish civil war drama La Mula has been left in turmoil after director Michael Radford walked off set due to a dispute between its co-producers.
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NewsCinemavault raises fear factor with The Disturbed and Yesterday
Toronto-based Cinemavault will be handling international sales here on two new titles, Conor McMahon’s Irish thriller The Disturbed and Robert Grant’s Canadian zombie film Yesterday.
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NewsAlexandre Franchi's The Wild Hunt nominated for Whistler's Borsos Competition
Alexandre Franchi’s Toronto winner The Wild Hunt is among the six films selected to compete for the Borsos Competition for best new Canadian feature at the forthcoming Whistler Film Festival.
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NewsMadman takes Australia, NZ on Good Hair ahead of AFM from CMG
Madman Entertainment has acquired Australian and New Zealand rights from Cinema Management Group (CMG) to the Chris Rock documentary Good Hair.
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NewsB D Fox Independent secures P&A fund for distribution pipeline
B D Fox Independent president and CEO Brian D Fox has secured P&A funding for a slate of films and is looking to acquire three to four completed titles for US theatrical distribution.
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NewsEMP adds Stool Pigeon to star-studded AFM slate
Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures has started shooting The Stool Pigeon, featuring the team behind last year’s sleeper hit The Beast Stalker, one of four high-profile action films on the company’s AFM slate.
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NewsSPC acquires US rights to Mother And Child
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired US rights from WME Global to Rodrigo Garcia’s drama Mother And Child following its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsBattsek's Miramax departure chills specialty sector
In another sign that the US majors have little inclination for the specialty business, Daniel Battsek will depart his post as president of Miramax in January 2010.
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NewsJosh Berger named president and MD of Warner Bros Spain
Josh Berger has been appointed president and managing director of Warner Bros Entertainment Spain, effective December 1.
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NewsCanadian Film Centre North-South Marketplace to promote US ties
The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has launched the CFC North-South Marketplace, a series of initiatives over the next three years designed to support cross-border relationships for Canadian talent and create a more vibrant local industry.
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Videograms Of A Revolution to open fourth Romanian Film Festival in New York
Corneliu Porumboiu’s Romanian foreign language Oscar submission Police, Adjective (pictured) will be among the line-up at the fourth annual Romanian Film Festival in New York City, called 4 Years, 3 Days And 2 Decades Later.
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NewsACI boards Amy Adams romantic musical Moonlight Serenade for AFM
Looking to capitalse on the growing popularity of films such as Mamma Mia! and High School Musical 3, LA-based American Cinema International (ACI) has boarded foreign sales rights to the romantic musical Moonlight Serenade starring Amy Adams.
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NewsCaleb Deschanel to receive ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
Caleb Deschanel, ASC will receive the American Society Of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards on February 27, 2010 in Los Angeles.
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NewsProduction underway in New Mexico on Overture and Exclusive's Let Me In
Production has begun in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Let Me In, Hammer Films’ English-language retelling of the Swedish vampire hit Let The Right One In that Overture Films will release in North America.