Small MPU – Page 1999
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NewsBerger: Swiss filmmakers should promote early
Swiss Films promotional agency to restructure in 2014.
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NewsPinewood looks upbeat for future
At today’s Annual General Meeting today for Pinewood-Shepperton PLC, Chairman Lord Grade has given an upbeat assessment of the company’s current performance and future prospects, even as a final decision is awaited on Pinewood’s expansion scheme.
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NewsDubai unveils Cinema Of The World titles
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced the first tranche of titles to play in its Cinema Of The World Section.
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NewsIran selects The Past for Oscar
Submission of French-produced drama has angered Iranian conservatives.
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NewsDickens to head up DDA's UK publicity team
She returns to DDA, where she worked for five years before joining Universal Pictures UK.
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NewsFilmBuff picks up Evokative library
Leading digital distributor takes VOD and TV rights to Canadian boutique distributor’s catalogue, including Down Terrace [pictured].
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NewsCNN cancels Clinton doc
CNN said on Monday (30) it had cancelled its Hillary Clinton documentary after Oscar-winning director Charles Ferguson pulled out due to what he described as difficulties in getting potential interviewees to talk and wide political disapprobation.
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NewsLD, Aiello plot Bible epic
LD Entertainment will produce and finance the New Testament story Resurrection from producer Patrick Aiello with Kevin Reynolds set to direct.
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NewsAFI FEST to premiere Furnace
Top brass at AFI FEST unveiled additional Centerpiece Galas including the world premiere of Scott Cooper’s Out Of The Furnace, Alexander Payne’s Nebraska and Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty.
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NewsMadame Bovary starts shoot
Logan Marshall-Green, Olivier Gourmet and Laura Carmichael have joined Madame Bovary, which commenced shooting on Monday (30) in Normandy, France.
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NewsMillennium finds King
Millennium Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the uplifting drama Life Of A King starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
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NewsDWKs sets Son remake
DreamWorks Studios confirmed on Monday (30) it has bought remake rights to Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s film Like Father, Like Son.
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NewsBlack Box heads to MIPCOM
Worldwide sales agent Sierra/Engine Television will launch its upcoming ABC medical procedural The Black Box at MIPCOM.
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NewsMelaza, Fighter triumph at ttff
Carlos Lechuga’s Melaza has won the juried best feature prize at the 2013 trinidad+tobago film festival.
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NewsCaptain Phillips to open on IMAX
Captain Phillips will be digitally remastered into IMAX and released in select theatres worldwide starting on October 11.
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NewsWB, RatPac-Dune team up
The Warner Bros hierarchy has filled the financing void left by the departure of Legendary Entertainment.
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NewsMcCartney's Clouds heads for screen
Rubicon Holding Group subsidiary RGH Entertainment is partnering with Michael Lynne and Bob Shaye’s Unique Features on an adaptation of Paul McCartney’s book High In The Clouds.
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NewsFergurson joins Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber has hired Alan Fergurson as svp of home entertainment, replacing vp Eric Wilkinson who will leave the company to pursue other opportunities.
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NewsFDM falls for Language
EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) has come on to handle all digital rights to Rocky Powell’s rom-com Language Of A Broken Heart and will release on VOD and DVD on October 1.
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NewsVertical finds Secret Village
Vertical Entertainment has picked up US home entertainment rights to horror-thriller The Secret Village ahead of the limited October 18 theatrical release through SD Digital Creations. ITN Distribution has acquired UK DVD rights and will release on October 14.