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NewsTribeca to host hack conference, VR event
Tribeca Film Festival organisers will stage DEFCON’s hacking conference, Oculus Story Studio’s virtual reality experience and a special event with A$AP Rocky.
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NewsBob Buchi scales Paramount ranks
Bob Buchi has been named president of worldwide home media distribution at Paramount Pictures.
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NewsWWE Studios, Richwater Films strike pact
WWE Studios has formed an alliance with UK producer-financier Richwater Films to co-produce and co-finance two titles.
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NewsManoel de Oliveira, 1908-2015
The world lost its oldest active director on Thursday when the Portuguese film-maker died in Oporto. He was 106.
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News'Fast & Furious 7' rules on $392.2m
APRIL 6 UPDATE: The world belongs to Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and the gang as the roar of revving engines heralded an euphoric weekend for Universal ahead of what is expected to be a massive summer for the industry.
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News'Furious 7' claims US pole on $147.2m
Universal’s North American portion of global domination generated a confirmed $147.2m as the action release stormed to the top.
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NewsIM Global, John Legend, Fursts plot musical drama
Oscar winner John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co and Furst Films are teaming up with IM Global on an untitled musical romantic drama and Cannes sales title with Grammy winner Miguel in talks to star.
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FeaturesJosef Wladyka, ‘Manos Sucias’
Spike Lee liked what he saw in NYU film programme graduate Josef Wladyka’s story of estranged brothers in Colombia who mule a cocaine-filled torpedo up the Pacific Coast. Wladyka talks to Jeremy Kay.
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NewsDrafthouse Films accepts ‘The Invitation’
Drafthouse Films is understood to have paid low seven figures for the SXSW thriller from Girlfight director Karyn Kusama.
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NewsDavid Kaminow to head Annapurna marketing
As president of marketing Kaminow will report to company founder Megan Ellison and gets to work on a slate that includes Richard Linklater’s That’s What I’m Talking About.
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NewsFox International crosses $1bn
The company has swept past the milestone in its second fastest time behind 2010 when Avatar was king of the world.
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NewsBOND/360 acquires 'A Perfect 14'
The New York-based distributor will release Giovanna Morales Vargas’ feature directorial debut documentary currently in production.
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NewsPFS launches women’s residency programme
The initiative runs now through April 17 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and will be followed by another residency later this autumn.
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NewsNetflix to release ‘Special Correspondents’
The streaming giant has taken another potential theatrical release off the table, acquiring world rights to the Ricky Gervais satire.
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NewsBill Block seeks to dismiss QED Holdings suit
The QED International founder has branded as “specious” all claims against him.
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Comment'Snowden': second-look pic released
Pssst! Don’t look now but it’s Edward Snowden and Lindsay Mills strolling past the Washington Monument.
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NewsMemento, Binoche board Bruno Dumont’s 'Slack Bay'
EXCLUSIVE: Ensemble cast features Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi; sales to launch at Cannes Marché.
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News'Furious 7' races to UK box office lead
Disney’s Cinderella and Fox’s Home prosper over the Easter weekend with minimal drops to reach $16.6m (£11.2m) and $22.5m (£15.14m), respectively.