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NewsStudios serve up record summer
Lee Daniels’ The Butler restored supremacy at the top of the North American charts as a record four-day Labor Day weekend wrapped up a record $4.7bn summer.
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NewsSummer box office tops $5.99bn
SEPT 3 UPDATE EXCLUSIVE: The aggregated gross of Hollywood’s summer exports has surpassed the freshly minted $4.7bn record North American session by at least 22%.
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NewsVimeo dangles TIFF carrot
Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor said the platform will offer $10,000 advances for a 30-day exclusive digital window on world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsItem 7, Nguyen line up Origin
EXCLUSIVE: Montreal–based producers Pierre Even and Marie-Claude Poulin are back in business with Kim Nguyen after their collaboration on this year’s Canadian Oscar nominee War Witch.
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NewsBFI names regional hub partners
The BFI has announced the eight organisations selected to help diversify film offering across the UK.
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NewsVinterberg in running for Nordic Prize
Danish director Thomas Vinterberg is among the contenders for the 2013 Nordic Council Film Prize, complete with $62,000 (DKK 350,000).
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NewsBest Foreign-Language Film Academy Award submissions 2014
All entries for the Best Foreign-Language Film at the Academy Awards 2014.
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NewsDogwoof signs first Al Jazeera deal
Dogwoof has secured its first TV sales deal with Al Jazeera English for Village at the End of the World.
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NewsAbrahamson to direct Room adaptation
Element Pictures producing update of Emma Donoghue’s acclaimed novel; UTA reps US rights.
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NewsBill Murray visits Kasbah
Barry Levinson is shaping up to be the man of the moment heading into Toronto with potentially two titles on the market, one of which has been announced as the Murray vehicle from QED, Venture Forth and Shangri-La Entertainment.
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Pollak eyes comedy doc
Kevin Pollak will direct the documentary Misery Loves Comedy about the mind of the stand-up comic and those in the profession.
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NewsAnchor Bay gets MURPH: The Protector
Anchor Bay Films has acquired all rights to Mactavish Pictures’ MURPH: The Protector.
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NewsVisit Films to sell Stay
Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales company has come on board to handle international sales excluding Canada ahead of the Toronto world premiere.
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NewsAcademy to honour Gabriel Figueroa
Writer-director Gregory Nava, Gael García Bernal, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and Gabriel Figueroa Flores will celebrate the life and career of the renowned Mexican cinematographer on Sept 17.
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NewsU.N.C.L.E. sets shoot date
Guy Ritchie will direct Warner Bros’ spy update starring Man Of Steel lead Henry Cavill as Napoleon Solo and Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin.
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NewsRio unveils Première Brazil
Top brass at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival have revealed the 11 features and eight documentaries that will compete for the Redentor prizes.
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NewsOpen Road picks up Testament
Open Road Films has acquired US rights to the supernatural thriller financed by Voltage Pictures and will release nationwide in the first quarter 2015.
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NewsXYZ Films bites into Beth
EXCLUSIVE: The Los Angeles-based company will kick off international sales in Toronto on the all-star zombie comedy Life After Beth.
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FeaturesJoel Edgerton, Felony
Sandy George talks to Joel Edgerton about his new film, Felony, which premieres at Toronto.
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FeaturesEmanuel Michael and Cassandra Kulukundis, Unison Films
The Unison Films principals talk to Jeremy Kay about their Toronto premiere The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her [pictured].