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NewsBritish Film Commission to recruit for new EVP of US production
The British Film Commission will soon start recruiting for a successor to Andy Weltman, the former EVP of US production.
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NewsMiramax expands international sales team, inks UKTV deal
Mathilde Rottier gets promotion; Stuart Shaw, Astrid De Berardinis and Alexandra Tullberg join London office as sales directors; outfit inks first multi-title, linear deal in UK.
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NewsReelart plans film adaptation of Those In Peril
UK-based production company Reelart Media has acquired the film rights to Wilbur Smith’s novel Those In Peril.
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NewsGemma Went appointed director of social media at Premier PR
She will be tasked with expanding the use of social media across Premier.
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NewsJoffe's Singularity administration issues addressed; film to be launched in autumn
Corsan chief-executive Paul Breuls has told ScreenDaily that Roland Joffé’s big budget romantic time travel drama Singularity starring Josh Hartnett, Neve Campbell and Bipasha Basu will now be “positioned” for the autumn festivals.
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FeaturesWerner Herzog
Werner Herzog discusses Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life, working with US stars and future projects.
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NewsBBC, Directors UK draw up bill of rights for directors
BBC and Directors UK draw up Creative Rights document for directors working on BBC-in house productions.
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NewsCreative England appoints head of communications
Paul Smith was previously head of comms at PACT.
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NewsWide House picks up doc Before the New Wave
Doc charts birth of Objectif 49 and the Festival du Film Maudit.
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NewsBFI acquires COI moving image collection
The BFI is to obtain the Central Office of Information’s entire moving image archive collection when it closes on March 31.
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NewsKaleidoscope strikes deal with Signature Entertainment
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has struck a deal to handle physical and digital distribution in the UK and Ireland for Signature Entertainment’s catalogue and new titles.
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NewsMichael Lynton named CEO of Sony Corporation Of America
Nicole Seligman will become president, outgoing Sony Corp chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer and his successor Kazuo Hirai announced on Thursday (29).
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Tropfest to launch New York festival at Bryant Park
The short film festival has teamed up with Starz Cinema, NBC 4 and WNYC Radio, Citi, Thompson Hotels and Film Society Lincoln Center to launch the June event.
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AFI FEST announces dates for 2012 edition
The Los Angeles-based event is set to take place this year from Nov 1-8.
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Screen Media takes North American rights to Shuffle
Kurt Kuenne’s thriller will receive its international premiere in Belgium next week. Screen Media plans a third quarter release.
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Mark Welton named president of IMAX Theatres
Welton most recently served as the company’s evp of corporate and digital development and theatre operations and will report to IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond.
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NewsCharlize Theron joins CinemaCon roll of honour
Theron will receive the CinemaCon Distinguished Decade Of Achievement in Film Award on Apr 26. She won the Oscar for Monster in 2004 and earned a Golden Globe nomination earlier this year for Young Adult.
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Recreation, Incentive Capital head to MIPTV with library deal
Ariel Veneziano’s LA-based Recreation and Salt Lake City-based Incentive Capital will kick off their new partnership by collaborating on international distribution on the 850-plus film and TV catalogue.