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CommentDivisions at Cannes
Critics, audiences and jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival agreed on a few titles, but were keenly divided on those which dared to subvert storytelling traditions.
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NewsNew Wave rolls with Loznitsa’s Fog
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor picks up Cannes competition title and FIPRESCI winner In the Fog.
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NewsUniversal releasing E.T. on Blu-ray for first time
Edition featuring original theatrical version will be released on Nov 12.
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FeaturesTom DeSanto
A key producer on the Transformers and X-Men franchises, Tom DeSanto is now developing Gods, a 3D trilogy based on a Chinese classic, with Beijing-based Yi Shang Media.
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SPWA takes international on Jonze, Russell projects
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has bought selected international distribution rights to upcoming projects from Spike Jonze and David O Russell.
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NewsReality sells for Fandango
Fandango Portobello has closed a number of deals on Matteo Garrone’s Cannes competition entry Reality.
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NewsSundance Selects picks Una Noche for US
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to writer-director Lucy Mulloy’s Tribeca festival award-winner Una Noche.
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Drafthouse to re-release Miami Connection
Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to eighties martial arts film Miami Connection.
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Beyonce joins Epic voice cast
Beyonce Knowles, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amada Seyfried and Johnny Knoxville have joined the voice cast of Epic, the upcoming 3D computer animated adventure comedy from Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios.
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NewsHorn to head Walt Disney Studios
Former Warner Bros Entertainment president Alan Horn has been named chairman of Walt Disney Studios, stepping into the post recently vacated by Rich Ross.
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NewsSnow White and Prometheus take on Men in Black
Snow White and Prometheus will be competing with Men in Black for this weekend’s international box office spoils.
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NewsFilmDistrict adds three in marketing
FilmDistrict has added three more executives to the marketing department headed by recently appointed president of marketing Christine Birch.
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NewsRelativity closes $350m financing deal
Relativity Media has closed a deal for $350m in debt financing that the company said will be used to fund planned expansion and future film projects.
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Robopocalypse release pushed to 2014
In a round of release date changes at the Hollywood studios, Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse has been put back almost a year and set for a worldwide launch on April 25, 2014, with Disney distributing in the US and Fox internationally.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Screenbase’s brand new, revamped site features a host of recently updated and new projects including an adaptation of Henning Mankell’s The Troubled Man and UK-Danish co-production Greenland Time.
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NewsPalatin, Engine to handle international sales on Kick
Marcus Warren’s football thriller is currently shooting in London.
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NewsNew UK EIS rules get EU approval
UK film industry sources have expressed their relief that EU State Aid approval has finally been given to the new UK EIS rules.
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NewsSpanish buyers busy in Cannes despite complaints about high deal prices
Alta buys next Coen brothers film; Golem to distribute Haneke’s Amour.
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NewsCurzon, RADA in programming partnership
Curzon and RADA are collaborating on the programme for The Screen @ RADA.