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FeaturesTom Perlmutter, NFB Canada
Jeremy Kay speaks to the Film Board’s chairman about the organisation and their work.
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FeaturesNamit Malhotra, Prime Focus
Jeremy Kay talks to the founder of one of the world’s leading effects and post houses about their work on the likes of Gravity and World War Z.
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FeaturesWash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer, The Last of Robin Hood
Elbert Wyche talks to Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland about their new film, The Last of Robin Hood, which will receive its world premiere in Toronto on Sept 6.
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FeaturesColin Geddes, TIFF Midnight Madness
Jeremy Kay talks to the head of TIFF’s Midnight Madness strand ahead of its 25th anniversary.
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NewsEmpire Leicester Square to get IMAX
Empire Cinemas to split ‘Screen 1’ into an IMAX theatre and an additional digital screen.
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NewsnWave buys Galapagos 3D
nWave Pictures acquires distribution rights to Galapagos 3D for February 2014 release.
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NewsMcKellen to play Sherlock Holmes
Icon, See-Saw, FilmNation, Anne Carey, BBC Films on board the feature about a retired Sherlock Holmes.
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NewsAmr Waked receives death threats
Egyptian actor-producer Amr Waked - serving this week on the Venice Film Festival’s Orrizonti Jury - has revealed that he received death threats because of his outspoken criticism of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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NewsWestEnd takes on Inside Out
EXCLUSIVE: Film is about French artist JR’s huge participatory art project of the same name.
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NewsDuo on the rise at eOne
The reorganisation of the Canadian broadcast and digital division comes as svp of television and online at eOne Films Canada Naveen Prasad exits the company.
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NewsBrown earns MGM marketing stripes
Michael Brown has been promoted to evp of worldwide marketing at MGM.
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NewsFSC takes Burt’s Buzz to TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has acquired international rights to Jody Shapiro’s documentary ahead of its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsMagnolia promotes buyer duo
Heading into Toronto, Magnolia Pictures has promoted Peter Van Steemburg to vp of acquisitions and John Von Thaden to director of acquisitions.
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NewsCBS finds Husband’s Secret
CBS Films has made a preemptive bid for exclusive rights to Liane Moriarty’s novel, published on Jul 30 through Amy Einhorn Books.
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NewsCinedigm, Drafthouse forge home ent deal
The critically acclaimed films will go out across all home entertainment channels and kicks off in January 2014 with the pre-theatrical VoD release of SXSW hit Cheap Thrills.
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NewsOpen Road to release Max Steel
Dolphin Entertainment and Mattel have partnered to develop the live-action story based on Mattel’s toy and consumer product IP of the same name. n
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Lincoln Center unveils Views
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center announced the complete lineup for the 17th edition of Views From The Avant-Garde, set to run from Oct 3-7 in New York.
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NewsVilleneuve signs Alcon deal
Denis Villeneuve and Alcon, riding high on rave reviews out of Telluride for the French-Canadian auteur’s English-language debut Prisoners, have signed a two-year overall deal.
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Spinning Plates to open in US
The Film Arcade and Inception Media Group have acquired Joseph Levy’s restaurant documentary Spinning Plates.