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NewsPuttnam calls for online monetization
Lord Puttnam has called on young filmmakers to pioneer the online monetization of movies – and used All the President’s Men to defend new press regulation.
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NewsFandango Portobello Sales closes UK office
Sales and finance outfit, which handled Gomorrah and Reality, closes London office.
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FeaturesHossein Amini
The screenwriter of Drive and Snow White And The Huntsman talks about his lengthy career in this excerpt from FilmCraft: Screenwriting.
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NewsKFD acquires Hip Hop Hoax
Jeanie Finlay’s documentary picked up worldwide, excluding UK/Ireland, by London-based sales and distribution company.
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NewsAvengers 2 to assemble in UK
EXCLUSIVE: The Avengers 2 is scheduled to shoot at Pinewood-Shepperton in early 2014.
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NewsDuane Hopkins shooting second feature
George MacKay leads the cast of the character-driven thriller Bypass.
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NewsMiramax grows TV, digital teams
Richard Tulk-Hart, Jo Sherlock and Emily Briggs added to sales teams.
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NewsCinemaCon to honour Morgan Freeman
The veteran actor, set to star opposite Tom Cruise in the upcoming sci-fi Oblivion, will receive the 2013 Cinema Icon Award on Apr 18 in Las Vegas.
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NewsRoadside readies Grace Unplugged
Executives at Roadside Attractions announced on Tuesday [Apr 2] that production has finished on the faith-based drama Grace Unplugged and the film will open theatrically on Oct 4.
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NewsFinding Dory to open in 2015
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures announced on Tuesday [Apr 2] the name of the Finding Nemo sequel previously known as Pixar Animation Untitled.
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NewsLaurence Fishburne joins Khumba
South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation announced the latest voice cast element on the follow-up to the hit Zambezia. Cinema Management Group handles international sales and Millennium Entertainment will release in the US this year.
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NewsAudrey Delaney joins Myriad
EXCLUSIVE: The veteran has left Lightning Entertainment and arrived this week at Kirk D’Amico’s Santa Monica-based production, sales and financing company as svp of marketing and acquisitions.
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NewsIFFLA names festival jurors
The Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles has unveiled its jurors for the 11th edition festival that runs from Apr 9-14 in Hollywood.
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NewsSFIFF announces full line-up
The San Francisco Film Society on Tuesday [Apr 2] announced the full line-up of films and events set to run at the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival from Apr 25-May 9.
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NewsSearchlight sets Slave for Dec 27
In a move that will be of interest to prestige international distributors, Fox Searchlight will release Steve McQueen’s potential awards contender Twelve Years A Slave on Dec 27 in the US. Summit International handled sales outside the US.
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DreamWorks, Participant acquire Church abuse story
DreamWorks and Participant Media are partnering on a drama about the Catholic Church sex scandal after acquiring rights to the story uncovered by the Boston Globe.
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Sundance launches 12 on digital
The Sundance Institute announced on Tuesday [Apr 2] that 12 films will make their digital debut from Apr 16-May 7 through a variety of platforms through the Artist Services programme.
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NewsParamount partners with China on Transformers 4
Paramount Pictures has entered into a “co-operation agreement” with CCTV’s China Movie Channel and Jiaflix Enterprises on the production of Transformers 4 in China.
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NewsIn Bloom snares Firebird award at HKIFF
Georgian production In Bloom, co-directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, was presented with the Firebird Award in the Young Cinema Competition at the close of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) last night.