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NewsGood Universe boards Seth Rogen comedy
Gary Sanchez Productions, Point Grey Pictures and Good Universe have made a pre-emptive purchase on an untitled comedy pitch from actor-writer Ben Schwartz with Seth Rogen attached to star.
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NewsBroad Green Pictures takes Samba for US
Gabriel Hammond and Daniel Hammond’s ambitious company continues to build its distribution pipeline and has announced the second major acquisition of a Toronto title within a week.
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NewsViolent Year enters awards race
AS expected JC Chandor’s crime drama starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain will open in the thick of awards season this year. FilmNation handles international sales.
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NewsFirst Britannia honourees unveiled
BAFTA LA will honour Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Emma Watson, Mike Leigh and Dame Judi Dench at this year’s awards ceremony on October 30.
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NewsWild to open Hamptons
Jean-Marc Vallée’s awards contender Wild will receive its East Coast Premiere as the opening night screening at the festival, set to run from October 9-13.
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CommentFirst-look picture: Results
Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders from The Avengers are mismatched personal trainers in the upcoming movie.
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NewsBand Of Robbers wraps shoot
Principal photography has concluded on the comedic thriller that reimagines Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer as grown men.
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NewsLionsgate to release The SMOSH Movie
The studio is taking a crossover bet on YouTube stars Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, whose Smosh channel has generated more than 30m subscribers.
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NewsIFF to honour Milchan, Neufeld
The producers will be feted at the opening night gala of the 28th Israel Film Festival on October 23.
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NewsAng Lee finds next project
Ang Lee will adapt Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk at Tom Rothman’s TriStar, his first project after Life Of Pi earned him a best director Oscar in 2013.
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NewsAFM announces speakers roster
Millennium Films president Mark Gill, Tug co-founder Nicolas Gonda, Relativity Media’s Russell Schwartz and Mister Smith’s Jill Jones are among the line-up of speakers at AFM, set to run in Santa Monica from Nov 5-12. Separately, the PGA Produced By Conference NY has added participants.
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NewsIFP unveils Screen Forward beneficiaries
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) has announced during Independent Film Week the first five projects to get week-long theatrical runs at the Made In NY Media Center’s theatre as part of the Screen Forward initiative.
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NewsChina’s Tencent enters film production
Tencent has become the latest Chinese internet giant with film industry ambitions, announcing plans to produce four to five movies a year.
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NewsCalifornia greenlights anti-runaway law
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into action legislation that will more than triple the state’s film and TV tax credit.
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NewsChina, India sign co-production treaty
India and China signed a long-planned co-production agreement during the state visit of China’s president Xi Jinping to India.
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NewsMaze Runner, Tombstones challenge Lucy
Fox International prepares to unleash its YA adaptation The Maze Runner in an estimated 37 territories this weekend day-and-date with the North American launch.
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NewsPicturehouse to launch new West End cinema
New seven-screen cinema for central London to open in 2015
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CommentSecret Cinema founder on future of cinema
Secret Cinema founder Fabien Riggall’s speech at the Toronto International Film Festival, in which he revealed details of ‘Secret Space and discussed analog vs digital.
