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NewsUtopiaPeople unveil global VFX talent resource
UtopiaBook aims to facilitate the sharing of talent in the VFX global community.
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NewsTugg celebrates first year
Tugg has amassed a library of more than 1,100 titles in its first year of operation, the web-based on-demand platform’s co-founders Nicolas Gonda and Pablo Gonzalez said on Wednesday [6].
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NewsTribeca unveils transmedia Storyscapes titles
Tribeca organisers announced on Wednesday [6] its inaugural transmedia section plus Spotlight world premieres from Neil LaBute, Clark Gregg and Junebug director Phil Morrison as well as the rebranded Midnight section.
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NewsEpic expands, hires John Short
Epic Pictures Group co-heads Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson are expanding production and finance operations and have brought on John Short as vp of international sales.
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NewsDisney governance proposal squashed
A bid by Disney shareholders to split Bob Iger’s dual chairman and CEO role was defeated at the AGM on Wednesday [6].
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NewsCinemaCon honour for Armie Hammer
The rising star will receive the CinemaCon Male Star Of Tomorrow Award in Las Vegas on Apr 18.
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NewsBreakthrough acquires Shanghai Gypsy
The Toronto-based distributor has negotiated a deal for worldwide rights with Slovenian-based producer Arsmedia for the $4m sweeping epic.
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NewsDogwoof to launch TV sales push
Film distributor Dogwoof is moving aggressively into international television sales for the first time, with plans to launch a number of feature-length documentaries at MipTV.
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NewsNBCU eyeing more UK indies
NBC Universal wants to further expand its international production division in the UK, Australia and Canada as part of the next stage of the company’s growth plans.
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NewsBBC3 hunts Fresh doc directors
Six fledgling documentary directors are being offered the chance to make their primetime debut on BBC3 as part of the UK digital channel’s Fresh documentary strand.
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NewsStreisand mulls directing gig
Aldamisa International has signed the iconic entertainer to direct a film in what will be her first outing in the role since 1996’s The Mirror Has Two Faces.
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NewsWhite Mark builds sound facility for Russia’s CineLab
The new CineLab complex [pictured] houses 14 studios which include three dubbing theatres, accredited to Dolby Premier License criteria, and a 5.1 mixing room for pre-mixes and TV/DVD work.
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NewsArclight eyes Lookalike
EXCLUSIVE: Arclight Films has acquired crime romance The Lookalike with a cast including John Corbett, Justin Long, Scottie Thompson, Jerry O’Connell and Gina Gershon.
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NewsInaugural UK Digital Cinema conference assesses the state of digital cinema
150 companies from 14 territories were represented at the conference, which featured thirty of the most knowledgeable speakers in the business of film distribution and exhibition.
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NewsFocus reunites with Mike Leigh on Turner biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features International (FFI) will handle worldwide sales on the film about the celebrated English landscape painter J M W Turner to star Timothy Spall and will co-finance with BFI and Film4.
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FeaturesSpanish cinema: the next big things
With new work from the likes of Pedro Almodovar, Claudia Llosa, Jaume Balaguero and Alex de la Iglesia in 2013, Spanish cinema is hotter than ever. Juan Sarda profiles a selection of upcoming films.
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NewsBeta reports Physician, Devil’s Violinist sales
Beta has closed pre-sales on Philip Stoelzl’s adventure epic The Physician with Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgard and Tom Payne, as well as Bernard Rose’s mystical biopic The Devil’s Violinist.
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NewsExclusive sells key territories on Quiet Ones
Sales chief Alex Walton has licensed multiple territory rights to the Hammer supernatural thriller to star Jared Harris [pictured] and Sam Claflin.
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FeaturesSpanish cinema: sailing in tandem
With Spanish film-makers increasingly looking to work with international partners, Juan Sarda explores the territory’s attractiveness as a co-producer