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FilmBuff strategises digital release for Rio Sex Comedy
FilmBuff has orchestrated a VoD release strategy for Jonathan Nossiter’s Toronto 2010 film on VoD starting Aug 30, to be followed by the Nov 15 DVD launch through FilmBuff and MPI Home Video.
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Brendan Fraser, Jessica Alba join cast for Escape From Planet Earth
Sarah Jessica Parker, Rob Corddry, James Gandolfini and Craig Robinson will also provide character voices in the 3D animated production from The Weinstein Company and Rainmaker.
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NewsHemisphere launches studio co-fi fund, names first projects
Hemisphere Capital Management partners Jean-Luc De Fanti (pictured), Jeff Sagansky and Eli Baker have launched the Hemisphere Tentpole Co-Financing Fund and are on board The Smurfs, The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn, Men In Black 3 and World War Z.
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Lionsgate to release The Big Wedding in US, UK
The Two Ton Films and Nu Image / Millennium Films production stars Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes and Topher Grace.
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Ryan Guzman, Kathryn McCormick join Summit’s Step Up 4
Guzman makes his acting debut while news about McCormick, a discovery from the TV show So You Think You Can Dance, broke several weeks ago when producer Adam Shankman announced it on Twitter. Summit will release domestically and handles international sales.
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Zachary Quinto to produce horror The Banshee Chapter
The actor’s production company Before The Door Pictures partners on the tale of secret mind-altering drug tests with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel.
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NewsAcademy re-elects Sherak as president, honours Oprah
Sherak will serve his third consecutive one-year term of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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NewsBen Foster to play John Gotti Jr for Barry Levinson
Ben Foster has signed on to play John Gotti, Jr. in Gotti: In The Shadow of My Father.
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NewsRussian producer puts $12m into new Billy Bob Thornton drama
Alexander Rodnyansky, a well-known Russian film producer, plans to invest up to $12m in the production of Billy Bob Thornton’s drama Jayne Mansfield’s Car, which will be Rodnyansky’s first project in the US.
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NewsTony Leung to star in Mei Ah's spy thriller Windseeker
Hong Kong’s Mei Ah Entertainment will produce four new films set in mainland China, with budgets totaling $50m.
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NewsMilada Kolberg returns to Senator Group
Tobias Alexander Seiffert also joins the Berlin-based Senator.
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NewsOptimum strikes UK deal for $25m Taiwanese epic with Fortissimo
Venice competitor now titled Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale.
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NewsUFA Cinema partners for first time with Warner Bros.
Also, Warner starts shoot for Ludwig II starring Sabin Tambrea.
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FeaturesThe digital debate over IP
The UK government has widely accepted Professor Hargreaves’ recommendations for renewing the UK’s intellectual property laws as set out in his independent review published in May and has revealed further details for the implementation of the long-delayed Digital Economy Act.
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NewsContent takes international on Sarah Palin doc
UK outfit Content Film has acquired international rights to Nick Broomfield’s documentary Sarah Palin: You Betcha! which is premiering in Toronto.
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NewsTransformers crosses $1bn worldwide
Paramount’s Transformers becomes tenth film ever to cross $1bn worldwide
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NewsUniversal hires Josh Goldstine as president of marketing
The former sevp of creative advertising at Sony will work closely with co-president of marketing Michael Moses and replaces Eddie Egan, who transitioned to Universal evp and head of marketing at Illumination.
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NewsLia Buman to head acquisitions at FilmDistrict
Buman most recently served as SPWA vp and played a key role in buying Insidious, Moon, Hannah and Machete, among others.