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NewsPeter Schlessel exits Sony to become GK Films president
Longtime Sony Pictures executive Peter Schlessel is joining Santa Monica-based GK Films as president.
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NewsWBPI banks on Sex appeal as World Cup kicks off
Sex And The City 2 complemented its number one international status by crossing $100m on Wednesday and enters the opening weekend of the World Cup as the favourite to retain its crown.
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Summit to release Breaking Dawn in two parts
Summit Entertainment has ended speculation over the format of the final instalment in its Twilight series and confirmed that Breaking Dawn will be released as two separate parts.
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NewsLost City Of Z catches fire for Inferno
Los Angeles-based Inferno Entertainment has virtually sold out the upcoming adventure epic The Lost City Of Z, its marquee title that is being lined up for Brad Pitt and director James Gray.
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NewsSpain’s Rodar Y Rodar to work on new project with Julia’s Eyes team
Major Spanish producers Rodar Y Rodar are set to make a new $7m thriller/horror called El Hombre Hueco with Guillem Morales and Oriol Paolo, the writing/directing duo of Julia’s Eyes.
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NewsEdinburgh announces late additions to programme
Nick Hornby and Nick Cave will be attending the festival.
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The Weinstein Company picks up Woo’s Reign Of Assassins
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired North American and South African rights to upcoming martial arts blockbuster Reign Of Assassins, produced by John Woo and starring Michelle Yeoh.
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NewsThis week's hot new projects on Screenbase
This week’s added films to our online production listings database Screenbase include features by Hendrik Handloegten, Patrice Leconte, Zoya Akhtar, as well as Matteo Cerami and Maggie Peren.
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Era New Horizons to honour Has, Demirkubuz, Godard
The 10th Era New Horizons International Film Festival will dedicate programming to the 10th anniversary of the death of Polish cinema great Wojciech Jerzy Has, as well as offering retrospectives of Jean-Luc Godard and the Brothers Quay.
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NewsUniversal strikes output deal with Russia's Leopolis
Universal Pictures International (Russia) has struck a theatrical distribution deal for Russia and CIS with Leopolis.
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Manchester to host Abnormal Devices Festival in October
Manchester will host this year’s Abandon Normal Devices Festival of new cinema and digital culture, which will feature new commissions from internationally renowned artists, filmmakers and cultural provocateurs.
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NewsBeijing’s Straw Family announces slate of pan-Asian productions
Hong Kong filmmaker Jacob Cheung’s Beijing-based company Straw Family announced a slate of four pan-Asian projects on the eve of the Shanghai International Film Festival (June 12-20).
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NewsAruba closes first edition striking balance between international, local needs
In an economy where long-running festivals are struggling, the Aruba International Film Festival had a solid inaugural run. “For the first year, I think it’s a success,” says one of the festival’s founders, Guiseppe Coioccarelli.
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Andrew Chowns leaves Pact for Directors UK
Directors UK have announced the appointment of Andrew Chowns as its new CEO.
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NewsPark Circus picks up Renoir classic
The Glasgow based company has acquired UK distribution rights to the restored version of Boudu Saved From Drowning.
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NewsMunich Film Festival to open with Me Too
Abbas Kiarostami and Mads Mikkelsen to be honoured at the festival which opens on June 25.
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NewsSex sells overseas for Warner Bros during World Cup
Sex And The City 2 maintained its winning ways overseas thanks to a confirmed $23m haul through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).
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NewsEighties remake The Karate Kid battles to number one on $56m
Hollywood released an updated a pair of pop culture staples from the 1980s this weekend to mixed results as The Karate Kid from Sony beat Fox’s The A-Team to open top on a terrific $56m, according to studio estimates.
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AOP, Castel Film Studios prepare Holocaust hoax tale The Apple
New York-based Atlantic Overseas Pictures (AOP) and Castel Film Studios in Romania have teamed up to produce The Apple based on a screenplay by Ivo Marloh.
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The Reverse, Marwencol among big winners at Seattle
Borys Lankosz The Reverse claimed the grand jury prize and Jeff Malmberg’s Marwencol took top documentary honours as the 36th Seattle International Film Festival close at the weekend.