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  • 3 Days To Kill
    News

    CinemaCon honour for Kevin Costner

    2014-03-05T18:32:00Z

    The star of the recent 3 Days To Kill and the upcoming Draft Day will receive the 2014 Cinema Icon Award in Las Vegas on March 27.

  • News

    Founders launch The Participant Index

    2014-03-05T18:42:00Z

    Participant Media and the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project (MIP) are building an algorithm to gauge the social impact of entertainment media on the audience.

  • The_Zero_Theorem_5
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    Amplify, Well Go find The Zero Theorem

    2014-03-05T18:56:00Z

    The partners have picked up US rights to Terry Gilliam’s sci-fi starring Christoph Waltz.

  • The Voices
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    Lionsgate hears The Voices for US

    2014-03-05T20:11:00Z

    The studio has picked up US rights to Marjane Satrapi’s Sundance world premiere.

  • juan_antonio_bayona
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    Monster takes shape for Bayona

    2014-03-05T20:37:00Z

    River Road Entertainment, Participant Media, Lionsgate International and Focus Features will finance and distribute Apache’s upcoming fantasy from Juan Antonio Bayona.

  • News

    Fierson joins Anonymous Content

    2014-03-05T19:33:00Z

    Anonymous Content has appointed Dave Fierson as head of business operations.

  • Neighbors
    News

    Good Universe strikes Point Grey deal

    2014-03-06T00:41:00Z

    Good Universe and Point Grey Pictures principals Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver have formed an alliance to focus on producing and packaging mainstream comedy.

  • Nebraska
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    LMGA readies first awards show

    2014-03-05T17:51:00Z

    Alexander Payne and Haskell Wexler and commercial location scout Scott Dewees will receive the Location Managers Guild Of America’s first honorary awards.

  • Jeff Robinov
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    Jeff Robinov eyes Chinese financing

    2014-03-06T08:17:00Z

    Former Warner Bros film chief Jeff Robinov is reportedly in talks with China’s Huayi Brothers Media Corp to secure financing for a new venture that will produce five films a year.

  • Laggies
    News

    Icon adds Baum, Wong

    2014-03-06T08:48:00Z

    Icon Film Distribution adds execs Jeremy Baum and Sophie Wong.

  • A Smallholding
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    Weekend star wraps directorial debut

    2014-03-06T10:02:00Z

    Chris New, one of the stars of the acclaimed Weekend, has just wrapped principal photography on his feature directorial debut A Smallholding.

  • Lindsay Lohan
    News

    Lindsay Lohan doc to launch at MipTV

    2014-03-06T11:19:00Z

    FremantleMedia International (FMI) acquires worldwide distribution rights to the Lindsay Lohan documentary series.

  • News

    BFI names marketing director

    2014-03-06T11:29:00Z

    Richard Shaw appointed BFI director of marketing, communications and audiences.

  • A Moveable Feast
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    Hirst adapting Hemingway’s Moveable Feast

    2014-03-06T11:50:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast is being adapted for the big screen by Elizabeth screenwriter Michael Hirst and actress Mariel Hemingway.

  • Running With the Firm
    News

    Feature Film Company relaunches

    2014-03-06T13:01:00Z

    Former UK distribution firm Feature Film Company has been re-launched as an independent production, finance and consultancy company with an adaptation of football hooligan bestseller Running With the Firm.

  • Tom Hanks
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    Hologram shoot underway in Morocco

    2014-03-06T17:40:00Z

    Principal photography has commenced in Morocco on Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram For The King starring Tom Hanks.

  • Kevin Smith
    News

    Phase 4 snaps up Super Groovy

    2014-03-06T17:56:00Z

    Phase 4 Films has acquired North American rights to Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie from SModcast Pictures.

  • Alex Fragen
    News

    Alex Fragen joins UTA in distribution role

    2014-03-06T19:30:00Z

    The former head of domestic television distribution at Summit has joined the agency in the new role of global distribution strategist.

  • The Amazing Catfish
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    SFIFF unveils New Directors, GGA

    2014-03-06T20:00:00Z

    Top brass at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) have announced the films in competition for the New Directors Prize and the Golden Gate Award contenders in the documentary category.

  • News

    Mark Bomback to adapt Veronica's Room

    2014-03-06T19:27:00Z

    TWC-Dimension has hired Mark Bomback to write its adaptation of Ira Levin’s Broadway thriller Veronica’s Room.