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Newsro*co to sell Dark Matter of Love
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah McCarthy’s film is about a Russian orphan learning to love her adoptive parents.
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NewsBritish contingent joins Hercules
Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell [pictured], Joseph Fiennes, Rebecca Ferguson, Aksel Hennie and John Hurt have joined the cast of Paramount and MGM’s Hercules.
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NewsUnified lines up Noah's Ark
Los Angeles-based Unified Pictures has hired John Stevenson and Cameron Hood for its upcoming animated musical Noah’s Ark.
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NewsTWC buys JD Salinger doc
The Weinstein Company has acquired world rights and will screen the film at select festivals prior to a Sept 6 platform theatrical release.
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NewsGlobal box office hit $34.7bn in 2012
Global box office in 2012 climbed 6% on the previous year to reach a record $34.7bn as international gross receipts accounted for 69% of the pie, gaining 6% on 2011 levels to finish on an unprecedented $23.9bn.
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NewsCBS Films moves up Kings
The distributor has moved up the release of its Sundance acquisition The Kings Of Summer from Jun 14 to May 31.
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NewsKate Winslet joins Divergent
Summit confirmed the addition of Kate Winslet to the cast of Divergent on Thursday [21].
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NewsFreestyle takes Tiger Eyes
Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) have acquired US theatrical and VoD rights to the young adult property Tiger Eyes and will distribute on Jun 7. Separately, First Run has struck a deal for Living Downstream.
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NewsAFI hires marketing head
Top brass at The American Film Institute (AFI) announced on Thursday [21] that following a “comprehensive national search”, Liza deVilla Ameen has joined as chief marketing officer.
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NewsClotiaux back at Digital Domain
Digital Domain has hired Terry Clotiaux as vp of feature film production, promoted longtime VFX marketing director Joanna Capitano to executive producer and moved up executive producer Lisa Beroud to the senior management team.
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NewsCanadian deal for The Wait
Visit Films has licensed Canadian rights to M Blash’s The Wait to Berkshire Axis Media (BAM) Distribution Inc following the film’s premiere at SXSW.
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NewsFox unleashes The Croods
A new era begins this weekend when Fox distributes its first DreamWorks Animation film in the shape of The Croods.
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NewsBFI's Greg Dyke named FA chairman
Greg Dyke, the chairman of the British Film Institute (BFI), is to become the chairman of the Football Association (FA).
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NewsDetails of 3D Last Emperor revealed
Oscar-winning producer and Recorded Picture Company boss Jeremy Thomas has revealed details of his plans for the 3D version of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (1987).
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NewsEU's Vassiliou seeks to allay French free trade talk fears
EXCLUSIVE: In a move to allay French fears about forthcoming free trade talks with the US, the EU’s Education and Culture Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has outlined her position publicly for the first time.
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NewsCurzon Home Cinema strikes Film4 deal
VoD service Curzon Home Cinema has licenced more than 50 features from Film4’s catalogue.
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NewsBAFTA Crew participants named
Industry jury selects more than 200 film and TV crew members outside of London for skills development networking programming.
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NewsCMG acquires Go For Sisters
EXCLUSIVE: Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has taken all international rights to the John Sayles thriller following its world premiere in SXSW.
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NewsSurvivalist tops UK Brit List
EXCLUSIVE: Other projects include a Charles Dickens adaptation from Hanna co-writer David Farr, developed by Origin Pictures and BBC Films.
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NewsGravitas takes Jug Face
Gravitas Ventures has acquired US VoD rights to Slamdance entry Jug Face.