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NewsDigital launch for Dick Figures film
Cinedigm announced on Tuesday [30] that Dick Figures: The Movie, based on the animated YouTube series created by Ed Skudder and Zack Keller, will open on Sept 17.
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NewsStuder rises at Paramount
Syrinthia Studer has been promoted to svp of marketing and acquisitions for Paramount Home Media Distribution.
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NewsArtist Services to support 15
Sundance Institute announced 15 films that will receive their digital debuts this autumn through the Institute’s Artist Services programme.
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NewsAFI boosts scholarships
AFI executives announced on Wednesday [31] a scholarship funding hike at the AFI Conservatory, the institute’s two-year graduate programme, that they said would raise funding to nearly three times previous levels.
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NewsIsaacs named Academy president
Marketing executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs has become the first black president of the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences and the third woman to hold the post in the body’s 86-year history.
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NewsGothams ring the changes
Top brass at the Independent Filmmaker Project will host the 2013 awards show on Dec 2 and have introduced best actor and actress categories, scrapped Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You and renamed the Breakthrough Award in honour of Bingham Ray.
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NewsLotus, Sourian find War
Lotus Entertainment and Sourian Productions are teaming up on Joseph Sousa’s spec script Man Of War. Lotus handles international sales and CAA represents US rights.
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NewsThe Bureau selects SOS writers
EXCLUSIVE: New writers chosen for Save Our Scripts workshop; producers to follow.
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FeaturesScott Walker, The Frozen Ground
After years at the helm of his world-renowned advertising agency Happy Dog, New Zealander Scott Walker quit his job and follow his dream of becoming a director.
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NewsWalesa producer plans Polish Mafia film
EXCLUSIVE: Poland’s Akson Studio, producer of Andrzej Wajda’s Venice title Walesa. Man Of Hope, is preparing a film set in the world of the Polish mafia.
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NewsHawke returns to Shakespeare
Ethan Hawke will star in Michael Almereyda’s modern day adaption of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline in the vein of TV hit Sons Of Anarchy. International Film Trust (IFT) will handle international sales and CAA represents US rights.
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NewsAFM to launch producer forum
AFM executives announced on Wednesday [31] the launch of the AFM Producers Forum as well as topics and schedule for the forthcoming AFM Conference Series. Unifrance will return to the market for the first time in three years.
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NewsCSA 'grateful' for Academy recognition
The president of the Casting Society Of America expressed gratitude following the Academy’s announcement of a casting directors branch on Wednesday [31].
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NewsPacific Rim runs riot in China on $9m
The projected opening day for Pacific Rim in China (Rmb 54.3m) set a new record for Warner Bros and scored the second biggest debut of a Hollywood release behind Iron Man 3 for the year-to-date.
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NewsSPC expands Before Midnight run
Sony Pictures Classics will increase the theatre count on Before Midnight to 226 screens this weekend. Separately, FilmBuff and release IPF Productions said they will release SXSW entry Rewind This! exclusively on iTunes.
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NewsMagnolia finds Color City
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to The Hero Of Color City and has pencilled in a 2014 release on the children’s story.
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NewsBBC to adapt The Great Escape
The BBC is developing a TV series based on iconic Steve McQueen film The Great Escape.