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NewsHartnett to star for Joffe in Corsan's Singularity
Josh Hartnett has been set to star in Roland Joffe’s epic romantic adventure Singularity for Corsan as the film kicks off production today [8] in Australia.
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NewsVanguard strikes deal with Kung Fu Panda's John Stevenson
Vanguard Films CEO John Williams has closed an overall producing-directing deal with Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson.
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NewsSunrise to bring Turgenev play Fortune's Fool to big screen
Sergei Bespalov’s production, financing, worldwide sales and distribution company Sunrise Entertainment will adapt Ivan Turgenev’s play Fortune’s Fool into a feature.
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NewseOne acquires UK rights for Harlin's 5 Days Of August
eOne has won a bidding war at AFM for UK rights to Renny Harlin’s political drama and action film 5 Days Of August.
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Anchor Bays sinks claws into The Howling reboot for English-language territories
Fast-rising distributor Anchor Bay Films has acquired all rights for English-speaking territories to The Howling: Reborn.
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NewsLionsgate and Icahn set shareholder battle for Dec 14
If all that has taken place between Lionsgate and Carl Icahn were made into a film, this would be the nerve-shredding finale. After nearly two years of broadsides, intrigue and bitter reprisals, the corporate foes have set the annual shareholders meeting for December 14.
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NewsVue cinema chain sold to Doughty Hanson
The third largest UK cinema chain has been bought for a reported $750m.
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NewsDue Date arrives top at UK box office
Warner Bros.’ Due Date took the spoils at the UK box office over the Nov 5 - 7 weekend.
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Burge, Rivers join Showbox Media Group
The appointments are part of the home entertainment company’s continued growth.
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NewsNew film studio opens for business in Bristol
The Bottle Yard is the largest dedicated production facility in the South West region of the UK; the studio aims to attract overseas productions.
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NewsFilm industry teams up with Childnet for anti piracy guide
Film body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness has partnered with the charity Childnet International to fund the free guide ‘Music, Films and the Internet,’ which aims to highlight the implications of children downloading illegal entertainment.
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NewsIM Global sells Walking With Dinosaurs 3D to Fox for US and select territories
In what is believed to be one of the biggest deals in AFM history, Fox has picked up US and remaining territories to IM Global’s marquee sales title at the market.
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NewsHFPA to present De Niro with Cecil B DeMille Award
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present Robert De Niro with its Cecil B DeMille Award at the Golden Globes in January.
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NewsHuman Resources Manager secures North American berth through Film Movement
Film Movement has picked up North American rights to Israel’s foreign language Academy Award submission The Human Resources Manager.
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NewsLorber Films picks up US rights to Armadillo
Lorber Films has taken US rights to Danish director Janus Metz’ controversial documentary Armadillo.
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NewsImage moves for US rights on Hammer's The Resident
Image Entertainment has closed a deal with Exclusive Media Group for US rights to the Hammer Films horror thriller The Resident starring Hilary Swank.Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christopher Lee and Lee Pace also star in the story about a young doctor who moves into a new Brooklyn apartment and begins to ...
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NewsShadow catches Silent Souls for North America
Shadow Distribution has acquired all North American rights from Memento Films International to Alexsei Fedorchenko’s Silent Souls.
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NewsIFP unveils Gotham Awards' inaugural Festival Genius prize
IFP’s 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards will hand out the inaugural Festival Genius Audience Award on November 29 in New York.
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NewsAustralia attracts more foreign shoots in 2010
Publication of annual production survey shows improvement in the number of foreign films shooting in Australia, although no US films have gone into production this year.