All United States articles – Page 1045
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NewsStudios on board Producers Mark
All six of the US majors have now signed up for the industry certificate launched by the Producers Guild Of America.
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NewsLegendary lands at Universal
Buoyed by box office success, Universal’s summer just got even more impressive as the studio announced on Wednesday [10] it had struck a five-year co-financing and co-production deal with Legendary Entertainment.
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NewsContinental seals Coldwater deal
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts’ production and sales company Continental Media has licensed French rights to the prison break thriller to KMBO Distribution.
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NewsFantastic Fest gets Machete debut
Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills will receive its world premiere as opening night film on Sept 19 in Austin. Aldamisa International handled sales outside the US, where Open Road will release the film on Oct 4.
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NewsHunting Elephants scores in Israel
EXCLUSIVE: Reshef Levi’s crime caper scored the biggest opening weekend of the year-to-date in its native Israel after beating out Despicable Me 2 and The Lone Ranger in its first few days.
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German Currents 2013 sets dates
The seventh edition of German Currents, the annual celebration of German cinema, will run in Los Angeles from Oct 4-7.
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NewsUnbroken to open late 2014
Distribution round-up: Universal has said [10] it will release Angelina Jolie’s upcoming second feature as director, Unbroken, on Dec 25 2014. Separately, ARC Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Standing Up, while Monterey Media has taken Approaching Midnight and Gravitas Ventures has picked up Ass Backwards.
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NewsKickstarter campaign for Blood Brother team
Documentary team behind Sundance Grand Jury winner launches crowd-funding campaign for next film; Atticus Ross to score.
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NewsAlmost Man arrives in US
Karlovy Vary 2012 Crystal Globe winner The Almost Man picked up by new US distributor.
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NewsScreen Media gets Awful Nice
The distributor has acquired US rights to Todd Sklar’s comedy and has earmarked a spring 2014 theatrical and VOD release preceded by a nationwide college tour of event screenings and interactive parties through Sklar’s Range Life.
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NewsElysium to get IMAX treatment
IMAX Corporation, TriStar Pictures and Media Rights Capital announced on Tuesday [9] that Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi is to be digitally remastered and will open on IMAX worldwide starting on Aug 9.
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NewsSchrader's The Canyons gets world premiere at Lincoln Center
On July 29, The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York will host the world premiere of Paul Schrader’s The Canyons, including a conversation with Schrader.
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NewsClooney to receive BAFTA LA award
BAFTA LA will honour George Clooney with its Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film.
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NewsMagnet picks up Last Days on Mars
Magnolia Pictures genre arm nabs Cannes thriller for US from Focus International.
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NEXT WEEKEND unveils openers
Sundance Institute announced on Monday [8] that the inaugural Los Angeles event set to run from Aug 8-11 will kick off with an outdoor screening of Chris Smith’s documentary American Movie and Mark Borchardt’s horror film Coven.
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NewsGreg Foster promoted at IMAX
The executive has been named CEO of IMAX Entertainment and senior evp of IMAX Corp.
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Barrack Jr to lead Miramax
Thomas J Barrack Jr has been named chairman of the film company in the wake of Richard Nanula’s resignation.
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Hayter to adapt The Sword
Lakeshore Entertainment and Hopscotch Features have hired David Hayter to adapt graphic novel revenge tale The Sword. Lakeshore and Sierra/Affinity will handle international sales.
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NewsMinions rule US as Ranger flops
In-form Universal maintained winning ways as the family sequel Despicable Me 2 amassed $82.5m over three days and $142.1m over the four-day July Fourth weekend, while Disney’s The Lone Ranger flopped in second place.