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NewsFocus pushes Selfless to 2015
Tarsem’s Ryan Reynolds thriller previously set up at FilmDistrict will now go through parent company Focus Features on February 27 2015.
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NewsBruckheimer finalises Paramount production deal
Paramount Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer have reached a three-year, first-look agreement for theatrical films that will begin in April 2014.
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NewsHoffman joins Frears' Armstrong biopic
Dustin Hoffman has joined the cast of Stephen Frears’ untitled Lance Armstrong film, which is moving from Europe to the US for its final stages of shoot.
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FeaturesSaving Mr Banks: There's something about Mary
Saving Mr Banks tells the inside story of how Walt Disney persuaded reluctant author PL Travers to let him film Mary Poppins. Sarah Cooper speaks to the film-makers about a project which, like the story, spanned Australia, the UK and Hollywood.
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FeaturesRoger Deakins, Prisoners
Acclaimed cinematographer Roger Deakins talks to Jeremy Kay about creating a brooding, wet atmosphere for Prisoners.
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NewsAcademy names FX shortlist
Ten films remain in the running for the visual effects Oscar that will be handed out at the 86th Oscars Academy Awards on March 2 2014.
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NewsIM Global hires new COO
Former MGM/US executive Chris Bosco has joined IM Global as COO, effective December 1.
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NewsFandor strikes streaming deals
San Francisco-based Fandor has signed streaming partnerships with Cinedigm, Factory 25 and Oscilloscope Laboratories.
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NewsADG honour for Scorsese
Martin Scorsese will receive the Art Directors Guild’s highest honour, the Cinematic Imagery Award, at the 18th Annual Art Directors Guild’s Excellence In Production Design Awards.
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NewsCastlight buys rights to sea survivor story
Days after footage of the remarkable rescue of a shipwrecked Nigerian sailor went viral, LA-based Castlight Pictures has snapped up worldwide rights to the story.
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NewsGenre kings target Park City
Tommy Wirkola’s Dead Snow sequel, Adam Wingard’s The Guest and XYZ Films’ Killers from The Mo Brothers are among the Park City At Midnight line-up as festival heads also unveiled Spotlight selections and the inaugural Sundance Kids section on December 5.
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NewsSundance unveils New Frontier
Sundance Institute executives announced on December 5 that the festival will feature new work from artist Doug Aitken as well as Klip Collective’s external projections on the Egyptian Theatre.
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NewsNymphomaniac gets US date
Lars von Trier’s anticipated two-part erotic journey will open in March 2014.
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NewsThe Veil to star William Levy
Cuban-born telenovela star William Levy has been cast in the lead on the sci-fi adventure The Veil.
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NewsDavid Magee to adapt The Silver Chair
The Life Of Pi screenwriter has been hired to script the next big screen episode from the seven-title Chronicles Of Narnia series.
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NewsStrand enters Wetlands
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to David Wnendt’s Wetlands ahead of the film’s US premiere in Sundance in January.
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NewsWalden Media restructures
Walden Media has announced a restructure as it emerged that David Weil, current CEO of parent company Anschutz Film Group (AFG), will leave the company at the end of the year.
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Shoot begins on Dynamite
Tate Steinsiek has begun shooting his feature directorial debut Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale.
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CommentSpider-Man 2 trailer swings in
Teaser trailer launches for superhero sequel, starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Dane DeHaan.
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NewsFilm Movement bites into Cannibal
Manuel Martin Cuenca’s dark romance [pictured] to open theatrically in US and Canada in Q3 2014, followed by VOD and DVD release.