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NewsParticipant sets pivot launch
Participant Media top brass said on Wednesday [27] its cable service pivot would launch on Aug 1 with more than 40m subscribers and more than 300 hours of original programming in its first year.
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NewsSaint Tropez to open COLCOA
This year’s festival will host three international premieres, 11 North American or US premieres and 16 West Coast premieres.
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NewsMillennium, Gravitas sign distribution pact
Gravitas will handle digital distribution duties while Millennium will oversee DVD releases on a slate that includes Sundance 2013 entry Hell Baby [pictured].
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NewsParticipant hires Robert Kessel
Kessel will help manage the development, production, and acquisition of narrative features.
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NewsArtsploitation acquires Animals
EXCLUSIVE: Artsploitation Films has acquired North American and UK theatrical, TV, VoD, Digital and DVD rights to the Spanish fantasy drama Animals.
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NewsDermot Mulroney joins murder thriller
Hyde Park ImageNation and Troika Pictures announced this week that Dermot Mulroney has joined the cast of the thriller Careful What You Wish For.
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NewsFilm Movement takes Watchtower
The distributor has picked up North American rights from Visit Film to Pelin Esmer’s Turkish drama and anticipates an autumn release.
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NewsIMAX strikes Indonesia deal
The giant screen pioneer has signed an agreement with the country’s largest exhibitor Cinema 21 to install eight theatres, bringing its commitment thus far to 10.
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NewsO-Scope acquires 12 O’Clock Boys
The recent SXSW premiere will next screen at the Hot Docs and Full Frame documentary festivals before Oscilloscope Laboratories takes it to additional festivals prior to theatrical, DVD and digital release.
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NewsVoltage acquires Paul Schrader’s The Canyons
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has acquired international rights to Paul Schrader’s much-publicised crowd funded thriller The Canyons starring Lindsay Lohan. IFC will distribute in the US in early summer.
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NewsFox runs Vine Wolverine ad
Hollywood continued to dip its toes in the viral marketing potential of the Twitter-owned platform on Monday [25] as director James Mangold launched a six-second clip of Fox’s upcoming superhero release.
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NewsLightning to sell The Reckoning
Jonathan LaPaglia and Luke Hemsworth have joined the cast of The Reckoning, which is set to begin shooting on Apr 29 in Australia. Lightning Entertainment will handle international sales.
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NewsTWC sets Grace for awards run
The Weinstein Company will distribute Nicole Kidman starrer Grace Of Monaco in limited release in the US on Dec 27, positioning the film for an awards season play.
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Tax breaks to bring Showtime’s Penny Dreadful to UK
Showtime’s Penny Dreadful is set to be one of the first major US TV dramas that will be shot in the UK as a direct consequence of the imminent high-end drama tax breaks.
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NewsCinemaCon to honour Plaza
Aubrey Plaza, the comedienne and star of Safety Not Guaranteed, will receive the convention’s CinemaCon Breakthrough Performer Of The Year Award on Apr 18.
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NewsTribeca unveils community roster
The Tribeca Drive-In series will showcase The Birds, Beetlejuice and new festival selection Lil Bub & Friendz [pictured], while Family Screenings include a sneak preview of The Smurfs 2.
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NewsTugg, Codeblack free Angela
Tugg and Lionsgate-owned Codeblack Films will partner on the release of Free Angela And All Political Prisoners.
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NewsLAGFF to screen Tightrope
Organisers at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival announced on Monday [25] that they will screen Elia Kazan’s Man On A Tightrope as a prelude to the festival proper.
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NewsCroods tops US box office on $48m
The latest DreamWorks Animation family spectacle debuted top of the North American charts on an estimated $44.7m through Fox, followed by an impressive $30.5m launch through FilmDistrict for the Gerard Butler action thriller Olympus Has Fallen.