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NewsTwo IMAX sites set for Ecuador
Executives at IMAX and Supercines, Ecuador’s largest exhibitor, announced on Monday [Jul 29] the construction of two theatres in the city of Guayaquil, the country’s largest and most populous city.
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NewsWWZ to get domestic IMAX release
Paramount executives said on Monday [29] they will re-release World War Z in North America in IMAX 3D for a one-week run beginning Aug 2.
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NewsCaptain Phillips to open NYFF
Another awards season hopeful has slotted into the calendar after it emerged on Monday [29] that the world premiere of Paul Greengrass’ Somali hijacking thriller starring Tom Hanks will open the 51st New York Film Festival on Sept 27.
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NewsSPC acquires Tim’s Vermeer
The distributor, riding high on a mighty launch for Blue Jasmine over the weekend, said on Monday [29] it had taken worldwide rights to the documentary.
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NewsCast join Welcome To Me
Wes Bentley, Joan Cusack, James Marsden and Alan Tudyk have joined the cast of Gary Sanchez Productions and Bron Studios’ comedy starring Kristen Wiig.
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NewsParamount promotes Megan Wahtera
The executive becomes head of the studio’s interactive marketing department and succeeds Amy Powell who was named head of Paramount Television last week.
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NewsMipcom to honour Jeffrey Katzenberg
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has been named Mipcom 2013 Personality of the Year.
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NewsSee-Saw, CMG team for D-Day spy series
EXCLUSIVE: The King’s Speech, Top of the Lake producer joins Cohen Media Group on adaptation of Second World War spy story Double Cross.
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NewsWolverine slices $55m in US
Fox’s X-Men tale put a lot of space between itself and the competition as the action release debuted top in North America on an estimated $55m, even though the result will have disappointed studio executives. TWC’s awards hopeful Fruitvale Station vaulted seven places to number 10.
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John Williams to score Star Wars: Episode VII
World renowned composer announced by Kathleen Kennedy at Star Wars Celebration. Williams discusses new film and JJ Abrams in video message.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires Salvo
The distributor has picked up North American rights to Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s Salvo, winner of the Critics Week Grand Prix and the France 4 Visionary Award in Cannes.
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NewsDoppelgänger lands Smash
Music Box Films’ genre arm has acquired US rights to Smash & Grab: The Story Of The Pink Panthers, Havana Marking’s documentary about the world’s most successful diamond thieves.
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NewsAlcon lines up Dolphin Tale 2
Harry Connick Jr, Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman will return for Alcon’s Dolphin Tale 2 following the $72m North American success of the original family drama in 2011 through Warner Bros.
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NewsParkland to open on Sept 20
Exclusive Releasing will roll out the JFK assassination drama in theatres following the autumn festival debuts in Venice and Toronto.
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NewsCNN boards Sole Survivor
CNN Films top brass made the announcement on Friday [26] ahead of the documentary’s world premiere at the Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan on Saturday.
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NewsRush to open Sept 20
Universal Pictures has revised the release scheduled for the F1 drama and switched to exclusive engagements in New York and Los Angeles on Sept 20 followed by wide expansion one week later.
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NewsSony acquires Cold Comes The Night
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired all worldwide rights to Tze Chun’s Cold Comes The Night starring Alice Eve, Bryan Cranston and Logan Marshall-Green.
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NewseOne acquires Badassdom
The distributor has picked up North American rights to Knights Of Badassdom starring Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn and Summer Glau.
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NewsSFFS unveils Doc Fund winners
The recipients of 2013 San Francisco Film Society Documentary Film Fund awards totalling $100,000 are Anne Bogart and Holly Morris’ The Babushkas Of Chernobyl, Jamie Meltzer’s Freedom Fighters and Jimmy Goldblum and Adam Weber’s Tomorrow We Disappear.