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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.
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NewsDespicable Me 2 soars in US debut
Universal’s Despicable Me 2 is heading into a huge Fourth Of July weekend after it grossed $59.5m in the first two days in North America. By contrast Buena Vista’s The Lone Ranger, the other major tentpole release over this long holiday weekend, has returned mediocre numbers.
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NewsPennsylvania keeps tax advantage
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s new state budget signed on Jun 30 has backed the Pennsylvania Film and Television Production Tax Credit programme, which remains fully funded at $60m.
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NewsKino Lorber takes Drew Struzan doc
The distributor has acquired all US rights to Erik P Sharkey’s documentary Drew: The Man Behind The Poster and plans an August theatrical roll-out followed by VoD and DVD in autumn.
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NewsRon Howard: cinema can still provide a ‘Rush’
Director Ron Howard has said there are still “great things” happening in film, despite the prevalence of “manufactured product” in cinema.
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NewsMingyian portal draws A-listers
M Night Shyamalan has joined a group of investors in backing Chinese brand management start-up Mingyian’s micro-event platform for celebrities and influencers.
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NewsWeaver joins Allen cast
Australian Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver is among a coterie of actors to join Woody Allen’s latest film, which takes place in the south of France and is currently shooting.