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Radar joins Wiseguy drama
Ted Fields and Radar Pictures have boarded the Chicago-based drama The Legitimate Wiseguy.
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Austin First Stop For Slamdance
The 17th Slamdance On The Road tour will begin on Mar 2 at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
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RadioactiveGiant launches RG360
The Santa Monica-based multi-media development, production and distribution studio has formed a film and TV sales and distribution division.
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NewsUniversal to build on Mama success with more co-pros
After Mama’s growing US and international box office success, David Kosse tells Screen “there are more opportunities for this kind of film,” including a sequel to Andrés Muschietti’s horror hit.
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NewsHBO working with The Killing creator
HBO sister channel Cinemax is developing a dark crime thriller from the original creator of The Killing, Søren Sveistrup.
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NewsO-Scope hires publicity chief
Charlie Olsky has been named head of publicity at Oscilloscope Laboratories and will start work in his new post on Mar 4.
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NewsQED partners on Bruce Lee film
Bill Block’s QED International will fully finance and jointly produce with Michael London’s Groundswell Productions Birth Of The Dragon.
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NewsSilver Linings players reunite
David O Russell and Jennifer Lawrence will work together again on The Ends Of The Earth, worldwide distributor The Weinstein Company announced on Tuesday [19].
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NewsElWardi joins The Solution
The popular executive has left IM Global and joins Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel’s production, financing and distribution company as head of acquisitions and development.
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NewsCBS Films find Coen Brothers
The distributor has acquired US rights to the Oscar-winning film-makers’ Inside Llewyn Davis. StudioCanal holds international sales rights. Separately, Samuel Goldwyn has boarded Home Run.
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NewsO-Scope takes Disaster to Vine
Oscilloscope Laboratories said on Tuesday [19] it had become the first film distributor to release a feature through the Twitter-owned video-looping app.
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NewsItalia-Film to fete Django
Quentin Tarantino, Christoph Waltz and Franco Nero are to be honuored on Tuesday evening [19] by the 8th Annual Los Angeles Italia-Film, Fashion and Art Fest at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
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NewsMilt Barlow to quit China Lion
Milt Barlow, CEO and founding shareholder of LA-based distributor China Lion Entertainment, is to exit the company as CEO.
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NewsTrustNordisk sells Ragnarok to US
US distributor Magnolia has acquired Mikkel Sandemose’s Ragnarok from TrustNordisk, after a three-minute promo was shown during Berlin’s EFM.
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Panorama buys It Came From Yesterday
Panorama Entertainment announced Tuesday [19] it has secured North American rights to the sci-fi horror film It Came From Yesterday.
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NewsArgo wins top WGA award
Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Searching for Sugar Man have scooped the top screenplay honours from the Writers Guild of America.
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NewsDie Hard rules US on $25m
If the return of Fox’s John McClane drew the most film-goers in North America over Presidents Day weekend, it was only slightly more edifying than a second helping of Universal’s Identity Thief.
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NewsArgo among ACE winners
The American Cinema Editors group has announced the four winners of its major theatrical feature categories.
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NewsO-Scope buys After Tiller
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired Sundance premiere After Tiller. Separately, Tribeca Film has picked up What Richard Did, The Cinema Guild has acquired Centro Historico and Viramundo and RBC Film Group and Alternate Ending Studios will release The Kill Hole.
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NewsIFC Films buys The Canyons
Paul Schrader’s crowdfunded neo-noir thriller is based on a screenplay by Bret Easton Ellis and stars Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen.