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NewsFantastic Fest: Magnet finds Devil, Tribeca gets Wicked
Magnet made the announcement about Here Comes The Devil at its US premiere in Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, following the recent world premiere in Toronto.
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Cinedigm Entertainment Group acquires Love, Marilyn
The US DVD-Digital-VOD rights deal follows the world premiere of Liz Garbus’ documentary Toronto earlier in the month.
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NewsLouis Phillips joins Focus as evp physical production
Phillips [pictured] recently served as a production consultant at Lionsgate and was a co-producer on The Hunger Games and What To Expect When You’re Expecting.
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NewsOpen Road Films, Endgame partner on A Haunted House
IM Global’s Octane genre label financed and produced the horror spoof and Open Road plans to release the film nationwide in the US on Jan 11 2013 with a P&A commitment from Endgame’s fund and Open Road.
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NewsLincoln, Hitchcock slot into awards race starters blocks
AFI FEST announced on Thursday (20) that the world premiere of DreamWorks-Fox’s Lincoln will close the festival on Nov 8, two weeks before Fox Searchlight drops Hitchcock into the race with a Nov 23 platform release. Looking ahead to next year’s contest, Warner Bros has set a May 10 2013 ...
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NewsDistribution round-up: Toronto’s Frances Ha, The Last Gladiator
IFC Films announced on Thursday (20) it will release Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha in North and Latin America, while Phase 4 has acquired Alex Gibney’s ice hockey documentary The Last Gladiator.
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NewsJohn Travolta eyes Vince Lombardi biopic, John Woo’s The Killer
John Travolta discusses next projects at the opening of the Zurich Film Festival, including a potential reunion with Face/Off director John Woo.
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NewsRoger Ebert to receive Sundance Institute Vanguard Award
Robert Redford will personally present the Vanguard Leadership Award to Ebert [pictured] “in recognition of his advocacy of independent cinema”.
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NewsBreaking Glass Pictures to launch UK distributor
The new operation under the stewardship of CEO Richard Wolff and co-president Richard Ross plans to debut several titles a month including theatrical releases.
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NewsIFC Films closes US deal for rights to Inescapable
The latest domestic deal from Toronto is understood to have closed last week following a tepid festival in terms of horse-trading that was shaped by cautious buyers and the variable quality of acquisition titles.
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NewsDemarest to finance, co-produce Two Night Stand
Sam Englebardt, Michael Lambert, and William D Johnson’s financing and production company will produce the rom-com alongside Beau Flynn and Ruben Fleischer. The Solution Entertainment Group is handling international sales.
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NewsScreen Media acquires exclusive rights to Media 8 library
The company will begin promoting its new catalogue at MIPCOM in October and closed the deal in the wake of Media 8’s ongoing restructure.
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NewsCharles Roven promotes Atlas Entertainment executives
Andy Horwitz [pictured] goes from creative executive at the production company to vp, while director of development Jake Kurily is also named vp.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Foundation unveils writing finalists
The five entrants in the 2012 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, now in its 57th year, prevailed from a pool of more than 250 submissions from eight University Of California campuses.
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NewsICG event to fete quartet of honourees
The International Cinematographers Guild is set to host a special lunch in Los Angeles on Sept 28.
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NewsRobin Swicord elected to Academy board of governors
The Oscar nominee for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, which she co-wrote with Eric Roth, will fill the seat left vacant following the death of Frank Pierson.
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Producers line up Chicago shoot on Warren
Mark Hannah and Caliber Media are teaming up to produce the coming-of-age story Warren. Alex Beh will star and directs from his own screenplay.
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NewsAcademy switches nominations date in front of Globes
Nominations will now be unveiled on Jan 10 2013 – five days earlier than previously announced and – crucially – three days before the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) 70th annual Golden Globes.
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NewsCMG swoops on international sales rights to Still
Edward Noeltner’s Los Angeles-based Cinema Management Group announced the development hot on the heels of Samuel Goldwyn Films’ US acquisition.