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NewsUniversal moves back Les Miserables to Dec 25
The switch means that the studio’s classic adaptation joins Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained as the last of the expected Oscar contenders to open in North American theatres this year.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman to direct Ezekiel Moss
The Oscar wining actor, currently earning rave reviews for his performance in The Master, will direct the Depression Era ghost story for Likely Story and Mandalay Pictures.
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NewsLegendary Entertainment promotes Marlin Prager to CFO
The executive has been with the company since 2005 and previously held the position of svp of finance.
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NewsGong Li to star in The Last Empress
The China-US co-production involving Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Film Studios is scheduled to begin shooting in the fourth quarter of 2013.
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NewsSlated unveils roster of strategic alliances
The online private marketplace for film financing and dealmaking has struck a slew of partnerships with companies involved in every step of the film-making process.
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Obit: Sandy Mandelberger
The editor-in-chief of Film Professional died on Aug 29 following a nine-year battle with cancer. He was 57.
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Inside Pictures announces 16 selected for LA trip
The European film industry business training programme has brought over the producers and executives for a series of meetings with senior Hollywood executives that runs from Sept 17-21.
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NewsFox releases Prometheus early through Digital HD start-up
The new service from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will allow download of more than 600 Fox films in the US on Amazon, CinemaNow, Google Play, iTunes, PlayStation, VUDU, Xbox Live and YouTube.
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NewsArbitrage to open Abu Dhabi
Sundance hit Arbitrage to open the Abu Dhabi Film Festival; festival to include Algerian films sidebar; programme announced September 25.
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NewsConstantin, Nordisk among DreamWorks output partners
The studio and its new strategic partner Mister Smith pulled back the curtain on more of their international distribution strategy on Monday (17) after signing a number of multi-year deals in Toronto.
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NewsSan Francisco Film Society names screenplay winners
Screenwriting partners Maryam Keshavarz [pictured] and Paolo Marinou-Blanco receive this year’s $15,000 SFFS/Hearst Screenwriting Grant for The Last Harem.
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Cinema Audio Society embraces animation sound mixing
President David E Fluhr announced changes on Monday (17) to the Society’s (CAS) awards categories as well as additions to those sound mixers eligible for CAS Awards.
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NewsLionsgate, StudioCanal extend distribution deal in Germany, Austria, including Mockingjay part 1 and 2
StudioCanal to handle Mockingjay part 1 and 2 and “other films” on the Lionsgate slate in Germany and Austria.
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NewsRetribution rules US though $21m launch
The latest entry in the hit Resident Evil global franchise opened well enough to secure number one spot above Buena Vista’s re-release of one of Pixar’s most enduring stories Finding Nemo, replete with a 3D retro-fit.
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NewsRoadside salutes Emperor, SPC finds Wadjda, Patience Stone
A flurry of Toronto acquisitions emerged at the weekend as the festival neared its conclusion.
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Silver Linings Playbook, On The Road to open Mill Valley
David O Russell’s crowdpleaser and Walter Salles’ Jack Kerouac adaptation will open the festival on Oct 4 in Marin County, California. Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi will close the event.
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Lincoln Centre appoints programming duo
Kent Jones joins as director of programming at the New York Film Festival and Robert Koehler is named director of programming, year-round.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films falls for Toronto drama Still
Michael McGowan’s story about a couple in their twilight years stars James Cromwell and Geneviève Bujold and will open in 2013.
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NewsToronto deals: Magnolia buys Teapot, Cinedigm finds Play
As the Toronto deals continued to come in, Magnolia Pictures announced on Friday (14) it had taken North American rights to The Brass Teapot.
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NewsGraham King returns to Warner Bros
The Oscar winning producer has signed an exclusive first-look deal for one year with his frequent studio partner.