All United States articles – Page 1142
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NewsSearchlight to re-release Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin’s Academy Award nominee will return to select cities for a special engagement on Jan 18.
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NewsJohn Hegeman takes top QED marketing, acquisitions job
CEO Bill Block [pictured] announced on Wednesday [16] that the executive had joined QED International in the newly created role of president of worldwide marketing and acquisitions.
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NewseOne aims to release most UK films, add another territory in 2013, build on US partnerships
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Hamilton and Patrice Theroux discuss the structure of the eOne-Alliance merger; Lara Thompson, Robert Walak and Jo Sweby will lead acquistion team in Berlin.
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NewsIncognito Pictures signs on to action thriller Surrounded
The Los Angeles-based company founded by former PayPal executive Jack Selby and Scott Stone will serve as producer alongside Patrick Aiello and Industry Entertainment.
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NewsBerneys resurrect Picturehouse, line up Metallica drama
New York-based husband-and-wife team Bob and Jeanne Berney are back in business and have reopened Picturehouse four-and-a-half years after then parent company Warner Bros closed down the distributor.
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NewsDistribution: ro*co films, Zeitgeist Films, Factory 25 in action
ro*co films educational, the educational documentary distribution arm of ro*co films, will handle the non-theatrical release of How To Survive A Plague [pictured] and A Place At The Table.
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NewsShane Carruth goes it alone on Upstream Color
Shane Carruth’s company erbp will self-distribute Upstream Color, the director’s upcoming US Dramatic Competition entry and follow-up to his 2004 Grand Jury Prize-winner Primer. Meanwhile Gravitas Ventures has taken worldwide VoD and digital rights to Sound City.
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NewsRo*co Films International boards Sundance pair
EXCLUSIVE: The sales division has signed on to represent the US Documentary Competition titles After Tiller and American Promise.
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NewsMiami FF to host last River Phoenix film
Dark Blood co-starring Jonathan Pryce and Judy Davis will screen for the first time in the US at the 30th edition of the Miami International Film Festival, set to run from Mar 1-10.
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NewsVendome Pictures acquires spec script The Widow
Vendome will produce and CEO Philippe Rousselet will produce with Steve Golin and Alix Madigan of Anonymous Content.
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NewsFull Frame unveils thematic programme and tribute
This years’ Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will honour Academy Award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu with the Full Frame Tribute. The festival is set to run from Apr 4-7 in Durham, North Carolina.
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NewsOpen Road to release Machete Kills on Sept 13
Robert Rodriguez’ action sequel stars Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, Vanessa Hudgens and Mel Gibson, among others.
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NewsSXSW selects The Incredible Burt Wonderstone as opener
Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey star in the Warner Bros/New Line comedy about feuding Las Vegas musicians that will open the 20th anniversary event on Mar 8. Warner Bros will release the film a week later.
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NewsTribeca Film Institute unveils 2013 documentary grantees
The Institute also announced the inaugural TFI/ESPN Prize, an extension of the Fund that will award an annual grant of $30,000 to a work-in-progress documentary that integrates “sports, competition and athleticism” into the story.
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Further details emerge on BlancBiehn’s Hidden remake
As reported here last summer, Chilean director Patricio Valladares will direct the English-language remake of his horror film, Hidden In The Woods. Dimitri Stephanides of Paris-based WTF is handling international sales.
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NewsJosh Green leaves Emerging Pictures, forms Game 7
Ira Deutchman and Barry Rebo’s head of distribution has set up his new production and distribution services venture with film-makers Asger Hussain, Kief Davidson and Yaron Schwartzman.
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Fandor hires Liz Ogilvie as director of market programmes
The streaming service has struck recent partnerships with Cinema Guild, Brainstorm Media, Zeitgeist, Global Film Initiative and FiGa Films, among others.
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NewsBuena Vista to release Pirates 5 in July 2015
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures also announced it was pulling The Little Mermaid in the latest round of scheduling on Monday [14]. The film was set for a 3D re-release on Sept 13 this year.
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NewsVariance takes North America on Oversimplification
The distributor announced on Monday [14] it had acquired Terence Nance’s An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty.
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NewsTom Stoppard to receive WGA lifetime achievement honour
The British playwright and screenwriter will collect the 2013 Laurel Award for screen during the simultaneous East and West Coast WGA awards ceremonies on Feb 17.