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NewsJodie Foster to receive Cecil B DeMille Award
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the announcement on Thursday (Nov 1).
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Bart Walker joins ICM Partners from Cinetic Media
Cinetic Media partner Bart Walker has left the company and joined ICM Partners as partner.
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Francis Lawrence to direct Hunger Games 3 and 4
The filmmaker is currently directing Catching Fire and has signed a deal to reprise his role on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and 2.
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ATX Television Festival, Final Draft announce pitch contest
The ATX Television Festival has announced its first pitch competition in collaboration with Final Draft for aspiring writers to pitch original ideas for a scripted series to top television decision makers.
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AKA and Bow Street Films form low-budget joint venture
AKA and Bow Street Films have merged to create a slate of sub-$3m films that Celluloid Nightmares will sell worldwide. First to go will be Parts Per Billion starring Frank Langella, Gena Rowlands, Rosario Dawson and Josh Hartnett.
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eOne takes multiple territories on Scorched Earth
VMI Worldwide announced on Thursday (Nov 1) that it licensed rights on the Sean Bean thriller prior to the market for the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia and Scandinavia.
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NewsMyriad talks up Wonderful Tonight with Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Seyfried
Kirk D’Amico’s Myriad Pictures will handle world sales on Castle Rock’s Wonderful Tonight to star Patrick Dempsey and Amanda Seyfried.
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NewsRoger Avary to direct Castle Wolfenstein film
Panorama Media and Samuel Hadida will partner on video game adaptation Castle Wolfenstein written and to be directed by Pulp Fiction screenwriter Roger Avary.
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NewsSimon West to direct Heat remake for SJ Pictures
Jason Statham will play the Burt Reynolds character from the original. Sierra/Affinity commenced pre-sales in earlier this year in Berlin.
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Jinga sells Sawney to Grindstone for US
Jinga’s cannibal horror Sawney sells to Grindstone for North America.
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NewsColumbia Pictures acquires US rights to Foxcatcher
The studio has also come on board to co-finance with Annapurna Pictures chief Megan Ellison, whose Panorama Media is handling international sales on Bennett Miller’s Moneyball follow-up.
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Billy Ray to deliver Nicholl keynote at Academy
Billy Ray will deliver the keynote address at the Academy Nicholl Fellowships In Screenwriting ceremony on Nov 8 in Los Angeles.
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NewsForesight lines up Rob Reiner thriller You Belong To Me
EXCLUSIVE: Harrison Ford and Zac Efron (pictured) are in advanced negotiations to star in the psychological thriller backed by Foresight Unlimited that Rob Reiner will direct.
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NewsWestEnd takes Kwanten leap
EXCLUSIVE: Sales outfit boards rom-com The Right Kind of Wrong, starring True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten [pictured].
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Breakthrough to screen Tony Gitone, Summerhood at AFM
Toronto-based Breakthrough Entertainment arrives in Santa Monica with market premiere screenings for The Resurrection Of Tony Gitone, Summerhood and Please Kill Mr Know It All.
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Radiant Films Int'l warms to Decoding Annie Parker
EXCLUSIVE: President and CEO Mimi Steinbauer will handle sales and debut footage at AFM on the drama starring Samantha Morton and Helen Hunt.
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Ariane Fraser, Delphine Perrier launch Highland Film Group slate
EXCLUSIVE: Ariane Fraser’s Highland Film Group and Delphine Perrier’s production and sales company Stonebrook International have joined forces as Highland Film Group and arrive at the AFM with a bumper sales slate led by teen assassin thriller Barely Lethal from producer Brett Ratner.
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NewsSplintered Thing sparks sales for Voltage Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage has closed key sales heading into AFM on its upcoming rom-com A Many Splintered Thing starring Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan. McG is producing with Voltage chief Nicolas Chartier and production is set to begin in Los Angeles on Saturday (Nov 3).
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FeaturesChris McGurk
The chairman and CEO of Cinedigm Entertainment Group tells Jeremy Kay about helping exhibitors fill empty seats.
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FeaturesRick Carter
An interview with the Oscar-winning production designer from newly published book Production Design.