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NewsHighland Film Group boards int'l sales on Revenge For Jolly!
Arianne Fraser’s company will introduce the dark comedy to buyers in Cannes following its Tribeca world premiere. Jolly! is one of three productions planned for this year by Atlas Entertainment subsidiary Atlas Independent.
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Endgame, FilmDistrict acquire rights to sci-fi thriller script Selfless
The companies will co-finance and reunite with producer Ram Bergman, their partner on the upcoming sci-fi release Looper. FilmDistrict will handle US distribution.
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Sahar Elhabashi named evp COO at Conde Nast Entertainment Group
Elhabashi will oversee administrative, financial and strategic planning across all sectors of the division, including feature films, television, digital and distribution. The appointment is effective immediately.
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NewsMan stays top in US, Hunger Games crosses $600m global
Screen Gems’ rom-com Think Like A Man grossed an estimated $18m for an excellent $61m. Overall box office fell around 30% against the same weekend last year, although things should pick up when The Avengers opens.
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NewsWorld premiere of Grassroots to close Seattle Int’l Film Festival
Stephen Gyllenhaal’s comedy stars Jason Biggs and will bookend the festival with the previously announced opening night screening of Lynn Shelton’s Your Sister’s Sister (pictured). The festival is set to run from May 17-Jun 10.
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Hammer options Winchester haunted house story
The Exclusive Media subsidiary will develop and produce with Imagination Design Works (IDW) and Nine/8 Entertainment.
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NewsWar Witch, Una Noche triumph at 11th Tribeca Film Festival
The $25,000 Founders Award for Best narrative feature went to War Witch by Kim Nguyen.
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NewsAndy Garcia, Vera Farmiga to star in Admissions
Garcia will also produce the rom-com through his CineSon Productions. Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group arranged financing and represents domestic rights while Film Bridge International handles sales on the rest of the world.
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Seattle to celebrate careers of Spacek, Friedkin
Sissy Spacek will receive the Outstanding Achievement In Acting award on Jun 7 at SIFF. Spacek is best known for her roles in Carrie and most recently The Help.
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NewsLone Scherfig attached to direct Orange for Ruby, Focus
EXCLUSIVE: The adaptation of Tim Guest’s memoir My Life In Orange, about his childhood in an Indian commune, is curently in development.
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FeaturesFred Schepisi
The New York- and Melbourne-based director talks about The Eye of The Storm, his first Australian film in 22 years.
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Bye Bye Blondie to close Inside Out Toronto LBGT on May 27.
The The North American premiere follows two women who struggle to revive their relationship after years of separation and change.
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NewsK5 captures The Reluctant Fundamentalist
K5 boards director Mira Nair’s thriller starring Kate Hudson, Riz Ahmed and Kiefer Sutherland.
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NewsLambert Media partners, William Johnson launch Demarest Films
Lambert Media Group’s Michael Lambert and Sam Englebardt have teamed up with investor William D Johnson to provide senior and gap loans and preferred equity on film and TV projects
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New York Film Festival co-founder Amos Vogel dies
The academic and champion of American film culture has died in New York. He was 91.
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NewsNadine de Barros to join Jere Hausfater at Aldamisa Int’l
The former Voltage Pictures senior executive arrives on May 3 as president of international sales and distribution and will get to work on a Cannes slate that includes the Sin City and Machete sequels.
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Inaugural Look East: Korean Film Festival hits Hollywood in June
The festival will run from Jun 23-24 and features South Korean screenings and VIP events. Hyundai Motors is the lead sponsor.
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Wolfe Releasing takes US rights to Gayby
Jonathan Lisecki’s SXSW comedy will open theatrically later this year in partnership with The Film Collaborative following a low six-figure deal.
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NewsCinemaCon: Paramount trumpets One Shot, G.I. Joe 2, Dictator
The first studio presentation of CinemaCon 2012 featured a surprise appearance by Sacha Baron Cohen in support of the May 16 release of his new comedy The Dictator.
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IFC Midnight takes North America on Room 237
Rodney Ascher’s documentary concerns the theories surrounding Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic The Shining.