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NewsNew Star Wars trilogy to be 'stand-alone' films
The Walt Disney Company is to explore Star Wars spin-off films based on individual characters from the overarching property.
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NewsLionsgate to bring Reese Witherspoon Sudan drama to EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate International will commence pre-sales at the EFM on Black Label Media, Imagine Entertainment and Reliance Entertainment’s Lost Boys Of Sudan drama The Good Lie starring Reese Witherspoon.
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NewsMagnolia picks up Europa Report
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights from CAA to the sci-fi film Europa Report starring Sharlto Copley. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales at the EFM.
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NewsDreamWorks Studios boosts international distribution
DreamWorks Studios has struck 10 further output deals under its representation arrangement with David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment.
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NewsCinedigm and NATO team for digital drive-in push
Cinedigm and the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) announced yesterday that they are joining forces to bring digital technology to drive-in movie theatres.
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NewsLegend3D secures $8m funding
Visual effects and conversion company Legend3D announced this week [Feb 4] that it had closed an $8m Series B Preferred Stock offering.
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NewsDartmouth to release Plague in UK
Ro*co Films has struck a deal with Dartmouth Films to release How To Survive A Plague in the UK. Sundance Selects previously released the Oscar-nominated documentary in the US.
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NewsJames Cameron wins Avatar "theft" lawsuit
Twentieth Century Fox announced on Tuesday [5] that James Cameron has won a lawsuit against Gerald Morawski, who claimed that the film-maker had used his ideas to create Avatar.
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Film Independent names Directing Lab participants
Film Independent has announced eight selections for the 12th Annual Independent Directing Lab.
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NewsPopulaire, Day Of The Crows among Rendez-Vous line-up
The 18th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society Of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films’ annual showcase French cinema, will run in New York from Feb 28-Mar 10.
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NewsFocus takes worldwide rights to Kill The Messenger
Focus Features International will commence sales at EFM this week on the Jeremy Renner investigative journalist thriller. The domestic division will release the film in the US.
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NewsBleiberg strikes deal with wrestling star Steve Austin
EXCLUSIVE: Bleiberg Entertainment has struck a two-film deal with wrestling star Steve Austin and will introduce the projects via its Compound B genre label to EFM buyers in Berlin this week.
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Cinedigm, Voltage sign output deal with Rapid Eye
Cinedigm and Voltage Pictures have signed a three-year, five-film output deal with Marco Weber’s new genre label Rapid Eye Film.
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Paula Weinstein joins Tribeca Enterprises
Producer Paula Weinstein has been named evp of Tribeca Enterprises where she will focus on overseeing the organisation’s international partnerships.
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NewsAtom Egoyan’s Queen of the Night adds Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood has joined the cast of Atom Egoyan’s psychological thriller Queen Of The Night, which begun principal photography on Monday [4] in Sudbury, Ontario. eOne Films will distribute in Canada and handles international sales.
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NewsIncognito and Intuition team for Hitsville
Jack Selby and Scott Stone’s LA-based Incognito Pictures and Madrid’s Intuition Films have teamed up to produce the genre film Hitsville.
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NewsEye on Films, Dailymotion launch online film season
Catalogue of films to be screened for free on the first Monday of every month.
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NewsGood Films to adapt police corruption book LAbyrinth
Good Films, the UK production company founded by Miriam Segal, has acquired the rights to LAbyrinth, Randall Sullivan’s investigative tome into police and political corruption in Los Angeles.
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NewsWreck-It Ralph smashes Annies
Disney’s Oscar-nominated Wreck-It Ralph smashed the competition at the 40th Annie Awards, winning five trophies including best animated film.
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NewsHighland taking The Culling to EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Highland Film Group (HFG) will commence worldwide sales in Berlin on Silver Lining Media Group’s supernatural thriller The Culling.