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NewsBreaking Glass Pictures to launch UK distributor
The new operation under the stewardship of CEO Richard Wolff and co-president Richard Ross plans to debut several titles a month including theatrical releases.
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NewsIFC Films closes US deal for rights to Inescapable
The latest domestic deal from Toronto is understood to have closed last week following a tepid festival in terms of horse-trading that was shaped by cautious buyers and the variable quality of acquisition titles.
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NewsDemarest to finance, co-produce Two Night Stand
Sam Englebardt, Michael Lambert, and William D Johnson’s financing and production company will produce the rom-com alongside Beau Flynn and Ruben Fleischer. The Solution Entertainment Group is handling international sales.
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NewsScreen Media acquires exclusive rights to Media 8 library
The company will begin promoting its new catalogue at MIPCOM in October and closed the deal in the wake of Media 8’s ongoing restructure.
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NewsCharles Roven promotes Atlas Entertainment executives
Andy Horwitz [pictured] goes from creative executive at the production company to vp, while director of development Jake Kurily is also named vp.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Foundation unveils writing finalists
The five entrants in the 2012 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, now in its 57th year, prevailed from a pool of more than 250 submissions from eight University Of California campuses.
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NewsICG event to fete quartet of honourees
The International Cinematographers Guild is set to host a special lunch in Los Angeles on Sept 28.
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NewsRobin Swicord elected to Academy board of governors
The Oscar nominee for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, which she co-wrote with Eric Roth, will fill the seat left vacant following the death of Frank Pierson.
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Producers line up Chicago shoot on Warren
Mark Hannah and Caliber Media are teaming up to produce the coming-of-age story Warren. Alex Beh will star and directs from his own screenplay.
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NewsAcademy switches nominations date in front of Globes
Nominations will now be unveiled on Jan 10 2013 – five days earlier than previously announced and – crucially – three days before the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) 70th annual Golden Globes.
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NewsCMG swoops on international sales rights to Still
Edward Noeltner’s Los Angeles-based Cinema Management Group announced the development hot on the heels of Samuel Goldwyn Films’ US acquisition.
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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.