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UPIE appoints Emma Pemberton vp int’l new release marketing
The executive has started work and arrives from Sony, where she was based for five years as vp of international marketing and worked on campaigns for Spider-Man 3, The Da Vinci Code and Casino Royale, among others.
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Amanda Plummer joins Lionsgate’s Catching Fire
She will play Wiress in the follow-up, set for release on Nov 22, 2013.
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NewsDaniel Radcliffe speaks The F Word for eOne
Entertainment One Films has acquired international rights to the rom-com and will distribute in the UK and Canada. UTA and Jamie Feldman represent US rights.
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NewsQED International signs up for John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo
Production is scheduled to begin in October in New York on the comedy starring Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara, Vanessa Paradis and Liev Schreiber.
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NewsStudioCanal acquires Hoyts, plans local productions
StudioCanal has bought successful Australia and New Zealand distributor Hoyts Distribution of the Hoyts Group; the outfit will release last Twilight instalment in November.
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NewsPrincipal photography kicks off on Very Good Girls
Naomi Foner is directing from her own screenplay about whose plan to lose their virginity hits a bump when they fall for the same guy. Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen star. K5 International is handling international sales.
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NewsImax to convert up to 18 additional AMC theatres
The companies announced on Monday (16) they were expanding their revenue sharing partnership and have agreed on eight new installation deals.
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Phase 4 acquires North American rights to Alter Egos
Jordan Galland’s superhero comedy will be released under the company’s new “Kevin Smith’s SModcast Pictures Presents” banner.
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Sundance Institute unveils creative producing participants, Bingham Ray Fellow
Eleven projects are selected for the creative producing labs, which run from Jul 30-Aug 3. The Fellows represent five projects from the feature film programme and six from the documentary film programme and fund.
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Chris Fetner named Netflix director of content partner operations
The executive will be based at the company’s Beverly Hills offices and will manage all aspects of the digital supply chain.
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NewsBECTU, PACT negotiating employment reform amid rising tide of crew unrest
EXCLUSIVE: 100 UK hair and makeup artists join union BECTU after turbulent Les Miserables shoot, described by one as “the final straw”; 52 location managers band together.
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NewsIce Age 4 tops US on $46m, Spidey crosses $200m
An excellent weekend overall for Fox saw Blue Sky Studios’ latest animation, Ice Age: Continental Drift, open at number one on an estimated $46m for a worldwide running total of $385m.
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NewsComic-Con: Hobbit, Superman, Django wow crowds
Peter Jackson showed more than 12 minutes of footage from his two Hobbit films to close out an extravagant Warner Bros / Legendary Pictures presentation in Hall H on Saturday (14).
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NewsComic-Con: Resident Evil sparks sequel talk, Elysium mesmerises
Paul WS Anderson hinted at a sixth Resident Evil episode during a rousing Sony session that featured spectacular first-look footage from Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 follow-up Elysium as well as reels from Rian Johnson’s Looper and Len Wiseman’s Total Recall reboot.
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NewsViola Davis joins The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby
EXCLUSIVE: The Oscar nominee and William Hurt are among a handful of new additions to the project, which has begun shooting in New York.
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Ryan Kwanten to star in Sex And Sunsets for Serendipity Point
Producer Robert Lantos made the announcement on Friday (13). eOne will distribute in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the Benelux.
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NewsObituary: Richard Zanuck 1934-2012
The Oscar winning producer died on Friday (Jul 13) from a heart attack. He was 77.
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Daniel Radcliffe to grow Horns for Red Granite, Mandalay
The British actor faces his darkest role yet in the supernatural thriller. Red Granite is financing and will co-produce with Mandalay Pictures and Alexandre Aja will direct.
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NewsComic-Con: Kick-Ass 2 on runway for September shoot
UPDATE: Christopher Mintz-Plasse told Hall H attendees on Friday morning (13) that he will reprise his role in Marv Films’ action sequel, adding that “hopefully” it will commence production in September.
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NewsComic-Con: Schwarzenegger confirms Twins sequel
The former Governor of California (pictured at a previous Comic-Con) revealed on a Day One panel in San Diego that Universal Pictures and Ivan Reitman are on board and have begun the search for a writer.