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Miramax launches Middle East Facebook App
Miramax CEO Michael Lang made the announcement at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Glenn Close with career achievement
The star of Albert Nobbs and current awards season contender will collect the honour at the festival’s awards gala on Jan 7.
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NewsJameson works with Spacey, Trigger Street to launch shorts competition
Winner of Jameson First Shot will receive the opportunity to direct Kevin Spacey and work with his award-winning Trigger Street Productions.
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NewsContent takes on Mike Figgis' erotic thriller Suspension of Disbelief
Production will start in early 2012.
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John Stockwell to direct Bin Laden thriller Code Name Geronimo for Voltage
The director of Turistas, Dark Tide and Into The Blue will base the action on a screenplay by Kendall Lampkin. Voltage will commence pre-sales at the AFM next week.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils Pedro Almodovar selections
The guest director has curated a line-up of classics “because in some way, albeit tangentially, they have a relationship with my present.”
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John Cusack joins The Numbers Station for Content
Malin Akerman will also star in the action thriller, which Kasper Barfoed is scheduled to start directing in mid-November. Content will commence pre-sales at the AFM next week.
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NewsSarah Eaton named head of media relations at Sundance
The former vp of communications for the Sundance Channel steps into the post vacated earlier this year by Brooks Addicott.
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Lightning Entertainment boards seven sales titles for AFM
The Santa Monica-based company has added a new line-up for next week’s market including the Stephen Dorff thriller Brake.
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NewsWell Go USA picks up Korean Oscar submission
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to The Front Line from director Jang Hun.
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NewsMagnolia acquires US rights to 360
The distributor’s latest buy from the recent Toronto International Film Festival means it will release Fernando Meirelles’ drama in theatres in 2012 followed by an Ultra VOD launch.
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NewsMcQueen's Shame gets NC-17 rating from MPAA
In a move that will come as no surprise to anyone, Steve McQueen’s tale of a lonely sex addict will go out with an NC-17 certificate for scenes containing sexually explicit content.
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NewsRiver Road boards McQueen’s Slave; Summit takes AFM sales
Bill Pohlad’s River Road Entertainment has joined Plan B as producer and will finance Twelve Years A Slave from red-hot Steve McQueen (pictured). Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt and McQueen regular Michael Fassbender to star.
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NewsFocus Features International brings Nero Fiddled to AFM
Alison Thompson will introduce buyers to the eternally prolific Woody Allen’s latest film, his first to be financed by Medusa Film which wrapped production in Rome over the summer.
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FilmFunds launches web-based filmmaker tools
The LA-based company which nurtures an online community to help filmmakers realise their projects has unveiled a slate of tools to build on its pre-existing products like the real-time Emotional ID (EID) and image recognition.
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FeaturesMost wanted
Stephen and Simon Cornwell, the sons of writer John le Carré, tell Screen why their company Ink Factory (with Rhodri Thomas) is following the models used by Unknown and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to produce a slate of upscale thrillers with global appeal out of Europe
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NewsLily Collins joins Artina Films’ The English Teacher
Julianne Moore, Greg Kinnear, Nathan Lane and Michael Angarano star in the comedy about a repressed high school teacher who runs into trouble when she stages a former star pupil’s play.
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Film Independent announces projects for 11th annual Producers Lab
Karin Chien, Ted Kroeber, Gina Kwon and Meg LeFauve are the instructors for the seven-week Producers Lab in Los Angeles.
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NewsWroclaw's Gotham In Progress selects 11 projects
Projects come from US directors and producers including Karin Chien, John Maringouin and Tim Kirkman.
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NewsRecord $54m domestic launch for Paranormal Activity 3
No September or October release has grossed more in its opening weekend as Blumhouse Productions and Paramount’s well-reviewed horror sequel crushed all comers.