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NewsAFI FEST unveils centrepiece galas, special screenings
Hot awards contenders The Artist, Carnage, The Lady, My Week With Marilyn and Shame (pictured) are the centerpiece galas at the imminent AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi along with Law Of Desire: An Evening With Pedro Almodovar, who is the guest director this year.
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NewsLA-based Waterman Entertainment acquires film rights to Until Tuesday
The New York Times bestseller is based on a true wartime story about the healing powers of a deep bond between a man and a dog.
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NewsMagnolia picks up US rights to Michael Cuesta drama Roadie
Michael Cuesta’s new drama stars Ron Eldard as a Blue Oyster Cult roadie who visit his mother after he gets fired and experiences a wild encounter with two old high school friends.
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Academy announces seven Nicholl screenwriting fellows
Each writer or writing team receives a $30,000 prize and will collect the first instalment at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on Nov 3.
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NewsMagnolia acquires US rights to Take This Waltz
Sarah Polley’s drama premiered recently in Toronto and stars Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby and Sarah Silverman.
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NewsLionsgate announces start of production on The Last Stand
Kim Jee-Woon’s thriller is shooting in New Mexico and Nevada and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the project, which has been a strong pre-sale title for Lionsgate.
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Rocket, Big Air Studios take North American rights to 11-11-11
The US-based distributors will partner on the release of Darren Bousman’s apocalyptic tale and appropriately enough have set the launch date for Nov 11 this year.
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NewsAaron Eckhart to play Dennis Wilson in The Drummer
Unclaimed Freight’s Randall Miller and Jody Savin, the filmmaking team behind Bottle Shock, return with a biography about the Beach Boy who drowned in Los Angeles in 1983.
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Retrace, Glass Tiger 3 to open Hungarian Film Festival
Ambassador Balazs Bokor and Bunyik Entertainment president Bela Bunyik announced on Monday (17) that the Hungarian Film Festival will take place in Los Angeles from Nov 9-18.
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NewsKino Lorber takes all US rights to Alps
Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to Dogtooth marks the second collaboration with the company which also previously released his Oscar nominated foreign language entry for Greece.
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NewsRetrace to open Hungarian Film Festival in Los Angeles
Festival runs Nov 9-18; Zsigmond to be honoured.
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Composer Rolfe Kent on board to score Gambit
Kent is best known for Sideways and Up In The Air and is the final talent piece to fall into place on the comedy, which is currently in post-production in London.
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Myriad Pictures, Future Films complete shooting on Breaking The Girl
The thriller stars Madeline Zima, Agnes Bruckner and Shawn Ashmore and is being directed by Jamie Babbit.
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NewsUK's Soda Pictures moves into US with Red Flag partnership for Norwegian Wood
New Video’s Flatiron to handle DVD/digital release in US.
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NewsLe Havre, Tyrannosaur among Chicago winners
Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre (pictured) won the Chicago International Film Festival’s international feature competition Gold Hugo for his “stylized yet very humane depiction of illegal immigration.”
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NewsReal Steel holds on to pole position in US with $16.3m
Monday’s actual results will determine whether Buena Vista’s estimate for its DreamWorks father-son drama starring Hugh Jackman was enough to fend off the lukewarm debut of Paramount’s dance remake Footloose on $16.1m. Regardless, this was another weak weekend at the domestic box office.
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AFI FEST announces more selections, Swanberg tribute
AFI Fest 2011 organisers have unveiled the selections from the Young Americans and New Auteurs strands as well as the films in the Joe Swanberg tribute. The festival is set to run from Nov 3-10.
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Magnolia takes on Gaby Dellal's Angels Crest
Magnolia Pictures has taken all US rights to Angels Crest, which premiered at Tribeca earlier this year.
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Odyssey acquires film rights to Hank The Cowdog
John Foster’s company negotiated the deal with Rising Star Studios on the children’s property and plans to create an animated feature.
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Patty Jenkins lands Thor gig for Marvel Studios
Jenkins previously directed Monster and becomes the first woman to direct a superhero film.