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NewsThe Wolverine to be filmed in Australia
Sydney has beaten Vancouver to James Mangold’s The Wolverine, the sixth film in the X-Men franchise, principally because the Australian Government is providing a one-off cash incentive of $13.2m (A$12.8m).
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Cinedigm acquires New Video in $14m-plus deal
The resulting entity will serve as a full-service end-to-end digital releasing studio capable of acquiring and distributing content theatrically and digitally.
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NewsBenh Zeitlin to receive inaugural Graham Leggat Award
The director of Beasts Of The Southern Wild, the Sundance grand jury dramatic prizewinner that has just been announced in the Un Certain Regard line-up, will collect the honour during the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival on Apr 26.
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Jennifer Garner named CinemaCon Female Star Of The Year
Garner will next be seen in Disney’s family film The Odd Life Of Timothy Green set to open on Aug 15 about a childless couple who bury a box in their back yard containing their wishes for an infant son.
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NewsMartin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio reunite on Wolf
Red Granite has confirmed the pair will team up on the $85m-plus The Wolf Of Wall Street, their fifth collaboration after The Departed, Shutter Island, The Aviator and Gangs Of New York.
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NewsJoni Sighvatsson's Palomar options The Immortal Rules and rest of series
Joni Sighvatsson’s production company Palomar Pictures has optioned Blood of Eden, the new series from bestselling young adult author Julie Kagawa.
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Michael Pitt to star in and produce You Can’t Win
Parts & Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy and producers Robert Scarff and Zach Sebastian will partner on the project, based on adventurer Jack Black’s 1926 autobiography.
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IFC Midnight adds thriller Area 407 to pipeline
The distributor has acquired rights to North America, Latin America, France, Benelux, Turkey, Greece, East central Europe and Asia for Dale Fabrigar and Everette Wallin’s found footage sci-fi.
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NewsOpen Road takes US rights to Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
The distributor will release wide on Oct 26 the latest entry in the horror franchise from Samuel Hadida of Davis Films and Don Carmody. Lionsgate handles international sales.
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NewsPremier PR sells First Movies to Penn Schoen Berland
London-based public relations company Premier PR has sold its entertainment market research agency, First Movies, to LA based research and consulting firm Penn Schoen Berland, part of the WPP group.
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NewsMoviehouse takes on ActionFest award winner I Declare War
Sales company also working with Samaritan Entertainment on Repatriate.
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Anna Faris to receive CinemaCon Comedy Star Of Year Award
The actress will next be seen alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in Paramount’s summer release The Dictator.
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NewsSPC takes North American rights to Amour
Michael Haneke’s latest film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert and explores the aftermath of a stroke and its effect on an elderly couple.
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NewsAnchor Bay sinks teeth into North American rights on Vamps
A theatrical release is anticipated near Halloween on the Lucky Monkey Pictures and Red Hour Films project starring Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter and Sigourney Weaver. Meanwhile Strand Releasing and Oscilloscope Laboratories have picked up a pair of socially conscious documentaries.
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Vendome Pictures, Anonymous Content to produce Bastille Day
Taken director Pierre Morel will direct from Andrew Baldwin’s screenplay about an American artist who teams up with a washed up CIA operative to thwart an attack on Paris.
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NewsTremor FX's new seating technology incorporates sound mix into seat vibrations
RedSeat Entertainment and Seating Concepts have launched new Tremor FX Kinetic Seating technology for theatres.
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NewsAutlook, Films Transit to jointly handle sales on Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview
EXCLUSIVE: Feature documentary shows Bob Cringely’s 1995 interview with Jobs.
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FeaturesTribeca goes for deeper exploration
The revamped programming team of Geoffrey Gilmore, Genna Terranova and new addition Frederic Boyer builds an exciting line-up for the Tribeca Film Festival’s 11th year.
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NewsJeffrey Katzenberg to receive CinemaCon Pioneer Of The Year
Jack Black, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas will attend the Las Vegas convention to present the DreamWorks Animation CEO with his honour at a dinner on Apr 25.
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MGM, YouTube strike content deal
The studio has made more than 600 titles from its storied library available for online rental.