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Legendary East unveils Ed Zwick adventure as first project
Zwick will direct The Great Wall and is co-writing with longtime writing and producing partner Marshall Herskovitz based on a story by Legendary Entertainment chairman and CEO Thomas Tull and Max Brooks.
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Ben Stiller to receive BAFTA LA’s Charlie Chaplin comedy award
The actor will collect the honour at the 2011 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards on Nov 30 in Beverly Hills.
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NewsBeth Minehart, Dylan Wilcox swell ranks at Miramax Films
In two significant hires that speak to the company’s ambitions, CEO Mike Lang (pictured) has brought on NBC Universal’s former evp of international new media Minehart and installed Universal’s former director of acquisitions Wilcox.
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NewsUniversal signs production deal with Justin Lin’s Barnstorm
Hot on the heels of the $607m global smash Fast Five the studio has wasted little time cementing a formal partnership with the filmmaker and announced that the Lin-directed Fast And Furious 6 will open on May 24, 2013.
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Shooting begins on comedy 21 And Over
The Hangover and The Change Up writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore will direct from their own screenplay. Mandeville Films is producing in association with Richard Branson’s Virgin Produced and Relativity will handle worldwide distribution.
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Production underway on Big Beach Johnny Knoxville comedy
Knoxville and Patton Oswalt star in Todd Rohal’s untitled follow-up to this year’s Sundance entry The Catechism Cataclysm.
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NewsBerlinger, Sinofsky shoot footage as West Memphis 3 freed
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory already lined up for Toronto premiere.
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Hannibal Classics sails to Toronto with $25m WWII naval project
USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage recounts the story of a rescue mission to salvage a terrifying weapon on board the stricken US battleship.
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Carmike Cinemas acquires three Atlanta-area theatres from MNM Theatres
Carmike Cinemas acquires three Atlanta-area theatres from MNM Theatres
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ARPA unveils 30-strong roster for September festival
The annual ARPA International Film Festival will take place from Sept 22-24 in Hollywood and will open with Braden King’s Sundance premiere Here starring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal.
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Miramax partners with Facebook on digital delivery
CEO Mike Lang has cut his latest deal in ongoing efforts to promote the storied library following pacts earlier in the summer with Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and iTunes.
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NewsProlific film and TV director Reza Badiyi dies, aged 81
The Iranian-born, US-based director set a record for directing the most hours of episodic series television.
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NewsDisney thrills convention with news of two new Pixar films
The studio revealed all to attendees at weekend’s D23 / Expo event in Anaheim, California.
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Roy Matalon named president of int'l sales and distribution at Nu Image
The executive replaces Christian Mercuri, who has left for start-up Red Granite International and will be joined by Nu Image principal Danny Dimbort at the end of the year. Matalon previously served 14 years at New Regency as svp of distribution of domestic and international theatrical, home entertainment and television.
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First Run Features picks up US rights to CIA documentary
Carl Colby’s The Man Nobody Knew: In Search Of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby will open exclusively at the Lincoln Plaza in New York on Sept 23.
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NewsRidley Scott, Alcon plan Blade Runner follow-up
The filmmakers did not say whether the theatrical project would be a prequel or sequel to the 1982 cult sci-fi.
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NewsPayne's The Descendants to close New York Film Festival
Alexander Payne’s new feature starring George Clooney will round out the event on Oct 16 following its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsNetflix said to be targeting Far East launch for late 2012
Following Tuesday’s revelation about Spain the company continues to plot its rapid streaming-only global deployment and aims to be operational in select Asian territories by the end of next year, people with knowledge of the situation have told Screen.
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NewsDeauville announces line-up, additional premieres
Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain to receive Deauville’s Un Nouvel Hollywood award, feting upcoming American acting talent.
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Cinematographer Johnny E Jensen joins Dodge College faculty
Jensen, whose credits include The Godfather and An Officer And A Gentleman, brings 40 years of experience to his new role at Chapman University’s Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts.