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Deals round-up: GoDigital goes to Circus, TLA champions Spork
GoDigital has picked up North American VoD and digital rights to You, Me & The Circus produced by Omar Epps.
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NewsIFP announces programming for Script To Screen Conference
Moneyball director Bennett Miller will take part in an on-stage conversation in the Mar 17 event, presented in partnership with WGA East, the New York Television Festival and BookExpo America.
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NewsFilm Movement takes The Day I Saw Your Heart
The French comedy stars Melanie Laurent and played in official selection at Canada’s Cinerama Film Festival and in various US festivals.
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NewsNina Jacobson recruits Brad Simpson to Color Force
Simpson produced the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid with Jacobson and has been drafted in to expand the pipeline. His appointment begins on Mar 1.
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NewsColumbia Pictures to adapt Dutch thriller Taped
Red Wagon’s Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce the English-language feature.
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Strand Releasing takes US rights to Crazy Eyes
Adam Sherman’s contemporary noir starring Lukas Haas and Madeline Zima is due to receive its world premiere at SXSW in March.
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NewsTerence Davies, Leopardrama developing Mothers of Sorrows
Davies developing adaptation of Richard McCann memoir about a US family in post-WWII Washington; Leopardrama also closes distribution deal on Swan Lake 3D.
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NewsTribeca Film picks up US rights to comedic drama Collaborator
Martin Donovan’s directorial debut stars Donovan, David Morse and Olivia Williams and will go out this summer in a multi-platform launch. eOne will handle select US home video distribution rights.
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NewsShortsHD hosts second annual award ceremony
The invitation-only event held in West Hollywood at the weekend recognised this year’s Oscar nominated short filmmakers for live action, animation and documentary categories. The lifetime achievement award was presented to Nick Park.
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NewsEnders Game shoot begins in Louisiana
Production is underway in New Orleans on Enders Game, the children’s sci-fi adventure that stars Harrison Ford, Oscar nominee Viola Davis, Ben Kingsley and Asa Butterfield from Hugo in the lead role.
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NewsUS box office surges onward as Valor debuts on $25m
The buoyant US box office showed little sign of flagging as Relativity’s combat adventure Act Of Valor stormed to the top on an estimated $25m.
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NewsIndie Spirit triumph sets up Artist for awards trifecta
The Artist on Saturday (Feb 25) cleared the final hurdle separating it from the Academy Awards finishing line, taking four major prizes at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards including best picture after Friday night’s six-strong Cesars haul.
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NewsOscar nominee Jonah Hill to receive IFF LA award
The 26th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles will present Oscar nominee Jonah Hill with the achievement in film award on opening night Mar 15.
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NewsOpen Road takes US rights to Exclusive’s End Of Watch
Tom Ortenberg has added another high profile title to the roster after acquiring David Ayer’s “mesmerizing” crime saga.
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Arctic Rabbit Pictures lines up Tell No Tales shoot
Filming on the drama is set to begin on Mar 26. Dexter’s Desmond Harrington and Prison Break’s Dominic Purcell will star and the cast includes David Zayas, Michael Nardone, Daniel Garcia and Miguel Angel Munoz.
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Miami festival to spotlight four rising international directors
The focus will be on Joong-Hyun Kim, Alejandro Landes, Pippo Mezzapesa, and Susan Youssef whose films will be presented in North America for the first time.
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NewsLincoln Center, MoMA announce New Directors / New Films line-up
The 41st annual showcase is scheduled to run from Mar 21-Apr 1 and is bookended by Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now? (pictured) and a surprise closing night selection.
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NewsDeals round-up: Wrekin Hill sets Comic-Con doc tour dates
Together with partner and merchandising specialists the National Entertainment Collectibles Association, Wrekin Hill announced on Thursday (Feb 23) that Morgan Spurlock’s Comic-Con Episode IV – A Fan’s Hope (pictured) will kick off its travelling showcase on Apr 5 in Atlanta.
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CommentSafe As Houses
The US box office so far this year has seen audiences embrace a string of star-driven thrillers and chick flicks. So why are safe, old-fashioned concepts working so well?
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NewsDoha Film Institute boards animated feature The Prophet
Directors onboard the portmanteau animated feature version of Khahil Gibran’s novel include Marjane Satrapi, Tomm Moore and Roger Allers, who will oversee the project’s narrative thread.