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Haxan Films, Amber Entertainment to shoot Exists
The Blair Witch Project co-director Eduardo Sanchez is directing the horror-thriller about friends who encounter Bigfoot in the woods.
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Laura Linney to receive Dallas Star Award
Top brass at the Dallas International Film Festival also confirmed that Josh Radnor’s previously announced Liberal Arts will play as the opening night screening, while Todd Louiso’s Hello I Must Be Going and Marius A Markevicius’ The Other Dream Team earn Centerpiece slots.
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NewsRed Granite to handle sales on Out Of The Furnace
President of international sales Danny Dimbort and co-president Christian Mercuri will begin talks with buyers in Cannes on Scott Cooper’s gritty follow-up to Crazy Heart. Relativity Media holds US rights.
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Dogwoof takes on sales for guitarist doc Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet
Film won awards at Cinequest and now headed for Full Frame and HotDocs.
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Amy Brenneman, Jess Weixler join romance Look Of Love
As previously announced Annette Bening, Ed Harris and Robin Williams are on board the Mockingbird Pictures project. Exclusive Media handles international sales and will be actively pre-selling in Cannes.
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FeaturesLee Hirsch
Fresh from the successful limited release of Bully in the US, director Lee Hirsch talks to Screen about his childhood battle with bullying, the filming of his documentary and the ratings fight with the MPAA.
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NewsAlesia Weston to head Jerusalem Film Center
Finally white smoke comes out at the Jerusalem Film Center (JFC). After many long months of deliberation, the board of directors has named its new head of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, the Israeli Film Archive and the Jerusalem Film Festival.
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NewsLegendary Entertainment completes $278m refinance
The amount comprises $128m in new financing from new and existing investors and a $150m credit facility structured and arranged by JPMorgan, Bank Of America, Royal Bank Of Canada and UBS.
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Michelle Pfeiffer joins CinemaCon honourees
The star of Warner Bros’ upcoming gothic comedy Dark Shadows will collect the 2012 Cinema Icon Award in Las Vegas on Apr 26.
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Zeitgeist takes China Heavyweight, RT gets Dylan's Blood
The distributor brokered the US rights deal to Yung Chang’s latest film with EyeSteelFilms.
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NewsParamount, YouTube strike online rental deal
Despite ongoing legal action between parent companies Viacom and Google over an alleged piracy incident stemming back to 2006, the companies said YouTube would make close to 500 titles available online.
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NewsKaty Perry 3D documentary to be released in July
Part Of Me looks at the superstar’s life on- and off-stage.
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NewsStephanie Denton to head int’l at Indomina Releasing
The veteran of Lionsgate and Lakeshore among others joins in the run-up to Cannes and will take charge of a slate that includes Sundance titles Something From Nothing from Ice-T and Bart Layton’s acclaimed documentary-thriller The Imposter (pictured).
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Scott Steindorff, Andy Kleinman launch Stone Village Media
Kleinman, a former general manager at the social gaming company Zynga, has come on board the new media marketing and distribution venture and will lead it in his capacity as chief business officer.
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NewsExclusive Media to play The Odds with John Lesher
The company is reuniting with its End Of Watch collaborator and has optioned all rights to Stewart O’Nan’s novel The Odds: A Love Story.
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NewsRedford’s new Sundance Productions lines up Watergate doc
Robert Redford and producing partner Laura Michalchyshyn’s venture will focus on television and multimedia content.
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NewsAmy Beecroft to head distribution at Solar Pictures
The executive most recently served as svp of international sales at FilmNation and has worked on such films as The King’s Speech, Sanctum, The Road and Rian Johnson’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Looper.
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Bill Straus launches sales agency BGP in New York
The former New Line executive and producer kicks off his boutique domestic operation with the upcoming Tribeca premiere The Playroom starring John Hawkes.
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Deals round-up: Dark Castle, After Dark prepare action slate
Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Home Entertainment and Courtney Solomon’s After Dark Films will release an initial wave of five action films under the label After Dark Action.
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RLJ Acquisition buys Image Entertainment, Acorn Media Group
RLJ Companies chairman and Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L Johnson said the newly created RLJ Entertainment would become one of the largest independent digital and video content distributors in the world.