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Millennium Films acquires Guys Night
The company plans a spring 2012 production start on the story of four directionless men who head off to an island off the coast of New Jersey where supposedly anything goes.
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NewsAnnual Romanian Film Festival to open with Oscar submission Morgen
In its new home the Film Society of Lincoln Center Romanian festival will feature retrospectives of Liviu Ciulei and Radu Muntean
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NewsEntertainment One, Impossible Pictures sign co-development deal
The two companies will develop a slate of factual television projects for the UK, US and Canadian markets.
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Lee Papert named president, CEO of the Dallas Film Society
The new arrival takes over from Tanya Foster and starts work as president and CEO on Dec 5.
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NewsThanksgiving audiences reward Twilight with $42m US hold
The Twilight instalment boosted its running total to $22.1m after the second weekend, holding off a trio of family-friendly entries over Thanksgiving led by The Muppets (pictured).
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NewsMarc Butan said to have joined Annapurna Pictures as COO
The executive producer of The Grey (pictured) is understood to have come on board Megan Ellison’s finance and production house following the recent departure of Rob Barnum.
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NewsFinance company 120dB Films unveils $107m fund
The ambitious lender has partnered with an unnamed Fortune 500 property casualty insurance company on the venture which puts it in a position to compete with the larger boutique lenders and commercial banks.
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NewsSundance London to open with Redford, Burnett on stage
The inaugural music and film festival will open on Apr 26 with an on-stage conversation between Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford and T Bone Burnett, moderated by British author Nick Hornby.
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NewsPSIFF to honour The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius
The writer-director will collect the Sonny Bono Visionary Award during the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) awards gala on Jan 7.
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NewsUPIP shakeup continues as Clare Wise leaves
EXCLUSIVE: Universal continues to pare back international production division as evp leaves company
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NewsCanada's Fantasia film festival launches international co-production market
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has announced details of a new international co-production and contents market that will launch at the 16th edition in July 2012.
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NewsMichelle Williams to receive PSIFF Desert Palm award
The actress is drawing awards buzz for her starring role as Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn and will collect the actress achievement award at the gala show in Palm Springs on Jan 7, 2012.
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IFC Midnight picks up US rights to The Corridor from XYZ Films
First-time director Evan Kelly’s sci-fi thriller has won several awards including both the Gold Audience Choice award for Best Canadian Film and AMD award for screenplay at Fantasia 2011.
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NewsNetMovies, Miramax sign streaming deal for Brazil
Brazil’s largest online film and TV series subscription service adds Miramax titles to streaming service
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NewsNYFCC to announce nominations via Twitter on new Nov 29 date
The move from the original date of Nov 28 means New York critics will be able to accommodate Sony’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, which begins its first screenings on Nov 28. Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close however will not screen in time for consideration.
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NewsNot Waving wins $60,000 post-production award at Wroclaw's first Gotham In Progress
American filmmakers screened 11 projects to European sales companies and distributors, at the first edition of the event running alongside Wroclaw’s American Film Festival.
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NewsBreaking Dawn eclipses North American box office on $140m
The Twilight express rolled back into town with the fifth biggest domestic opening weekend in history on an estimated $139.5m – a tremendous achievement that ranks one place behind New Moon on $142.8m.
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NewsAction comedy Outrun finds US, international buyers
Open Road will distribute Dax Shepard’s caper in the US in 2012 while a slew of deals have closed outside North America following a strong market launch at AFM by Exclusive Films International.
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NewsGeorge Clooney to receive PSIFF’s Chairman’s Award
The star of awards season contenders The Descendants and The Ides Of March will collect the annual honour at the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala on Jan 7.
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NewsDwayne Johnson learns Monster’s Hunt Survival Guide
The former wrestling star is attached to star in the comic book adaptation that Simon Kinberg will produce through his Genre Films label.