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NewsJosh Lucas joins Nicolas Cage as Medallion shoot kicks off
Nu Image is representing international rights on the action thriller, which commenced principal photography in New Orleans this week [4].
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NewsNolan to shoot third Batman film in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Film Office announced today [5] that the upcoming Warner Bros / Legendary Pictures tentpole The Dark Knight Rises will shoot in the Pennsylvania city this summer.
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NewsCinereach awards $400,000 to 13 winter grant recipients
The non-profit body said it had received more than 1,000 submissions from more than 70 countries.
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NewsDisney pushes Monsters Inc prequel into summer 2013
Disney has pushed back the release of its 14th Pixar film Monsters University from Nov 2 2012 to Jun 21 2013.
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Lincoln Center to unveil new landmark site in June
The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center will open in June in the heart of Lincoln Center’s redeveloped 16-acre campus with distribution veteran Bingham Ray as its first strategy consultant.
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NewsHutcherson, Hemsworth feel Hunger for Lionsgate
Lionsgate today [4] confirmed reports that Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth have joined Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence its spring 2012 tentpole The Hunger Games, about an annual televised fight to the death between teenagers.
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Tribeca adds Tony Kaye, Kings Of Leon doc
The world premiere of Kaye’s Detachment and a work-in-progress screening of Stephen C Mitchell’s Talihina Sky: The Story Of Kings Of Leon join the line-up.
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IMAX, Premiere Cinema Corp agree terms for Texas theatres
Three IMAX theatre systems are expected to open by the end of the year in Houston, Lubbock, and El Paso.
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NewsChina Lion prepares larger releases for three Chinese titles
The Warring States will be the company’s largest North American release, on 30+ screens.
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NewsStrategic Partners puts spotlight on Australia
Australian producers are being invited to attend the Canadian co-production market which takes place during the Atlantic Film Festival in Nova Scotia.
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Sound mixer Dennis L Maitland dies
The renowned professional’s feature credits include Moonstruck, Three Days Of The Condor, Lenny and …And Justice For All. He died in New York on Apr 1 a day after his 80th birthday.
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Valhalla, GK-TV partner on period drama series Port Royal
The one-hour television series is based on an original idea by Valhalla Entertainment’s Gale Anne Hurd and is set to go into development immediately.
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NewsHop skips to the top of US charts in $38m debut
Universal’s family film Hop featuring the voice of Russell Brand in the lead bounced to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $38.1m for the highest launch of the year-to-date.
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NewsRelativity marketing and distribution head Peter Adee to leave
In a statement issued on Friday Adee said he will leave on Jun 1 and said he had “always planned to depart when the time was right.”
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LA Asian Pacific Film Festival to screen 180 films
Running Apr 28-May 7, the festival programme includes a retrospective of cinematographer James Wong Howe and the C3 Digital Conference and will open with Fast Five.
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NewsNew Video, China Lion seal US distribution union
The partnership between the New York-based distributor and digital content aggregator and China Lion Film Distribution makes New Video the latter’s exclusive North American distributor across cable VoD, television, digital and DVD.
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Submarine sells flotilla of titles to Canada’s filmswelike
The deals include all rights in Canada to Bill Cunningham New York by Richard Press, Blank City by Celine Dahnier, The Last Mountain by Bill Haney and Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of The Toynbee Tiles by Jon Foy.
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O-Scope, Showtime acquire Sundance doc Rebirth
Jim Whitaker’s film follows the transformation of five people over 10 years after the 9/11 attacks and through time-lapse photography charts the evolution of the space where the Twin Towers once stood.
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NewsCinemaCon: DirecTV ignites premium VoD controversy
The satellite TV operator has pitched itself into the heart of a mighty clash brewing between studios and exhibitors over shrinking windows – a hitherto verboten subject at CinemaCon that reared its head on the convention’s final day.
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Vanguard, Aurelius, Maloof partner on $20m fund
The alliance creates a p&a pool for animated films and the parties have named Simon Crowe’s SC Films International as sales agent.