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FeaturesComcastic or Comcastrophe?
US cable giant Comcast has finalised its deal for ownership of NBCUniversal — will it damage independent film production or bring more diversity?
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NewsContent Film announces territory deals on SXSW hit The Divide
Content Film has announced a slew of sales on Xavier Gens’ SXSW hit The Divide in the wake of the North American sale to Anchor Bay.
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Erik Lomis lands top distribution job at Weinstein Comapany
Lomis will serve as president of theatrical distribution and home entertainment and previously served as MGM’s president of worldwide theatrical distribution, home entertainment and acquisitions.
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Columbia to adapt Moonwalking With Einstein
Science correspondent Joshua Foer’s book chronicles his participation in the US Memory Championship.
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NewsWarner Bros shuts down international acqusitions unit
The dedicated international acquisitions division launched just over a year ago and had been developing a high-profile slate.
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NewsTribeca announces short film selection
Brendan Gleeson, Jean Reno and Eddie Marsan feature in the line-up of shorts unveiled by Tribeca today [16].
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FeaturesInt. Writers meeting room. Day
A trio of leading US screenwriters debate the status of the writer in US productions, how much influence writers can wield over specific projects and how to deal with notes. Jeremy Kay leads the discussion
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FeaturesTough times in Hollywood
Is the art of the screenwriter drowning in a sea of action blockbusters and diminishing budgets or will more writers follow in the wake of this year’s award winners, crafting screenplays with distinctive voices and sophisticated narratives? John Hazelton reports
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FeaturesCredit crunch
Is there a better method for assigning screenplay writing credits than the WGA’s controversial and complex arbitration procedures? John Hazelton talks to writers
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NewsNatural Selection wins SXSW Grand Jury prize
The Austin festival unveiled jury and audience award winners in the narrative and documentary feature, Spotlight Premieres and Emerging Visions sections on Tuesday night [15].
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NewsRobert Kessel named svp production for Matt Tolmach
Kessel most recently worked as evp production and acquisitions at Overture Films.
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NewsNigel Clark promoted to Sony president of international marketing
Clark previously served as senior executive vice-president of the department and will continue to direct the home office team overseeing Sony’s international theatrical launches.
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NewsLionsgate partners with Janet Jackson’s jdj Entertainment
In her first outing as a film producer, Jackson has signed a deal with the studio to select, develop and produce a feature project.
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NewsMitchell, Bean, Unger return to Silent Hill
The franchise’s original stars Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean and Deborah Kara Unger are returning to the horror property and will star alongside previously announced Adelaide Clemens and Kit Harington.
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NewsMichael Shannon to receive RiverRun’s Emerging Master Award
The Oscar nominated scene stealer from Revolutionary Road and Boardwalk Empire will collect the honour on Apr 11.
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FeaturesThe prize fighters
David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, who together run Mandeville Films and Television, tell Jeremy Kay about the challenges of bringing two wildly different projects — The Fighter and The Muppets — to the screen
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NewsIFC Midnight takes Wheatley's SXSW horror Kill List
The genre label said last night [14] it was in the process of acquiring North American rights to Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace follow-up which screens in Austin in the SX Fantastic sidebar.
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NewsAT&T, Magnolia team up for SXSW doc Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
AT&T becomes p&a and multi-platform distribution and marketing partner alongside Richard Abramowitz’s theatrical pipeline Abramorama as Magnolia Home Entertainment takes remaining VOD and home entertainment rights for the new documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop.
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Indian Film Festival Los Angeles to honour business trio
Sony Pictures Television Networks president Andy Kaplan, Multi Screen Media Private Limited CEO Man Jit Sing, and PVR Cinemas chairman and managing director Ajay Bilji are in line for honours.
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Gravitas picks up A Matador’s Mistress
The film formally known as Manolete stars Adrien Brody and Penelope Cruz and chornicles the life of one of Spain’s great cultural icons.