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IFTA confirms talks underway to move AFM Downtown
AFM top brass confirmed on Thursday (8) they are exploring a possible relocation of the event into the L.A. LIVE Downtown district for 2013.
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NewsWendy Reeds relocates to Hong Kong for key sales role at Tiger Gate
After four years at Lionsgate’s Santa Monica offices, the executive has been named evp of sales and distribution at Tiger Gate Entertainment, the joint venture between Lionsgate, Saban Capital Group and Tiger Gate management.
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James Mangold attached to direct Juliet
Cathy Konrad and James Mangold’s production company Tree Line Films will partner with Tom Pollock and Ivan Reitman’s Montecito Picture Company to adapt Anne Fortier’s novel Juliet.
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NewsMiramax to open London-based sales division
Joe Patrick promoted to lead worldwide sales, Danny Goldman joins team
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Alcon boards heist action thriiler Leonardo Job
Alcon Entertainment is in final negotiations to acquire, finance and produce the David Twohy screenplay The Leonardo Job.
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NewsContent to handle international sales on The Day
Doug Aarniokoski’s post-apocalyptic thriller is set to premiere in Toronto’s Midnight Madness strand on Sept 15 and stars Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell and Michael Eklund.
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FeaturesIndependent streak
Steve Bersch leads the formidable Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions team, which has made its mark on numerous indie hits in recent years. He tells Screen what they will be looking for at Toronto.
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NewsMagnolia promotes Dori Begley and Matt Cowan, opens LA office
Following the departure this week of Tom Quinn and Jason Janego to the Weinsteins’ new digital distribution venture, Begley is promoted from vp to svp of acquisitions and Cowal rises from vp to svp of marketing and publicity.
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NewsIndomina Group acquires Venice premiere Life Without Principle
Johnnie To’s latest film premiered in Venice on Wednesday (7) and tells of three characters in dire financial straits whose paths overlap when a bag containing $5m in stolen cash falls into their laps.
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NewsElias Axume to head international distribution at Maya
Axume is promoted from evp, capping a swift rise since he joined in August 2010. The company also announced that Jack Campbell has arrived from Spotlight Pictures to serve as vp of distribution.
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NewsBenedict Carver joins eOne as svp of filmed entertainment
Carver reports to Entertainment One Television president of dramatic programming Noreen Halpern and svp of worldwide acquisitions Lara Thompson.
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NewsEastwood's J Edgar to open AFI Fest on Nov 3
Clint Eastwood throws his hat into the awards race with the anticipated biopic starring Leonard DiCaprio as the enigmatic godfather of the FBI J Edgar Hoover.
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Film Movement acquires North America on French thriller Free Men
The second world war saga screens in Toronto and stars Tahar Rahim from A Prophet as a Muslim Algerian immigrant in Vichy France who joins the Resistance to save hundreds of Jews.
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Extremal teams up with Gary Pearl on financial product
Co-founder Aleck Grishkevich and Arthur De Vany have partnered with the former William Morris agent and producer Pearl and entertainment attorney Schuyler Moore.
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NewsMichael Douglas to receive Santa Barbara honour
The Oscar winning star of Wall Street will collect the 2011 Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film honour on Oct 13.
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NewsNick Broomfield’s Sarah Palin doc to get US release through Freestyle
Sarah Palin – You Betcha! will open in theatres in New York and Los Angeles on Sept 30 following its world premiere in Toronto on Sept 11.
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BAFTA LA To honour Warren Beatty in November
The Academy Award winner will collect the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence In Film on Nov 30 in Beverly Hills.
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NewsVisit Films takes TIFF premieres The Odds and Fable Of The Fish
Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales company has boarded international rights to teen murder mystery The Odds from writer-director Simon Davidson and drama Fable Of The Fish from Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr.
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City Of Men director Paulo Morelli launches Story Touch
According to its makers, the software will allow users to see the whole script on one page and provides analysis to the entire creative crew.
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NewsDomestic summer season generated record $4.4bn
Figures issued by the National Association Of Theatre Owners (NATO) on Wednesday showed an estimated 1% admissions rise over 2010.