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NewsSPRI chief Mark Zucker steps down after 36-year career
The approachable, hard-working senior executive was the architect of such international hits as the Spider-Man series and The Da Vinci Code. Steven O’Dell is promoted to president of Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI).
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Strategy PR/Consulting hires two more executives
Cynthia Swartz founder and president announced on Wednesday (19) that LA-based Emily Lu and New York’-based Lindsay Stevens have come on board.
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New York Film Critics Circle moves up voting date
In a move that will set the cat among the pigeons, the group is attempting to steal a march on rival bodies and announced on Wednesday (19) it will hold the annual vote on Nov 28.
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NewsGuy Stodel to head production at Vendome Pictures
Following the recent releases of Vendome’s Source Code (pictured) and Larry Crowne, the company has announced a weighty hire in the shape of the veteran producer and former New Line executive who briefly led Paramount Vantage after serving as its head buyer.
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NewsHSI Films brings Carnaval starring John Cusack, Johnny Knoxville to AFM
HSI Films president Eric Christenson will commence pre-sales at AFM on the comedy directed by Josh Stern.
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NewsEFP to screen 12 European Oscar submitted films during AFM
European Film Promotion (EFP) will screen 12 European submissions for the foreign language Oscar during the American Film Market (AFM), Nov 2-9, in the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills.
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NewsAnne Hathaway confirmed for Les Miserables film
Working Title/Universal production will be directed by Tom Hooper.
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NewsBingham Ray named San Francisco Film Society executive director
The indie veteran succeeds the late Graham Leggat and his appointment is effective from Nov 7.
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NewsYellow Bird's Gray talks about importance of producer-author relationships
The Sweden-based producer says that the US version of Headhunters could shoot as soon as 2012.
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Rainmaker, Jane Startz to make two animated features
Canadian CG animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment and family entertainment company Jane Startz will partner on Tiger’s Apprentice and Far Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane.
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CinemaCon announces 2012 dates for Las Vegas
The 2012 event — the second under the guise of CinemaCon since ShoWest was phased out — will return to Caesars Palace from Apr 23-26.
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Tristen Tuckfield joins Millennium Entertainment as director of acquisitions
The executive arrives from Samuel Goldwyn Films, where she served as the manager of acquisitions and development. Tuckfield and fellow director of acquisitions Vincent Scordino will report to CEO Bill Lee.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils centrepiece galas, special screenings
Hot awards contenders The Artist, Carnage, The Lady, My Week With Marilyn and Shame (pictured) are the centerpiece galas at the imminent AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi along with Law Of Desire: An Evening With Pedro Almodovar, who is the guest director this year.
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NewsLA-based Waterman Entertainment acquires film rights to Until Tuesday
The New York Times bestseller is based on a true wartime story about the healing powers of a deep bond between a man and a dog.
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NewsMagnolia picks up US rights to Michael Cuesta drama Roadie
Michael Cuesta’s new drama stars Ron Eldard as a Blue Oyster Cult roadie who visit his mother after he gets fired and experiences a wild encounter with two old high school friends.
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Academy announces seven Nicholl screenwriting fellows
Each writer or writing team receives a $30,000 prize and will collect the first instalment at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on Nov 3.
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NewsMagnolia acquires US rights to Take This Waltz
Sarah Polley’s drama premiered recently in Toronto and stars Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby and Sarah Silverman.
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NewsLionsgate announces start of production on The Last Stand
Kim Jee-Woon’s thriller is shooting in New Mexico and Nevada and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the project, which has been a strong pre-sale title for Lionsgate.
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Rocket, Big Air Studios take North American rights to 11-11-11
The US-based distributors will partner on the release of Darren Bousman’s apocalyptic tale and appropriately enough have set the launch date for Nov 11 this year.
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NewsAaron Eckhart to play Dennis Wilson in The Drummer
Unclaimed Freight’s Randall Miller and Jody Savin, the filmmaking team behind Bottle Shock, return with a biography about the Beach Boy who drowned in Los Angeles in 1983.