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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.
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NewsSundance Selects takes Pina, Phase4 gets Lucky
Sundance Selects has acquired US rights to Wim Wenders’ 3D documentary Pina, while Phase4 announced today [Mar 31] it had picked up all North American rights to Gil Cates Jr’s dark comedy Lucky.
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ICM names trio to lead streamlined talent representation
Lorrie Bartlett, Dar Rollins and Adam Schweitzer are named co-heads of talent and will oversee clients’ careers across film, television, theatre, branding and new media.
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NewsSony Pictures Animation acquires rights to Muncle Trogg
The preemptive deal is the first since Michelle Raimo-Kouyate arrived from DreamWorks Animation last November to become president of production.
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NewsDownton Abbey sells in more than 100 territories for NBC Universal
More than 100 territories license series following successful UK run in 2010
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FeaturesMichael Lewis
RealD CEO Michael Lewis talks to Screen about the early days of RealD and the company’s strategy going forward.
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NewsLionsgate launches microbudget initiative, names first three films
The programme will focus on films under $2m and the first three are post-apocalyptic comedy Rapture-Palooza, comedy Gay Dude and supernatural thriller 6 Miranda Drive, to be directed by Wolf Creek creator Greg McLean.
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NewsCinemaCon: Lucas, Cameron, Katzenberg look to future
Three of the godfathers of event filmmaking reassured CinemaCon attendees yesterday [30] that the best is yet to come in digital filmmaking.
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Lionsgate, Tyler Perry renew multi-year first-look deal
The studio announced today [Mar 31] it had extended its lucrative partnership with Perry through a multi-year arrangement.