All United States articles – Page 1292
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NewsFilmNation to fully finance, sell Oren Peli project
EXCLUSIVE: Glen Basner’s FilmNation is to fully finance its first film, a prestige genre title from Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli set to go this summer.
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Trevor Wright head to Cannes as Unified sales consultant
Sales veteran Trevor Wright has joined Unified Pictures in a consultancy role and will attend Cannes with Unified founder Keith Kjarval and president of distribution and acquisitions Ann Dubinet.
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LA Greek Festival to celebrate fifth anniversary
The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) will kick off its fifth anniversary event on Jun 9 with the gala screening of Lea Binzer’s documentary Pelican’s Watch.
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NewsEcho Bridge to handle foreign sales on Active sci-fi trio
The agreement covers international sales on three new CGI sci-fi films from Active Entertainment and producer Ken Badish.
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NewsJoe Pichirallo named chair of film and TV at Tisch
Pichirallo was one of the executives hired by Fox to set up Fox Searchlight where he was promoted to svp before going on to serve as evp at Focus Features.
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NewsFox International promotes Kearey to key marketing and distribution role
Rebecca Kearey has been promoted to evp of international marketing and distribution and previously served as svp at Fox Searchlight International.
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NewsParlay Films to sell Something For Your Birthday in Cannes
Lisa Wilson’s Parlay Films has picked up all international rights on the rom-com to star Malin Akerman and James Marsden.
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NewsIndustry veteran David Stone dies at age 78
David Stone, a producer, distributor and exhibitor best known as the head of Cinegate Film Distribution and the Gate Cinema in west London, has died at the age of 78 after a short illness.
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NewsAmerican World Pictures Cannes-bound with five new titles
The LA-based production, sales and distribution company arrives on the Croisette with a fresh slate that includes Mercy, based on a screenplay by Scott Caan.
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NewsAl Pacino joins Fiore Films' mob project Gotti: Three Generations
The veteran actor is the latest high-profile name to join the project, which Barry Levinson is set to direct in late autumn for a late 2012 release.
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NewsLionsgate to commence production on Chainsaw Massacre
The film partners Lionsgate with Nu Image. Lionsgate holds US rights and Nu Image is selling in Cannes.
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NewsFocus takes US rights to Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley will star in the story of neighbours who fall for each other as earth faces imminent destruction.
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HFPA welcomes trio of new members
Kirpi Uimonen Ballesteros, Barbara Gasser and Mirai Konishi have been admitted to the organisation.Ballesteros writes for the Ilta-Sanomat, Kouluainen and Suosikki (Finland), while Gasser writes for M-Starmedia Verlag and Maxima (Austria) and Konishi writes for CUT and eiga.com (Japan).All three were voted in at the membership meeting on May 6 ...
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NewsRob Marshall, John DeLuca to remake The Thin Man for Warner Bros
The Lucamar partners have signed on to Warner Bros’ remake and Marshall will direct his Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 star Johnny Depp.
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NewsTribeca Film takes North American rights to Turkey Bowl
Kyle Smith’s real-time comedy set in Los Angeles premiered at SXSW and follows a group of friends who gather to play a backyard game of American Football.
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NewsHyde Park Imagenation, BBC to co-finance Lost Christmas
The joint venture between LA-based Hyde Park Entertainment and Imagenation Abu Dhabi has partnered with the BBC to co-finance John Hay’s Lost Christmas.
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NewsDanny Dimbort leaves Avi Lerner to head Red Granite sales
Danny Dimbort is to leave his longtime business partner Avi Lerner and go with Christian Mercuri to head the new sales division at Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland’s LA-based production and finance company.
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NewsWWE, Pathe team for Kitamura horror starring Luke Evans
WWE and Pathe UK are partnering to co-finance and distribute horror No One Lives, written by David Cohen and to be directed by Ryuhei Kitamura.
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NewsElephant Eye takes on sales for Tribeca's Swell Season, Beyond The Black Rainbow
Both films will have market premieres at Cannes Market.