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Pfeiffer joins DreamWorks comedy Welcome To People
The three-time Oscar nominee has come on board as Alex Kurtzman prepares to commence filming in Los Angeles next week.
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NewsTrue Grit crosses $100m in US to lead sluggish weekend
True Grit’s remarkable run continued as the Western closed out the first full weekend of 2011 on top courtesy of an estimated $15m gross.
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NewsNSFC selects The Social Network as best film of 2010
The National Society Of Film Critics became the latest group to anoint David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook drama the best film of 2010 and used the occaiosn to call on the MPAA to overhaul its “inconsistent and censorious” ratings system.
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Relativity promotes COO Marcus to chief strategy role
Relativity Media COO Andrew Marcus has been promoted to president of corporate development and strategy.
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NewsFirst 3D opera Carmen heading to more than 1,500 screens
Bizet’s Carmen to premiere as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Closing Night Gala (Feb 6).
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News"Committed activist" Penn earns PGA Stanley Kramer Award
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) will bestow the Stanley Kramer Award on Sean Penn at its awards ceremony in Los Angeles on January 22.
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MPAA unveils content protection promotions
The Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) has announced key promotions in its content protection operations.
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26th SBIFF unveils roster of films, events
The US premiere of Sarah’s Keys and Carmen In 3D bookend the 26th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), which runs from January 27-February 6.
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NewsRobert De Niro to lead Cannes 2011 jury
De Niro starred in Palme d’Or winning Taxi Driver in 1976.
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FeaturesThe admissions bummer of 2010
Len Klady worries about ticket sales in North American multiplexes falling 7% in 2010.
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CommentWhat Went Wrong?
The box office holiday season in North America was a big letdown, as a series of major box office hopes stumbled by the wayside. The problem lies not with the audience but with the films.
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NewsMeyer, Schaberg team with Bold and OddLot on Sierra / Affinity
The partnership between Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg’s Sierra Pictures, Michel Litvak’s Bold Films and Gigi Pritzker’s OddLot Entertainment heralds the arrival of a major new entity on the sales circuit in the run-up to Berlin.
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NewsInception, HP7, Tron on Oscar effects shortlist
Seven films have made it on to the shortlist for the visual effects Academy Award.
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Roadside takes US to Sundance opener The Music Never Stopped
Roadside Attractions has made a preemptive buy for US theatrical rights to the Sundance opening night gala film The Music Never Stopped.
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NewsSony gives Social Network renewed push to reach global $200m
Sony is re-releasing its Oscar contender in the US to ensure the Facebook drama grosses the $3m required to cross $200m worldwide.
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Screen Media, XYZ strike deal on Phasma Ex Machina
Screen Media Films acquired Matt Osterman’s debut feature Phasma Ex Machina, which has been a pupular player on the festival circuit.
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NewsWeinsteins buy 25% equity stake in Starz Media
The deal gives Harvey and Bob Weinstein a home entertainment and digital distribution berth and includes a multi-year North American home entertainment and digital pipeline through Starz Media subsidiary Anchor Bay.
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NewsSocial Network, King's Speech among PGA contenders
Reading like the top ten best picture list that may well emerge from the Academy later this month — despite the notable omission of Blue Valentine — the Producers Guild Of America (PGA) announced its awards contenders this morning [4].
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FeaturesSpecialty forces
Studios have reassessed their approach to specialty units in recent years, selling or closing down several major outfits. Anthony D’Alessandro looks at those still in business and asks how they are approaching the future.