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News'Star Wars', 'Spider-Man' shift release dates; 'T2' pulled
Disney has moved Star Wars: Episode VIII from May 26 2017 to December 15 2017. Separately, Sony Pictures has moved Spider-Man forward by three weeks in summer 2017 while Paramount has taken Terminator 2 off the schedule.
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NewsForesight eyes EFM sales storm with 'Category 5'
Mark Damon’s Los Angeles-based financing, production and sales company heads to the European Film Market in Berlin next month to begin sales on the disaster action thriller that Rob Cohen will direct.
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NewsUS Briefs: Cinedigm snaps up 'Amateur Night'
Plus: ARRAY, Indiegogo aim to raise profile of content creators of colour and female filmmakers; and more…
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FeaturesSlamdance directors: Jeremy Lalonde, 'How To Plan An Orgy In A Small Town'
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: Jeremy Lalonde takes the coming-of-age formula and turns it on its head: what if the protagonist was a confident teen gazelle who becomes a Sex And The City-style big city writer and the plot was about her return to her hometown to plan an orgy?
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NewsAverage US ticket price climbed 3.2% in 2015
Data released by the National Association Of Theatre Owners on Tuesday revealed the average cost of going to the cinema last year was $8.43.
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NewsAmazon Studios acquires 'Complete Unknown'
EXCLUSIVE: Kicking off what insiders expect to be a year of statement buys, the ambitious digital platform has swooped on Joshua Marston’s drama ahead of its world premiere in Park City on January 25.
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NewsUS Briefs: Tamoor Shafi to lead digital efforts at Relativity Media
Plus: Hot Docs to recogniseRosie Dransfeld, Steve James; State Department, Film Independent launch mentorship scheme; Tyler Perry Studios starts production on Boo! A Madea Halloween; and more…
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NewsBorderline Presents launches for Sundance
Borderline Films co-founders Josh Mond, Sean Durkin and Antonio Campos have unveiled a label to board projects as executive producers starting with Park City selection The Eyes Of My Mother.
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NewsOscilloscope buys Sundance entry 'The Fits'
The distributor has acquired US rights from Mongrel International ahead of the NEXT selection’s North American premiere in Park City on Friday.
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NewsSony sets Jennifer Lawrence for 'Marita'
The Oscar nominee has been cast as Fidel Castro’s lover Marita Lorenz based on a pitch by American Hustle co-writer Eric Warren Singer.
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NewsNetflix international subscribers reaches 30m
The streaming service saw just over 4m new members outside the US in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to an influx of 1.56m from within the US.
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NewsA24 acquires 'American Honey'
Newcomer Sasha Lane stars alongside Shia LaBeouf and Riley Keough in the British filmmaker’s latest feature, currently in post.
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FeaturesSundance: the year starts here
The Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31) is embracing virtual reality, web and TV series, and world cinema to offer a characteristically eclectic selection of films.
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NewsUS Briefs: Music Box acquires 'Ice And The Sky'
Plus: Order Of Arts And Letters for Michael Keaton; Oscar Wilde honours for Sarah Greene.
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NewsRola Bauer lands StudioCanal US post
The CEO of the French studio’s Tandem Productions will lead all production and co-production television activities in the US, it was announced on Monday.
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NewsNew Sundance Institute fund provides extra doc support
Robert Green, Margaret Brown, Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq have been selected as fellows for Sundance Institute’s new ‘Art Of Nonfiction’ initiative.
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NewsSpike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith to boycott Oscars
Two of Hollywood’s most prominent African-Americans used the Martin Luther King Jr public holiday in the US to declare they will stay away from the 88th annual Academy Awards on February 28 as the #OscarsSoWhite backlash gathered momentum.
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NewsAMPAS head vows diversity review
Referring to the all-white roster of this year’s Oscar acting nominees, Cheryl Boone Isaacs said she was “heartbroken and frustrated”.
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NewsBuyers eye Sundance discoveries; 34 titles to watch
As Sundance and Slamdance prepare to kick off this week some insiders have predicted there could be a surge of activity from digital platforms besides Netflix and Amazon Studios.
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News'Ride Along 2' cruises to US title on $41.6m
JAN 18 UPDATE: Universal’s comedy sequel opened at number one and dethroned Star Wars: The Force Awakens after five sessions at the top.