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CommentFirst pics from 'Southside With You'
IM Global and producers State Street Pictures of the Barbershop fame have commenced production on the romantic dramedy inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date.
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NewsForrest Lucas, Ali Afshar launch ESX Entertainment
The founder and owner of Lucas Oil Products, cable network MAVTV, Lucas Cattle Company and the naming rights to the Indianapolis Colts’ Stadium Lucas Oil Stadium has teamed on the entertainment venture with the professional racecar driver, actor and producer.
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NewsDave Saxena to lead Broad Green Investments
The executive will serve as Chief Investment Officer of the new private equity and venture capital arm launched by Broad Green Pictures.
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NewsIFTA heads extend contracts through 2018
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) announced the news on Monday concerning CEO and president Jean Prewitt and executive vice-president and American Film Market (AFM) managing director Jonathan Wolf.
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NewsAlchemy boosts distribution operations
The distributor announced on Monday corporate acquisitions and a strategic alliance that builds its annual content flow to more than 1,300 films and 3,000 TV episodes.
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CommentWarner Bros posts ‘Suicide Squad’ footage
The studio was not going to let leaked footage of its upcoming DC Comics adaptation spoil its Comic-Con party.
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NewsSnowfort Pictures hires three to boost production
Production company behind Cheap Thrills and Oscar shortlisted Jodorowsky’s Dune hires three.
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NewsIM Global Television launches distribution arm
Eli Shibley has joined from Electus as president of international distribution and co-productions.
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NewsIsrael's Spiro Films readies Lavie, Bergman, Moaz
Spiro chief Eitan Mansuri will be in Toronto with final draft of Lavie’s The Current Love Of My Life.
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News‘Minions’ leaps to top of US on $115.2m
The Universal bandwagon rolled on as Minions - its Despicable Me spin-off with Illumination Entertainment - delivered the second biggest animated launch ever at the North American box office.
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NewsTarantino teases TV ambitions
COMIC-CON: Quentin Tarantino hinted at a possible move into television as he riffed on one of his bête noires – digital filmmaking – during Saturday’s The Hateful Eight panel.
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NewsWarner Bros lights up San Diego
COMIC-CON: Warner Bros set the bar high with the first Hall H session of Saturday, unleashing a slick and loud session that suggested it has begun to execute on a long-term strategy to exploit the treasures that lie within the DC Comics vaults.
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News'X-Men', 'Deadpool' delight Hall H
COMIC-CON: Fox executives love their traditional end-of-day slot at Comic-Con and kept their appointment with the early evening crowd to good effect in a raucous finale to Saturday’s Hall H programme.
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NewsTurturro delivers masterclass in Jerusalem
The actor spoke about working with Michael Cimino, William Friedkin and Woody Allen in a masterclass at Jerusalem Film Festival.
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News'Game Of Thrones' cast reflect on roles
COMIC-CON: The panellists from HBO’s smash series took to the hallowed Hall H on Friday with their hands – and mouths – tied.
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News‘Star Wars’ panel feels the Force
As has happened so often in recent years, a Disney-owned property delivered a Comic-Con show-stopper as JJ Abrams rounded off Friday’s Star Wars love-fest by inviting the entire 6,000-plus capacity of Hall H to a live concert.
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NewsLuc Besson talks ‘Valerian’ plans
The French filmmaker and EuropaCorp head flew into Comic-Con on Thursday for a rare and deeply personal presentation that featured concept art from his upcoming $180m space opera.
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NewsMUBI, Sony Pictures Television strike content deal
EXCLUSIVE: Online service inks first major studio deal; titles include Taxi Driver, Dr. Strangelove, Snatch.
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NewsSundance Institute Native Filmmakers Lab selects two
Razelle Benally and Randi LeClair will take part in the Lab, set to run in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from July 10-14.
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NewsMarc Danon to oversee acquisitions at Broad Green
The company has hired the former Lionsgate senior executive as president of acquisitions and co-productions.