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NewsJennifer Lawrence, Bill Murray wow Comic-Con
Two pop culture superstars took part in separate panels in the legendary Hall H for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 and Rock The Kasbah as the San Diego jamboree got underway on Thursday.
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NewsAbramorama to re-release ‘Montage Of Heck’
Richard Abramowitz’s distribution platform will release Brett Morgen’s documentary in select US theatres on August 7.
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NewsParamount, AMC in windows pact
In the boldest move yet by a studio and exhibition partner to challenge the traditional distribution structure, Paramount has struck a revenue-share deal with AMC Theatres and Canada’s Cineplex Entertainment that will see it roll-out two autumn releases digitally 17 days after the films dip below 300 theatres.
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NewsHumanoids, sci-fi icon strike deal
EXCLUSIVE: The LA-based graphic novel publisher has made its latest move in an aggressive push into film and TV, teaming on the eve of Comic-Con with multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Robert Silverberg.
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NewsProduction duo rise at Fox Searchlight
The studio’s president of production Claudia Lewis has promoted Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum to executive vice-presidents of production, effective immediately.
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NewsEllen Page to star in ‘Lioness’
The actress will play a US Marine in the drama inspired by the real-life female soldiers who deployed alongside Special Forces under the Lioness Program.
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NewsCinema On The Edge to show banned Chinese films
Organisers behind a New York-based festival highlighting films from the Beijing Independent Film Festival (BIFF) that fell foul of local authorities have turned to Kickstarter.
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NewsBarry Ward to star in ‘Never Walk Alone’
EXCLUSIVE: The star of last weekend’s US release Jimmy’s Hall from Ken Loach has come aboard KPI Entertainment and Deadpan Pictures’ Ireland-set contemporary generational drama.
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NewsChristopher Miller, Phil Lord board Han Solo film
The red-hot writer-directors behind The LEGO Movie and 22 Jump Street will direct the next episode in the anthology series of Star Wars films set to open on May 25, 2018.
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NewsBroad Green, Denver & Delilah, Foundation team on ‘Brain On Fire’
Screen LA Star Of Tomorrow Gerard Barrett will direct the adaptation of Susannah Cahalan’s memoir to star Chloë Grace Moretz.
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NewsNetflix sets release dates for first original movies
Bleecker Street to partner with Netflix to distribute Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts Of No Nation theatrically.
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NewsCinedigm dates ‘A Brave Heart’
The SXSW audience award-winning documentary will open nationwide on September 25.
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NewsVirgin Produced, Infinitum Nihil, City Entertainment ready ‘Muscle Shoals’ TV series
Richard Branson, Jason Felts and Justin Berfield’s Virgin Produced, City Entertainment’s Joshua D Maurer and Alixandre Witlin and Johnny Depp and Christi Dembrowski’s Infinitum Nihil will produce the drama series inspired by Greg Camalier’s Sundance 2013 documentary.
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NewsAcademy publishes 2015-16 deadlines
Submissions for the foreign language category in the 88th Academy Awards are due by 5pm PT on October 1.
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NewsRelativity moves back ‘Masterminds’
The crime caper starring Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis and Zach Galifianakis moves back two months to October 9.
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CommentScreen presents NYAFF Rising Star Award
Our senior US critic Tim Grierson flew into New York over the weekend to attend the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) in honour one of Japan’s emerging cinema talents.
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NewsCatalyst Capital in $320m Relativity bailout
Ryan Kavanaugh will remain CEO and chairman of his embattled entertainment company after it emerged on Monday that he had struck a deal with the Toronto-based distressed asset specialist.
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News'Karate Kid' producer Jerry Weintraub dead at 77
The producer of The Karate Kid and the Danny Ocean franchise who won an Emmy in 2013 for Behind The Candelabra has died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara.
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NewsMagnolia acquires National Lampoon doc
The deal for Sundance 2015 selection Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story Of The National Lampoon excludes television rights.