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Obituary: Rob Remley
Remley most recently served as svp of international marketing and distribution at Warner Bros and died of cancer on Sept 27 in Los Angeles.
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Rose McGowan joins Film Bridge’s MIPCOM-bound thriller Napa
Ellen Wander announced on Monday (Oct 3) that McGowan will play an Afghanistan veteran who is assigned the role of sheriff in her home town of Napa where she gets involved in a romantic mystery.
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Cinedigm promotes Mizel, Loffredo
Adam Mizel named COO and CFO, Gary Loffredo appointed president of digital cinema services at Cinedigm.
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Lionsgate to develop young adult trilogy Chaos Walking
Doug Davison will produce the trilogy by bestselling author Patrick Ness through Davison’s Quadrant Pictures
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Slater Brothers acquires domestic rights to My Uncle Rafael
Slater Brothers Entertainment has secures North American rights to My Uncle Rafael following its success at the Arpa International Film Festival, the annual LA event celebrating the Armenian diaspora.
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MIP deals: Prime Suspect, The Firm among early sellers, Lionsgate inks Latin American TV partnership
US TV updates on Lynda La Plante’s crime series and John Grisham’s novel are selling well at MIPCOM.
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NewsHopscotch/eOne strikes output deal with Summit
Hopscotch/Entertainment One has signed a three-year output deal to distribute Summit films in all media across Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsDolphin surfs low domestic box office tide on $14m
A dismal domestic weekend saw Warner Bros’ family tale climb two places to the top as a cadre of lacklustre new releases failed to ignite the box office.
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NewsSmurfs stays top internationally as Abduction performs well
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) blue wave ruled yet again at the box as an estimated $10.7m weekend gross from 5,400 screens in seven markets boosted the tally to a confirmed $380.6m.
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NewsWME signs writer-director Oskar Thor Axelsson
Oskar Thor Axelsson, whose first feature, Icelandic crime thriller Black’s Game, is still in post, has been signed by WME.
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NewsSPC expected to announce Hysteria deal shortly
The distributor is understood to have acquired domestic and possibly select territory rights to Tanya Wexler’s period rom-com in a deal that Screendaily first learned about on Wednesday (28) but is yet to be confirmed.
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Anchor Bay, Raven Banner close Canadian home entertainment pact
Raven Banner will release three titles: Bounty Hunters, The Collapsed and Neverlost.
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Tooley, Brenner promoted at Relativity
Tucker Tooley rises from president of worldwide production to co-president of the company, while Robbie Brenner assumes Tooley’s former role.
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NewsScreen Star Vanessa Kirby among cast of thriller Labyrinth
Recent Screen International Star of Tomorrow Vanessa Kirby [pictured] is set to play Alice Tanner in the epic thriller Labyrinth, adapted from Kate Mosse’s bestseller.
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NewsIMG Media to handle international sales of Dorsey's Airmen
IMG Media will handle the international rights to Mike Dorsey’s Lost Airmen of Buchenwald.
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Nicholl Committee unveils writing fellowship finallists
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences said on Thursday (29) that seven writers and three writing teams are finallists in the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting.
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Self-help publisher Hay House launches film, TV units
Reid Tracy, president and CEO of the renowned publisher, will head Hay House Films and Hay House Television and serves as executive producer working alongside production chief Michael Goorjian.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to handle key sales on Robert Zemeckis’ Flight
Nick Meyer is understood to have cut a deal with Paramount to pre-sell a handful of major territories on the live-action film starring Denzel Washington, in a development that further underscores the ability of the independent market to support prestigious commercial fare.
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NewsSPC takes all US rights to Where Do We Go Now?
Nadine Labaki’s film recently claimed the Cadillac People’s Choice Award in Toronto and will represent Lebanon in the foreign language Academy Award race.
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NewsGKIDS picks up US rights to Chico & Rita
Director Fernando Trueba and illustrator and designer Javier Mariscal’s film premiered at Telluride and played in official selection in Toronto.