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David Strathairn to play William Seward in Spielberg’s Lincoln
The actor joins Daniel Day-Lewis on the project, which DreamWorks has set for an autumn start in Virginia in time for a fourth quarter 2012 awards season release through Disney’s Touchstone division.
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NewsWell Go USA, Netflix sign content deal
The multi-year agreement boosts Netflix’s burgeoning catalogue with an influx of Asian cinema.
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MPAA president and COO Bob Pisano to leave
Pisano operated as interim CEO from January 2010 until Senator Chris Dodd was named chairman and CEO in March. He will leave on Sept 30.
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Open Road confirms US deal on The Host
The fledgling distributor has added the upcoming Stephenie Meyer adaptation The Host to its inaugural roster and has set a Mar 29 2013 release.
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NewsTrinity to distribute, co-finance Graham Chapman project
London-based Trinity will handle distribution of A Liar’s Autobiography, which is scheduled to hit UK cinemas in spring 2012.
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Vibrant Palm Springs Int'l Shortfest unveils winners
Zaid Abu Hamdan’s Bahiya & Mahmoud (Jordan/USA) won the 2011 Palm Springs International ShortFest’s Best Of Festival Award last night [26] and becomes eligible for Oscar consideration.
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LAFF rounds out with awards, Dark screening
In the two top awards of the Los Angeles Film Festival, Stephane Lafleur’s Familiar Ground won the Narrative Award and Beverly Kopf and Bobbie Birleffi’s Wish Me Away took the Documentary Award last night [26].
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Our School, Family Instinct among Silverdocs winners
Mona Nicoara and Miruna Coco-Cozma’s Our School won the Sterling Award for best US feature at the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival in Maryland.
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NewsWarner Bros, Imagine team up on Blood Wars
The studio has came on board to handle film and television rights on the action property while Imagine’s Brian Grazer will serve as producer.
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NewsRiver Road's Bill Pohlad to move ahead on Brian Wilson biopic
The River Road founder first revealed the long-gestating project to Screendaily last summer and has hired Oscar nominee Oren Moverman to write the screenplay.
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NewsLionsgate confirms Alliance-Maple acquisition
Alliance’s successful $38.5m play for Lionsgate-owned Maple and its film library gives the ambitious Canadian operation distribution rights to the Lionsgate slate for the next five years.
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Maya to launch third Indie Film Series in July
Maya Entertainment’s third annual tour will bring acclaimed Latino-themed films to seven cities and kicks off in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago on Jul 29.
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NewsAFM to launch five-day conference in November
The series will cover finance, pitching, marketing, production and distribution and run concurrently with the market from Nov 4-8 in Santa Monica.
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NewsWatchmen's Alex Tse to adapt The Crow
Relativity Media is producing along with Ed Pressman and Apaches Entertainment and Tse will get to work adapting the comic book series and strip by James O’Barr.
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NewsInaugural 3D conference at Toronto’s Lightbox drew huge crowds
A whopping 5,786 participants attended the inaugural Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D conference last week, including 3D directors Wim Wenders, Catherine Owens and IMAX co-inventor Graeme Ferguson.
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NewsGFM to handle world sales on Malkovich-starrer Drunkboat
Project will screen at the London UK Film Focus next week.
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Van Damme signs up to MPCA's Six Bullets
Brad Krevoy’s MPCA has signed a second deal in a week with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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Kanter plans to bring Steinbeck field trip to life
Emmy Award-winning television producer Robert Kanter has acquired exclusive worldwide documentary rights to John Steinbeck’s non-fiction work The Log From The Sea Of Cortez.
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NewsEreira makes follow-up film about Colombia's Kogi tribe
Documentary film-maker Alan Ereira has started production on his new film, Aluna.
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NewsQuebec producer Roger Frappier to remake his own The Grand Seduction in English
Ken Scott to direct the $11m project.