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NewsAfghan Star named UK's foreign language Oscar submission
Roast Beef, Redstart and Kaboora Productions’ Afghan Star has been selected as the UK’s official Academy Award foreign language submission.
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NewsRevolver snaps up Pattinson doc Robsessed
UK distributor Revolver has snapped up rights to Robsessed, a feature length documentary about Twilight and New Moon star Robert Pattinson.
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NewsGolden Shell winner City continues selling streak
Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films has sold Lu Chuan’s City Of Life And Death to Latin America and Greece, following its success at San Sebastian where it won the Golden Shell for best film and best cinematography.
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NewsThe Ugly Truth claims overseas crown for Sony with $12.1m weekend haul
A powerful surge across German-speaking Europe helped The Ugly Truth claim top spot among overseas Hollywood releases as the romantic comedy grossed an estimated $12.1m through Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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NewsMusic Box takes US rights to Swedish smash Dragon Tattoo
Chicago-based Music Box Films has picked up US rights to Danish director Niels Arden Oplev’s international sensation The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
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NewsBaaria to open Cinema Italian Style 2009 showcase in LA
The US premiere of Giuseppe Tornatore’s Baaria and Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere bookend the Cinema Italian Style 2009 showcase that runs from November 10-18 in Los Angeles.
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NewsAdam Fogelson, Donna Langley take over at Universal Pictures
Adam Fogelson has been named chairman and Donna Langley co-chairman at Universal Pictures, ending months of speculation over who would succeed chairs David Linde and Marc Shmuger following a disappointing summer.
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NewsNBC Universal relaunches five channels
NBC Universal is relaunching five channels in early 2010 led by its flagship entertainment platform Universal Channel.
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NewsSony's Zombieland slays rivals with $25m launch
Sony is riding high with a one-two punch as the horror road movie Zombieland opened top on an estimated $25m, nudging Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs into second place.
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NewsMeirelles, Padilha sign on to direct segments of Rio, I Love You
Fernando Meirelles and Jose Padilha have signed on to direct segments of Rio, Eu Te Amo (Rio, I Love You), the fourth instalment of the Cities of Love franchise created by the French producer Emmanuel Benbihy.
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NewsDisney wields axe at Miramax, slashing jobs and slate
Walt Disney Company announced on Friday (October 2) it was restructuring Miramax in a move that will cut the number of films the specialty division puts out annually from the current level of six to eight down to around three.
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NewsE1 Entertainment to handle North American DVD for Here and Regent
E1 Entertainment has signed to become the exclusive North American DVD distributor of all Here Films and Regent Releasing titles until August 2012.
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NewsWild Bunch pulls Chanel from Zurich after Polanski arrest
French sales company Wild Bunch has pulled Jan Kounen’s Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky out of the Zurich Film Festival in protest against Roman Polanski’s arrest en route to the festival last Saturday (September 26).
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NewsBen Chaplin joins cast of Peggy Glanville-Hicks biopic Owl Song
Ben Chaplin will play the young Yehudi Menuhin in Owl Song, the story of Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks which is being produced by MusicArt Dance Films in Australia.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Foundation unveils screenwriting finallists
Samuel Goldwyn Foundation president Samuel Goldwyn Jr has announced the five finallists for this year’s writing awards competition.
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NewsAntoine Fuqua in talks to board Prisoners for Alcon, Warner Bros
Antoine Fuqua is in final negotiations to direct Warner Bros-based Alcon Entertainment’s kidnapping thriller Prisoners based on a screenplay by newcomer Aaron Guzikowski.
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NewsMagnolia takes North America on Matthew Broderick comedy Wonderful World
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Ambush Entertainment’s dark comedy Wonderful World starring Matthew Broderick.
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NewsLeading film-makers join calls for Polanski's release
Pedro Almodovar, Walter Salles, Bertrand Tavernier and Fatih Akin are among the film-makers that have joined Harvey Weinstein in signing the petition calling for the release of Roman Polanski.
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NewsTroma president Lloyd Kaufman reelected IFTA chairman
Troma Entertainment president Lloyd Kaufman has been reelected chairman of Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), IFTA president and CEO Jean Prewitt has announced.
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NewsJeremy Thomas to deliver keynote address at FIND's Filmmaker Forum
Oscar winning producer Jeremy Thomas will be the keynote speaker at Film Independent’s fifth-annual Filmmaker Forum in Los Angeles from October 9-11.