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NewsViacom buys Argentina's Telefe network for $345m
The in-cash deal broke on Tuesday as Bob Bakish started his first day as acting Viacom CEO.
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NewsUS Briefs: Lionsgate strikes deal with Parques Reunidos
The studio has closed a deal with the Madrid-based leisure parks operator to develop Lionsgate-branded leisure centres in shopping areas.
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News'Great Pretender' on Studiocanal, Parkes+MacDonald development slate
The companies are developing four European-based films starting with Ol Parker’s take on the story of London concert promoter and con artist Roy Tempest.
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NewsPatricio Valladares lines up sci-fi horror 'Embryo'
EXCLUSIVE: The Chilean genre specialist behind Hidden In The Woods and Downhill is preparing a body-horror film.
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NewsSamuel L Jackson joins Brie Larson directorial debut 'Unicorn Store'
Jackson, Joan Cusack and Bradley Whitford have come on board the Oscar-winning actress’s feature directorial debut, which just began shooting in Los Angeles.
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NewsUS Briefs: 'The Martian VR Experience' comes to market
Fox Innovation Lab, in partnership with RSA Films and The Virtual Reality Company, announced on Monday that its first VR endeavour will go on sale to customers.
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NewsIMAX, Marvel Television strike 'Inhumans' deal
IMAX will exclusively premiere the first two episodes of Marvel’s The Inhumans in 2017 as it seeks to expand programming beyond traditional blockbuster corridors.
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NewsRelativity, Storyoscopic set $200m slate fund
Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Studios and Storyoscopic Films on Monday announced a joint venture whereby Storyoscopic will produce and finance approximately five or more projects a year.
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NewsDoctor Strange stays top in North America on $43m (update)
NOVEMBER 14 UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ tentpole ruled its second session and helped Disney score its best year on $2.31bn, while Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk scored an excellent limited debut.
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NewsUS Briefs: Casey Affleck to receive Palm Springs award
The Oscar frontrunner and star of Manchester By The Sea will collect the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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NewsRobert Redford to quit acting after next two films
The film icon and Sundance Film Festival founder has said he will cease to appear in front of the camera after Our Souls At Night and Old Man With A Gun.
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NewsTributes pour in for Robert Vaughn
Stars from the entertainment world have paid tribute to the TV and film actor who died on Friday from leukaemia. He was 83.
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NewsLos Cabos: IM Global targets 2017 move into Latin American TV
Stuart Ford’s independent powerhouse is in talks on a TV project with Mexican partners Canana and Colombian director Ciro Guerra as his company looks to expand its small screen activities in the region by next year.
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NewsJason Cassidy to lead Focus Features marketing
The executive most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer at Open Road Films where he oversaw the campaign for Spotlight.
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NewsOdyssey Motion Pictures to release 'Petrol' feature
EXCLUSIVE: The company has acquired US rights to the feature version of N5 Pictures’ thriller web series that has Leviathan’s Aleksey Serebryakov in talks to star.
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NewsLos Cabos: Oliver Stone cautious, optimistic on 'rebel' Donald Trump
The president-elect can avert a potentially catastrophic cyber warfare if he translates his business skills to the geopolitical stage and cuts deals with Russia and China, filmmaker Oliver Stone said on Friday.
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NewsNorth American briefs: Tom Hanks to receive Palm Springs Icon Award
The double Oscar winner – in contention again this season for his lead role in Sully – will collect the honour at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala on January 2.
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NewsMovie industry reacts to Donald Trump victory
Harvey Weinstein, Guillermo del Toro, Jennifer Lawrence, Ken Loach, Shonda Rhimes among those to react.
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NewsIMAX raises $50m to fund VR content
Exhibitor plans to fund 25 virtual reality experiences to be released alongside its film slate.
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NewsAaron Sorkin pens fiery open letter following Trump win
The Oscar-winning The Social Network screenwriter called the outcome “truly horrible”.