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NewsAppian Way, Paramount sign first-look deal
Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio has closed a three-year deal with the studio, effective immediately.
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NewsUS briefs: Idris Elba, Diane Keaton among 'Finding Dory' voice cast
Plus: Tribeca Interactive roster unveiled; IFP Film Week moves to Brooklyn; Cinema Libre to distribute Vaxxed; and more…
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NewsMusic Box acquires 'The Brand New Testament'
The distributor has acquired US rights from Le Pacte to Jaco Van Dormael’s Belgian ensemble and Golden Globe foreign language nominee.
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News'Monsieur Chocolat' to open COLCOA
The Franco-American Cultural Fund on Tuesday announced the line-up for the 20th anniversary edition of the French film festival set to run in Hollywood from April 18-26.
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NewsUS Briefs: Michelle Monaghan joins 'Patriots Day'
Plus: Patty Duke RIP; Lionsgate to screen Now You See Me 2 at CinemaCon; and more…
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NewsDick Cook Studios, Film Carnival sign $500m deal
Days after ScreenDaily reported from the China-US Motion Picture Summit that Dick Cook Studios (DCS) was in talks with additional Asian investors including Film Carnival, the former Disney chairman has closed a half-billion slate financing deal with the Chinese company.
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NewsICM Partners expands practice
Head of international and independent film Jessica Lacy is among a group of nine agents in Los Angeles and New York who have been promoted to partner.
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NewsKeanu Reeves joins 'To The Bone'
The star has joined Lily Collins on Marti Noxon’s feature directorial debut as shooting is scheduled to get underway this week in Los Angeles.
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NewsSan Francisco Int'l Film Festival unveils roster
World premieres of Susanna White’s Our Kind Of Traitor starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris and Damian Lewis and Escapes by Michael Almereyda will screen at the 59th edition of the festival, set to run from April 21-May 5.
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NewsVice buys stake in Pulse Films
Vice Media has acquired a majority stake in The Witch producer Pulse Films.
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NewsSkydance raises $700m in funding round
David Ellison’s production and financing company, whose credits include, has secured a new raft of financing for film and TV production.
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NewsGeorgia Governor vetoes controversial anti-LGBT bill
Critics have hailed a decision by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal to block a religious liberty bill that they claimed would have discriminated against the LGBT community.
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NewsDuo to head Fox Searchlight production
Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum (black and white portrait) have been named co-heads of production, effective immediately, and take over the role formerly held by president of production Claudia Lewis.
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NewsMatt Jackson to run production, acquisitions for Mark Gordon
The producer and executive has been named head of film production and acquisitions at The Mark Gordon Company.
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NewsTribeca Film Festival drops 'Vaxxed' from schedule
Festival co-founder Robert De Niro on Saturday pulled Andrew Wakefield’s documentary Vaxxed: From Cover-Up To Catastrophe amid a backlash over the veracity of its claims.
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NewsDisney to screen 'Civil War' at CinemaCon
Studio executives have set an industry screening of the much anticipated superhero tentpole on April 13 at the Las Vegas convention.
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News'Batman V Superman' storms North America on $166m
MARCH 28 UPDATE: Warner Bros opened the DC Entertainment vaults and reaped the rewards as the sixth biggest domestic debut in history fuelled a $420m worldwide haul.
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News'Batman v Superman' grosses $469m worldwide
MARCH 29 UPDATE: The DC Entertainment tentpole added $46m worldwide on Monday to reach $468.6m worldwide and $287.5m internationlaly and $181.1m in North America as the studio revised its weekend take to $256.5m internationally and $422.6m worldwide.
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NewsÁlvaro Rodriguez, Michael Mayer to adapt 'Tu, Mio'
Machete writer Rodriguez and writer-director Mayer have signed on to adapt Erri De Luca’s Italian bestseller.
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NewsHollywood broadens focus in war on anti-gay laws
UPDATE: As Georgia remained front of mind in Hollywood on Thursday and the Weinsteins threatened to find another state in which to shoot Lee Daniels’ upcoming Richard Pryor film in opposition to an anti-gay bill, the focus has broadened to include North Carolina.