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NewsLionsgate appoints Seth Laderman to head Comic-Con SVOD service
The multi-platform production executive has been hired as evp and general manager of the service that Lionsgate and Comic-Con International announced recently.
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NewsAmazon Studios, Bleecker Street buy ‘Elvis & Nixon’
Ted Hope’s expanding team at the digital platform alongside Andrew Karpen’s fledgling distributor have snapped up US rights with the latter in line to handle the theatrical release.
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News‘Tallulah’ begins NYC shoot
Tammy Blanchard and Zachary Quinto are among a slew of new cast to join Route One Entertainment and Ocean Blue Entertainment’s dramatic comedy Tallulah, which has begun shooting in New York City.
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NewsMatt Kaplan to head Awesomeness Films
AwesomenessTV is ramping up its film business in the wake of the 2014 social success of Expelled and has brought on the Chapter One Films founder as president of Awesomeness Films.
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NewsKathleen Kennedy joins USC film school board
The Lucasfilm president has joined the board of councilors of the USC School Of Cinematic Arts.
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NewsTom Holland cast as Spider-Man; Jon Watts to direct
Star of The Impossible is a former Screen Star of Tomorrow.
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NewsMarketing guru Tim Palen rises at Lionsgate
The long-standing executive has been named Chief Brand Officer and president of worldwide marketing.
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NewsOpen Road acquires Ricky Gervais' 'Life On The Road'
Worldwide sales agent eOne Features has struck a US deal on Ricky Gervais’ comedy charting the post-The Office life of mockumentary sensation David Brent.
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News'Titanic' composer James Horner dies in plane crash
UPDATED JUNE 23: Hollywood composer also wrote the soundtracks to Avatar, Braveheart and the upcoming Southpaw.
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NewsUni soars past $3.8bn box office
Worldwide tickets sales for the year-to-date reached a new high for the studio of $3.819bn on Monday.
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NewsMarc Forster boards Stanley Kubrick war script
The Downslope will be the first in a trilogy that producers Lauren Selig, Barry Levine and Reneé Wolfe are planning based on the iconic director’s unproduced original 1956 screenplay.
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NewsThe Orchard strikes Duplass Brothers deal
In a significant statement of its ambitions to forge ties with a stable of regular collaborators, the distributor has closed a deal with Duplass Brothers Productions on worldwide theatrical and ancillary rights to seven titles.
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NewsDolby Cinema, JT Bioscopen unveil Netherlands deal
The companies have announced JT Hilversum as the second Dolby Cinema location in the Netherlands, six months after Dolby Cinema opened one of its first theatres at JT Eindhoven.
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News'Independence Day' sequel title unveiled
Roland Emmerich’s follow-up to his 1996 blockbuster that launched the film career of Will Smith will be called Independence Day Resurgence.
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NewsBGP acquires 'Dynamite: A 60's Love Story'
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to drama-thriller Dynamite: A 60’s Love Story starring Ian Harding and Evanna Lynch.
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News‘Carry On’, ‘Submarine’ among 2015 Palm Springs ShortFest winners
Festival brass hailed a record turnout for the renowned event and honoured a range of international filmmakers at the awards ceremony on Sunday night.
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News‘Jurassic World’ rules North America on $106.6m
JUNE 22 UPDATE: A monster North American session saw Universal-Legendary’s smash produce the second biggest second weekend ever to reach $402.8m, while Inside Out scored the biggest opening for an original property on $90.4m.
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NewsImage acquires US rights to ‘June’
Kennedy Brice, Casper Van Dien (pictured) and Victoria Pratt star in the sci-fi thriller.
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NewsScientology doc to get UK release despite pressure
EXCLUSIVE: Controversial Alex Gibney doc Going Clear to get release despite legal pressure.
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NewsLuke Parker Bowles to chair BAFTA NY
Parker Bowles previously served as vice-chairman and is the head of production at Story Mining & Supply Co.