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NewsShamberg: “Anyone with a laptop is their own movie studio”
Pulp Fiction exec and BuzzFeed consultant hails digital opportunities for filmmakers.
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NewsZach Braff “shocked” by Kickstarter backlash
Actor-director says he won’t return to crowdfunding to finance his films.
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NewsSwedish producers head to New York
A group of producers and entertainment executives is heading to New York for a series of talks and one-on-one networking sessions over October 6-8.
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NewsCold Deck casts up
Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper and Stéfano Gallo have been cast in Cold Deck ahead of the scheduled September 30 start in Toronto.
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NewsDuncan Cork joins NeonGrid
The founder and former CEO of Slated has joined the Los Angeles-based social tagging platform as head of product.
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NewsLilting producer begins Boombox shoot
EXCLUSIVE: Marks the first feature from commercials director Rohan Blair-Mangat.
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NewsAdvanced Imaging Society unveil awards
The Society honoured 19 companies at the fifth annual Entertainment Technology And New Product Awards luncheon ceremony held at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood.
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NewsSony buys The Eden Project
The studio has acquired the Material sci-fi spec script from Christina Hodson.
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NewsAtomic Fiction opens Montreal hub
The California-based effects studio has opened its flagship facility in Montreal.
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NewsBGP takes the wheel on Drive
EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Hammond and Daniel Hammond’s ambitious start-up Broad Green Pictures (BGP) will self-distribute Isabel Coixet’s recent Toronto world premiere Learning To Drive in the US.
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NewsRed Bull takes On Any Sunday sequel
Red Bull Media House in association with Freeride Entertainment will release motorcycle documentary On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter theatrically on November 7. Separately, Gravitas Ventures has taken VOD rights to As Night Comes.
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NewsA Better Place wraps shoot
Digital Jungle Pictures has completed post-production on its first feature marking the directorial debut of Dennis Ho.
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NewsPrincipal photography begins on Spotlight
John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James Billy Crudup and Jamey Sheridan have joined Participant Media’s drama about the Boston Globe investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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NewsRio kicks off Brasil competition
Highlights of the main competitive strand that showcases top new Brazilian cinema.
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NewsUS-China summit sets LA return
Guo Guangchang, chairman of Studio 8 backer Fosun International, will deliver a keynote speech on the future of Chinese capital in Hollywood at the fifth annual US-China Film Summit in Los Angeles on November 5.
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NewsStudioCanal pacts with Grand Electric
Producer Eric Newman’s newly formed Grand Electric has entered into a multi-year co-venture with StudioCanal through which the new company will acquire, develop, and produce films for the European and US markets.
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NewsSchedule 2 hires New York chief
Former Focus Features exec to oversee New York operation for London-based technical film services company.
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NewsMillennium Entertainment takes The Humbling
The distributor has acquired US rights to Barry Levinson’s dark comedy starring Al Pacino and Greta Gerwig, following the world premiere in Venice and North American premiere in Toronto.
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NewsMagnolia takes US on Kill Me Three Times
Kriv Stenders’ comedic crime thriller starring Simon Pegg premiered in Toronto and will open theatrically in 2015. Cargo handles international sales.
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NewsDesert Dancer to open SBIFF
Relativity Studios’ Desert Dancer will open the 30th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, set to run from January 27-February 7.