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NewsPascal Breton launches Federation Entertainment
Heading into MIPCOM, French television executive Pascal Breton has partnered with a group of film and television producers and showrunners to launch Federation Entertainment.
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NewsPeter Dinklage to star in The Thicket
Gianni Nunnari’s Hollywood Gang is in development on the adaptation of Joe Lansdale’s crime thriller.
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NewsNicholas Shumaker to depart Memento
The company’s New York-based representative played an integral role in broadening the Paris-based organisation’s production, acquisition and financing activity in the US.
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NewsThe Works AFM-bound with Champs
Mike Tyson has the AFM in his sights and will attend a buyer screening of the documentary after The Works International picked up sales rights.
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NewsS Korea's Admiral sets US BO record
After six weeks the South Korean naval battle film has crossed $2.5m to overtake The Host and become the highest grossing Korean-language film in North America.
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NewsUni hails international exec team
The studio leadership has abandoned its search for an executive to fill the void left by David Kosse and slotted London-based Duncan Clark into a jigsaw of executives who will fufil operational oversight.
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NewsMGM, Mark Burnett form UA Media Group
MGM has acquired a 55% share of Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and Hearst Entertainment’s One Three Media and LightWorkers Media to form United Artists Media Group.
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NewsBabadook, Alleluia triumph at Fantastic Fest
The festival has announced its winners and The Tale Of Princess Kaguya, Alleluia and The Babadook are among the more popular choices.
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NewsPGA to honour Mark Gordon
The Producers Guild Of America will present Mark Gordon with the 2015 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television at the 26th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 24, 2015.
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NewsPaladin plots Barefoot Artist awards run
Mark Urman’s distributor is orchestrating a qualifying release for The Barefoot Artist, Glenn Holsten and Daniel Traub’s documentary about installations artist Lily Yeh.
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NewsLava Bear boards The Bodyguard
David Linde’s company will co-produce the upcoming Andy Lau action thriller alongside Edko Films, Irresistible Films and Focus Films.
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NewsMaze Runner tops US on $33m
Fox’s YA adaptation beat a path to the pinnacle of the North American box office as an estimated $32.5m was enough to help the top 12 climb approximately 17% against last weekend.
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NewsDavid Fincher talks Gone Girl, film career
Director discussed being “sodomised ritualistically” on Alien3, his reputation for multiple takes, the opportunities of TV and his latest film, Gone Girl.
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NewsPeter Kujawski lands UPIP role
Peter Kujawski has been promoted from evp of worldwide acquisitions at Universal Pictures to the new role of managing director of Universal Pictures International Productions.
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NewsAngelina Jolie to direct Africa
The multi-hyphenate, expected to be an awards contender this season with the upcoming Unbroken, will direct Skydance Productions’ epic.
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NewsBand Of Robbers wraps shoot
Principal photography has concluded on the comedic thriller that reimagines Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer as grown men.
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NewsWild to open Hamptons
Jean-Marc Vallée’s awards contender Wild will receive its East Coast Premiere as the opening night screening at the festival, set to run from October 9-13.
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NewsFirst Britannia honourees unveiled
BAFTA LA will honour Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Emma Watson, Mike Leigh and Dame Judi Dench at this year’s awards ceremony on October 30.
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NewsAng Lee finds next project
Ang Lee will adapt Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk at Tom Rothman’s TriStar, his first project after Life Of Pi earned him a best director Oscar in 2013.
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NewsAFM announces speakers roster
Millennium Films president Mark Gill, Tug co-founder Nicolas Gonda, Relativity Media’s Russell Schwartz and Mister Smith’s Jill Jones are among the line-up of speakers at AFM, set to run in Santa Monica from Nov 5-12. Separately, the PGA Produced By Conference NY has added participants.