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NewsScott Roth extends ADG tenure
The executive director of the Art Directors Guild has been granted a three-year extension to his contract, effective January 1, 2015.
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NewsMiami Fest to host MIFFecito
Top brass at the Miami International Film Festival (MiamiFF) have organised a mid-season festival to celebrate the re-opening of the Tower Theater.
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NewsCBS Films takes Pride in US
The distributor has pounced on US rights to Pathe International’s comedy drama set during the Margaret Thatcher regime that closed the recent Directors’ Fortnight section in Cannes.
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NewsSPWA leaps for The Bronze
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired world rights to the Duplass Brothers Productions’ comedy starring Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Cecily Strong and Haley Lu Richardson.
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NewsProduction starts on August Falls
Principal photography has begun on the mystery starring Fairuza Balk, Charles Baker and Alanna Ubach.
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NewsDave Davis rises to Global Eagle CEO
Board members at in-flight entertainment specialists Global Eagle Entertainment have promoted Dave Davis to CEO, effective immediately.
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NewsEvan Saxon relaunches company
Evan Saxon has relaunched his distribution and marketing company, kicking off with the limited release of Manchester United doc Class Of ’92.
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NewsSony exec DeVon Franklin segues to producer role
DeVon Franklin, who recently oversaw the sleeper hit Heaven Is For Real, is to segue from svp of production for Columbia Pictures to a long-term, first-look producing deal with the studio.
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NewsJackson, Wachowskis set for Comic-Con
Warner Bros has announced its Comic-Con showcase for The Hobbit finale, Mad Max reboot and the Wachowskis’ delayed sci-fi Jupiter Ascending.
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NewsWolfe picks up digital rights to trio
Wolfe Releasing has acquired US digital and DVD rights to Mark Herzog and Sandrine Orabona’s Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story, Monika Treut’s Of Girls And Horses and David Au’s Eat With Me.
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NewsHeta Paarte lands at New Regency
The former Focus Features evp of international marketing and distribution will remain in London and oversee marketing and distribution for a slate that includes upciming 2014 releases Gone Girl and Birdman.
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NewsVyer Films expands monthly roster
The streaming start-up has added a trio of titles to its July line-up.
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NewsDisney Accelerator selects 11 start-ups
The Walt Disney Company has chosen 11 companies to go through its mentorship and investment programme.
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NewsLionsgate, StudioCanal expand output deal
The renewed output partnership with StudioCanal in Germany, Austria and Switzerland includes a TV component involving ProSieben.
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NewsFilmOn to televise content from VOA
Under the historic agreement, FilmOn.com will become the first global IPTV provider to carry VOA’s content.
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NewsKevin Smith talks Tusk spin-off
EXCLUSIVE: US director Kevin Smith is at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF), where he is subject of a special tribute.
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NewsTransformers 4 rules July Fourth on $36m
Paramount’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction held on to pole position in North America over a lacklustre July Fourth holiday weekend that saw a year-on-year drop of nearly 50 percent.
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NewsMel Gibson on a return to directing
After picking up the top honour at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Mel Gibson talked to Screen about a return to directing, a possible move into television and reuniting with Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner.
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NewsCinelicious Pics takes Wasseypur
EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED JULY 7: The distributor is understood to have picked up US rights to Anurag Kashyap’s gangster epic.