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NewsUni moves Fast 7 up in 2015
Fast & Furious 7 will no longer open on April 10 2015 but one week earlier on April 3 as part of several scheduling announcements from the Universal fold.
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NewsCanada-India treaty first of new era
Canada’s new co-production treaty with India officially came into effect on July 1.
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NewsDrafthouse acquires Cannes hit The Tribe
Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to recent Cannes premiere The Tribe, winner of three sidebar prizes in Critics’ Week.
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NewsCourtin to lead Relativity marketing
The executive joins Relativity Media as its first chief marketing officer having previously served as president of Dentsu Aegis Network.
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NewsGermany’s SquareOne acquires Cannes market titles
Films include Eli Roth’s Knock Knock, Anton Corbijn’s Life, Boychoir starring Dustin Hoffman and Spooks feature.
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NewsARC snaps up Autumn Blood
EXCLUSIVE: ARC Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Markus Blunder’s thriller.
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NewsJo Yan to lead UPI’s China efforts
Yan has been named managing director and executive vice-president for China at Universal Pictures International (UPI).
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NewsKartemquin boards Buddha statue doc
Kartemquin Films has joined director-producer Brent Huffman on the documentary Saving Mes Aynak, about the imperiled 2,000-year-old Buddha statue in Afghanistan (pictured).
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NewsAcademy announces submission dates
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced (July 1) category submission deadlines for 87th Academy Awards consideration.
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NewsZipporah plots National Gallery release
The distributor will release Frederick Wiseman’s documentary theatrically in New York at the Film Forum on November 5 followed by nationwide roll-out.
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NewsTom Hardy joins The Revenant
New Regency confirmed the casting on Monday (30) as the mouth-watering cast takes shape around Leonardo DiCaprio.
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NewsKino Lorber says hello, Goodbye
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Jean-Luc Godard’s 3D Goodbye To Language following its recent Cannes premiere.
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NewsUnder The Milky Way acquires Swim
Under The Milky Way has picked up US theatrical and worldwide VOD rights to SXSW premiere Swim Little Fish Swim.
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NewsPeter Webber to direct Piano Tuner
EXCLUSIVE: Set to go into pre-production later this year, the film is based on Daniel Mason’s acclaimed historical novel.
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NewsTransformers 4 opens in US on $100m
Paramount’s sci-fi behemoth delivered the biggest North American debut so far in 2014 on an estimated $100m as the $301.3m global launch eclipsed everything in its orbit.
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NewsLino DiSalvo joins Paramount Animation
Sixteen-year Disney veteran Lino DiSalvo has joined Paramount Animation as creative director.
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NewsThe Circle to open NewFest
The 26th edition of New York’s LGBT festival NewFest will run from July 24-29 and features 16 narrative and five documentary features.
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NewsAcademy sets 2014/15 changes
Rules governing how a two-person producing team can be considered a single producer when considering who is eligible for best picture nomination have changed.
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NewsNew cast added to Mickey Rourke's Ashby
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Michael Lerner (Barton Fink) [pictured], Kevin Dunn (Veep), and Zach Knighton (Happy Endings) have joined Mickey Rourke in Ashby, which started shooting this week in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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NewsEurocinema On Demand launches on Mediacom
North American VOD channel Eurocinema is now available on Mediacom Communications.