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NewsVyer Films, NYAFF partner on Himizu
Film curation and streaming start-up Vyer Films has set the online premiere of Sion Sono’s film and struck an alliance with NYAFF operators Subway Cinema.
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NewsCBS Films explores Atlantis Gene
CBS Films has acquired rights to A G Riddle’s bestselling ebook Atlantis trilogy.
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NewseOne Films acquires Miss Meadows
The distributor, which recently reconfigured operations to focus primarily on digital distribution and will maintaining a theatrical presence where appropriate, has picked up US and Canadian rights to the Katie Holmes vehicle.
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Peter Kiernan joins Free Association
Peter Kiernan has joined 22 Jump Street star Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin as partner in their renamed production company Free Association.
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NewsJoe Roth sells Revolution Studios
Fourteen years after launching the studio, founder Joe Roth has sold Revolution Studios to Fortress Investment Group in a deal reportedly worth $250m that sees him segue into a strategic advisor role.
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NewsMusic Box acquires Fabrice du Welz’s Alleluia
Tale of real-life 1940s serial killers and lovers premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week.
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NewsAcademy revises music category rules
Music Branch members are no longer allowed to contact each other to promote the nomination of their own song in any way, according to new Academy rules.
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NewsGravitas picks up The Longest Week
Gravitas Ventures has taken all US rights to the comedy starring Jenny Slate, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup and Jason Bateman.
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NewsSundance brass unveil NEXT FEST
Sundance Institute has pulled back the curtain on the films and music acts set to headline the LA festival from August 7-10.
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NewsRooney Mara to star in Somali kidnap drama
The memoir A House In The Sky will be developed as a starring vehicle for Mara, who will also serve as a producer alongside Annapurna’s Megan Ellison, with whom she optioned the rights.
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NewsTate Taylor boards Moon Disaster
Tate Taylor will direct In The Event Of A Moon Disaster, which FilmNation is producing and will sell internationally.
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NewsEli Wallach dies aged 98
Eli Wallach, the veteran character actor whose film credits included The Magnificent Seven and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, has died. He was 98.
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NewsMitch Singer lands at Verance
Former Sony Pictures Entertainment chief digital strategy officer Mitch Singer has been named special advisor of industry affairs at Verance Corporation.
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News400 Days ends production
The 20-day shoot has wrapped on New Artists Alliance and XLrator Media’s psychological sci-fi starring Brandon Routh, Dane Cook and Caity Lotz from UK hit The Machine.
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NewsLightning seals Cannes deals
The Santa Monica-based company has reported a flurry of market and post-market activity on its Croisette slate.
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NewsMillennium acquires Dead Within
Millennium Entertainment has taken US rights to Ben Wagner’s psychological horror film and SC Films has picked up international sales.
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NewsJames Schamus in Outfest honour
The former CEO of Focus Features who was until recently tipped to take over as head of Film4 will collect the 18th annual Outfest Achievement Award.
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NewsFeldman earns Fox distribution stripes
Keith Feldman has been promoted to president of worldwide distribution at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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NewsFramestore, David Kelly board Mexican Cold War film
EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s Framestore and producer David P. Kelly are set to partner on a $5m Mexican Cold War feature Lunik III, pitched at this week’s Moscow Business Square (MBS).
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NewsIFC Midnight enters Outpost 37
IFC Midnight has pounced on North American rights to Jabbar Raisani’s sci-fi thriller. Altitude Film Sales handles international sales.