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NewsJustin Lin to direct Radiant Doors
Another high-profile film director is jumping into TV as LA-based Gaumont International Television announced it has set up the hour-long drama Radiant Doors at WGN with Perfect Storm Entertainment.
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NewsSummit exec joins Pulse Films
Ashley Schlaifer, who worked on Red and Now You See Me while at Summit, to head Pulse’s US development and production.
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NewsFocus sets Bayona release
A Monster Calls, Juan Antonio Bayona’s adventure fantasy follow-up to The Impossible, will arrive in theatres in wide release in late 2016.
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NewsTranter talks BBCWW US strategy
The head of BBC Worldwide Productions also discussed the creation of sister company Adjacent Productions.
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NewsFilm production levels on the rise
Update on the global movie market at the British Screen Advisory Council’s annual conference also claimed that box office remains the major driver of revenues for US studios; older audiences are increasingly important; and physical media remains ahead of digital - for now.
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NewsX-Files' Spotnitz signs with Tandem
MIPTV: The X-Files and Hunted writer and producer is developing a slate of high-end television shows through his London-based Big Light Productions.
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NewsElectric sells Boys to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has closed multiple territories including a UK deal for the military thriller Boys Of Abu Ghraib.
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NewsCholodenko named LAFF guest director
The filmmaker behind hit The Kids Are All Right will be in situ at the Los Angeles Film Festival, set to run from June 11-19.
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NewseOne US takes You’re Not You
The distributor has acquired North American rights to George C Wolfe’s drama starring Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum and Josh Duhamel. Myriad Pictures handles international sales. Separately, ARC has picked up Louder Than Words.
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NewsImax to sell 20% China stake
The $80m sale of the stake in Imax Corporation’s Greater China business to investment fund CMC Capital Partners (CMC) and private equity firm FountainVest Partners (FountainVest) values the company at $400m in the eyes of the investors.
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NewsProduction begins on Marco Polo
The Weinstein Company hierarchy announced (8) that production is underway on the Netflix original series based on the epic adventures of the legendary explorer.
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NewsWOWOW boards Scorsese 'Review' doc
Japanese pay-TV broadcaster WOWOW is to partnering on Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s documentary The New York Review of Books: A 50 Year Argument.
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NewsBunny Game director prepares Western
Adam Rehmeier, director of controversial feature The Bunny Game, is preparing to shoot a “hardcore” Western with the exec producer of Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep.
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SBIFF sets 2015 dates
The 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival will run from January 27-February 7, 2015.
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NewsSiddharth wins world feature at Sonoma
Richie Mehta’s film scooped the Best World Feature prize at the 17th Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF).
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NewsFDM lines up Dust Of War
EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media (FDM) has set a June 3 VOD release for the sci-fi starring Tony Todd. Vantage Media International handles sales outside the US and will take the film to Cannes.
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NewsRADiUS-TWC boards Creep
The New York-based distributor has partnered with the Duplass Brothers and Blumhouse Productions on a trilogy after the film’s recent debut at SXSW.
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NewsGarrel's Jealousy finds US home
Distrib Films has acquired all US rights to Philippe Garrel’s Jealousy, which premiered at Venice 2013 and stars Louis Garrel, Anna Mouglalis, Rebecca Conevant, Olga Milshtein and Esther Garrel.
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NewsDisney dates Captain America 3
Hot on the heels of the record April opening weekend for Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Disney has cemented the release of the next instalment.
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NewsMickey Rooney dies aged 93
Mickey Rooney, the Hollywood actor who spent his entire life in showbusiness, has died aged 93.