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  • '71
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    Demange's '71 finds US home

    2014-03-10T21:51:00Z

    Roadside Attractions and Black Label Media have acquired all US rights to Yann Demange’s thriller.

  • The Better Angels 1
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    Amplify to release The Better Angels

    2014-03-10T21:27:00Z

    The recent Berlin world premiere from Terence Malick’s longtime collaborator AJ Edwards premiered in Sundance and screened in Berlin.

  • Carla Hacken
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    Carla Hacken joins Sidney Kimmel

    2014-03-10T21:17:00Z

    The studio veteran arrives at Sidney Kimmel Entertainment as president of production, effective March 17.

  • This_Means_War
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    Simonds Jr leads China venture

    2014-03-10T17:26:00Z

    Days after Jeff Robinov announced his Studio 8 venture with Huayi Brothers and details emerged of the Disney partnership with Shanghai Media Group, longtime Adam Sandler producer Robert Simonds Jr is at the heart of the latest US-China venture.

  • God's Pocket
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    Philip Seymour Hoffman's final film sold to UK

    2014-03-10T15:12:00Z

    Electric Entertainment marks first major territorial sale of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final film as a leading man to Arrow Films in the UK.

  • Nicolas Cage
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    Cage, Schrader wrap Dying of the Light

    2014-03-10T12:04:00Z

    Action film executive produced by Nicolas Winding Refn.

  • 300 Rise of an Empire
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    300 sequel conquers US on $45m

    2014-03-09T21:27:00Z

    Warner Bros’ 300 sequel beat off the competition from DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman, while Fox Searchlight capitalised on 12 Years A Slave’s Oscar glory and scored a massive limited debut on The Grand Budapest Hotel.

  • Exists
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    Lionsgate believes in Exists

    2014-03-08T15:11:00Z

    The studio has picked up North American rights at SXSW to Eduard Sanchez’s Bigfoot film, which International Film Trust handles for international sales.

  • Scott Kalvert
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    Scott Kalvert dead at 49

    2014-03-07T18:48:00Z

    The director of The Basketball Diaries starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg has been found dead at this home in Woodland Hills outside Los Angeles. He was 49.

  • Ivan Reitman
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    CinemaCon honour for Ivan Reitman

    2014-03-07T18:31:00Z

    Ivan Reitman will receive the CinemaCon Lifetime Achievement Award at the Las Vegas convention on March 27.

  • The Hangover Part III
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    Report highlights CA production drop

    2014-03-06T20:37:00Z

    California’s film czar Paul Audley has called on the state legislature to boost tax incentives in light of a sobering report that illustrates the extent of the state’s decline as a production hub.

  • The Amazing Catfish
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    SFIFF unveils New Directors, GGA

    2014-03-06T20:00:00Z

    Top brass at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) have announced the films in competition for the New Directors Prize and the Golden Gate Award contenders in the documentary category.

  • Alex Fragen
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    Alex Fragen joins UTA in distribution role

    2014-03-06T19:30:00Z

    The former head of domestic television distribution at Summit has joined the agency in the new role of global distribution strategist.

  • News

    Mark Bomback to adapt Veronica's Room

    2014-03-06T19:27:00Z

    TWC-Dimension has hired Mark Bomback to write its adaptation of Ira Levin’s Broadway thriller Veronica’s Room.

  • Kevin Smith
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    Phase 4 snaps up Super Groovy

    2014-03-06T17:56:00Z

    Phase 4 Films has acquired North American rights to Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie from SModcast Pictures.

  • Tom Hanks
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    Hologram shoot underway in Morocco

    2014-03-06T17:40:00Z

    Principal photography has commenced in Morocco on Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram For The King starring Tom Hanks.

  • Jonas Cuaron
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    Jonas Cuaron begins Desierto shoot

    2014-03-06T17:21:00Z

    Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón to produce; Gael García Bernal to star.

  • Kerry Trainor
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    Vimeo unveils $10m distribution fund

    2014-03-06T17:08:00Z

    The video platform will promote a $10m investment at SXSW on the anniversary of its Vimeo On Demand platform.

  • Life Partners
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    Tribeca announces Spotlight, Midnight

    2014-03-06T17:00:00Z

    Tribeca Film Festival 2014 world premieres include Every Secret Thing, Miss Meadows and Zombeavers.

  • 112 Weddings
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    112 Weddings to open Full Frame

    2014-03-06T16:54:00Z

    Doug Block’s HBO Documentary will kick off proceedings in Durham, North Carolina, on April 3.