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NewsLangley expands Uni role
Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley has extended her contract through 2017 and added new responsibilities.
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NewsRide Along stays top in US on $21m
The Universal one-two held firm as Ride Along dominated the US charts with ease and Lone Survivor held on to second place. Lakeshore’s newcomer I, Frankenstein delivered a disappointing $8.3m through Lionsgate at number six.
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NewsAlfonso Cuarón wins DGA
The Gravity director put himself into pole position for the best directing Academy Award with his DGA win on January 25.
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NewsWhiplash triumphs in Park City
The Sundance Film Festival 2014 came to a close with the announcement of the jury, audience and other special awards winners.
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NewsSundance: IFC, RADiUS in late deals
Both distributors have already been in action in Park City and returned to the fray heading into the awards ceremony.
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NewsRosenberg wins Sundance/NHK Award
The director of the upcoming film Ad Inexplorata gains creative and strategic support from the Sundance Institute.
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NewsSundance: Frank, Love Is Strange sell
Magnolia Pictures has concluded its North American deal for Frank while SPC has made another acquisition, taking a basket of rights to Love Is Strange.
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NewsKatzenberg in 3D honour
The International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society will present the 2014 Harold Lloyd Award for filmmaking to DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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NewsEmile Hirsch joins Ten Thousand Saints
Hot off the success of Lone Survivor, the actor joins a cast that includes Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld and Ethan Hawke.
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NewsKevin Smith’s Tusk hooks EFM agent
XYZ Films has partnered with Demarest Films and A24 on the filmmaker’s new horror film and will commence international sales in Berlin.
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NewsSundance: RADiUS takes world on Love
As the 2014 festival heads into the final furlong, RADiUS-TWC announced it had acquired worldwide rights to The One I Love.
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NewsDolphin Films to launch sales arm
The freshly minted Dolphin Films International will launch at the EFM next month and kick off sales on the Mattel property through its new multi-year partnership with IM Global.
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NewsSundance Channel takes festival titles
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has acquired six titles from the Sundance Film Festival for exclusive international premieres this spring.
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NewsABC greenlights Russell TV drama
Oscar nominated director co-wrote the 13-part series with Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant.
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NewsFlame, Origin prep Mother Theresa biopic
Flame Ventures, Origin Entertainment and The Mother Teresa Center have hired Keir Pearson to I Thirst, the first exclusively authorised biopic of Mother Teresa.
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NewsNetflix eyes Euro expansion
The streaming and DVD mailing service has reached 44 million subscribers worldwide and expects to grow that number to 48 million by the end of the quarter.
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NewsMarc Butan joins Sierra/Affinity
The traditional pre-market shuffle intensified as it emerged that the Panorama co-founder was leaving to become co-president of Sierra/Affinity, signalling a major move into production for Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg’s company.
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NewsDinosaur 13 draws int’l buyers
Sundance: Dogwoof Global has taken international rights, while Madman has picked up Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and Jaguar Distribution landed international airline rights.