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NewsWeinstock to exit Sony role
Sony worldwide marketing head Marc Weinstock is leaving his post at the tail end of a disappointing summer that delivered flops in the US for After Earth, White House Down, The Smurfs 2 and Elysium.
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NewsStrand takes US on Cycling
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Philippe Le Guay’s comedy Cycling With Moliere.
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NewsJodorowsky’s Dune triumphs at Fantastic Fest
Frank Pavich’s Jodorowsky’s Dune won the Fantastic Fest audience award and claimed best picture prize in the Documentary Features section.
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NewsIcon relaunches in UK
Jerome Booth of New Sparta buys Icon UK Distribution; Ian Dawson CEO; Norman Humphrey and Zak Brilliant among execs.
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NewsNetflix's Sarandos to address RioMarket
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos will address the Rio Film Festival’s RioMarket event, set to run from September 27-October 9.
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NewsCandelabra wins top Emmy awards
Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace biopic picked up three top awards including best actor for Michael Douglas.
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NewsPrisoners ties up US on $21.4m
Alcon Entertainment’s crime thriller Prisoners rounded out a superb month following rave reviews at Telluride and Toronto with a number one debut in North America on an estimated $21.4m through Warner Bros.
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NewsMehta assumes Fox content role
Salil Mehta joins Twentieth Century Fox as president of content management, effective September 23.
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NewsLionsgate CFO James Keegan to retire
Lionsgate CFO James Keegan, a 25-year veteran of the company and its corporate predecessors, is to retire on October 1. He will be replaced by James W Barge.
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NewsBuyers swoop in post-TIFF action
In a couple of further deals to emerge in the wake of Toronto, Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to Night Moves while RADiUS-TWC has picked up North America on Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon.
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NewsMoMA sets Berliner Schule show
The Museum Of Modern Art has announced that it will present The Berlin School: Films From The Berliner Schule. The exhibition will run from November 20-December 6.
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NewsICA luncheon sets honourees
The Canon Award for the advancement of digital technology in film and television will be presented to Mark Weingartner.
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NewsTWC finalising new credit facility
The Weinstein Company is finalising a credit facility worth around $370m, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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NewsCamerimage pacts with AFI, ASC
Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival aligns with American Film Institute and the American Society Of Cinematographers for Camerimage winners show in Los Angeles.
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NewsDisney, Jerry Bruckheimer end deal
Disney and Pirates producer end first-look deal after 27 films together.
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NewsUni restructures home ent operation
Following the arrival of Universal Pictures chief Jeff Shell, Universal has brought the physical and digital sales, marketing and distribution operations for film and television under one roof.
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NewsHunger Games to screen at Rome
Sequel to be presented Out of Competition at the Rome Film Festival.
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NewsAFI FEST unveils Varda films
AFI FEST 2013 top brass have issued details of the four films selected by guest artistic director Agnes Varda.
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NewsNightcrawler sells for Sierra/Affinity
Sierra/Affinity has announced a slew of international sales in Toronto on Bold Films’ Jake Gyllenhaal thriller Nightcrawler.
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NewsSFFS/Rainin unveil grant finallists
The San Francisco Film Society and Kenneth Rainin Foundation have selected the 14 finallists for the latest round of SFFS / Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grants.