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NewsSpader to play Avengers villain
The actor has been cast as the villain in Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron, which Disney will release on May 1 2015.
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NewsBernal to star in Desierto
Fresh from the triumph of his Venice opener Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron will produce the Gael Garcia Bernal illegal immigrant drama Desierto this winter.
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NewsFilmBuff takes Double Play
New York distributor FilmBuff announced that it will release the documentary and Venice Classics selection Double Play: James Benning And Richard Linklater in 2014. Meanwhile XLrator Media has cut a pioneering first-window deal with DIRECT CINEMA for CBGB.
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NewsGravitas finds Sunlight Jr
Gravitas Ventures has picked up all North American rights to Laurie Collyer’s Sunlight Jr starring Naomi Watts, Norman Reedus and Matt Dillon.
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NewsPreferred Content boards Dark Matter of Love
EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Iwashina’s Preferred Content has boarded US rights to Sarah McCarthy’s Toronto-bound documentary The Dark Matter of Love.
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NewsTrier's Louder Than Bombs shelved
Joachim Trier’s first English-language feature, starring Isabelle Huppert, Gabriel Byrne and Jesse Eisenberg, has been postponed just a month before shooting due to financial difficulties.
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NewsRooney Mara replaces Mia Wasikowska on Carol
Dragon Tattoo star joins Todd Haynes’ period lesbian drama opposite Cate Blanchett; spring 2014 shoot planned.
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NewsOpen Road extends credit line
Open Road Films and its lenders have agreed to extend the company’s $100m revolving credit facility for an additional five years through 2018.
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NewsCathy Schulman joins Dodge
Mandalay Pictures president Cathy Schulman and Tropic Thunder set designer John Chichester have joined the faculty at Chapman University’s Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts.
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NewsNYFF unveils Convergence
The 2013 NYFF Convergence transmedia event will run from Sept 28-30 during the first days of the 51st New York Film Festival.
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NewsTelluride unveils 40th line-up
Twenty-seven new features will screen over the extended five-day anniversary event and there will be tributes to Robert Redford, T-Bone Burnett, the Coen Brothers and Mohammad Rasoulof - and there has already been a US acquisition.
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NewsAct of Killing to be distributed free in Indonesia
Drafthouse Films to make Oppenheimer’s genocide documentary available as a free download from Sept 30.
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NewsStung swells for XYZ, Rat Pack
EXCLUSIVE: Rat Pack Filmproduction and XYZ Films have signed Matt O´Leary, Jessica Cook, Peter Stormare and Lance Henriksen to the horror comedy.
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NewsFocus World, Screen Media get Birder's
Focus World and Screen Media Films have partnered for a third time on US distribution of A Birder’s Guide to Everything.
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NewsDern to receive Chicago honour
Alexander Payne’s latest film Nebraska featuring an awards-buzz performance by Bruce Dern will screen on Oct 16 during the 49th Chicago International Film Festival.
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WIFF announce finishing fund winners
The Women In Film Foundation’s (WIFF) Film Finishing Fund co-chairs Betsy Pollock and Nancy Rae Stone have announced the recipients of the 28th annual Film Finishing Fund grant programme.
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NewsRoadside gets Therese, Strand takes Refuge
Roadside Attractions has swooped on US rights to Therese ahead of its Toronto world premiere. Separately, Strand Releasing has acquired US rights to Refuge.
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NewsParamount sets Star Trek, WWZ double
Paramount will release its two summer hits Star Trek Into Darkness and World War Z as a double bill in select nationwide theatres from Aug 30-Sept 5.
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NewsNYFF sets Opening Act
Organisers at the 51st New York Film Festival have programmed a series of landmark films by international talent.