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NewsToronto unveils Midnight Madness line-up
The 25th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival’s genre strand to open with Chris Silvertson’s All Cheerleaders Die and feature the world premiere of Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno.
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NewsZero Hour to open Hollyshorts
HollyShorts has announced that Dan Carrillo Levy’s Zero Hour will open the 9th annual HollyShorts Film Festival on Aug 15.
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NewsArtemis Fowl lures Weinstein, Disney
Harvey Weinstein is teaming up with his old associates The Walt Disney Studios on an adaptation of children’s book Artemis Fowl. Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal serve as executive producers.
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NewsYellow Sun to open ttff
Nigerian drama Half Of A Yellow Sun starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor will open the 2013 trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff), festival top brass announced on Monday [29].
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NewsTwo IMAX sites set for Ecuador
Executives at IMAX and Supercines, Ecuador’s largest exhibitor, announced on Monday [Jul 29] the construction of two theatres in the city of Guayaquil, the country’s largest and most populous city.
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NewsWWZ to get domestic IMAX release
Paramount executives said on Monday [29] they will re-release World War Z in North America in IMAX 3D for a one-week run beginning Aug 2.
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NewsCaptain Phillips to open NYFF
Another awards season hopeful has slotted into the calendar after it emerged on Monday [29] that the world premiere of Paul Greengrass’ Somali hijacking thriller starring Tom Hanks will open the 51st New York Film Festival on Sept 27.
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NewsSPC acquires Tim’s Vermeer
The distributor, riding high on a mighty launch for Blue Jasmine over the weekend, said on Monday [29] it had taken worldwide rights to the documentary.
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NewsCast join Welcome To Me
Wes Bentley, Joan Cusack, James Marsden and Alan Tudyk have joined the cast of Gary Sanchez Productions and Bron Studios’ comedy starring Kristen Wiig.
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NewsParamount promotes Megan Wahtera
The executive becomes head of the studio’s interactive marketing department and succeeds Amy Powell who was named head of Paramount Television last week.
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NewsMipcom to honour Jeffrey Katzenberg
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has been named Mipcom 2013 Personality of the Year.
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NewsSee-Saw, CMG team for D-Day spy series
EXCLUSIVE: The King’s Speech, Top of the Lake producer joins Cohen Media Group on adaptation of Second World War spy story Double Cross.
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NewsWolverine slices $55m in US
Fox’s X-Men tale put a lot of space between itself and the competition as the action release debuted top in North America on an estimated $55m, even though the result will have disappointed studio executives. TWC’s awards hopeful Fruitvale Station vaulted seven places to number 10.
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John Williams to score Star Wars: Episode VII
World renowned composer announced by Kathleen Kennedy at Star Wars Celebration. Williams discusses new film and JJ Abrams in video message.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires Salvo
The distributor has picked up North American rights to Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza’s Salvo, winner of the Critics Week Grand Prix and the France 4 Visionary Award in Cannes.
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NewsDoppelgänger lands Smash
Music Box Films’ genre arm has acquired US rights to Smash & Grab: The Story Of The Pink Panthers, Havana Marking’s documentary about the world’s most successful diamond thieves.
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NewsAlcon lines up Dolphin Tale 2
Harry Connick Jr, Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman will return for Alcon’s Dolphin Tale 2 following the $72m North American success of the original family drama in 2011 through Warner Bros.
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NewsParkland to open on Sept 20
Exclusive Releasing will roll out the JFK assassination drama in theatres following the autumn festival debuts in Venice and Toronto.