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NewsGKIDS, Cinedigm deepen ties
Family animation distributor GKIDS and Cinedigm plan to launch a multi-platform animation label.
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NewsAFI to honour Cornfeld
Producer Stuart Cornfeld will receive the AFI’s 2013 Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal on Jun 6.
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NewsLegendary East, China Film Co strike pact
Legendary East and China Film Co have signed a multi-year co-production deal in Beijing to produce tentpole films.
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Mertes to head JustFilms
Cara Mertes has been appointed director of The Ford Foundation’s JustFilms programme.
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NewsBehind the Candelabra draws 2.4m
Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace biopic, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, was seen by 2.4 million viewers on its US premiere.
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NewsCBGB goes to XLrator
XLrator Media has acquired all US rights to CBGB and has set a theatrical release to coincide with the CBGB Music Festival in New York in October. The Exchange handles international sales.
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NewsFilm Movement takes Ilo Ilo
The distributor has acquired North American rights to Anthony Chen’s Camera D’Or winner, which last week became the first Singaporean film to win a prize in Cannes.
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NewsTribeca Film to release Circle
Tribeca Film has taken all US rights to Felix van Groeningen’s The Broken Circle Breakdown following its US premiere at Tribeca last month and will release the film later this year.
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NewsDisney unveils toon schedule
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures executives issued their latest 3D animation release schedule update on Wednesday [29] kicking off with Untitled Disney Animation on Mar 4 2016.
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Active Fox lines up two releases
Filmmaker and actor Joey Dedio of Active Fox Productions and Rob Lynch of Eammon Films have teamed up to handle the nationwide theatrical release on Tio Papi and 36 Saints.
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Ad Eaters comes to Hollywood
A selection of leading cinema commercials will screen on May 31 at the Egyptian Theatre as part of the annual Night Of The Ad Eaters celebration.
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NewsIconic Productions readies Passage
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based Iconic Productions has hired K Rocco Shields to direct Right Of Passage.
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NewsIschia festival to honour Cage
Nicolas Cage will receive a 2013 Ischia Legend Award on on Jul 19 at Italy’s Ischia Global Film & Music Festival.
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NewsCampbell lands top IMAX marketing job
Eileen Campbell has been appointed chief marketing officer of IMAX Corporation and will start work on Jul 15.
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NewsFord extends IM Global contract
IM Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford has signed a multi-year extension to his CEO service contract.
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NewsUCLA film fest to honour quartet
Ben Affleck, Shane Acker, David Magee and Lorenzo Di Bonaventura are among the honourees at the upcoming UCLA School Of Theater, Film And Television’s 22nd annual film festival.
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NewsDoppelganger takes Torrente quartet
Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American rights to the four Spanish action comedy Torrente films by director-star Santiago Segura.
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NewsCaplan to leave eOne by June
Sally Caplan is to relinquish her role as managing director of eOne Films International and will leave the company at the end of May.
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NewsFast 6 takes US pole on $120m
UPDATED MAY 27: Universal’s Fast & Furious 6 scored a rip-roaring $120m over a record four-day Memorial Day weekend at the North American box office that also set a new benchmark for a US holiday weekend.
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NewsSundance Selects acquires Like Father
Sundance Selects announced on Sunday [26] it had acquired US rights to Kore-eda Hirokazu’s jury prize winner Like Father, Like Son from Wild Bunch.