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NewsAsa Butterfield in CinemaCon honour
The star of Hugo and upcoming lead in Ender’s Game will collect the CinemaCon Rising Star Of 2013 Award at a ceremony in Las Vegas on Apr 18.
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NewsShort Term 12 wows SXSW audience
Destin Daniel Cretton’s winner of the narrative feature competition grand jury prize has added the audience award to the trophy cabinet.
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NewsTheo James to star in Divergent
Lionsgate-owned Summit Entertainment announced the casting on Friday [15], signalling a potential break-out role for the British actor from The Inbetweeners Movie and Underworld: Awakening.
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NewsRoberto Girault readies Trees shoot
EXCLUSIVE: El Estudiante director Roberto Girault has lined up Trees Die Standing (Los Arboles Mueren De Pie) for an April shoot in Mexico for local production companies Travere Films and Halo Studio.
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NewsTrevorrow to direct Jurassic Park 4
The director of Sundance 2012 hit Safety Not Guaraneteed has signed on for Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.
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NewsCinemaCon to honour Chris Pine
The Star Trek actor will receive the CinemaCon Male Star Of The Year Award in Las Vegas on Apr 18.
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NewsZ-Machine starts Jim Morrison doc
Z-Machine announced on Thursday [14] that production has begun on Before The End: Jim Morrison Comes Of Age.
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NewsCohen Media Group acquires Breathe In
Cohen Media Group has acquired US rights to Drake Doremus’ acclaimed Sundance drama and will distribute in the fourth quarter. QED handles international sales.
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Nekisa Cooper to receive Fox Film Grant
Film Independent and FOX | HBCU Media Alliance will present producer Nekisa Cooper with the inaugural Fox Film Grant.
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NewsHyde Park hires Stephen Gary
Hyde Park Entertainment chairman and CEO Ashok Amritraj made the announcement on Thursday [14] in the run-up to Cannes.
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NewsTribeca unveils All Access projects
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced on Thursday [14] 11 projects as part of the 10th annual Tribeca All Access (TAA) programme.
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NewsOscar Isaac to star in Partisan
Oscar Isaac, who plays the lead in the Coen Brothers’ upcoming Inside Llewyn Davis, has been hired to star in Warp Films Australia’s Partisan. Madman will distribute in Australia and New Zealand and UTA Independent Film Group arranged remaining financing and represents world sales.
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NewsChapman to produce Trigger
Scott Glenn will star in the first project to emerge from Chapman Filmed Entertainment, the production company run through Chapman University’s Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts.
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NewsWe Have A Pope re-released
Sundance Selects will re-release its Cannes 2011 acquisition We Have A Pope (Habemus Papam), the distributor announced [14] one day after the election in the Vatican of Argentina’s Pope Francis.
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Rays of Light nears start
Kyra Sedgwick will star in Rays Of Light, the feature directorial debut of Terrence Malick and Julian Schnabel’s first AD Batan Silva that is set to commence shooting next week in Nashville.
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Clarius to release Summertime's Oz
Summertime Entertainment has signed a deal with Clarius Entertainment for what it said would be a wide theatrical release with “significant” p&a of 3D animated musical Legends Of Oz: Dorothy’s Return.
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NewsProduction begins on Pompeii 3D
Constantin Film announced that the romantic adventure had begun production on Wednesday [13] in Pompeii. The shoot will move to Toronto on Mar 28. Summit International pre-sold rights to the Canada-Germany co-production in Cannes 2011 and Summit Entertainment will distribute in the US.
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NewsIMAX, Yash Raj to release Paani
IMAX Corporation and India’s Yash Raj Films announced on Wednesday [13] they were expanding their partnership to release Paani and one other as yet unannounced Yash Raj Films title in IMAX theatres across India and other key markets.
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NewsHanWay takes Dirty Wars rights
The deal with sales agent Submarine bulks up HanWay’s Cannes war chest and follows the previously announced North American acquisition by Sundance Selects.
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NewsSoderbergh to give SIFF keynote
The director is schedule to deliver the State Of Cinema Address on Apr 27 at the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival.