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NewseOne bites for Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are
Entertainment One has acquired the US rights to Mickle’s reimagining of Jorge Michel Grau’s cannibal horror of the same name.
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NewsMusic Box in tune with Roger Michell’s Le Weekend
Embankment Films closes US deal for drama starring Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan and Jeff Goldblum.
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NewsMemento picks up S-VHS following Sundance premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Gruesome horror feature complements French sales and production company’s growing genre slate.
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NewsHansel & Gretel slay competition with $19m US debut
Paramount’s action vehicle for Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton led a slow session at the box office in which the top 12 fell around 25% against the previous weekend and 10% against the same session in 2012.
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NewsArgo triumphs at 2013 Producers Guild Awards
Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s true-life thriller earned a timely boost one month before the Academy Awards by winning the Zanuck Award For Outstanding Producer Of Theatrical Motion Pictures on Saturday night [26] in Beverly Hills.
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NewsShooting commences on Exclusive, Playtone, AFC’s Parkland
Peter Landesman makes his feature directorial debut on the adaptation of Vincent Bugliosi’s book Reclaiming History: The Assassination Of President John F Kennedy. Colin Hanks has joined the cast.
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NewsDisney confirms JJ Abrams to direct Star Wars
The studio ended speculation about who will helm Episode VII with a formal announcement on Friday [25].
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NewsFinal Draft announces finallists for Screenwriters Choice Awards
The winner of the 8th Annual Screenwriters Choice Awards will be unveiled on Feb 7 in Beverly Hills.
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RadioactiveGiant acquires original screenplay Table 18
The multi-media development, production and distribution studio announced the deal on Friday [25].
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The Dirties, My Name Is Faith among Slamdance winners
The festival organisers announced their winners on Friday [25].
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NewsContent secures international rights to Concussion
Content Film has acquired all foreign rights to Concussion, following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday [19].
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NewsG.I. Joe: Retaliation gets limited IMAX release
Paramount, MGM and Skydance Productions’ follow-up to the 2009 action film will launch in select international theatres in remastered IMAX 3D on Mar 28 and embark on a one-week run in North America the following day, when it opens wide across the continent.
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NewsEl Deseo to co-produce Damián Szifrón’s Wild Tales
EXCLUSIVE: Almodóvar’s company also working on new title by Lucrecia Martel.
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NewsFreestyle Digital Media acquires Norman for DVD, VoD
Jonathan Segal’s drama stars Emily VanCamp, Dan Byrd, Richard Jenkins, Adam Goldberg and Billy Lush.
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NewsCasting By rights picked up by Autlook
Documentary sales agent Autlook has secured ‘rest of world’ rights for star-studded feature Casting By, which debuted at Toronto in September.
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NewsExclusive Releasing nabs US, UK, CIS on Two Mothers
The Naomi Watts-Robin Wright Sundance drama will get a day-and-date release; marks Exclusive Releasing’s first acquisition.
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NewsDreamWorks begins shooting on WikiLeaks drama
Bill Condon directs Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, which is set for a Nov 15 North American release through Touchstone in time for awards consideration. Disney, DreamWorks, Reliance and Mister Smith split the international release.
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NewsFilmMcQueen and Marteau Films team for comedy thriller
FilmMcQueen and Marteau Films are to partner on Slate and Kelly, a thriller comedy to be shot in Paris.
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NewsWirthwhile Entertainment starts development on One Week In Hollywood
Sheri Sussman, who wrote the screenplay to Sundance 2001 entry MacArthur Park, wrote the screenplay about a week in the life of a writer in Hollywood and will direct.
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NewsSony production admin chief Gary Martin retires
The executive has served 32 years at Columbia Pictures and 51 years in the industry overall.