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Marshall Lewy options rights to The Impostor’s Daughter
The director of California Solo will adapt Laurie Sandell’s Eisner Award-nominated graphic novel through his company Zambry Films and plans to direct.
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NewsDavid Kornblum to receive CinemaCon Passepartout Award
The knowledgeable and popular Disney executive will collect the honour at CinemaCon’s International Day Luncheon on Apr 15 in Las Vegas.
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NewsLincoln, Les Miserables dominate Critics’ Choice nods
DreamWorks’ Abraham Lincoln saga earned a record 13 nominations on Tuesday [11] followed by Universal’s Les Miserables on 11 and The Weinstein Company’s Silver Linings Playbook on 10.
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SFFS, Kenneth Rainin award grants to six filmmakers
The San Francisco Film Society and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation have announced the six recipients of grants totalling $300,000 to fund the next stage of their production.
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Ric Roman Waugh to direct Relativity's Tipping Point
Waugh will also rewrite the sci-fi thriller based on an original screenplay by Todd Stein.
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Summit Entertainment acquires rights to Breed
Chase Novak aka Scott Spencer wrote the novel and Summit has hired Burr Steers to write and direct the horror thriller. David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford of Heyday Films will produce.
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Academy announces 104-strong score longlist
Officials will make available a ‘reminder list’ of original score submissions along with a nominations ballot to all members of the music branch.
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NewsAmy Adams to receive Santa Barbara Vanguard honour
The star of The Master will collect the 28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Cinema Vanguard Award on Jan 31.
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Tribeca Film, Focus World take Greetings From Tim Buckley
The partners have acquired US rights to Dan Algrant’s film, which chronicles two generations of musicians – Tim and Jeff Buckley. Separately, The Cinema Guild has taken select rights to An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty.
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NewsAmerican Film Institute unveils 10 best films of 2012
Life Of Pi, Argo and Beasts Of The Southern Wild are among the Institute’s honours roster, while The Master, Flight and The Hobbit fail to make the cut.
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NewsSundance Institute sets touring film roster
Festival top brass have selected the 10 entries and arthouse venues that comprise the Sundance Film Festival USA.
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Glenn Close, Nick Nolte join Always On My Mind
The Golden Globe-winning pair have signed on to Occupant Entertainment’s music-driven drama.
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NewsBradley Cooper to receive Desert Palm Achievement
The star of Silver Linings Playbook will collect his honour at the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) gala on Jan 5.
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NewsWashington critics reward Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) became the latest East Coast critics group to honour Kathryn Bigelow and her Osama Bin Laden film. A varied winners’ roster also rewarded Cloud Atlas and ParaNorman.
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PGA to stage annual Produced By conference in June
The event will take place at 20th Century Fox Studios in Century City, from Jun 8-9.
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NewsJames Bond produces $11m to dominate North America
In a slow session Skyfall leapfrogged The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 to reclaim its earlier number one spot and reach $261.6m after five weekends.
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NewsLos Angeles critics honour Amour, The Master
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named (9) Michael Haneke’s meditation on mortality, Amour, the 2012 film of the year. Best picture runner-up The Master is a major presence, earning four awards including best director for Paul Thomas Anderson.
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NewsPalm Springs career award for Sally Field
The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) is to present two-time Oscar-winning actress Sally Field with its career achievement award.
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NewsSlamdance announces narrative, doc sections
The Slamdance Film Festival has announced the films in its narrative and documentary feature competitions, among them 13 world premieres and seven US premieres.