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NewsStudioCanal acquires Hoyts, plans local productions
StudioCanal has bought successful Australia and New Zealand distributor Hoyts Distribution of the Hoyts Group; the outfit will release last Twilight instalment in November.
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NewsPrincipal photography kicks off on Very Good Girls
Naomi Foner is directing from her own screenplay about whose plan to lose their virginity hits a bump when they fall for the same guy. Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen star. K5 International is handling international sales.
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NewsImax to convert up to 18 additional AMC theatres
The companies announced on Monday (16) they were expanding their revenue sharing partnership and have agreed on eight new installation deals.
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Phase 4 acquires North American rights to Alter Egos
Jordan Galland’s superhero comedy will be released under the company’s new “Kevin Smith’s SModcast Pictures Presents” banner.
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Sundance Institute unveils creative producing participants, Bingham Ray Fellow
Eleven projects are selected for the creative producing labs, which run from Jul 30-Aug 3. The Fellows represent five projects from the feature film programme and six from the documentary film programme and fund.
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Chris Fetner named Netflix director of content partner operations
The executive will be based at the company’s Beverly Hills offices and will manage all aspects of the digital supply chain.
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NewsBECTU, PACT negotiating employment reform amid rising tide of crew unrest
EXCLUSIVE: 100 UK hair and makeup artists join union BECTU after turbulent Les Miserables shoot, described by one as “the final straw”; 52 location managers band together.
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NewsIce Age 4 tops US on $46m, Spidey crosses $200m
An excellent weekend overall for Fox saw Blue Sky Studios’ latest animation, Ice Age: Continental Drift, open at number one on an estimated $46m for a worldwide running total of $385m.
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NewsComic-Con: Hobbit, Superman, Django wow crowds
Peter Jackson showed more than 12 minutes of footage from his two Hobbit films to close out an extravagant Warner Bros / Legendary Pictures presentation in Hall H on Saturday (14).
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NewsComic-Con: Resident Evil sparks sequel talk, Elysium mesmerises
Paul WS Anderson hinted at a sixth Resident Evil episode during a rousing Sony session that featured spectacular first-look footage from Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 follow-up Elysium as well as reels from Rian Johnson’s Looper and Len Wiseman’s Total Recall reboot.
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NewsViola Davis joins The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby
EXCLUSIVE: The Oscar nominee and William Hurt are among a handful of new additions to the project, which has begun shooting in New York.
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Ryan Kwanten to star in Sex And Sunsets for Serendipity Point
Producer Robert Lantos made the announcement on Friday (13). eOne will distribute in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the Benelux.
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NewsObituary: Richard Zanuck 1934-2012
The Oscar winning producer died on Friday (Jul 13) from a heart attack. He was 77.
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Daniel Radcliffe to grow Horns for Red Granite, Mandalay
The British actor faces his darkest role yet in the supernatural thriller. Red Granite is financing and will co-produce with Mandalay Pictures and Alexandre Aja will direct.
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NewsComic-Con: Kick-Ass 2 on runway for September shoot
UPDATE: Christopher Mintz-Plasse told Hall H attendees on Friday morning (13) that he will reprise his role in Marv Films’ action sequel, adding that “hopefully” it will commence production in September.
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NewsDiego Luna to attend inaugural LondonMexFest
The first LondonMexFest will take place August 17-19.
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NewsComic-Con: Schwarzenegger confirms Twins sequel
The former Governor of California (pictured at a previous Comic-Con) revealed on a Day One panel in San Diego that Universal Pictures and Ivan Reitman are on board and have begun the search for a writer.
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NewsThe Solution, Siren Studios team on production, genre sales
Former IM Global executive and Hyde Park International president Ruzanna Kegeyan to oversee new sales slate.
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Universal to release Iron Fists on Nov 2, 2012
Quentin Tarantino presents RZA’s feature directorial debut inspired by classic kung fu cinema. Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu star.
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NewsBerlinale World Cinema Fund awards €157,000 in grants
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded five projects a total of €157,000 in its latest round of funding.