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NewsParticipant buys North America on Chavez
Participant Media has acquired all North American rights to director Diego Luna’s Chavez, currently shooting in Sonora, Mexico.
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NewsBaldwin, Blanchett, Hawkins and Sarsgaard cast for next Allen film
Woody Allen has announced that Alec Baldwin (pictured), Cate Blanchett, Louis CK, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Michael Emerson, Sally Hawkins and Peter Sarsgaard will feature in the cast of his next film.
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NewsOscilloscope takes Tchoupitoulas
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Bill and Turner Ross’s documentary Tchoupitoulas.
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NewsSnow White looks good in US opening
Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman had a bigger than expected opening at the North American box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $56.3m and easily deposing Men in Black 3 as the market’s top draw.
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NewsGrindstone takes Gingerclown for North America
Grindstone Entertainment, the home video division of Lionsgate’s Mandate Pictures, has acquired North American distribution rights to Gingerclown 3D.
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NewsOutfest picks lab fellows
Los Angeles-based non-profit Outfest has announced the names of the five fellows who will take part in its 2012 Screenwriting Lab.
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NewsBreaking Glass picks up four for US
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired all US rights to four titles offered at the Cannes market: BAFTA-nominated British thriller Shifty, Jose Campusano’s dark Argentinian drama Twisted Romance, documentary Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era and Simon Chung’s Hong Kong film Speechless.
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NewsKennedy to co-head Lucasfilm
Producer Kathleen Kennedy is to become co-chair of Lucasfilm, allowing company founder George Lucas to move forward with his previously announced retirement plans.
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NewsCinemas Guzzo first multiplex to add second IMAX screen
Quebecois chain is first venue to offer two IMAX screens; facilitates dual language screenings and ticket demand on blockbuster opening weekends.
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Robopocalypse release pushed to 2014
In a round of release date changes at the Hollywood studios, Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse has been put back almost a year and set for a worldwide launch on April 25, 2014, with Disney distributing in the US and Fox internationally.
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NewsRelativity closes $350m financing deal
Relativity Media has closed a deal for $350m in debt financing that the company said will be used to fund planned expansion and future film projects.
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NewsFilmDistrict adds three in marketing
FilmDistrict has added three more executives to the marketing department headed by recently appointed president of marketing Christine Birch.
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NewsHorn to head Walt Disney Studios
Former Warner Bros Entertainment president Alan Horn has been named chairman of Walt Disney Studios, stepping into the post recently vacated by Rich Ross.
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Beyonce joins Epic voice cast
Beyonce Knowles, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amada Seyfried and Johnny Knoxville have joined the voice cast of Epic, the upcoming 3D computer animated adventure comedy from Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios.
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Drafthouse to re-release Miami Connection
Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to eighties martial arts film Miami Connection.
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NewsSundance Selects picks Una Noche for US
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to writer-director Lucy Mulloy’s Tribeca festival award-winner Una Noche.
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SPWA takes international on Jonze, Russell projects
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has bought selected international distribution rights to upcoming projects from Spike Jonze and David O Russell.
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NewsSluizer works to resurrect Dark Blood, River Phoenix's last project
Dark Blood, the movie River Phoenix [pictured] was working on at the time of his death, is set to be completed almost 20 years after it was abandoned.
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NewsBuyers track down Vinterberg’s Hunt
TrustNordisk strike deals for US, Germany, Australia, Spain, Brazil, Japan, South Korea among others.
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NewsGong Li to star in Tarsem Singh's Marco Polo project
EXCLUSIVE: English-language film produced by Gianni Nunnari and Endgame’s James Stern will be a US-China joint venture.