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NewsFriedman, Wachsberger to lead Lionsgate motion picture group
The contracts have been signed and Summit chiefs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger have been named co-chairs of Lionsgate Motion Pictures Group in the wake of last week’s merger.
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NewsContent Film, Preferred Content strike genre deal
The partners will produce a slate of six “elevated” genre, formalising an existing sales relationship on current Sundance entry The Pact and Content’s long-running collaboration with producer and Preferred Content partner Ross Dinerstein.
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NewsJan De Bont to remake crime drama Five Minutes To Live
The director has teamed up with Joseph and Jack Nasser, executive producers on the Sundance Premieres entry For A Good Time, Call…, to remake the 1961 Johnny Cash film Five Minutes To Live.
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NewsFrancisco Barreiro to star in Here Comes The Devil
The rising Mexican star will play the lead in MPI Media Group and Mexico City-based Salto de Fe Films’ supernatural thriller to be directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano.
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NewsUS in Progress to expand to Paris Film Festival in June
US in Progress, the work-in-progress event that was kicked off during the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland in November 2011, is now also planning an event to run during the Paris Film Festival (June 7-10).
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NewsAnchor Bay picks up Slasher Films’ Nothing To Fear
Content is handling international sales and introduced the film to buyers at the recent AFM.
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Joel Cox, Doug Ibold to receive ACE lifetime recognition
The veteran editors will be honoured with the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Lifetime Career Achievement Award at the Eddie Awards Feb 18 in Beverly Hills.
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NewsD Films picks up The Paperboy for Canada
Lee Daniels’ drama stars Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and John Cusack.
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NewsAMC Networks’ Josh Sapan to give MIPTV 2012 keynote
Sapan will discuss the value of original programming and how to create brands.
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NewsAR Films, Media Talent Group launch $120m US fund
Producer Alexander Rodnyansky’s AR Films and Geyer Kosinski’s Media Talent Group have launched the fund to develop and produce up to six films in the US over the next two years.
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Camelot Distribution Group takes domestic rights to The Holding
David Bradley, Kierston Wareing and Vincent Regan star in the tale of a mother who lives with a dark secret. Lionsgate UK released the thriller last September.
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Sony Pictures to distribute drama Johnny Two Guns
Oak Street Films and Zero Gravity Management will produce the film, which follows a failed musician who becomes an enforcer for a violent Nashville gangster.
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NewsFilm and camera giant Kodak files for bankruptcy
Struggling camera and film giant files for bankruptcy protection; further closures and redundancies possible.
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NewsTelefonica to offer Sony films on VOD in Latin America
Includes new releases such as The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Moneyball [pictured].
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NewsA Separation, Bullhead make it on to Oscar shortlist
Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers Of War is the notable omission from the foreign language pack and there are shut-outs too for crowdpleasers Le Havre, Where Do We Go Now, Declaration Of War and Miss Bala.
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Archstone Distribution takes the world on Night Of The Templar
Sampson Enterprises’ action comedy centres on a Medieval knight who returns from the dead to avenge those who betrayed him.
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Newsro*co films international adds three more to Sundance slate
Annie Roney’s sales company has wasted little time bulking up its sales roster with films headed for Park City following Tuesday’s announcement on Screendaily that ro*co films international had boarded We’re Not Broke.
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NewsYouTube, Emirates dangle $500k carrot over Your Film Festival
YouTube and Emirates, in partnership with the Venice Film Festival and Scott Free have launched the competition to find the best 15-minute video storyteller.
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NewsStrand takes US on Sundance entry Oslo, August 31st
Joachim Trier’s Norwegian film launched in Cannes last year and is set to screen at Sundance in Spotlight on Friday (20) and follows a young man in drug rehab who reflects on his life.
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NewsLiv Tyler to star in The Side Effect for Ti West
The horror filmmaker made the announcement on Wednesday (18) prior to the Feb 3 release of his latest feature The Innkeepers through Magnolia. West is producing with Ted Hope, UTA represents domestic rights and Celluloid Nightmares handles international sales.