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Piven joins Exclusive's Miley Cyrus project So Undercover
Jeremy Piven and Mike O’Malley have joined Miley Cyrus on Exclusive Films’ action comedy.
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Mark Sonnenberg joins Maya Entertainment as COO
The former FX and E! executive will report directly to co-chairman and CEO Moctesuma Esparza and co-chairman Jeff Valdez.
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Hamptons 2011 moves back one week to avoid Yom Kippur holiday
The 2011 Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) will run from October 13-17.
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Relativity sets Nov 11 date for Immortals
Relativity Media will release the epic action film in association with Universal on November 11.
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New-look Miramax announces executive appointments
Miramax unveiled the first additions to its management team this week.
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NewsFilmDistrict schedules Insidious as first US release in April
FilmDistrict has confirmed it has slotted in James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s horror film for April 1 on 2,500 screens.
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NewsFox, China Lion to co-distribute Butcher in three territories
Fox International Productions (FIP) is teaming with China Lion Film Distribution to release Wuershan’s The Butcher, The Chef And The Swordsman in North America, Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsItalian box office up 17% in 2010
The Italian 2010 box office rose 17% year-on-year with 2009, earning $948m (€734m) while local films alone banked $258m (€215m) of the total ticket sales.
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NewsRecord number of films supported in DFFF incentive’s fourth year
A record number of 114 projects were supported with $ 75.4m (€ 57.9m) by the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) in its fourth year of operations.
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NewsKorea's box office admissions slip 5% in 2010
Leading local exhibitor CJ CGV has announced South Korea’s 2010 box office admissions went down 5.1% year-on-year, with an estimated 148,403,921 admissions.
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LoveFilm comes to Sony media player
LoveFilm partners with Sony to bring streaming service to the Sony network media player (Sony SMP-N100).
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NewsSynkronized takes US, Canadian rights to UK feature Just Ines
Distributor Synkronized has acquired US and Canadian rights to UK feature Just Ines.
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NewsGoteborg to screen 442 films, announces increased prize money
Unspooling between Jan 28-Feb 7, Scandinavia’s largest festival introduces a $145,000 (SEK 1m) Dragon prize for Best Nordic Film
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NewsRussian box office rises 43% in 2010
Russia and CIS (excluding Ukraine) reached a historical high of $1.05bn in 2010.
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NewsRevolver takes The Round Up and What Love May Bring for UK
UK distributor takes all UK rights to Rose Bosch and Claude Lelouch-directed WWII-era dramas.
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NewsGreek industry mostly welcomes new film law
The move comes two and a half years after Costa Cavras was asked to head a commission to prepare the new law.
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NewsUK child's complaint leads to ban on Saw 3D advert
A television advert for Lionsgate’s horror film Saw 3D has been banned in the UK after a 10-year-old child complained that it was “distressing” and “inappropriately scheduled”.
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NewsIMAX, Paramount strike four-film deal for 2011
The deal bolsters IMAX Corporation’s standing in the global tentpole business.
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NewsBattsek, Chinn executive produce The Imposter
Passion Pictures’ John Battsek and Red Box Films’ Simon Chinn have signed on to executive produce The Imposter, a documentary feature to be directed by Bart Layton.