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‘Vampire Academy’ Adds ‘Modern Family’s’ Sarah Hyland, Gabriel Byrne & More To Cast
EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company‘s Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters has added the final pieces to its casting puzzle. Modern Family ‘s Sarah Hyland and Vikings’ Gabriel Bryne will now also be sinking their teeth in the movie based on the books by Richelle Mead. Show More Summary
Adopt Films Picks Jacques Doillon’s ‘Love Battles’ For U.S. Release
EXCLUSIVE: New York-based distributor Adopt Films has acquired all U.S. rights to French director Jacques Doillon’s Love Battles (aka Mes Séances De Lutte). The movie debuted in the Panorama section of Berlin earlier this year. The story...Show More Summary
Cannes: Shoreline Touts Brendan Fraser Comedy Western 'With the Outlaws'
The project will be directed by Andy Morahan and scripted and produced by Nicholas Sercombe. read more
Cannes: Shannyn Sossamon, Vincet Perez, Alanis Morisette Weigh ‘The Price Of Desire’
Shannyn Sossamon is to play architect and designer Eileen Gray in biopic The Price Of Desire with Alanis Morisette in to play her lover. Swiss actor Vincet Perez, well known for his work in France, will be Gray’s nemesis, Le Corbusier. Show More Summary
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Shark Tank’ Finale Up, ‘Undercover Boss’ Finale Down, ‘Rock Center’ Up, ABC Wins Friday Night
Nothing says Disney like crossover and that’s what the Season 4 finale of Shark Tank (1.9/7) saw last night on the last Friday of the 2012-2013 TV season. Dr. Heinz Doofenshmitz of Disney Channel’s Phineas and Ferb showed up to give the Sharks a pitch last night on the Disney-owned ABC, though they weren’t really biting. Show More Summary
Hot Teaser Trailer: ‘Anchorman 2?
Ron Burgundy & Co. are back December 20 in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Paramount’s unleashed another teaser for the currently-filming sequel with more in-character riffing but no actual footage, in what plays like outtakes from last year’s first peek:
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Prediction: Major Label Will Aquire DIY Distributor Music Crowdfunding: Sam Tsui Kickstarts Debut, Songkick Detour Expands, JOBS Act For Labels The Tools of Music Fan Engagement [Part 2]: Newsletters Direct-to-Fan The Early Beginnings...Show More Summary
Cannes: Open Road To Bring Gregg Allman Biopic To U.S. Theaters
Open Road Films and Unclaimed Freight Productions’ Randall Miller and Jody Savin are partnering to bring Gregg Allman biopic My Cross To Bear to U.S. theaters. Miller and Savin penned the screenplay based on the New York Times bestselling autobiography of the iconic blues singer. Show More Summary
Cannes: Doha Film Institute Plans Two Festivals
An international event for first and second filmmakers named Qumra will launch March 2014, steered by newly-appointed artistic advisor and filmmaker Elia Suleiman. read more
Cannes: 108 Media, Paladin Acquire North America On Sundance Thriller ‘Metro Manila’
Sean Ellis’ Philippines-set Metro Manila is bound for a remake courtesy of Fox International Productions which acquired rights earlier this week. The Sundance World Cinema Audience Award winner has now been picked up by distribution partners 108 Media and Paladin for North America. Show More Summary
REWIND: The New Music Industry's Week In Review
Does iTunes' Daft Punk Album Premier Demonstrate Its Marketing Strength? Infographic: How We Discover And Consume Music Music Sponsorships Top $1.28 Billion In 2013 With Murder For Hire Charges Looming, As I Lay Dying Cancels Tour Google...Show More Summary
Cannes: Morgan Freeman And Diane Keaton To Star In Comedy ‘Life Itself’
Myriad Pictures has tapped Richard Loncraine to direct Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton in Life Itself, a comedy based on the Jill Ciment novel Heroic Measures. Charlie Peters wrote the screenplay, about a long-married NY couple who find...Show More Summary
Cannes: Phase 4 Acquires Lucy Walker’s Sundance Docu ‘The Crash Reel’
Phase 4 Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to The Crash Reel, which follows the different paths taken by childhood friends and rivals Shaun White and Kevin Pearce. The latter suffered a serious brain injury while training for...Show More Summary
MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Who Needs A Record Label?, 3 Simple Ways To Cut Through The Noise & More
Cut Through the Noise: 3 Simple And Effective Ways for Musicians to Get Noticed Who Needs a Record Label? The Rise of the Musicpreneur (Part 3/3)
Cannes Briefs: ‘Rudderless’; Gosling’s ‘Monster’; ‘Starry Eyes’; Wentworth Media & Arts; ‘Lilting’; ‘Third Person’; Doha Fests
France’s Mars Films has picked up all French speaking rights to William H. Macy‘s directorial debut, Rudderless, which Radiant Films is selling internationally. Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Selena Gomez, Laurence Fishburne, William H. Show More Summary
Cannes: Worldview Options Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe Biopic ‘Blonde’
This is a project that stirred a lot of excitement when it was initially announced in 2010. Writer-director Andrew Dominik was coming off of The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford at the time and then went on to make Killing Them Softly. Show More Summary
Cannes: TLA Releasing Grabs 'Dead Shadows,' 'Two Mothers'
TLA takes David Cholewa's genre film for U.K., France and Anne Zohra Berrached's gay drama for multiple European territories. read more
Cannes: Peter Mullan's 'Paradise' Creates Buyer Buzz
The script about the founding of legendary Scottish soccer team Celtic Football Club is billed as "Gangs of New York" meets "Field of Dreams." read more
Cannes: L.A. Film Noir With Smiths Tunes Hits The Market (Exclusive)
The movie will be the sophmore outing for LA-based British filmmaker Trevor Miller will direct with London music impresario Sean McLusky with U.S. banner Brink films co-producing. read more
Global Showbiz Briefs: Shine Int’l Makes CEO Permanent; New Download/Streaming Service Headed For UK
Shine International Takes Interim Tag Off Nohr
More than eight months after Nadine Nohr stepped in as interim CEO at Shine International, the company has made her gig permanent. Two years ago, the exec supervised the unit’s revamp and relocation. Show More Summary
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