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  XLrator Media Acquires THALE:   XLrator Media has acquired U.S. rights to the Norwegian supernatural thriller Thale, which screens tonight in the Toronto Film Festival’s Vanguard section. The deal was sealed by the filmmakers and Barry Gordon, CEO of XLrator Media. The plan is to release early next year. Based on the stills from[...]

Hot acquisition titles as the Toronto Film Festival kicks off tonight: IMOGENE – Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini. Cast: Kristen Wiig, Annette Benning, Matt Dillon. Seller: UTA/Voltage. A playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother. 1st Screening: Friday,[...]

Sandwiched in between SXSW and Cannes, it is very easy to dismiss or overlook the Tribeca Film Festival. Yet, last year’s crop of films included the world premieres of two of the highest grossing documentaries of 2012 Bully and Jiro Dreams of Sushi.  However, most buyers seemed much more hesitant to strike this year. Part of[...]

The major findings of the newly released 2011 WGA Screenwriter Survey (click here for full report) are that “screenwriters believe their status in the industry has significantly deteriorated over the past several years. The most flagrant studio practices contributing to this decline, ranked in order of frequency, are: free rewrites, sweepstakes pitching or bake-offs, late payment, free[...]

Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, made the first announcement of films to premiere at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival. Films announced include titles in the Galas and Special Presentations programmes. The announced films include 17 Galas and 45 Special Presentations, including[...]

Although disc sales fell by 7.2% in the UK in 2011, the British Video Association today says a study it commissioned has found sales of DVDs, Blu-rays and digital formats are the “single biggest revenue source for the production of film and television drama in the UK.” The report, by Oxford Economics (which also did[...]

Last fall, premium video-on-demand (PVOD) appeared to be a short-lived studio experiment that gained little traction among consumers — crashing infamously with the release of Universal Pictures’ action-comedy Tower Heist. Now that window could be re-opening, albeit with a few significant tweaks. Nomura Securities analyst Michael Nathanson contends PVOD could make a comeback with better[...]

Not too long ago a company called Mosaic Engineering surprised the DSLR world and came out with a filter that greatly reduced the aliasing and moire patterns on the Canon 5D Mark II. Installation was relatively straightforward, and the only major drawback was that super-wide lenses could appear very soft, especially in the corners. Now[...]

Sony Pictures Classics acquires “Love is all you need”: Sony Pictures Classics acquired all North American rights to the Susanne Bier-directed Love Is All You Need. SPC bought it from Scandinavian sales company TrustNordisk. The film stars Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm and Paprika Steen. SPC released Bier’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner In A[...]

01. SUPPLICATION (The dynamic elements technically necessary are: a Persecutor; a Suppliant; and a Power in authority, whose decision is doubtful) A. (1) Fugitives Imploring the Powerful for Help Against Their Enemies (2) Assistance Implored for the Performance of a Pious Duty Which Has Been Forbidden (3) Appeals for a Refuge in Which to Die[...]