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		<title>Warner Bros. Eyes &#039;The Dark Tower&#039; With Expectation HBO Would Handle TV Side</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/warner-bros-eyes-the-dark-tower-with-expectation-hbo-would-handle-tv-side/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Tower]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like Stephen King's seven novel fantasy epic "The Dark Tower" may have found the perfect home with HBO and Warner Bros. handling what could end up being three feature films and two television series bridging the gap.]]></description>
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		<title>Darren Aronofsky&#039;s &#039;Noah&#039; Has Life at Paramount and New Regency</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/darren-aronofskys-noah-life-paramount-regency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a press release Paramount and New Regency have announced Darren Aronofsky's <i>Noah</i> is much closer to reality with John Logan (<em>Gladiator, The Aviator</em>) coming aboard to re-write the script by Aronofsky and Ari Handel.]]></description>
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		<title>Hockey Feature &#039;Goon&#039; Gets Solid Buzz, a Trailer and a Distributor</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hockey-feature-goon-solid-buzz-trailer-distributor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hockey-feature-goon-solid-buzz-trailer-distributor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Toronto Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie Trailers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in late July a bootlegged red band trailer for Michael Dowse&#039;s hockey dramedy Goon found its way online and it looked like one giant massive cliche. However, the film premiered here at the Toronto International Film Festival recently and was immediately snatched up by Magnet Releasing and I&#039;ve heard more than one person talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Shame&#039; Gets an Instant Oscar Bump as Fox Searchlight Nabs It for Distribution</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/shame-instant-oscar-bump-fox-searchlight-nabs-distribution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/shame-instant-oscar-bump-fox-searchlight-nabs-distribution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Fassbender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shame]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it would seem the Academy will be forced to pay attention to Steve McQueen&#039;s latest collaboration with Michael Fassbender as Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired Shame for domestic distribution later this year with full plans to launch an Oscar campaign for the film and more specifically a Best Actor campaign for Fassbender. The film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney&#039;s D23 Expo Reveals Two New Pixar Films, &#039;Avengers&#039; Footage and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/disneys-d23-expo-reveals-pixar-films-avengers-footage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frankenweenie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marvel's The Avengers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Good Dinosaur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Untitled Pixar Film From Director Pete Docter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At Disney's 2011 D3 Expo the studio opened the lid on two new upcoming Pixar films due to hit theaters in 2013 and 2014, revealed first look footage from <i>The Avengers</i>, a logo for Tim Burton's next stop-motion feature <i>Frankenweenie</i> and also gave fans a taste of such upcoming films as <i>Planes</i>, <i>Wreck-It Ralph</i>, <i>Brave</i>, <i>The Odd Life of Timothy Green</i>, <i>Oz The Great and Powerful</i> and <i>The Muppets</i>. I've got the full details for you and they are just a click away.]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;The Dark Tower&#039; Collapses at Universal, Will another Studio Step In to Save It?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-dark-tower-collapses-universal-studio-step-save-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-dark-tower-collapses-universal-studio-step-save-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Tower]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt committing to a three-picture franchise with a television series filling the gaps in-between is a risky venture for a studio. So who really can blame Universal for ultimately deciding to bail on distributing The Dark Tower based on the seven-novel Stephen King book series? Of course, I&#039;m sure some people are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony Classics Picks Up David Cronenberg&#039;s &#039;A Dangerous Method&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sony-classics-picks-david-cronenbergs-dangerous-method/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sony-classics-picks-david-cronenbergs-dangerous-method/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Dangerous Method]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=42081</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Keira Knightley and Michael Fassbender in A Dangerous Method Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Sony Pictures Classics just announced it has acquired David Cronenberg&#039;s next film A Dangerous Method, which is currently in post-production and is expected to premiere at the 68th Venice Film Festival, which begins on August 31. I, personally, am hoping it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy&#039; Moves to Focus Features for November Release</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-moves-focus-features-november-release/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-moves-focus-features-november-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Release Date Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sidebar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Oldman as George Smiley in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Photo: Focus Features It seems I&#039;ve written a lot lately about Tomas Alfredson&#039;s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and it seems today it found it&#039;s way into the news cycle once again as Universal has shifted distribution duties to its specialty wing Focus Features, which will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bigelow&#039;s Bin Laden Pic Lands at Sony</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bigelows-bin-laden-pic-lands-sony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bigelows-bin-laden-pic-lands-sony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 00:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zero Dark Thirty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Referred to only as an untitled film and not Kill Bin Laden, which is the title that has been used since the project gained steam following the death of Al Quaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden, Columbia Pictures just issued a press release to announce they had acquired Kathryn Bigelow&#039;s next film, which was written by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannes Titles &#039;Snowtown&#039; and &#039;Polisse&#039; Find Domestic Distribution</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cannes-titles-snowtown-polisse-find-domestic-distribution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cannes-titles-snowtown-polisse-find-domestic-distribution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Cannes Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House of Tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polisse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Kid with a Bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Snowtown Murders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Karin Viard, Joey Starr and Marina Foïs in Polisse It&#039;s a nice surprise to see a pair of films I enjoyed at Cannes find themselves domestic distribution beginning with Maïwenn&#039;s Jury Prize-winning Polisse, a film I referred to as &#034;a fast-paced, tragic, touching, emotional and occasionally hilarious look at the French police&#039;s Child Protective Unit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GK Films is the Latest to Acquire &#039;Tomb Raider&#039; Film Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gk-films-is-the-latest-to-acquire-tomb-raider-film-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gk-films-is-the-latest-to-acquire-tomb-raider-film-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in January 2009 the rights to the Lara Croft franchise, based on the Eidos videogame, went to Time Warner as it upped its stake to 19.92% in Eidos the month prior. It appears those rights didn&#039;t last long as their version never got past the writing stage. Now, GK Films has acquired the feature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are Your Thoughts on This &#039;Blade Runner&#039; Prequel and Sequel News?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-are-your-thoughts-on-this-blade-runner-prequel-and-sequel-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-are-your-thoughts-on-this-blade-runner-prequel-and-sequel-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blade Runner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Warner Bros. I didn&#039;t see Ridley Scott&#039;s Blade Runner until 2007. Yup, 25 years after the film had been released and 30 years into my life I finally saw the film many consider to be one of the best, if not the best, science fiction films of all-time. The glorification of Blade Runner was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington&#039;s &#039;Last Night&#039; Gets Help from Tribeca Film</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/keira-knightley-and-sam-worthingtons-last-night-gets-help-from-tribeca-film/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/keira-knightley-and-sam-worthingtons-last-night-gets-help-from-tribeca-film/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Last Night]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guillaume Canet and Keira Knightley in Last Night Photo: Miramax / Tribeca Film It&#039;s nice to see someone has stepped in to help Miramax distribute Massy Tadjedin&#039;s Last Night, a film I caught in Toronto last year and was previously in a state of flux at the spiraling house of Miramax. Tribeca Film will release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: Sundance Standouts: &#039;Like Crazy,&#039; &#039;Red State,&#039; &#039;Homework,&#039; &#039;Margin Call&#039; and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sundance-standouts-like-crazy-red-state-homework-margin-call-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sundance-standouts-like-crazy-red-state-homework-margin-call-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sundance Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Olsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homework]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Like Crazy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margin Call]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martha Marcy May Marlene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Idiot Brother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=35852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Martha Marcy May Marlene was just picked up by Fox Searchlight Pictures. I&#039;m not at the Sundance Film Festival, but I&#039;ve been working on adding several of the films showing at the fest to the database as many have already received some good buzz and distribution deals. So let&#039;s take a look at those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;District 9&#039; Helmer&#039;s Follow-Up, &#039;Elysium,&#039; Finds Distribution and Readies for 2012 Release</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/district-9-helmers-follow-up-elysium-finds-distribution-and-readies-for-2012-release/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/district-9-helmers-follow-up-elysium-finds-distribution-and-readies-for-2012-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Blumeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elysium]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Neill Blomkamp When word broke yesterday that District 9 director Neill Blomkamp had been meeting with studios about his follow up, Elysium, Deadline&#039;s Mike Fleming predicted &#034;I don&#039;t think it&#039;s going to take long to sell.&#034; And sell it did. Yesterday afternoon Blomkamp and Columbia Pictures, the studio that released Blomkamp&#039;s debut feature District 9, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Dream House&#039; and &#039;Meek&#039;s Cutoff&#039; Set 2011 Release Dates</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dream-house-and-meeks-cutoff-set-2011-release-dates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dream-house-and-meeks-cutoff-set-2011-release-dates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Release Date Roundup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachel Weisz in The Whistleblower Photo: Samuel Goldwyn Films Today I have a couple of new release dates to share along with some distribution pickups. We&#039;ll start with The Whistleblower, a true story adaptation featuring Rachel Weisz as police officer turned peacekeeper, Kathryn Bolkovac, who uncovers a disturbing sex-trafficking underworld in Bosnia and its shocking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can We Assume Anything Now that Disney Will Distribute &#039;The Avengers&#039; and &#039;Iron Man 3&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/can-we-assume-anything-now-that-disney-will-distribute-the-avengers-and-iron-man-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/can-we-assume-anything-now-that-disney-will-distribute-the-avengers-and-iron-man-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain America: The First Avenger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marvel's The Avengers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a bit of a bombshell revelation it was announced today Walt Disney Pictures will distribute Marvel&#039;s 2012 tentpole The Avengers to be directed by Joss Whedon and Iron Man 3 instead of previous established distributor Paramount Pictures. In the article at The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount sources say the studio &#034;stands to profit handsomely&#034; from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TIFF Pick-Ups: Redford&#039;s &#039;Conspirator,&#039; Herzog&#039;s &#039;Cave,&#039; &#039;Dirty Girl,&#039; &#039;Devil&#039; and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tiff-pick-ups-redfords-conspirator-herzogs-cave-dirty-girl-devil-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tiff-pick-ups-redfords-conspirator-herzogs-cave-dirty-girl-devil-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Toronto Film Festival]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cave of Forgotten Dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirty Girl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Saw the Devil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incendies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am just finishing up a couple more reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival (Black Swan and The Whistleblower), but before I post those I wanted to finally get around to discussing the many acquisitions here at the festival as IFC and the Weinstein Co. have been rather busy along with a pick-up from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fox Searchlight Secures Rights to Malick&#039;s &#039;Tree of Life&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/fox-searchlight-secures-rights-to-malicks-tree-of-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/fox-searchlight-secures-rights-to-malicks-tree-of-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tree of Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Hollywood Reporter has announced a bit of a bombshell today revealing Fox Searchlight PIctures has just secured the rights to Terrence Malick&#039;s long awaited Tree of Life. And despite expectations the film would debut late this year for an awards season push, the film, which stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain, will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inarritu&#039;s &#039;Biutiful&#039; Lands at Roadside and Liddell</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/inarritus-biutiful-lands-at-roadside-and-liddell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/inarritus-biutiful-lands-at-roadside-and-liddell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Javier Bardem in Biutiful Photo: Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment There&#039;s been word for some time now that Roadside Attractions was going to land domestic distribution rights to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu&#039;s Biutiful and I just received a press release indicating that is indeed the case, though Mickey Liddell&#039;s Liddell Entertainment is also in on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannes 2010: Several Films Land at IFC and Sony Classics</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cannes-2010-several-films-land-at-ifc-and-sony-classics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cannes-2010-several-films-land-at-ifc-and-sony-classics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 10:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Cannes Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Another Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Certified Copy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heartbeats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaboom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Princesse de Montpensier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Of Gods and Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rubber]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have seen more than a handful of excellent and fascinating films at this year&#039;s Cannes Film Festival, but there haven&#039;t been any major &#034;discoveries&#034; or unknown films have bubbled to the top causing any legitimate buzz. However, that hasn&#039;t stopped studios, two in particular, from picking up several titles out of the festival that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony Classics Acquires Mike Leigh&#039;s &#039;Another Year&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sony-classics-acquires-mike-leighs-another-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sony-classics-acquires-mike-leighs-another-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 23:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Cannes Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Another Year]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ruth Sheen and Jim Broadbent in Another Year Photo: Focus Features The best film of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival to this point is undoubtedly Mike Leigh&#039;s Another Year if you ask me. Smart, witty, tragic, funny and down-to-earth, it just has a quality that keeps you wanting to watch. While it was obvious the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit Picks Up &#039;Fair Game&#039; and &#039;The Tree&#039; Will Close Cannes</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/summit-picks-up-fair-game-and-the-tree-will-close-cannes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/summit-picks-up-fair-game-and-the-tree-will-close-cannes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Cannes Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tree]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of Cannes Film Festival related news items to discuss, beginning with the news Summit Entertainment has acquired the rights to Doug Liman&#039;s Fair Game starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. The independent film was hoping to gain a distributor before it hit the Croisette in Cannes where it will make its debut on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pixar Has Oscar Competition as Sony Classics Acquires Chomet&#039;s &#039;The Illusionist&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/pixar-has-oscar-competition-as-sony-classics-acquires-chomets-the-illusionist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/pixar-has-oscar-competition-as-sony-classics-acquires-chomets-the-illusionist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Illusionist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Well, not only do I think How to Train Your Dragon can give Pixar&#039;s Toy Story 3 competition at the upcoming Oscars, now I&#039;m confident Sylvain Chomet&#039;s The Illusionist will. Coming as no real surprise, Sony Pictures Classics has announced they&#039;ve acquired North American distribution rights to the film based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Studios Miss Out as Rights to &#039;Terminator&#039; Franchise Sell for $29.5 Million</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/studios-miss-out-as-rights-to-terminator-franchise-sell-for-29-5-million/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/studios-miss-out-as-rights-to-terminator-franchise-sell-for-29-5-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terminator Salvation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Deadline is reporting tonight that while both Lionsgate and Sony Pictures were bidding to get their hands on the rights to any and all upcoming Terminator films, television programs and any other franchise spin-offs, neither walked away the winner. Instead Halcyon Holding Corp sold the rights for $29.5 million to Santa Barbara hedge fund Pacificor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Heard about the &#039;Saw VII&#039; vs. &#039;Paranormal Activity 2&#039; Mess?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/have-you-heard-about-the-saw-vii-vs-paranormal-activity-2-mess/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/have-you-heard-about-the-saw-vii-vs-paranormal-activity-2-mess/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Greutert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paranormal Activity 2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, first for a little bit of a recap since I have pretty much abandoned the idea of regurgitating casting information on this site since you can get that on any number of movie related blogs. On January 18, The Hollywood Reporter made it known Saw VI helmer Kevin Greutert was hired to direct Paranormal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Twilight: Breaking Dawn&#039; Will be Made, and It Sounds Crazy!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/twilight-breaking-dawn-will-be-made-and-it-sounds-crazy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/twilight-breaking-dawn-will-be-made-and-it-sounds-crazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the Making Of interview to the right, Twilight franchise producer Wyck Godfrey briefly discusses the plans to turn the fourth novel in Stephenie Meyer&#039;s &#034;Twilight&#034; franchise into a feature film. He says: We are about to embark on that. Getting New Moon and Eclipse finished in the amount of time we did, given that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Witnessing the Birth of the Next &#039;District 9&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/are-we-witnessing-the-birth-of-the-next-district-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/are-we-witnessing-the-birth-of-the-next-district-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back on November 20, The Hollywood Reporter pointed out Uruguayan filmmaker Fede Alvarez&#039;s 2009 short Ataque de Panico (Panic Attack) after the sub-5-minute short made its way onto YouTube and became an instant online phenomenon. Now, Variety is reporting Sam Raimi&#039;s Ghost House Pictures has made a seven-figure deal with Alvarez to direct his pitch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney Names Rich Ross Its New Chairman</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/disney-names-rich-ross-its-new-chairman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/disney-names-rich-ross-its-new-chairman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Should you care about the big business side of things in Hollywood, Disney has named Rich Ross, President of Disney Channels Worldwide as the new Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios replacing the recently departed Dick Cook. Disney President and CEO Robert A. Iger made the announcement via a press release. Ross will oversee worldwide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fans Get Grint&#039;s &#039;Cherrybomb&#039; a Distribution Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/fans-get-grints-cherrybomb-a-distribution-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/fans-get-grints-cherrybomb-a-distribution-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rupert Grint]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m curious now to see how far this will go, as it seems Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films) fans have secured a small victory as Cherrybomb has secured an undisclosed distributor in the UK following online fan petitioning reports the BBC. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this [...]]]></description>
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