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Rural residents strike back at Lucas film empire

Posted by admin in General Industry News, United States Industry News on February 12, 2012

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501368_162-57376012/rural-residents-strike-back-at-lucas-film-empire/ (AP)  NICASIO, Calif. — Luke Skywalker would be proud. A rebel alliance has formed in the hills north of San Francisco to fight a perceived Evil Empire. The alliance is a group of Marin County homeowners. Their phantom menace is George Lucas, the world-renowned filmmaker whose Star Wars Trilogy sky-rocketed him to acclaim and [...]

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Stunt actors want Oscar love

Posted by admin in General Industry News, United States Industry News on February 6, 2012

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/138682154.html RICHARD VERRIER , Los Angeles Times The veteran stuntman has jumped from exploding boats, leaped off a 12-story building and driven motorcycles through balls of flame, surviving two broken backs and a broken neck. But the one feat that Jack Gill has been unable to perform is persuading the Academy of Motion Picture Arts [...]

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Hollywood women unite to break through the celluloid ceiling

Posted by admin in General Industry News, Studio/Network News, United States Industry News on February 2, 2012

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/28/hollywood-women-unite-celluloid-ceiling?newsfeed=true With female scriptwriters behind some of the biggest movies, from Juno to Kung Fu Panda 2, it seems the sexism barrier has been lifted. But has it? Paul Harris New York Next week the Athena Film Festival will open at Barnard College in New York. The showcase, which commences on 9 February and is in its second [...]

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Sundance: 10 Producers To Keep Watching

Posted by admin in General Industry News, Studio/Network News, United States Industry News on February 2, 2012

http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/sundance-10-producers-to-keep-watching/ By BRIAN BROOKS Sundance has no shortage of producers and producers-to-be scurrying around Park City. So Deadline has assembled a Top 10 to keep an eye on post-fest. Some are fairly new to producing while others more established but all their careers are moving up: Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald – Beasts Of The Southern Wild This trio’s credits producing shorts include Benh [...]

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Life with the talented and touchy

Posted by admin in General Industry News, Los Angeles/Hollywood/California Industry News, United States Industry News on January 27, 2012

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-0127-chicago-closeup-20120127,0,6851302.column Nina Metz, Chicago Closeup Of the many jobs on a movie set that go unseen by the public, some are dicier than others. Particularly when high-octane egos and mercurial personalities are involved. Equal parts diplomat, celebrity-wrangler and old-school press agent, the unit publicist has, depending on how you look at it, one of best [...]

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‘Thug’ Comment About Unions Appears in NetCoalition Handout

Posted by admin in General Industry News, Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, Studio/Network News, United States Industry News on January 27, 2012

http://www.multichannel.com/article/479687-_Thug_Comment_About_Unions_Appears_in_NetCoalition_Handout.php Group Apologizes, Say Blog Piece Was Circulated Under Its Letterhead by Outside Consultant for Conservative Event John Eggerton — Multichannel News A blog posting on news publisher Andrew Breitbart’s website and reproduced for circulation as a handout under NetCoalition letterhead takes aim at the backers of antipiracy legislation, identifying them as the Motion Picture Association of [...]

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Kudos spotlight PGA’s credits conundrum

Posted by admin in General Industry News, Studio/Network News on January 24, 2012

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118048996/ It takes a lot of entitites to make a film, but not all of them are producers By PETER BART The Producers Guild threw a lively party over the weekend and handed out its annual awards, but finding myself sharing a table with 10 producers triggered the inevitable question: Why does it always take 10 [...]

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TECHNICOLOR :Technicolor Reinforces its European position in Post-production and Distribution to Support the Film Industry Transition to Digital

Posted by admin in Europe Industry News, General Industry News on January 21, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/idUS115104+20-Jan-2012+HUG20120120 Technicolor Reinforces its European position in  Post-production and Distribution to Support the Film Industry Transition to Digital The acquisition of several activities of Quinta Industries and the opening of a language versioning facility inFrance strengthens Technicolor’s strategy  in the Media & Entertainment sector Paris (France), 20 January 2012 - Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH) today announced the reinforcement [...]

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Hollywood Union Members Sign Petition Asking MPAA & Hollywood Unions To Stop Supporting PIPA/SOPA

Posted by admin in General Industry News, Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, United States Industry News on January 4, 2012

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111230/23592317245/hollywood-union-members-sign-petition-asking-mpaa-hollywood-unions-to-stop-supporting-pipasopa.shtml from the losing-your-own-members dept The opposition to SOPA and PIPA continues to come from all sorts of places. The latest interesting one? Union members who work on movies and TV… whose bosses signed them up as supporters of SOPA and PIPA against their wishes. They’ve put together a petition urging the MPAA, IATSE, IBT, WGA, SAG, DGA, and [...]

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Movie industry boosts North Shore caterers, but landing gigs not so easy

Posted by admin in General Industry News, United States Industry News on January 4, 2012

http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2011/12/29/louisianas-movie-industry-a-boost-for-local-caterers-but-landing-gigs-not-so-easy/ BY: David Muller, Staff Writer Back when Benedict’s Plantation was at its busiest with catering work for movie productions, its offsite kitchen was on the set of a film that featured a difficult-to-please Jean-Claude Van Damme. The actor was finally sated with bread pudding, but owner Shirley Deluzain says that’s one of the challenges she [...]

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