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Obit: Don Harris, Executive At Paramount, DreamWorks And AMC Was 65

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Don Harris, the former president of domestic distribution at Paramount and before that at DreamWorks and a former exec at AMC Theaters, has passed away after battling brain cancer, his family said. His children, his wife and twin brother were by his bedside when he passed on April 1. He was 65. Harris was a well-known name in both the distribution and exhibition industries but also was a big philanthropist which many in the industry were not aware of. Harris, through… Read

Paramount Dates ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’, ‘Ben-Hur’ Moves, Brad Pitt WWII Spy Film Titled ‘Allied’ – CinemaCon

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At Paramount’s CinemaCon panel tonight, the studio announced that Stephen Frears’ Meryl Streep-Hugh Grant period piece Florence Foster Jenkins will open on Aug. 12. As a result, MGM co-production Ben-Hur, which was previously set for that date, moves to Aug. 19. That’s good for Par since Aug. 12 is crowded with Disney’s Pete’s Dragon, Sony’s Sausage Party and Universal’s Spectral. Florence serves as older adult counter-programming for that frame. On its new later-August… Read

North Korea Defector Was Senior Officer In Group That FBI Blames For Sony Hack; Ruzanna Kegeyan Joins Arclight Films – Global Briefs

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The South Korea government says a man who defected from North Korea last year was a senior-level officer in the Reconnaissance General Bureau, the elite military spy organization that the FBI holds responsible for "overseeing" the 2014 hack attack against Sony. The RGB handles cyberwarfare for Pyongyang and is one of the key units of the North Korean People’s Army. “It is a particularly nasty operation,” ex-CIA analyst Bruce Klingner told CNN today. “It’s not only… Read

New Musicals Vie For A Slice Of The Broadway Box Office As Vets Hang On

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Broadway returned from spring break to something approaching normalcy in Week 46 of the 2015-2016 season, with a downward shift of about 10% at the box office as new musicals strutted their stuff and holdovers worked hard to put on a fresh face for the smaller crowds. Four big musicals are in previews and slated to open by the Tony nominations April 28 cut-off date. Sara Bareilles’ Waitress continues to serve up pies and, apparently, smiles, having had its best week yet… Read

Does Sumner Redstone Oppose Sale Of Paramount Stake?

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Is Sumner Redstone opposed to the sale of a minority stake in Paramount? You’d sure think so based on a Wall Street Journal story posted late today that describes the background of the close relationship between Redstone, who controls 80% of Viacom’s voting shares, and its CEO Philippe Dauman. It says that after the CEO announced in February the plan to sell a minority stake in Paramount, Redstone told Dauman, Paramount chief Brad Grey and others that he opposed the… Read

Mississippi Authors Call For Repeal Of State’s New Anti-Gay Law

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More than 90 authors and writers from Mississippi – including John Grisham, The Goldfinch's Donna Tartt and The Help's Kathryn Stockett – have signed a statement calling for the repeal of the state's new anti-gay "religious freedom" bill. "Governor Phil Bryant and the Mississippi legislators who voted for this bill are not the sole voices of our state," their statement says. "There have always been people here battling injustice. That's the version of Mississippi we… Read

Screening Room Concept Already A Topic Of Discussion At CinemaCon: “There’s Only Risk,” Studio International Exec Says

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At today’s CinemaCon International Day panel “Exhibition and Distribution: Collaborating and Partnering for the Greater Cause,” foreign distribution and exhibition executives addressed the elephant in the room here at this week’s confab: Is there a future for premium day-and-date VOD services like the Screening Room or shortened theatrical windows like what Paramount experimented with last year on Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dim… Read

Most Movie Theaters Now Receive Content Via Satellite, D-Cinema Group Says

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EXCLUSIVE: Theaters with more than 62% of domestic movie screens now look to the skies for the movies and other content they offer, up from about 44% at the end of 2014, according to data out today from the industry group that promotes the cost-reducing satellite technology. This is the first time the Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition, founded in 2013, has been able to provide year-over-year results. It was created by Warner Bros Entertainment, Universal Pictures… Read

Seth Meyers Stars In “Unprecedented” NBCU Sales Effort For Chrysler And ‘Pets’

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You might think of Seth Meyers as the host of NBC’s Late Night. But the company also sees him as a slugger on the bench of celebrities it lends to advertisers based on terms of what NBCUniversal calls an “unprecedented partnership” it unveiled this morning with Chrysler, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment. Meyers and his dog Frisbee will appear in what it calls “multi-episode custom content pieces” — a fancy name for entertaining ads — to promote the 2017… Read

Washington Post Team Will Shine Spotlight On Donald Trump In Pre-Election Bio

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GOP presidential front-runner-for-the-moment Donald Trump will get the investigative bio treatment in Trump Revealed, slated for publication August 23 by Scribner, an imprint of CBS Corp-owned Simon & Schuster. The book will be reported by a team of Washington Post journalists and co-authored by investigative political reporter Michael Kranish and senior editor Marc Fisher. The book will be published simultaneously by Simon & Schuster UK and in an audio edition by… Read

Fandango 1Q Sales +63%; Introduces New Mobile Movie Ticket – CinemaCon

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Heading into CinemaCon today, Fandango reports that its 1Q ticket sales for this year are +63% over the same frame in 2015. Overall, for all online retailers, the big advance ticket pics this year to date include 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool, as well as Warner Bros.’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which generated between $20M-$25M in advance ticket sales prior to its March 25 debut. Fandango reported that the Zack Snyder movie was chalking up 30% more return business… Read

Bona Film Completes Privatization Process, Alibaba Pictures Takes 8.94% Stake

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Jack Ma’s Alibaba Pictures has taken an 8.94% stake, or approximately 8.29% on a fully-diluted basis, in China’s Bona Film as part of the latter’s privatization. The stake is worth approximately $86 million. The move comes as Bona delists itself from the NASDAQ. A statement from Alibaba revealed the two companies plan to work closely together in developing their collaboration. "Participation in the privatization of Bona helps boost the development of the Chinese film and… Read

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