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Relativity Hires Richard Potter As Exec VP

29 April 2013 2:53 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Relativity Media has hired veteran executive and screenwriter Richard Potter as exec VP of production and development.

Potter will report to president Tucker Tooley and president of production Robbie Brenner. He will oversee creative development and production of features.

Potter was a screenwriter on “Diary of a Car Salesman,” “The Most Haunted House in England” and a remake of “The Boys from Brazil.” Before that, he was a senior VP at Miramax as head of the story department of Dimension Films, where he oversaw “Scream,” “Scream 2,” “The Faculty” and “Nightwatch.”

Relativity’s upcoming slate includes “Paranoia” (opening Aug. 16), Luc Besson’s “Malavita” (Sept. 20), “Out of the Furnace”  (Oct. 4), “Don Jon” (Oct. 18) and “Free Birds” (Nov. 1). Relativity is also in production on the thriller “Three Days to Kill” with EuropaCorp. »

- Dave McNary

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ICM Partners Signs Danish Helmer Ole Bornedal

7 February 2013 7:52 AM, PST | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »

Exclusive: Acclaimed Danish director Ole Bornedal has signed with ICM Partners. Bornedal has directed several award-winning European films including Just Another Love Story, which was nominated for the Sundance 2008 Grand Jury Prize, and his acclaimed feature debut Nightwatch, which he remade for Miramax Films starring Ewan McGregor and Josh Brolin. He also produced the Guillermo del Toro-directed Mimic for Dimension. Most recently, Bornedal directed last summer’s box office hit The Possession, scripted by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White for Lionsgate, and produced by Sam Raimi. Bornedal moves from Wme. He is managed by Thruline Entertainment and attorney Andrew Hurwitz. »

- MIKE FLEMING JR

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Digital Fury: DVD Essentials for January

22 January 2013 10:48 AM, PST | Planet Fury | See recent Planet Fury news »

A Planet Fury-approved selection of notable genre DVD releases for the month of January.

Lightning Bug (2004) Image Entertainment Blu-ray and DVD Available Now

Effects guru Robert Hall’s semi-autobiographical film about a small town teen (Reaper's Bret Harrison) who has aspirations to become a special effects artist. An opportunity to manage the town’s local haunted house is thwarted by his alcoholic stepfather and the staunchly religious views of the surrounding population. The solid supporting cast includes That 70’s Show’s Laura Prepon, Hellraiser’s Ashely Lawrence and Kevin Gage. Written and directed by Hall, it’s an affectionate coming-of-age drama that works in spite of an uneven narrative that falls apart in the final half hour. Hopefully this new extended cut will remedy the scripting problems of the original release.

Special Features include:

* Never-before-released extended cut of the film.

* Making-of Featurette

* Audio commentaries with the writer/director and cast. »

- Bradley Harding

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Mark Kermode's DVD round-up

19 January 2013 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

American Mary; The Sweeney; Lay the Favourite; The Possession

According to David Cronenberg's epochal Videodrome, there's nothing more dangerous than "a philosophy", an adage that applies to life in general and horror cinema in particular. Stepping up a gear from their altogether more generic feature debut Dead Hooker in a Trunk, the "twisted sisters" Jen and Sylvia Soska hit their stride with American Mary (2012 Universal, 18), a film that, despite its tight production constraints, wields its ideas like weapons and packs more of a punch than many of its more bloated competitors.

Centring on a young surgeon (Ginger Snaps star Katharine Isabelle) who turns the tables on her abusive professional elders through amateur experiments with a scalpel, this wincingly bloody satire delves deep into the fringe world of body modification, becoming a sadomasochistic companion piece to Crash with real underground bite. Adhering to the Roger Corman principles of exploitation cinema »

- Mark Kermode

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DVD Review: The Possession – Uncut Edition

15 January 2013 2:01 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »

The Possession

Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport,  Grant Show | Written by Juliet Snowden, Stiles White | Directed by Ole Bornedal

Divorced Clyde and Stephanie Brenek see little cause for alarm when their youngest daughter Em becomes oddly obsessed with an antique wooden box covered with arcane Hebrew inscriptions she purchased at a yard sale. But as Em’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, and she starts to indulge in violent acts, the couple fears the presence of a malevolent force in their midst, only to discover that the box was built to contain a dibbuk, a dislocated spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host. Can the Brenek’s find a way to end the curse upon their child before it’s too late?

The Possession is (apparently) based on a true story and comes from a script by Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, who previously »

- Phil

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