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First Run Features Presents MAIDENTRIP

First Run Features Presents MAIDENTRIP

OPENING ON JANUARY 17TH AT THE IFC CENTER IN NEW YORK

Winner of the Visions Audience Award at SXSW
Winner of the Festival Director's Award at Mountainfilm in Telluride
Nominated for the Audience Award at the 2013 Gotham Independent Film Awards

"It’s impossible to watch Maidentrip and not want to immediately start scheming your own audacious adventure." -OUTSIDE MAGAZINE

Directed, produced and shot by a team of young female filmmakers, the new highly acclaimed documentary film MAIDENTRIP celebrates the accomplishments of the intrepid young woman Laura Dekker and brings her complex and inspiring real-life story to the big screen.

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Celebrate The Holidays With “RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians”

Celebrate The Holidays With “RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians”

NCM Fathom Events, RiffTrax and IGN Present All-New Sidesplitting Commentary on a Holiday ‘Classic’ in Select Movie Theaters Nationwide on Dec. 5

October 28, 2013 12:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(Business Wire)--You better watch out, you better not cry, ‘cause Santa Claus is coming… to Mars? The stars of RiffTrax —Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett (best known for the groundbreaking “Mystery Science Theater 3000®”)— are back for a hilarious all-new take on a family ‘classic’ with “RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT and tape delayed at 7:00 p.m. MT and 8:00 p.m PT/HI/AK. NCM Fathom Events, RiffTrax and IGN will present RiffTrax’s first big-screen holiday event since the beloved “RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza” in 2009 with “Weird Al” Yankovic. This festive season event, a riff on one of the most popular titles in the MST3K catalog, is set to be an uproarious night for naughty and nice alike.

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BBC AMERICA and NCM Fathom Events Celebrate Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary with Special RealD™3D Screening

BBC AMERICA and NCM Fathom Events Celebrate Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary with Special RealD™3D Screening

Eleven U.S. Cities to Join First Global Simulcast on November 23 Expanding to over 300 Cinemas for Only One Night with NCM Fathom Events on November 25

October 24, 2013 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--BBC AMERICA announced today two special theatrical screening events of Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary special, Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, in RealD™ 3D on November 23 and 25, 2013.

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WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ “GRAVITY” ROCKETS PAST $300 MILLION WORLDWIDE

WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ “GRAVITY” ROCKETS PAST $300 MILLION WORLDWIDE

Number one weekends and record-breaking international openings continue to fuel the acclaimed worldwide hit, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney under the direction of Alfonso Cuarón.

BURBANK, CA – October 23, 2013 – Showing no signs of coming back to Earth, Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Gravity” flew past the $300 million mark on Wednesday, October  23, less than three weeks after its record-breaking opening.  The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Canon U.S.A. and Ron Howard Launch “Project Imaginat10n” Film Festival on Yahoo Showcasing Ten Films Inspired by User Submitted Photographs

Canon U.S.A. and Ron Howard Launch “Project Imaginat10n” Film Festival on Yahoo Showcasing Ten Films Inspired by User Submitted Photographs

“A Ron Howard Presentation” Features Ten Short Films Directed by Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, Georgina Chapman, James Murphy, Biz Stone and the Five Winning Consumer Directors of the Canon Project Imaginat10n Film Contest

October 24, 2013 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(Business Wire)--Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, and two-time Academy Award® winner Ron Howard, officially launched the “Project Imaginat10n” Film Festival, which kicked off with the global premiere of ten short films at Lincoln Center in New York City on October 24, 2013. Following the premiere, screenings will be held in Los Angeles, CA hosted by Bryce Dallas Howard, the first graduating director of Canon’s Project Imagin8ion as well as in Brooklyn, NY hosted by James Murphy, a celebrity director for Project Imaginat10n. Yahoo Screen will continue celebrating the Film Festival from October 25, 2013 through the end of the year where consumers can view each of the 10 films.

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Twentieth Century Fox to Release Diverse Slate of Dolby Atmos Titles

Twentieth Century Fox to Release Diverse Slate of Dolby Atmos Titles

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Rio 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will be mixed in the world’s most advanced cinema sound format

October 22, 2013 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time

SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced that Twentieth Century Fox will be releasing several Dolby® Atmos™ titles in a broad range of genres, including action, animation, and comedy with The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Rio 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

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Regal Entertainment Group Hosts “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” Tennessee Benefit Screening

Regal Entertainment Group Hosts “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” Tennessee Benefit Screening

Liam Hemsworth is scheduled to attend the fundraiser for Variety - The Children’s Charity

October 23, 2013 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Regal Entertainment Group announced “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” Variety-The Children’s Charity of Eastern Tennessee Benefit Screening at Regal Pinnacle Stadium 18 in Knoxville. Source: Lionsgate Entertainment

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(Business Wire)--Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, announced that actor Liam Hemsworth and director Francis Lawrence is scheduled to attend an exclusive benefit screening for the new Lionsgate film, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” Regal Cinemas Pinnacle Stadium 18 IMAX & RPX in Knoxville, Tenn. host the event on November 19 to raise money for Variety – The Children’s Charity of Eastern Tennessee.

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LIONSGATE AND REPUBLIC RECORDS ANNOUNCE THAT COLDPLAY WILL RELEASE FIRST TRACK TITLED “ATLAS” FROM "THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE" SOUNDTRACK ON AUGUST 26

Deal Marks First Time the Multi-Grammy® Winning Band will Record for a Motion Picture

NEW YORK, NY and SANTA MONICA, CA August 9, 2013 - Multiplatinum recording artist Coldplay will release the first track from the official soundtrack album for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, it was announced today by Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and Republic Records, marking the first time Coldplay has ever recorded an original song for a motion picture. The song, titled “Atlas,” is scheduled to be available via iTunes and all digital retailers on August 26, 2013.  Republic Records is again teaming up with Lionsgate to release the soundtrack in advance of Lionsgate distributing the film on screens worldwide on November 22, 2013.

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PARAMOUNT PICTURES AND SKYDANCE PRODUCTIONS TAP CHRISTOPHER McQUARRIE TO DIRECT THE NEXT MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE

HOLLYWOOD, CA (August 5, 2013) – Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions announced today that Christopher McQuarrie will direct the next “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE” film.

McQuarrie will direct from a screenplay by Drew Pearce, with Tom Cruise reprising the iconic role of Ethan Hunt, who was first introduced to moviegoers in 1996.  The project will be produced by Cruise through Tom Cruise Productions, Paramount and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, who served as producers on previous films in the hit series.  Skydance Productions, who served as co-financers and executive producers of the last installment, will work closely with the team in the development and production process.

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PARAMOUNT PICTURES’ WORLD WAR Z INVADES SELECT DOMESTIC IMAX® 3D THEATRES FOR THE FIRST TIME STARTING AUG. 2

LOS ANGELES – JULY 29, 2013 – IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX), along with Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions in association with Hemisphere Media Capital and GK Films, today announced that due to overwhelming demand, the hit film World War Z starring Brad Pitt has been digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and will be released into select IMAX® theatres domestically for the first time for a one-week engagement beginning Aug. 2.

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