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Film News: Blair set to helm Aussie musical — Oz hit legit tuner, “The Sapphires,” is set to get the feature treatment.

Film News: Director set for Mandate’s teen dance pic — Mandate Pictures has tapped Thomas Carter to direct and produce its teen dance pic “Dream On.”

Film News: Member meetings will hammer out feature-primetime proposals — SAG and AFTRA are formally launching preparations for the feature-primetime contract negotiations, setting a series of member meetings to hammer out contract proposals.

Film News: Trapero thriller screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes —
Strand Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to Pablo Trapero’s thriller “Carancho,” which screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.

Film News: Yony Leyser film about famed Beat writer — Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up Yony Leyser’s docu “William S. Burroughs: A Man Within” for a fall theatrical release.

Film News: Yony Leyser film about famed Beat writer — Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up Yony Leyser’s docu “William S. Burroughs: A Man Within” for a fall theatrical release.

Film News: Event to screen 60 features, 87 shorts — Outfest has selected Allen Ginsberg biopic “Howl” as its opening night film on July 8 and “Spork” as its closing night gala feature on July 18.

Film News: Sid, Lacombe helm 3D fantasy thriller — French model-turned-thesp Laetitia Casta (“Gainsbourg”) will topline “Behind the Walls,” a 3D low-budget suspenser directed by Pascal Sid and Julien Lacombe.

Film News: Platform hit for thesp’s helming debut — Diego Luna (“Milk,” “Y tu mama tambien”) has seen “Abel,” his fiction feature directorial debut, break records for a platform release in his native Mexico.

Film News: Cast includes Tom Sturridge, Romola Garai — U.K. thesp Eddie Marsan has joined Tom Sturridge, Romola Garai and newcomer Candese Reid for Tinge Krishnan’s debut feature “Junkhearts,” currently shooting in London.