Today on indieWIRE: Tribeca Opening Night, 'The Tree of Life' and More

Today on indieWIRE: Coverage of Tribeca's Opening Night, a review of'The Union,'a first look at'The Tree of Life'dinosaur, and more.

• The 10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival kicked off last night with an open-air screening ofCameron Crowe'sdocumentary'The Union'and performances by the Bangles andElton John. Was the event successful?indieWIREtook a lookat the strengths and weaknesses of opening night.

• In this week's in-production column,indieWIREtook a lookat 'Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede,' the adaptation of a sci-fi comic novel starringJon Heder. Also profiled are four more Kickstarter projects.

• In today's business news, Snag Films acquired domestic VOD and digital rights to director Iara Lee's'Cultures of Resistance.'indieWIREreportedon the details of the deal, including the key figures and full press release.

• The anticipation continues to mount over the upcoming release ofTerrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life.'Today's hullabaloo concerns the first still of that much-discussed dinosaur.The Playlistoffered apeekat the creature.

• SXSW favorite'Attack the Block'has released a trailer. Clickhereto check outJoe Cornish'salien-invasion comedy.

• Following the tragic news yesterday of the untimely deaths of photojournalistTim Hetheringtonand photographerChris Hondrosin Libya,Thompson on Hollywoodput together atributeto their work. Included in the obituary are clips from Hetherington's'Restrepo,'several of the duo's photographs and statements regarding their passing.

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