All Screen articles in August 1 2014
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NewsComic-Con: Sin City 2 dames talk it up
Nine years after the original hit theatres, director Robert Rodriguez and co-director Frank Miller returned to San Diego with key cast from their latest story and said they had already begun talks for a third episode.
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NewsComic-Con: Guillermo del Toro thrills
A Legendary Entertainment panel heavy on action footage provided the perfect platform for Comic-Con favourite Guillermo del Toro to sneak footage from Crimson Peak and poll the crowd on the idea of a pair of future projects.
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NewsComic-Con: Ben Kingsley makes debut
Sir Ben Kingsley became yet another British star to make his Comic-Con debut as he joined a Focus Features panel to promote Laika Entertainment’s The Boxtrolls on Saturday.
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NewsComic-Con: Marvel mania grips Hall H
Marvel Studios repeated last year’s triumph with another rousing finale to three days of Hollywood presentations that sparked near hysteria as virtually the entire cast of Avengers: Age Of Ultron descended on Hall H.
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NewsNumber 55 wins at revamped Pula
Top Croatian winners are Number 55, The Reaper and Happy Endings; Concrete Night wins international competition.
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NewsApes lead int'l BO on $54.8m
UPDATED JULY 28: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes reached the international box office summit at the weekend as a confirmed $54.8m from 12,247 screens in more than 61 markets dethroned Transformers 4.
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NewsLucy tops North America on $44m
EuropaCorp’s thriller starring Scarlett Johansson delivered a strong debut through Universal as box office for the top 12 matched the comparable session of 2013.
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NewsComic-Con D4: WB rules social media
Hollywood rolled out the big guns at Comic-Con on Saturday as Zach Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice promotion topped the chart of social mentions with 112,108 according to Way To Blue.
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NewsDark Valley wins at Puchon
In Korea, the 18th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) wrapped with Andreas Prochaska’s Austria-Germany Alps cowboy co-production The Dark Valley picking up the Best of Puchon award.
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FeaturesJohn McNaughton, The Harvest
Ian Sandwell talks to the American director about his first film in over a decade, The Harvest.
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CommentMad Max: Fury Road, Comic Con footage
Tom Hardy gets Mad in the first footage from the action reboot.
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NewsCharlie Brooker launches production firm
House of Tomorrow will produce feature films as well as drama and comedy series.
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NewsLocarno to honour Roman Polanski
Director Roman Polanski to hold a public masterclass at Swiss festival.
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NewsMatthias Schoenaerts exits Belgica
Rising star leaves new project from Felix van Groeningen, director of The Broken Circle Breakdown.
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NewsFilm worth $2.7bn to UK broadcasters
Feature films were worth an estimated £1.6bn ($2.7bn) to UK broadcasters in 2013, according to new research by the British Film Institute.
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NewsDutch production scheme backs 34
Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster, Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein In Guanajuato and Alex van Warmerdam’s Schneider vs. Bax among those to receive a share of €8.5m ($11.4m) from the new Netherlands Film Production Incentive.
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NewsApes retains UK box office lead
Fox’s sequel retains top spot with $6.4m (£3.8m) second weekend; Paramount’s Hercules muscles in with $2.46m (£1.45m).
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NewsBruce Campbell, James Buckley in Purgatory
Evil Dead and Inbetweeners stars join cast of fantasy feature.
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FeaturesAgnes Havas, Hungarian Film Fund
With Hungary having a huge presence at the 2014 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Laurence Boyce talked to the CEO of the Hungarian Film Fund to find out about the current outlook for the country’s industry.