All Screen articles in 10 July 2009
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NewsBritish films bank $4.2 billion worldwide last year
The UK film industry banked $4.2bn in ticket sales worldwide last year, according to the UK Film Council’s Statistical Yearbook.
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NewsBarry Johnson named Searchlight vp national publicity
Barry Dale Johnson has joined Fox Searchlight effective July 23 as vice-president of national publicity and will relocate to New York.
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First Doha Tribeca Film Festival announces autumn dates
The inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival will run in Doha, Qatar, from October 29-November 1.
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NewsSri Lanka enters Flowers Of The Sky in Academy Awards race
Wonderphil Productions Flowers Of The Sky has been named as Sri Lanka’s official selection for best foreign film in the 2010 Academy Awards race.
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Calgary shoot underway on Tucker And Dale Vs Evil
Production has begun in Calgary on the comedy Tucker And Dale Vs Evil starring Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk.
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NewsBruno soars in Australia with $1.4m first-day haul
Bruno has scored the second biggest opening day of the year in Australia behind Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen with a $1.35m Wednesday launch.
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NewsTransformers 2 becomes second fastest North American release to reach $300m
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen has became the second fastest film in history to reach $300m at the North American box office.
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NewsFox International becomes first distributor to cross $1bn in 2009
Fox International has become the first distributor to cross $1bn this year following a string of mighty performances by Ice Age 3, Night At The Museum 2 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
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Sony hires Raja Gosnell to direct The Smurfs
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have hired Raja Gosnell to direct the live-action and animated Smurfs feature.
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Brooke Shields joins Brendan Fraser on Furry Vengeance
Brooke Shields and Dick Van Dyke have joined Brendan Fraser in Summit Entertainment and Participant Media’s family comedy Furry Vengeance.
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NewsNottingham's ScreenLit Festival honours Paul Schrader
Taxi Driver writer Paul Schrader was presented with the ScreenLit lifetime achievement award in screenwriting at the inaugural Screenlit Festival of Film, TV and Writing at Broadway Cinema in Nottingham.
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FeaturesDay-and-date and world premieres raise the spectre of increased piracy
Jason Gray on Japan’s zero-tolerance policy on content piracy.
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NewsFox International expects Ice Age 3 to be too cool for Bruno
Fox International’s animated powerhouse Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs should continue as overseas champion this weekend despite what it sure to be a concerted effort by a certain Austrian fashionista.
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NewsWriter, critic and festival director Juan Carlos Frugone dies in Spain aged 71
Writer, film critic and festival director Juan Carlos Frugone died at a hospital outside of Madrid on July 7 after losing a battle with cancer. He was 71.
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NewsSalt closes key pre-sales on The Infidel
London-based sales and financing outfit The Salt Company has confirmed a number of key pre-sales closed during and after Cannes on its UK comedy The Infidel which is now in post-production.
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CommentDigital pioneers can sink the pirates
Countries all over the world have developed different ways to battle piracy, but what these strategies mean to the industry, audiences and innovators must be carefully evaluated.
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FeaturesExpanding the indie audience
The independent sector may have as much to lose from piracy as the majors. But for some, ‘sharing’ their films - often for free - can build an audience. Wendy Mitchell reports.
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FeaturesAttack on the Wolf
What impact did the high-profile online leak of X-Men Origins: Wolverine ahead of its theatrical release have on its worldwide box-office performance, asks John Hazelton
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CommentBritain's got talent, but needs new digital skills
Digital Britain opens up exciting opportunities for film companies - but we must ensure the right environment exists for companies to exploit them, writes Jon Kingsbury.
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NewsOptimum acquires Tolstoy love story The Last Station
Optimum Releasing has acquired the UK rights to Michael Hoffman’s love story The Last Station, starring Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer.