All Screen articles in 25 Aug 2011 – Page 12
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Potter crosses $800m as Sector 7 makes a splash in Korea
Potter becomes third biggest international release ever, as South Korea sees a homegrown top four. Screen looks at last weekend’s international movers and shakers.
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Piotr Trzaskalski shooting third feature My Father's Bike
The cast includes jazz musician Michał Urbaniak alongside Polish actors Artur Żmijewski, Witold Dębicki and Anna Nehrebecka.
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British actor John Wood dies aged 81
The Tony and Olivier award winning actor’s film credits included The Madness Of King George and Shadowlands.
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Celestial steps into online gaming with My Kingdom Game
Hong Kong’s Celestial Picture launches an online game that is the first game application developed to promote for a Chinese-language movie.
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Brandenburg launches €5m gap financing programme
The State of Brandenburg and the regional investment bank ILB have launched a € 5m gap financing programme for films produced in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.
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London riots: UK film companies lose DVD stock in Sony warehouse fire
Up to 30 million DVDs are believed to have been lost in the fire which was started as part of the London riots, including stock belonging to independent distributors Dogwoof, Artificial Eye, Metrodome and the BFI.
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Potter finale top grosser of 2011 “in all categories”
Warner Bros issued a release last night [9] to say that Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 had surpassed all other films for the year-to-date at the international, North American and global box office.
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The Substance – Albert Hoffman’s LSD
Dir/scr: Martin Witz. Switzerland-Germany. 2011. 90mins
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Lightstorm hires Kathy Franklin to head franchise development
The executive will work with James Cameron and Jon Landau’s company and Fox to build awareness on Avatar – the biggest release of all time – beyond traditional licensing and merchandising avenues.
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Anchor Bay acquires Berlin comedy Father Of Invention
The distributor has picked up US, UK, Australia and New Zealand rights to the latest outing for Kevin Spacey, who plays an eccentric inventor on the comeback trail after eight years in prison who moves in with his estranged daughter.
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Voltage Pictures expects sparks to fly with Imogene
Heading into Toronto, Nicolas Chartier’s financing, production and sales company has picked up international sales on the hotly anticipated Kristen Wiig project.
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HanWay Films boards world sales on Being Elmo
MD Thorsten Schumacher and director of sales and distribution Fabien Westerhoff brokered the deal with Josh Braun and David Koh of Submarine on behalf of the filmmakers.