All Screen articles in 25 Aug 2011 – Page 8
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Roy Matalon named president of int'l sales and distribution at Nu Image
The executive replaces Christian Mercuri, who has left for start-up Red Granite International and will be joined by Nu Image principal Danny Dimbort at the end of the year. Matalon previously served 14 years at New Regency as svp of distribution of domestic and international theatrical, home entertainment and television.
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NewsDisney thrills convention with news of two new Pixar films
The studio revealed all to attendees at weekend’s D23 / Expo event in Anaheim, California.
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NewsProlific film and TV director Reza Badiyi dies, aged 81
The Iranian-born, US-based director set a record for directing the most hours of episodic series television.
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NewsNew genre pitching forum coming to Croatia's Zadar festival
Industry figures will discuss a new pitching forum dedicated to films in the thriller and horror genres at the upcoming Film Forum Zadar festival in Croatia.
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NewsLegendary East sells 50% stake to raise $220.5m
Publicly traded Paul Y Engineering Group has invested in the Hong Kong-based Legendary East, led by Legendary Entertainment founder Thomas Tull (pictured) and CEO Kelvin Wu.
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NewsThe Help takes control at US box office on $21m
DreamWorks’ Civil Rights Era awards contender, released through Buena Vista, climbed to number one in its second weekend as Fox’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes settled into second place and added a further $16m.
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Miramax partners with Facebook on digital delivery
CEO Mike Lang has cut his latest deal in ongoing efforts to promote the storied library following pacts earlier in the summer with Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and iTunes.
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ARPA unveils 30-strong roster for September festival
The annual ARPA International Film Festival will take place from Sept 22-24 in Hollywood and will open with Braden King’s Sundance premiere Here starring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal.
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Carmike Cinemas acquires three Atlanta-area theatres from MNM Theatres
Carmike Cinemas acquires three Atlanta-area theatres from MNM Theatres
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Hannibal Classics sails to Toronto with $25m WWII naval project
USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage recounts the story of a rescue mission to salvage a terrifying weapon on board the stricken US battleship.
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NewsSmurfs cross $200m outside North America, HP7 at $900m
The blue wave continued to rule internationally as Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) family film grossed an estimated $35.3m from 10,590 screens in 54 markets to reach $211.4m.
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Raven Banner acquires H P Lovecraft adaptation
The Toronto-based sales company has picked up world rights to The Whisperer In Darkness from Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival.
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Production underway on Big Beach Johnny Knoxville comedy
Knoxville and Patton Oswalt star in Todd Rohal’s untitled follow-up to this year’s Sundance entry The Catechism Cataclysm.
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NewsThe Inbetweeners Movie on top in the UK with massive £13.2m
Cowboys & Aliens disappoints on £1.8m as Rise Of The Planet of the Apes is nearest challenger on £2.4m
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Shooting begins on comedy 21 And Over
The Hangover and The Change Up writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore will direct from their own screenplay. Mandeville Films is producing in association with Richard Branson’s Virgin Produced and Relativity will handle worldwide distribution.
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Ellis Perez to head new Dominican Republic film commission
The announcement in Los Angeles on Monday [22] follows the passage of Law #108-2010 which provides a 25% tax credit on features and TV shows shot in the country.
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NewsTyrannosaur, The Guard amongst Dinard competition titles
Hayley Atwell and Jaime Winstone will sit on the jury at the 22nd edition of the Dinard Film Festival, which promotes British films to French audiences.
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NewsUniversal signs production deal with Justin Lin’s Barnstorm
Hot on the heels of the $607m global smash Fast Five the studio has wasted little time cementing a formal partnership with the filmmaker and announced that the Lin-directed Fast And Furious 6 will open on May 24, 2013.
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NewsImagenation pacts with Fortissimo for Emirati slate
Imagenation Abu Dhabi has signed an exclusive international sales agreement with Fortissimo Films, which will handle worldwide distribution of the company’s debut slate of local and Arabic-language features.