All Screen articles in 30 Aug 2012 – Page 7
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NewsWarner Brothers Japan to remake Unforgiven with Watanabe
Warner Brothers Japan has announced it will remake Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven, with Ken Watanabe attached to star.
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NewsNetflix clocks 1m UK subs in record time
Rival European SVOD service LoveFilm has more than 2 million members in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
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FeaturesTaxing times
The UK has a popular film tax credit and newly boosted investment schemes. But are controversial tax avoidance stories hurting film finance? Geoffrey Macnab reports
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Marco Polo Production bulks up French video slate
Gun, All Things Fall Apart and Set Up join the pipeline for the fledgling distributor, fully owned by Hannibal Pictures and Hannibal Classics’ Richard Rionda Del Castro and Patricia Eberle.
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NewseOne, United Entertainment strike Korean distribution deal
The pact marks eOne’s first distribution partnership in Asia.
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A24 film venture launches in New York
UPDATE: Daniel Katz, David Fenkel and John Hodges announced the new distribution, financing and production entity on Monday (20)
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NewsNu Image closes deals on festival-bound The Iceman
The sales agent has sold the thriller to a host of major territories including a deal with Lionsgate for the UK.
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NewsFox to distribute DreamWorks Animation slate
The five-year deal kicks in after the current arrangement with Paramount expires at the end of the year and runs from 2013 through 2017.
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NewsKo Suk-man to head Jeonju International Film Festival
South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has named Ko Suk-man its new festival director.
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NewsZurich announces competition juries, Frank Darabont presides
Writer, producer and director Frank Darabont will serve as jury president for the ZFF’s international section.
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NewsIce Age franchise crosses $2bn internationally
Fox made the announcement on Tuesday (21) as Ice Age: Continental Drift became the second biggest animated release at the international box office on $653m, behind Ice Age 3 on $693.9m.
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Annette Caulkin MBE dies aged 94
Caulkin worked in the UK film industry across four decades, starting at the NFFC in the late 1950s.
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NewsOliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States gets NYFF preview
NYFF will present Untold History’s first three chapters of the project.
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NewsEk Tha Tiger scores record-breaking opening weekend
Yash Raj Films’ Ek Tha Tiger, starring Salman Khan, has grossed $18m (Rs1bn) on its opening five-day weekend, becoming the fastest Hindi film to reach this milestone.
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NewsExpendables 2 to receive 800-screen release in India
India’s Multivision Multimedia will release The Expendables 2 on 800 screens this weekend (Aug 24), a move that highlights the trend towards wider releases and almost day-and-date releases for US films in India.
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NewsDaniel Diamond to head sales at QED International
The veteran sales and marketing executive arrives from Morgan Creek and will oversee a prestige slate alongside Bill Block heading into Toronto and the AFM.