All Distribution articles – Page 374
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NewsTWC takes Roald Dahl's Esio Trot for US
The Weinstein Company has picked up the US rights to Roald Dahl adaptation Esio Trot as it continues to pepper its TV slate with UK shows.
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NewsMetrodome catches Carol Morley’s The Falling
EXCLUSIVE: Independent sells UK rights for drama starring Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams.
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NewsVersatile acquires Chan’s Dearest
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese child abduction film to screen in Toronto following world premiere in Venice.
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NewsCronenberg's Maps switches to Focus World
eOne and Prospero Pictures appear to have put the kibosh on an awards run for Cannes best actress winner Julianne Moore in a deal that sees David Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars switch US distributors from eOne to Focus World.
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NewsSecret Cinema going Back to the Future in LA
Event cinema organiser plans to rebuild Hill Valley in the US following a month-long run in London.
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NewsBFI extends US distribution pilot to Toronto
Pilot P&A fund launched at Sundance extends to Toronto.
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NewsWild Bunch Benelux renamed September Film Distribution
Name change follows move into co-production among other developments
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NewsCalinos veterans launch new Turkish distributor
Two former executives from Calinos Films have set up a new distribution company, Fabula Films, acquiring all Turkish rights.
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NewsNetflix's Italian challenges; IQIYI's Chinese boom
Is Netflix coming to Italy? Not any time soon if the comments at yesterday’s Venice Film Market panel, “VOD in China and Europe - What is the strategy for Netflix arrival”, are taken as the measure.
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NewsWords With Gods to launch with inter-faith campaign
Further details have emerged of the marketing and release plans for religious-themed portmanteau picture Words With Gods, which features contributions from such directors as Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Mira Nair and Hector Babenco.
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NewsUDI taking Felix and Meira, Red Rose to Toronto
Company also handling Ognjen Svilicic’s These Are The Rules, which world premieres in Venice’s Orizzonti.
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NewsWild gets UK release date
Drama starring Reese Witherspoon, from Dallas Buyer’s Club director Jean-Marc Vallée, gets awards slot.
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NewsSeymour sells at Telluride
Sundance Selects has bucked the trend at a festival not known for its deals, taking US and Latin American rights to Ethan Hawke’s documentary Seymour: An Introduction.
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NewseOne acquires Force Four
eOne has acquired Canadian producer Force Four Entertainment from partners Rob Bromley, John Ritchie, and Gillian Lowrey.
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NewsKino Lorber acquires Li’l Quinquin
Kino Lorber has acquired all US rights to Bruno Dumont’s Li’l Quinquin ahead of the North American premiere in Toronto on September 10.
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NewsYekra launches DIY theatre
The digital distribution platform has announced its self-service, customisable digital theatre.
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NewsProtagonist adds head of sales, US presence
UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures has appointed former StudioCanal executive Vanessa Saal as head of sales, part of a company restructure that includes launching a US presence fronted by producer Eddie Vaisman.
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NewsWe Are The Freaks heads to Germany
German distributor Lighthouse has acquired rights from 104 Films to Justin Edgar’s We Are The Freaks for German-speaking territories.
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NewsMemento heads to Toronto with Marguerite
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales agent to launch new film loosely inspired by “world’s worst soprano”, Florence Foster Jenkins.
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CommentFirst look at Trash trailer
Universal Pictures International has released the first trailer from Working Title, PeaPie Films and 02 Filmes’ adventure directed by Stephen Daldry.