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Lionsgate takes US, UK rights to Hummingbird
Jason Statham stars in the thriller, set to begin shooting in London on Monday (Mar 12). The studio negotiated the deal with worldwide rights holder IM Global.
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NewsPhase 4, Kevin Smith fall for Slamdance winner Bindlestiffs
The North American rights deal brings in the first film under the recently announced partnership to get the branding support of the Kevin Smith’s SModcast Pictures Presents label.
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NewsThe Loved Ones, The FP to get Tugg treatment
Both films have played on the midnight circuit and will get the benefit of the web-based service that enables people to vote which films screen at their local theatres.
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NewsMGM cements int’l network with Lusomundo, Selim Ramia deals
Hot on the heels of clearing debt and securing a $500m revolving credit facility, the revitalised studio’s co-chairmen and CEOs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum say they have effectively sealed their global distribution network with two fresh multi-year agreements.
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Autonomy Pictures kicks off with US rights deal on The Bunny Game
Distribution veterans Derek Curl, David Gregory and Lewis Tice’s new distributor aims to release “uncompromising cinema on a worldwide scale” and will handle four films this year, starting with Adam Rehmeier’s torture porn.
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Searchlight, Red Flag buy SXSW comedy Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Jay and Mark Duplass wrote and directed the film, set to receive its world premiere in Austin on Mar 11.
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Gravitas, Variance Films launch distribution alliance at SXSW
The partners aim to acquire and jointly release seven or eight films a year simultaneously in theatres and on VoD.
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NewsMPI Media Group snatches North American rights to Heineken Kidnapping
The Dutch thriller is based on the actual 1983 abduction of the brewery magnate Alfred Heineken who was eventually released for a €16m ransom.
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NewseOne to ramp up TV co-productions, Peter Emerson relocates to London
Entertainment One (eOne) looks to ramp international co-productions with expanded European focus.
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NewsCanal Plus chief Bertrand Meheut sounds alarm for French cinema
Meheut says international operators such as iTunes, Google and YouTube as well as Al Jazeera’s sporting ambitions pose threat to France’sunique film finance model.
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Screen Media takes North American rights to Heleno
Jose Henrique Fonseca’s biopic of the 1940’s Brazilian footballer Heleno de Freitas has just screened at the Miami International Film Festival and will open theatrically in summer.
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NewsOscar triumph lifts The Artist at the international box office
Michel Hazanavicius’ multi-award winner rises 68% and has now charmed its way to $63.7m, breaking the $100m worldwide mark in the process.
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NewsAmsterdam's Eye plans opening festival including Scorsese, Terminator II, Kauwboy
Amsterdam’s new EYE film museum, which opens to the public on April 5, will kick off with a festival week (April 5-11) including screenings, live music, dance, talks, a children’s day and more.
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NewsOslo August 31st set to break box-office record for a Norwegian film in France
Joachim Trier’s dark tale following recovering drug addict clocks up 30,000 admissions in first weekend with 2,150 entries per screen in Paris.
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NewsEd Palluth promoted to evp, global distribution AMC/Sundance Channel
Palluth takes on most senior distribution role for company’s international business.
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Image takes North American rights to Freak Dance
The satire about performers who strive to master a notorious dance move in order to win a contest features Amy Poehler and Tim Meadows.
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Frankenweenie to get IMAX treatment for October release
Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film will be remastered into the IMAX format ahead of the worldwide day-and-date release through Disney on Oct 5.
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NewsCinedigm, New Video to jointly release The Invisible War
The partners have acquired North American rights to Kirby Dick’s winner of the Sundance US Documentary Audience Award earlier in the year.
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NewsSPC gets Smashed, IFC Midnight falls for Grabbers
Two late Sundance deals have closed, with SPC taking worldwide rights to Smashed and IFC Midnight acquiring North and Latin America on Grabbers.
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NewsSundance Channel launches in Romania, expands in other Euro markets
AMC Networks’ Sundance Channel is making its debut in Romania; expands service in Hungary and Belgium.