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NewsReal Steel retains international box office crown on $24m
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International reported an estimated $24.2m haul for DreamWorks’ family drama as it climbed to $57.5m after two weekends. The Three Musketeers was in swashbuckling form on $20.4m and The Smurfs crossed $400m.
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NewsUK's Soda Pictures moves into US with Red Flag partnership for Norwegian Wood
New Video’s Flatiron to handle DVD/digital release in US.
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NewsReal Steel holds on to pole position in US with $16.3m
Monday’s actual results will determine whether Buena Vista’s estimate for its DreamWorks father-son drama starring Hugh Jackman was enough to fend off the lukewarm debut of Paramount’s dance remake Footloose on $16.1m. Regardless, this was another weak weekend at the domestic box office.
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NewsJulia Short named head of acquisitions for The Works Film Group
Weiner, Bestwick also join The Works.
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NewsTop Brazilian filmmakers launch new distribution company
Jose Padilha, Fernando Meirelles are among filmmakers seeking greater control of their box-office revenues.
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Magnolia takes on Gaby Dellal's Angels Crest
Magnolia Pictures has taken all US rights to Angels Crest, which premiered at Tribeca earlier this year.
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NewsArtificial Eye circles 360; company builds on Paramount ties
UK distributor Artificial Eye is thought to be in final negotiations to acquire Fernando Meirelles’ 360, whichopened the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday.
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Odyssey acquires film rights to Hank The Cowdog
John Foster’s company negotiated the deal with Rising Star Studios on the children’s property and plans to create an animated feature.
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NewsAustralia's Madman ramps up production division
Projects on the slate include a restaging of Shane Warne The Musical which will be filmed and shown in cinemas.
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NewsArtificial Eye takes UK & Irish rights for Michael Winterbottom's Trishna
India-set Tess update stars Frieda Pinto and Riz Ahmed.
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NewsBBFC bans Adam Rehmeier's The Bunny Game
The film had been picked up by Trinity for its DVD genre label Trinity X in Cannes this year.
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NewsCineEurope plans move from Amsterdam to Barcelona
CineEurope, formerly known as Cinema Expo or Cine Expo, will run June 18-21, 2012.
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NewsToei sells Hard Romanticker to South Korea, Hong Kong
At the 6th Asian Film Market, Japanese sales company Toei has sold the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Midnight Passion title Hard Romanticker to Joy & Contents Group for South Korea and to Sundream for Hong Kong.
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NewsFinecut sells Poongsan to Japan's Asia Films
South Korean sales company Finecut has announced a slew of deals done at the Asian Film Market and Mipcom which include the Busan festival title Poongsan to Asia Films for Japan.
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NewsUniversal backs down over Tower Heist PVoD plan
The studio said on Wednesday (12) that in response to a letter from theatre owners it would delay it planned premium VoD experiment.
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NewsFresnadillo's Intruders has strong debut atop Spanish box office
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s thriller Intruders has had a strong debut in Spain. Madrid-based Apaches Entertainment (which also produced), in partnership with Universal Pictures International and Antena 3, took in $1.47m (€1.1m) in the opening weekend, topping the Spanish box-office chart and making it the fourth-biggest opening for a Spanish film ...
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NewsMillennium takes North American rights to Intruders
Millennium Entertainment has added Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s thriller to its slate following the world premiere in Toronto. Meanwhile SPC has acquired the lion’s share of rights to Neil Young’s Journey and Sundance Selects has acquired North America on The Loneliest Planet.
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NewsSoda picks Strawberry Fields for UK
Soda takes UK rights ahead of world premiere at BFI London Film Festival.
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Magnet drawn to horror Playback starring Christian Slater
Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to Michael Nickles’ horror film starring Christian Slater and will release through its Ultra VOD platform in February 2012.
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NewsVanguard picks up Slovenian hit 9:06 for US
Igor Sterk’s psychological thriller 9:06 finds US distribution.