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NewsSupervision strikes deal to bring four Broadway musicals to cinemas
New York- and London-based Supervision Media has struck an exclusive multi-year licensing deal with New York-based Broadway Worldwide to bring four Broadway musicals to cinemas around the world.The deal includes Memphis, the 2010 Tony winner for Best Musical; Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical starring David Hasselhoff; Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It ...
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NewsSmurfs stay on top at international box office
Sony’s The Smurfs once again held off all comers at the international box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $12.9m from 6,150 screens in 65 markets.
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News3D Lion King beats new releases in US
The 3D version of The Lion King continued its reign at the top of the North American box office chart this weekend, out-grossing new releases Moneyball, Dolphin Tale, Abduction and Killer Elite.
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Elevate US rights to Variance
Variance Films has acquired US theatrical rights to basketball documentary Elevate.
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D&E gets Hammer for US
D&E Entertainment has acquired The Hammer, a coming-of-age drama about deaf wrestler Matt Hamill, for US theatrical distribution.
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NewsFestival Films take Spanish rights to Camera d’Or winner Las Acacias
Urban Distribution International has sold Pablo Giorgelli’s Camera d’Or winner Las Acacias to Festival Films for distribution in Spain off the back of its successful screening in the Horizontes Latinos section at the San Sebastian film festival.
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NewsIFC acquires rights to Penumbra
IFC Midnight has acquired all rights for North America, Malaysia and Singapore to writer-directors Adrian and Ramiro Garcia Bogliano’s Penumbra, which had its world premiere this week at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
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NewsEros teams with Jimmy Shergill to tap Punjabi market
Indian major signs four-film deal with Jimmy Shergill Productions
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NewsKino Lorber gets Elles for US
Kino Lorber has acquired all US rights to Elles, the Juliette Binoche drama that recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
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NewsFrenetic strikes Swiss deal for TrustNordisk's Black's Game
Swiss distributor Frenetic Films has acquired Óscar Thór Axelsson’s Icelandic thriller Black’s Game.
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NewsSupervision to bring Broadway musical Memphis to the big screen
It follows their release of the 3D film of Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance in cinemas earlier this year.
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NewsWild Bunch Benelux goes on mini-acquisition spree
Speaking on the opening day of the Netherlands Film Festival (21-30 September) in Utrecht, company M-D Pim Hermeling revealed that he has pre-bought Only Decent People, the new film from IDTV producer Frans van Gestel (a guest of honour at the festival this year.)
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NewsBavaria and Telepool merge foreign sales units
Thorsten Ritter to head film sales at new company Global Screen; Rolf Moser and Thomas Weymar will be managing directors
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NewsLast Call At The Oasis marks second Toronto deal for ATO
The company has picked up US rights to Participant Media’s water scarcity doc Last Call At The Oasis.
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NewsLionsgate confirms You’re Next, Friends deals from Toronto
The studio has closed a deal for North American rights to Adam Wingard’s Midnight Madness hit and confirmed it has acquired alongside Roadside Attractions North American rights to the ensemble drama Friends With Kids.
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NewsMemento secures spate of new deals for Nader And Simin
Memento Films International has sold Asghar Farhadi’s Golden Bear winner Nader and Simin, A Separation to several key territories, off the back of its successful screenings at Toronto and now San Sebastian.
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Image takes North America for American Football comedy Division III
The buyer has picked up all rights to Division III: Football’s Finest from Toronto and plans to hit the college circuit this autumn.
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NewsMagnet drawn to Ti West's The Innkeepers
Hot off the heels of a Toronto buying spree Magnet Releasing announced on Tuesday it had acquired US theatrical and VoD rights to West’s ghost film.
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News234 Media to release Viva Riva! in West Africa
The gangster thriller will be released in 18 African countries, starting in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the film was shot.
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NewsShoreline takes on Adrift: People of a Lesser God, Vanished
Shoreline Entertainment picks up doc Adrift: People of A Lesser God and thriller Vanished