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NewsShaw Brothers movies to make debut on African pay-TV
Hong Kong’s Celestial Pictures has licensed a package of martial arts titles from its Shaw Brothers library to Sony Max, the 24-hour action and reality channel operated by Sony Pictures Television in Africa.
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NewsWide's Eye On Films label adds Locarno title Policeman
Wide also handling sales on the Israeli drama.
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NewsTF1 and Spike Lee come to "mutually satisfactory" agreement over Miracle at St. Anna
Last month a French court fined TF1 €32 million over its failure to honour agreement to commercialise World War II drama at home and abroad in 2009.
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NewsTerracotta Distribution adds new horror imprint
It will launch in October with the release of Yoon Hong-seung’s Korean horror Death Bell.
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NewsAustralia's CinemaLive to open UK office
The alternative content producer, which provides content such as music and sport to cinemas, is branching out into the UK, with a Soho based office.
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NewsExhibitors and film companies do their part to save energy in electricity-needy Japan
Several exhibitors and film companies have announced their strategies for cutting electric power use this summer in the wake of supply shortages since the March 11 disaster.
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NewsCaptain America knocks out Potter on $66m US debut
The last superhero release of the season acquitted itself well following generally positive reviews, teeing up next summer’s highly anticipated tag-team project The Avengers.
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NewsPotter adds $120m overseas, races past $560m in 12 days
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 maintained an iron grip on the international box office in its second weekend, generating 13.5m admissions from 19,000 screens in 59 territories and setting several regional records.
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NewsDark Of The Moon scores $40m-plus Chinese debut
With memories of Revenge Of The Fallen fresh in the mind, Paramount Pictures International (PPI) top brass approached the weekend with high expectations on China.
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Emperor stakes out Lunar New Year release for Viral Factor
Hong Kong-based Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) has announced that its upcoming $25m thriller The Viral Factor will be released in time for Lunar New Year 2012.
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NewsOptimum confirms new Malick film, Cianfrance's Pines among 2012 slate
Other 2012 releases to include Casa De Mi Padre, Nigel Cole’s All In Good Time and Vehicle 19 starring Paul Walker.
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NewsHP7 Pt 2 at $425m overseas; franchise crosses $7bn
The thunderous performance of the Warner Bros fantasy finale puts it at $640.2m globally to ensure the biggest franshise in Hollywood history has crossed $7bn.
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NewsMiramax to exhibit at MIPCOM, Lang to give keynote
Miramax CEO Mike Lang to present keynote address during market.
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NewsOpen Road takes US on Sundance horror Silent House
The ambitious fledgling distributor has struck its second deal with Liddell Entertainment following the earlier announcement on The Grey.
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Screen Media acquires US rights to The Lie
Joshua Leonard’s dark comedy launched at Sundance and will get a limited theatrical and simultaneous VoD launch in autumn.
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FeaturesButtons battle heats up in France
French distributors Mars and UGC will go head to head at the box office this September with separate adaptations of Louis Pergaud’s literary classic The War of the Buttons.
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NewsRabbit jumps to Cartoon Network; pan-Asian dates set
Chinese 3D animation film Legend of A Rabbit has reached further sales deals with Warner’s Cartoon Network acquiring pay-TV rights for India, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan and the Philippines.
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NewsLionsgate to release The Cabin In The Woods in April 2012
The studio has set a Friday The 13th release for the horror film, which it acquired from MGM earlier this year. Lionsgate will release in North America and the UK and is selling remaining territories.
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NewsCinema Guild acquires US rights to comedy Natural Selection
Robbie Pickering’s film stars Rachael Harris as a housewife whose orderly life is turned upside-down when she decides to track down her husband’s estranged son.
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NewsHarry Potter 7 Pt 2 races to $390m internationally
The franchise finale is showing no sign of letting up its scorching pace as Warner Bros Pictures International said it grossed a further $34m from 59 countries on Tuesday [19] following the confirmed $313.5m opening weekend.