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Open Road confirms US buy on The Grey
Joe Carnahan’s thriller stars Liam Neeson as an oilrig worker and his team stranded in snowbound terrain where they are chased by a rogue wolf pack.
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NewsWarner Bros revises HP7 Pt 2 overseas launch to $312.3m
The record breaking overseas opening weekend for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has come in more than $5m higher than Sunday estimates, earning $312.3m internationally and combining with the $169.2m confirmed North American debut for $481.5m worldwide.
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Sundance Selects swoops on Walk Away Renee
The North American deal returns Jonathan Caouette to the limelight after the filmmaker caused a sensation in 2003 with his autobiographical documentary Tarnation.
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NewsHPE, Imagenation sign co-fi deal with China's Angel Wings
Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment and Imagenation Abu Dhabi are teaming up with the China-based company on a slate of English-language films.
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NewsCaptain America to premiere during Comic-Con
Star Chris Evans to introduce exclusive fan screening at 10am on Jul 21 during the annual San Diego jamboree, which otherwise is shaping up to be light on input from the US majors.
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Eros enters new markets with releases in Taiwan and South Korea
Releases include Ra.One and Endhiran
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NewsIcarus Films acquires US rights to Robert Flaherty documentary
Irish documentary was produced and directed by Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín
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NewsDeathly Hallows raises the bar for domestic debuts to $169.2m
The series finale dismissed the previous best North American opening weekend record of $158.4m set by Warner Bros stablemate The Dark Knight three years ago.
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The Perfect House to debut on Facebook platform FlickLaunch
Commencing Oct 1, the new platform will enable Facebook viewers to watch Kris Hulbert and Randy Kent’s horror feature as a seven-day rental for $5.
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Odyssey's John Foster announces $2m in Cannes deals
The Odyssey Pictures Corporation CEO said the company closed sales worth more than $2m during the recent Cannes market and secured considerable investment for the upcoming feature Hermie, Invasion Of The Bug Snatchers.
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NewsHarry Potter scores $43.6m international opening day
Warner Bros Pictures International top brass have released the initial results from 26 countries and as expected there are a string of opening day records.
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NewsMillennium Entertainment closing on US rights to Bernie
Bill Lee’s company is understood to be in talks to acquire rights for just over $2m to US rights on Richard Linklater’s dark comedy.
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Pirates 4 becomes sixth biggest global release of all time
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International sources confirmed today (14) that On Stranger Tides has finally overtaken stablemate Alice In Wonderland to reach $1.025bn.
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NewsMark Fisher appointed finance director for The Works Group
Fisher previously spent 10 years at the Icon Group
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NewsLoveFilm, eOne ink exclusive content deal
LoveFilm to be only subscription VOD service in the UK to stream eOne’s new catalogue for next five years
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NewsJoel Kennedy joins the UK's Metrodome as head of acquisitions
Former Revolver and Channel 4 executive takes over from James Brown
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NewsHBO to air Scorsese’s George Harrison doc in North America
The broadcaster plans to launch Martin Scorsese’s film in two parts on Oct 5 and 6. Exclusive Films International is handling foreign sales
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NewsIFC Midnight takes North America on Undocumented
Feature debut director Chris Peckover’s horror film follows a documentary crew on assignment with Mexican families who get detained during an illegal crossing into the US.
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NewsAscot Elite acquires German-speaking rights to Set Up
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Bruce Willis and Ryan Phillippe star in the revenge thriller about three friends torn apart by a brutal turf war
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NewsDimension, SND strike North American deal on Livid
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo directed the vampire fantasy and Cannes market hit for French sales agency SND, set on Halloween night as three home invaders pick the wrong house to burgle.