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NewsMIPCOM keynotes: Lang, Reilly, Sarandos stress risk and innovation as keys to success
Miramax CEO Mike Lang, Fox Broadcasting Company’s president of entertainment Kevin Reilly and Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos have been talking innovation amid fragmentation at this year’s MIPCOM.
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As Lion King reaches $80m, Disney plans quartet of 3D re-releases
Encouraged by the box office performance of The Lion King (In 3D) the studio announced on Tuesday it would give the same treatment to Beauty And The Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc and The Little Mermaid.
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European court rules in favour of UK woman who used Greek TV decoder card
There could be implications for the TV and film industries from today’s European Court of Justice’s ruling that said a UK pub landlord didn’t breach UK copyright laws because she used a set top box decoder card to access TV content from Greece.
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NewsLabaki’s Where Do We Go Now? breaks new ground in Lebanon
Comedy-drama about religious tension posts biggest box office ever for an Arabic-language film.
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NewsRutger Hauer joins cast of big budget miniseries The Flight of the Storks
Other cast members include Harry Treadaway, Perdita Weeks and Clemens Schick. English-language production is due to start shooting this month, stopping off in South Africa, Turkish city of Istanbul and Europe.
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NewsFrance launches winter solstice celebration of short films on Dec 21
National Cinema Centre (CNC) hopes its Le Jour Le Plus Court initiative will encourage thousands of screenings of short films on the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
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Slater Brothers acquires domestic rights to My Uncle Rafael
Slater Brothers Entertainment has secures North American rights to My Uncle Rafael following its success at the Arpa International Film Festival, the annual LA event celebrating the Armenian diaspora.
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MIP deals: Prime Suspect, The Firm among early sellers, Lionsgate inks Latin American TV partnership
US TV updates on Lynda La Plante’s crime series and John Grisham’s novel are selling well at MIPCOM.
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NewsGaga names new board members, to accelerate acquisitions and distribution
Japanese producer-distributor Gaga Corporation has announced several corporate promotions in a move to build on the the company’s recent successes in its acquisitions and distribution business.
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NewsOtto leaves Sony to join Ascot Elite's German operations
Daniel Otto has been appointed as the Head of Acquisitions; Sales and Co-Productions at Swiss Ascot Elite Entertainment Group’s Munich-based German theatrical operation Ascot Elite Filmverleih.
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NewsMIP deals: BBC4 takes 'the next Killing'
BBC4 has locked up two new Scandinavian crime dramas, one from the creator of Wallander
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NewsMIP deals: Disney secures Missing sales, Netflix bags more original content
Disney and Netflix announce significant deals on first morning of TV market.
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NewsHopscotch/eOne strikes output deal with Summit
Hopscotch/Entertainment One has signed a three-year output deal to distribute Summit films in all media across Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsDolphin surfs low domestic box office tide on $14m
A dismal domestic weekend saw Warner Bros’ family tale climb two places to the top as a cadre of lacklustre new releases failed to ignite the box office.
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NewsSmurfs stays top internationally as Abduction performs well
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) blue wave ruled yet again at the box as an estimated $10.7m weekend gross from 5,400 screens in seven markets boosted the tally to a confirmed $380.6m.
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NewsMissing, Parade’s End among hot MIP projects
Werner Herzog [pictured], Paul Verhoeven, Tom Stoppard will be among guests promoting new projects.
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NewsSPC expected to announce Hysteria deal shortly
The distributor is understood to have acquired domestic and possibly select territory rights to Tanya Wexler’s period rom-com in a deal that Screendaily first learned about on Wednesday (28) but is yet to be confirmed.
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Anchor Bay, Raven Banner close Canadian home entertainment pact
Raven Banner will release three titles: Bounty Hunters, The Collapsed and Neverlost.
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NewsTrustNordisk close slew of deals on All You Need Is Love
Buyers include Prokino for Germany/Austria, Art Films for Brazil, Aero Films for Czech Republic and Cinemania Group for Former Yugoslavia.
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NewsSpain's Freak to sell features, picks up Between Night And Day
Spanish shorts distributor and sales outfit Freak is expanding into international feature sales.