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FeaturesWill Cannes deals drive box-office success?
The deals flowed on the Croisette. Now the focus is on buyers to deliver viable distribution results.
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NewsArtificial Eye takes on four more Cannes 2011 Competition titles
Also the UK distributor pre-buys Rachid Bouchareb’s next film.
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NewsTinker, Tailor set for awards season US launch
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has been set for a North American release on Nov 18 through Focus Features, positioning the big screen version of John Le Carre’s classic spy thriller in the middle of awards season.
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NewsLife in a Day to get digital US premiere
Cinedigm Digital Cinema and National Geographic Entertainment are to release Life in a Day to digital cinemas across the US on July 24, five days before National Geographic gives the user-generated documentary its traditional US theatrical launch.
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Sholem to International Film Circuit
International Film Circuit has acquired US rights to documentary Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness, about the writer who helped forge the modern Jewish identity and whose stories became the basis of musical Fiddler on the Roof.
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NewsEureka inspired by Guilty Of Romance; Centipede sequel in balance
UK outfit Eureka Entertainment will distribute Cannes Directors’ Fortnight entry Guilty Of Romance.
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NewsDenmark's Nordisk Film picks up big US titles in Cannes
The Danish major reported an “excellent” Cannes, with distribution deals done on a series of titles, including four from Summit.
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NewsTrustNordisk's Cannes deals led by 9 buys for A Royal Affair
Clinching more than 50 deals with almost 40 distributors worldwide, Danish international sales company, TrustNordisk, saw this year’s Cannes International Film festival as ”the best market for years”.
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NewsCannes buys for former Yugoslavia include Megacom taking six award winners
Distributors from the territories of the former Yugoslavia have acquired rights to a number of films from Cannes official programme and Marche.
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NewsTurin Horse to Cinema Guild for US
The Cinema Guild has acquired US distribution rights to Hungarian film-maker Bela Tarr’s The Turin Horse, winner of the Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
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US VOD 'test' for Source Code
In a move the company characterised as a “test” of new window patterns, Summit Home Entertainment is to make sci-fi thriller Source Code available in the US via VOD and electronic sell through (EST) two weeks ahead of the film’s DVD and Blu-ray release.
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NewsFox Greater China executive Tu Ming dies of bone cancer
20th Century Fox Greater China Managing Director Tu Ming passed away on Sunday morning of bone cancer, at the age of 47.
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NewsRussia's new distributor Nashe Kino buys Chainsaw, Hercules 3D at Cannes market
New Russian distributor Nashe Kino took on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D and Hercules 3D from Nu Image.
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NewsItalian distributors close a raft of hot deals in Cannes
Eagle takes on films including Inbetweeners and Cloud Atlas; Moviemax gets I Don’t Know How She Does It; Videa gets End of Watch, along with many other titles.
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NewsHangover 2 breaks records with $86.5m domestic opening
The Hangover Part II has notched the biggest domestic opening ever for a live action comedy, grossing an estimated $86.5m at the North American box office over three days and $118.1m since its Thursday (May 26) release.
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NewsHangover, Panda sequels score big at international box office
The Hangover Part II and Kung Fu Panda 2 romped into the international marketplace this weekend, taking $60.2m and $57m respectively.
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NewsKino Lorber strikes US deal for The Fairy with MK2
Directors Fortnight opener has sold to 15 territories.
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NewsNetwork connects with five, including Ave and Return
Network Releasing takes UK rights to five features including Lisa Johnson’s Return
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NewsBeta Cinema secures US deal on My Best Enemy
The deal was one of almost two dozen sales agreements concluded by Beta Cinema at this year’s Cannes market.
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NewsSummit signs pay TV deal with HBO
Summit Entertainment has signed an exclusive output deal with HBO that will see the US pay TV network screening Summit titles released theatrically between January 2013 and the end of 2017.