All Distribution articles – Page 617
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NewsSenator Film sets up Munich base after 17-year absence
Germany’s Senator Entertainment has established two new production arms in Munich after 17 years’ absence from the Bavarian capital.
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NewsFox International becomes first to cross $1bn in 2011
The studio reached the milestone on May 8; the 11th year it has accomplished the feat.
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NewsMaya boards sales on Hammers and Repeaters for Cannes
Comedy A Bag Full Of Hammers premiered at SXSW and stars Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig, Chandler Canterbury and Rebecca Hall. The story follows two misfits who form an unlikely family when they encounter an abandoned child.
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NewsTribeca Film takes North American rights to Turkey Bowl
Kyle Smith’s real-time comedy set in Los Angeles premiered at SXSW and follows a group of friends who gather to play a backyard game of American Football.
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NewsHyde Park Imagenation, BBC to co-finance Lost Christmas
The joint venture between LA-based Hyde Park Entertainment and Imagenation Abu Dhabi has partnered with the BBC to co-finance John Hay’s Lost Christmas.
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NewsFast & Furious Five plunders record $87m for Universal
The heist film added an estimated $86.6m through UPI from 6,979 sites in 58 territories as the running total climbed to $184.4m and the film remained the biggest worldwide release for the second weekend.
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NewsThor delivers Marvel’s third biggest US debut on $66m
The estimated weekend tally was a commendable result for a relatively unknown property starring Australia’s Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman.
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NewsInternational arthouse label Fox World Cinema launches
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment launched the division, which will operate alongside Fox International Productions (FIP) and release prestige international films on DVD, VoD and digital download.
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NFI boards dark comedy Petunia starring Brittany Snow, Thora Birch
New Films International will commence sales on the Croisette next week on Yale Productions’ tale of a New York family coming to terms with the chaos of life.
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NewsJames Robinson's Inverness files for bankruptcy
Inverness Distribution, the Bermuda-based company formerly known as Morgan Creek International, has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy.
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Features
The new European studios
What has happened to the dream of a European studio? Screen looks at the new model for pan-regional buying partnerships and discovers the challenges in releasing independent films across multiple territories
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NewsThor, Fast & Furious Five line up for international showdown
Both PPI’s Thor and UPI’s Fast & Furious Five have already crossed $100m overseas and are expected to dominate the landscape this weekend.
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Archstone Distribution to launch Tombstone genre label
The Tombstone Distribution slate comprises a number of Archstone titles such as monster film Snow Beast and the Michael Madsen genre title Amsterdam Heavy.
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Sundance entry Crime After Crime to open in New York
The film recently won the San Francisco International Film Festival’s Golden Gate Award for investigative documentary feature and focuses on two rookie lawyers who take on a wrongful imprisonment case.
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NewsCBS locks up US rights to The Woman In Black
CBS Films has preemptively acquired US distribution rights for the gothic horror starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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FeaturesCannes 2011 Market Buzz
Screen previews some of the new market titles expected to create a stir at the Cannes Marche from US sellers, from Paul WS Anderson’s Pompeii to Paul Weitz’s Robert De Niro-starring project, to a Gotti crime saga.
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NewsSlew of deals signed for titles at Hot Docs festival
A number of deals have been signed for feature documentaries showing at Hot Docs, now underway in Toronto.
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NewsScreen's second UK Marketing & Distribution Awards open for entries
The second annual Screen UK Marketing & Distribution Awards are now open for entries.
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NewsLightning heads to Croisette with comedy-horror The Revenant
Kerry Prior’s festival hit follows horror comedy about two slackers who become zombies and use their newfound powers to become vigilante crime fighters. David Anders, Chris Wylde star.
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NewsMagnolia takes worldwide rights to Jack And Diane
Magnolia International head Laird Adamson will commence sales in Cannes next week on the “twisted tale of young love” starring Juno Temple, Riley Keough [pictured], Cara Seymour and pop icon Kylie Minogue.