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IMAX signs new installation, digital upgrade deal with Cinema City
IMAX has signed a deal with Cinema City International to install two new IMAX systems in Israel.
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HBO takes US rights to Bleiberg's Precious Life
HBO has acquired US rights to Shlomi Eldar’s Israeli documentary Precious Life days before its Toronto slot in the Real To Reel programme.
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Strand hops aboard US road movie Feed The Fish
Strand Releasing has acquired US rights to Michael Matzdorff’s ensemble comedy Feed The Fish co-starring Tony Shalhoub.
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EFP San Sebastian forum recruits 10 distributors
Ten distributors from across Europe have been selected to take part in the third edition of the European Film Promotion forum, which runs during the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
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Metropolitan Opera expands live transmission network
The Metropolitan Opera’s series of live performances The Met: Live In HD will expand is theatrical run this season.
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Freestyle, Cinemarket to launch The Nutcracker In 3D
Freestyle Releasing and Cinemarket Films are partnering on the North American release of Andrei Konchalovsky’s interpretation of the classic fairytale.
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D Films to release I'm Still Here in Canada
D Films has acquired Canadian distribution rights from Magnolia Pictures International to Casey Affleck’s documentary I’m Still Here.
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Indian state orders cinemas to protect local-language Marathi films
The state government of Maharashtra (of which Mumbai is the capital), has made it mandatory for all multiplexes in the state to lower ticket rates for films in the local Marathi language and allocate them prime slots.
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Takers snatches US box office crown in tight weekend
Screen Gems’ heist thriller Takers edged out Lionsgate’s The Last Exorcism over the weekend as $20.5m secured the crown by the tightest of margins according to confirmed results issued on Monday [30]
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Airbender rules on $18m as Avatar crosses $2bn overseas
Inception was finally forced to cede authority to another film as Paramount/PPI’s The Last Airbender ruled the waves over the weekend thanks to an estimated $18m haul from 5,843 sites in 51 territories that boosted the running total to $120m.
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Sony projects world's first 3D press conference to Madrid
US studio Sony broke new ground Friday by projecting the first 3D press conference for its film Resident Evil: Afterlife to Spanish press in Madrid.
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Bavaria, Beta bulk up slates ahead of awards season
Bavaria Film International has taken on worldwide sales rights to Icelandic film-maker Fridrik Thor Fridriksson’s melancholic comedy Mamma Gogo ahead of its international premiere in Toronto.
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YouTube UK offers 400 movies online
YouTube has launched a new movies section of its site in the UK, offering more than 400 films free, on demand.
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Metrodome in the black for first half of 2010
UK distributor Metrodome Group has announced its half year financial results for 2010, with profits of £161,000 for the six months ending June 30.
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Liman teams up with FIP on Mandarin-language Toronto premiere
Fox International Productions president Sanford Panitch announced last night [26] that Doug Liman will present the company’s Mandarin-language film The Butcher, The Chef And The Swordsman.
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Toy Story 3 heads to $1bn and beyond at worldwide box office
History beckons Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3 this weekend as it prepares to become only the seventh film to join an elite club of box office titans on Friday [August 27].
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Roadside, Liddell partner again on I Love You Phillip Morris
Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment have announced their second acquisition of the week, partnering for North America on the highly regarded true-life drama I Love You Phillip Morris.
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LoveFilm strikes digital deal with MGM
LoveFilm has agreed a UK distribution deal with MGM to enable its members to watch MGM titles online and on internet-enabled devices through the LoveFilm Player.
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IMAX’s international push
Andreas Wiseman examines Imax’s recent international boom, from big deals with Chinese exhibitors to the company’s first foreign-language film release.
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Avatar: Special Edition ready for global IMAX blitz
Fox’s Avatar: Special Edition will open in 175 IMAX theatres around the world this weekend.