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All Distribution articles – Page 648
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Film Movement hears the call of If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle
Film Movement has acquired US rights to If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (Eu Cand Vreau Sa Fluier, Fluier) and have set a January 2011 platform release in New York ahead of nationwide roll-out.
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NewsSquareOne takes on Hungry Rabbit Jumps, Dark Tide, Ironclad
German independent licence trader SquareOne Entertainment is set to consolidate its new position in the German theatrical market with further acquisitions to be released with distribution partner Universum Film.
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Kampe, Tron launch US distributor Baxter Brothers
New York-based Ryan Kampe and Sylvan Tron of Visit Films have launched the distributor Baxter Brothers Film Releasing.
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NewsRooney Mara to play Salander in Sony's Dragon Tattoo
Rooney Mara will star opposite Daniel Craig as the crime fighting Lisbeth Salander in Sony’s English language remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
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Relativity, AMC team up on distribution competition
Relativity Media’s Rogue and AMC Theatres have launched the Big Break Movie Contest to offer film-makers with previously undistributed features the opportunity to obtain exclusive on-screen distribution.
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O-Scope takes US rights to Shapiro's Monogamy
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired US rights from Submarine to Murderball director Dana Adam Shapiro’s narrative feature film debut Monogamy.
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NewsMetrodome completes acquisition of Target Entertainment
Deal includes Target’s rights businesses as well as production labels Pink Sands and Target US.
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NewsJapanese exhibitor T-Joy employs Twitter to offer user-selected screenings
Japanese exhibitor T-Joy and internet marketing company Bluem Inc. have launched a campaign to boost admissions by giving the public a chance to request films on the big screen.
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NewsStallone is back: Expendables conquers US on $35m
The lure of Sylvester Stallone’s old school action extravaganza proved irresistible for North American audiences as the boys with toys blew Julia Roberts’ comeback vehicle Eat Pray Love out of the water.
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NewsInception soars past $300m overseas for Warner Bros
Inception’s $36m haul meant it still had too much in the tank for the competition although Toy Story 3 continued to bring joy to Disney chiefs as it became the company’s biggest animation release overseas.
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NewsRoss hails global animation champion Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 has become the highest worldwide grossing animated film of all time on $920m.
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NewsImagina sells Spanish drama Paper Birds to Japan
Spanish outfit Imagina has sold Emilio Aragon’s $8m music drama Paper Birds to Alcine-Terran for theatrical distribution in Japan, ahead of its premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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NewsNetwork takes UK rights to Asian slasher film Dream Home from Fortissimo
Network Releasing has acquired all UK rights to Pang Ho-Cheung’s Dream Home, a slasher movie set against China’s housing crisis.
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NewsRolling Stones 1972 tour film coming to 800 cinemas
Distributors Eagle Rock Entertainment and Omniverse Vision have teamed up to bring a re-mastered and restored version of The Rolling Stones concert ‘Ladies & Gentleman…The Rolling Stones’ to cinemas worldwide.
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NewsRussian movies slip in local market-share
Box-office in Russia is up 29% over last year, but domestic films are suffering compared to Hollywood 3D blockbusters.
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NewsRelativity Media adds three titles to inaugural slate
Relativity Media has added three titles to its initial slate of films that it will self-release following the acquisition of Overture Films’ distribution and marketing operations.
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NewsInception set to extend reign overseas and cross $300m
Inception should cross $300m overseas by the end of its fifth weekend in release and remains a strong bet to maintain its international supremacy.
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NewsMPAA upholds R rating for The Tillman Story
The film-makers on The Tillman Story have lost their appeal to the MPAA against the R rating one week before the film is due to open in North America.
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Eurocinema to expand Comcast VOD offerings
VOD service Eurocinema has launched Eurocinema On Demand as it expands its platform on Comcast.
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NewsThe Tillman Story film-makers to appeal MPAA's R rating
The Tillman Story director Amir Bar Lev and producer John Battsek are to appeal the MPAA’s R rating for the documentary.