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All Distribution articles – Page 655
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NewsBBC2 to become official home for BBC Films projects
UK TV channel BBC2 is to become the new home for films coming out of the BBC’s movie arm BBC Films.
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Disney licenses package to VOD outfit Picturebox in Poland
VOD subscription service PictureBox has acquired the on-demand rights in Poland to more than 30 films from The Walt Disney Company EMEA.
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NewsParamount first studio to cross $1bn domestic in 2010
Paramount Pictures has become the first studio this year to cross $1bn at the domestic box office on the back of Iron Man 2’s $306.9m theatrical run.
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Screen Media corrals Edinburgh favourite Ransom Pride for US release
Screen Media has acquired worldwide rights to Horsethief Pictures’ graphic novel western The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride following its world premiere in Edinburgh.
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E1 acquires US rights to Ashley Judd drama Helen
E1 Entertainment has acquired US rights from Vera Rights Management to the drama Helen starring Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic and Lauren Lee Smith.
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NewsFirst Run Features sets November theatrical launch for Bhutto
First Run Features has acquired Duane Baughman’s documentary Bhutto based on the life of the assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto.
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GFI launches DVD distribution arm and educational programme
The Global Film Initiative (GFI) has expanded its distribution enterprise and launched a DVD arm dedicated to films from its Traveling Lens series.
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NewsHigh Point scores US distribution deal on Freestyle
Independent distribution company Phase 4 Films will release the low budget British basketball inspired drama in the US.
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NewsBollywood box office disappoints in first half of 2010
Of the 80 Hindi films released in the first six months of 2010, only UTV’s Rajneeti can be declared a hit.
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News7-57 Releasing captures Dominican thriller La Soga
7-57 Releasing and partner Markedia Worldwide have announced the acquisition of US distribution rights and international sales on Manny Perez and Josh Crook’s Dominican action thriller La Soga.
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NewsSPC takes North America from Bavaria for Life, Above All
Munich’s Bavaria Film International has licensed North American rights on Oliver Schmitz’s coming-of-age drama Life, Above All to Sony Pictures Classics (SPC).
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City Screen strikes programme deals with Glyndebourne, Traverse
City Screen, which runs Picturehouse Cinemas, has announced plans for two satellite live broadcast initiatives for opera and theatre.
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Disney sets January 2011 date for Miramax thriller
Disney has set a January 21, 2011, domestic release date for the thriller Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark, one of several titles left on the Miramax slate.
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NewsToy Story 3 retains international crown on $36.1m
Toy Story 3 ruled the international market for the second straight weekend as an estimated $36.1m from 6,278 from 32 territories boosted Pixar’s latest gem to an even $100m.
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NewsToys too strong for Grown Ups with $59m number one hold
Toy Story 3 added an estimated $59m in North America to sweep past $200m in its second weekend as it held on to pole position despite a spirited launch by Sony’s comedy Grown Ups.
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Thailand’s Extra Virgin revives arthouse distribution project
Thai producer-distributor Extra Virgin and the independent film community have revived the Director’s Screen project which aims to give commercial releases to local and international arthouse films in Bangkok.
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NewsElephant Eye takes US, Brazilian rights to Dog Pound
New York-based Elephant Eye Films has acquired US and Brazilian rights from Wild Bunch to the Cannes market and Tribeca hit Dog Pound.
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NewsToy Story 3 aims to rule overseas for second weekend
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International’s Toy Story 3 arrives in eight new markets this weekend including Australia.
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First Run nabs Making The Boys for North America
First Run Features has acquired all North American rights to Crayton Robey’s Making The Boys on the eve of its North American premiere at Silverdocs.
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NewsCine Expo: Inception screening interrupted by sound snafu
Christopher Nolan’s hotly anticipated film was shown to exhibitors on 35mm.