All Distribution articles – Page 694
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NewsOptimum takes UK rights to Guillem Morales' Julia's Eyes
DeAPlaneta has sold UK rights to Guillem Morales’ hotly anticipated horror Julia’s Eyes, produced by Guillermo del Toro, to Optimum Releasing.
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NewsShutter Island exceeds expectations with $40.2m US launch
Paramount’s thriller Shutter Island soared to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $40.2m, setting opening weekend records for director and star.
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NewsTen out of ten for Avatar as $51m raises tally to $1.78bn
Once again Avatar flew higher than the competition and continued to break records as the extraordinary run showed little sign of slowing down in its tenth weekend.
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NewsVivarto SP ZOO takes Polish rights to Peepli Live
UTV Motion Pictures and Aamir Khan Productions have licensed the political satire Peepli Live to Vivarto SP ZOO in Poland.
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NewsIFC slots Berlinale premiere Puzzle into 2010 pipeline
IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Natalia Smirnoff’s Argentinean drama Puzzle following its world premiere in competition at the Berlinale.
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NewsCrying With Laughter to have US premiere at SXSW
Scottish BAFTA winner Crying With Laughter will receive its US premiere at the SXSW festival (March 12-21) in the festival favourites section.
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NewsSPC enters Animal Kingdom for US, Latin America
Sony Pictures Classics has finally announced its deal for US and Latin American rights to David Michod’s Sundance World Cinema Jury Prize winner Animal Kingdom.
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NewsWarner and Odeon strike digital deal
Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) has teamed up with Odeon cinemas to help speed up the conversion to digital cinema across all of Odeon’s sites in the UK.
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Rhino's The Doors doc When You're Strange set for US release
Abramorama will release Rhino Entertainment’s The Doors documentary When You’re Strange: A Film About TheDoors in limited release on April 9 following a prestigious festival run.
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NewsInferno lights up EFM with The Grey, The Kids Are All Right
Inferno Entertainment is close to selling out its marquee survival title The Grey from Joe Carnahan and has reported a roaring trade on Lisa Cholodenko’s Sundance hit The Kids Are All Right (pictured).
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NewsStudioCanal enjoys bumper EFM
StudioCanal has enjoyed a bumper EFM. Since selling The Last Exorcism (formerly known as Cotton) to Lionsgate for the US last week, the French major has racked up multiple major deals on its eclectic slate.
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NewsLittle Film Company sells Cherrybomb, The Last Station
Little Film Company has sold UK and Australian rights to Universal for the drama Cherrybomb (pictured) starring Rupert Grint, Robert Sheehan and Kimberley Nixon.
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NewsFortissimo's Reign of Sales
Fortissimo Films have completed several major deals on their EFM slate titles. John Woo produced Reign Of Assassins has gone to Lionsgate for UK distribution here at the EFM.
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Strand snaps up US rights from Visit to Picture Me
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights from Visit Films to Ole Schell and Sara Ziff’s documentary Picture Me and has scheduled a summer theatrical release.
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Montreal's ID Communications boards two for EFM
Montreal-based ID Communications has bulked up its EFM slate with worldwide rights to Julian Starks’ documentary Journey To Sundance and Volker Wischnowski’s The Way Of St-James.
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NewsIFC Takes North American rights to Boogie Woogie
IFC Films has acquired North American rights from The Works International to Duncan Ward’s black comedy Boogie Woogie.
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NewsSummit Crownes key sales
Summit International has closed key territories on its Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts comedy Larry Crowne as buyers responded to the prospect of the pair’s first match-up since Charlie Wilson’s War.
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NewsEra New Horizons expands into distribution
Era New Horizons International Film Festival, the Polish event which takes place in July, has started a distribution arm, picking up six films from its 2009 festival — Steve McQueen’s Hunger, Ivan Vyrypaev’s Oxygen, Johan Grimonprez’s Double Take, Agnes Varda’s The Beaches Of Agnes, Henrik Hellstrom and Frederik Wenzel’s Burrowing ...
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NewsAvatar stays top overseas as $59m boosts it to $1.69bn
Avatar stayed top of the international arena for the ninth consecutive weekend as Fox International reported an estimated $59m weekend that raised the running total to $1.69bn.