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NewsSony reboots Spider-Man as Raimi, Maguire leave franchise
Sony has abandoned plans to release Spider-Man 4 in summer 2011 and will reboot the franchise a year later following the departure of Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire.
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Belgium's XDC acquires cinema equipment firm FTT
XDC, the Belgium-based digital cinema services company, has acquired Dusseldorf-based cinema equipment firm FTT.
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Greece takes over European Audiovisual Observatory presidency
The European Audiovisual Observatory has announced that Greece will hold its presidency for 2010.
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NewsLevelK picks up Ounpuu's The Temptation Of St Tony
Tine Klint’s new sales outfit LevelK has picked up Estonian director Veiko Öunpuu’s The Temptation Of St Tony (Püha Tonu Kiusamine). It is the Copenhagen-based company’s first acquisition.
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FeaturesShorter windows reverse slump
Tighter windows and a piracy crackdown have given France’s home-entertainment market a boost, reports Tim Murray
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NewsFrench box office hit decade high in 2009
The French box office hit a high in 2009 with admissions rising by 5.7% on the previous year to 199.7m. It is a record for the decade, just ahead of 2004’s 195.5m admissions.
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NewsHigh Point boards Czech war movie Protektor
High Point Films has snapped up world sales for Marek Najbrt’s Second World War movie Protektor.
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NewsHinduja Group to invest $55m in content over next three years
The Hinduja Group, the banking group with media interests, has announced plans to invest $55m (Rs 2.5bn) in the content business over the next two to three years.
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NewsAvatar seventh biggest US film on $429m after $48.5m haul
Avatar stayed top in North America for the fourth weekend in a row with an estimated $48.5m haul through Fox that lifted the running total to $429m.
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NewsAvatar grosses $150m overseas to reach $915.1m
If the extraordinary heights of Titanic’s final box office once seemed unattainable, Avatar proved it is more than up for the challenge internationally at least as it climbed more than 4.5% in its fourth weekend to gross $150m and raise the tally to $915.1m.
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NewsAnchor Bay to release Toronto hit Alice Creed in US
Anchor Bay will release J Blakeson’s much fancied kidnapping thriller The Disappearance Of Alice Creed starring Gemma Arterton following its world premiere in Toronto.
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NewsFox takes Spanish rights to $20m action adventure Lope
20th Century Fox has picked up Spanish theatrical rights to Andrucha Waddington’s $20m Spanish-Brazilian historical epic Lope.
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NewsIFC Films boards horror tale The Human Centipede
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Tom Six’ horror film The Human Centipede (First Sequence).
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NewsThe Match Factory boards Epstein and Friedman's Howl
Cologne-based The Match Factory has picked up international sales for Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl, which will be the narrative world premiere on the first night of the Sundance Film Festival.
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NewsAlta Films picks up Oskar Santos’ El Mal Ajeno for Spain
Leading distributor Alta Films has taken Spanish theatrical rights to Oskar Santos’ hotly anticipated feature debut El Mal Ajeno, produced by director Alejandro Amenabar (pictured).
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NewsHong Kong box office rises by 6.5% in 2009
Hong Kong’s box office grew by around 6.5% to $151.93m (HK$1.18bn) in 2009, according to figures from Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA).
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NewsAvatar heads into weekend as second biggest global release
Avatar enters its fourth weekend as the second highest grossing worldwide release in history on $1.131bn and should have little trouble retaining its box office crown as it sweeps past $800m overseas.
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NewsSundance Selects lines up VOD launch for festival trio
VOD platform Sundance Selects and the Sundance Film Festival are collaborating on the day-and-date VOD release of three festival films.
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NewsExhibition surge fuels 44% climb in 2009 China box office
The Chinese box office rose by 44% during 2009 to reach $910m (RMB6.2bn), its highest growth rate for six years.
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NewsLocal films drove 4.8% box office rise in South Korea, says CJ CGV
South Korea’s 2009 box office admissions rose by 4.8% year-on-year to 156,319,224 tickets, according to estimates by leading local exhibitor CJ CGV.