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NewsApparition, SPWAG swoop on Boondock Saints sequel
Apparition and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) have moved quickly to acquire The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day following its Comic-Con presentation and will release in the US on October 30.
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NewsBlockbuster sells Irish division for $45m
Blockbuster Entertainment, the home entertainment chain, has sold its Irish subsidiary Xtra-vision to local consortium Birchhall Investments for $45m (€32million).
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NewsCanada’s Equinoxe Films quits distribution
Montreal-based distributor Equinoxe Films is pulling out of distribution after its principal backer, France Film, withdrew its funding.
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NewsSPC takes US and Latin America on Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired US and Latin American rights to Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs from Paris-based TF1 International.
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News3D Entertainment takes global rights to prehistoric adventure Sea Rex
3D Entertainment has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the prehistoric adventure Sea Rex 3D directed and written by Pascal Vuong and Ronan Chapalain.
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NewsFilm Movement takes North America on SXSW winner Mine
Film Movement has picked up North American rights to Geralyn Pezanoski’s SXSW audience award documentary winner documentary Mine.
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NewsWild Bunch takes Makhmalbaf’s Green Days to Venice
Wild Bunch has picked up Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf’s latest film Green Days ahead of Venice.
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NewsIFC Films teams up with Criterion Collection for prestige DVD series
IFC Films has signed a deal with The Criterion Collection licensing the prestige DVD label sell-through home entertainment rights for select IFC titles.
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NewsMagnolia takes North America on Bong Joon Ho's Mother
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Bong Joon Ho’s Cannes Un Certain Regard hit Mother as well as the director’s 2000 film Barking Dogs Never Bite.
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NewsDisney buys Marvel in $4bn surprise deal
Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor and Captain America have new owners after the Walt Disney Co said it had agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment in a stock and cash transaction worth $4bn based on $50 per Marvel share.
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News2009 delivers record summer despite heavy second weekend drops
Summer 2009 has been declared the biggest in history as receipts through the end of August 30 totalled $4.17bn, beating the $4.16bn set in 2008.
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NewsInglourious Basterds storms past $130m in global revenues
Inglourious Basterdsheld on to the overseas crown courtesy of an estimated $19.4m gross through Universal/UPI that was well ahead the rest of the pack.
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NewsAngels And Demons, T4 drive Sony past $1bn overseas
Sony Pictures Releasing International has crossed $1bn at the box office, marking the seventh time in the last nine years it has achieved the feat.
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NewsTarantino's Basterds poised to cross $100m worldwide
Inglourious Basterds should have the firepower to retain the overseas box office crown as Universal/UPI’s troops invade a further nine territories.
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NewsCinemavault closes key sales on Nik Fackler's romance Lovely, Still
Cinemavault has closed key territory sales on Nik Fackler’s romance Lovely, Still starring Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn.
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NewsSherry, Cianciotta launch new Canadian distribution company
Canadian film distribution veterans Jim Sherry and Tony Cianciotta are launching a new boutique outfit, D Films. Sherry will be president of the company while Cianciotta will be the director of acquisitions.
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NewsLondon Turkish Film Festival offers distribution prize to new film-makers
The 15th London Turkish Film Festival (LTFF) is offering a digital distribution contract to the winner of its promising feature film prize.
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NewsApparition takes Black Dynamite from SPWAG, increases slate to four
Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney’s fledgling distributor Apparition has added the Sundance hit Black Dynamite to its slate and will release on October 16.
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NewsShorts International and INgrooves release original Spinal Tap short on iTunes
Shorts International and INgrooves have released Spinal Tap’s new short film Stonehenge: ‘Tis A Magic Place on iTunes to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Rob Reiner’s mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.
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NewsTarantino scores personal best as Basterds takes $27.5m overseas
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds swept across the international arena in an initial sortie that reaped an estimated $27.5m through Universal/UPI.