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NewsCanada's Cineplex to offer National Theatre performances
Canadian exhibitor Cineplex Entertainment will be offering satellite-delivered HD screenings of performances from the UK’s National Theatre.
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NewsUK's Dogwoof and retailer The Co-op develop social conscience
Distributor Dogwoof and UK retail group The Co-operative have formed a partnership to finance and distribute socially-conscious films theatrically
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NewsToei sells Good Husband to K&Entertainment
Japan’s Toei has sold love fantasy A Good Husband, directed by Isao Yukisada, to South Korea’sK&Entertainment.The film stars Etsushi Toyokawa, who first achieved international recognition in Shunji Iwai’s Love Letter, and Hiroko Yakushimaru, as a couple in their forties battling over the husband’s infidelity. It is scheduled for release in ...
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NewsVivendi takes US multi-platform rights to Palisades Tartan titles
Vivendi Entertainment has acquired US home video, digital and mobile rights to the Palisades Tartan catalogue, marking the first time the films will be available digitally to US audiences.
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NewsWestEnd closes deals on Nakata's Chatroom
WestEnd Films has completed a number of sales on teenage thriller-drama Chatroom.
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NewsThailand's Five Star turns Macabre for first international pick up
Thailand’s Five Star Entertainment has picked up Asian rights to horror film Macabre, marking the first time the Bangkok-based studio has handled a non-Thai film.
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NewsAlta Films picks up Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo for Spain
Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s Cannes competition title Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo has been sold to Alta Films for distribution in Spain.
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NewsMagnet Relesing takes on US rights to Warlords
Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm Magnet Releasing has bought North American rights to Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s historical war epic Warlords. It stars Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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NewsKaleidoscope picks up The Heavy
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has acquired UK rights to The Heavy from London-based Parkland Pictures, the sales, distribution and production company.
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NewsLittle Film Company boards adaptation of Poe's Usher
The Little Film Company has boarded rights to The Ushers, a 3D contemporary adaptation of the revered Edgar Alan Poe short story The Fall Of The House Of Usher.
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NewsKorea's Showbox closes deals on Breathless, The Murderer
Korea’s Showbox has closed a duo of French distribution deals in the early days of the market – selling Breathless to Tadrart Films and The Murderer to Wild Side.
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NewsFreeway and RevCheck launch revenue recovery service
Freeway Entertainment Group and German-based distribution auditor RevCheck have launched a new joint venture offering worldwide revenue reconciliation services to the international film industry.
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NewsWe Distribution closes sales on Bodyguards And Assassins
Beijing and Hong Kong-based We Distribution has closed a raft of South-East Asian sales on Teddy Chen’s $23m Bodyguards And Assassins, starring Donnie Yen.
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NewsRogers & Cowans moves Nikki Parker to London
Entertainment PR and marketing agency Rogers & Cowan is reshuffling its film divisions in a move that will see executive vice-president Nikki Parker transfer from Los Angeles to London.
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NewsStudioCanal sells Change of Plans
StudioCanal has sold Daniele Thompson’s latest ensemble work Change Of Plans to IFC for US distribution.
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NewsVanguard picks up US rights to Distant Course and Island Etude
Taipei-based producer-distributor Joint Entertainment International has sold two award-winning Taiwanese titles – The Most Distant Course and Island Etude – to Vanguard International Cinema for the US.
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NewsTLA picks up rights to British gang thriller Shank
TLA Releasing has picked up North America, UK and Irish rights to Simon Pearce’s British gang culture thriller Shank.
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NewsImage Entertainment acquired US rights to Adam Resurrected
Image Entertainment has acquired US rights from Bleiberg Entertainment to Paul Schrader’s post-war drama Adam Resurrected.
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NewsLuc Besson dives in The Cove
Filmmaking giant Luc Besson has acquired French rights to award-winning documentary The Cove.
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NewsRevolver brings Sin Nombre to the UK
Revolver Entertainment, the UK distributor, has snapped up Sin Nombre in the UK in its first deal with Focus Features.The thriller, directed by newcomer Cary Joji Fukunaga, follows a Honduran woman seeking the promise of America. Along the way she meets a Mexican gang member struggling to outrun his ...