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Focus seals key deals on Zhang, Gondry titles at Berlin
Focus Featureshas finalised major sales from the European Film Market on two key titles, UntitledZhang Yimou Epic and DaveChappelle's Block Party.Rights to Zhang Yimou's upcoming period epic went to Tobisfor Germany, RAI for Italy, Nordisk for Scandinavia, RCV for Benelux, Odeon forGreece, Shani for Israel and Eco Filmes for Portugal. ...
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Les Bronzes 3 continues to top international box office
Runaway Frenchhit Les Bronzes 3became one of the top ten grossing pictures of all time in France as itremained number one after an estimated $8.1m weekend haul drew 1.1 millionadmissions.The mightyrunning total now stands at $68.4m and film is still playing on 950 screensthrough Warner Bros France. Les Films Christian ...
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Family Reunion scores another hit for Lionsgate
Lionsgate'scomedy sequel Madea's Family Reunion repeated the original's success this time last year with anumber one debut that grossed an estimated $30.3m.Tyler Perry, awell-known figure on the US playwriting circuit, returns as the pistol-packingmatriarch and also wrote and directed. It opened to mixed reviews but averageda powerful $13,787 on 2,194 ...
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TAG and Myriad call off merger talks
Beverly Hills-based TAGEntertainment Corp has ended takeover negotiations with Myriad Pictures underwhich it planned to acquire all outstanding shares of capital stock in Myriad.Both parties said the talks were called off after neither side was able tofulfil expectations laid out prior to the negotiation process."After careful consideration, we have determined ...
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Goblet Of Fire crosses $600m at international box office
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire has crossed $600m at the internationalbox office, making it the fifth biggest international release of all time.Since Warner Bros PicturesInternational released the fourth episode late last year, it has grossed more than$91m in Japan, $84m in the UK, $62m in Germany, $55m in ...
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Capote, Syriana get key pre-Oscar openings
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) launches its Oscarcontender Capote inits first major markets this weekend.The picture, which is nominated for five Academy Awards includingbest picture, director and actor, opens in Australia on Feb 23, followed a daylater in the UK, Spain and Brazil.Fun With Dick And Jane, currently on more ...
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Prestigious New Directors/New Films unveils lineup
Sundance grand jury prize winners Quinceanera and 13 Tzameti and Berlin Silver Bear winner A Soap are among the titles selected for thisyear's 35th New Directors/New Films festival, which runs at the Film Society ofLincoln Center and MoMA in New York from Mar 22-Apr 2.The prestigious event will open with ...
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Miami Film Festival names nine new projects for Encuentros sidebar
The Miami International Film Festival's Miami Encuentros sidebarwill run from Mar 9-11 within the timespan of the festival.The nine-strong programme takes place over three days and offersproducers from Spain and Latin America the chance to present new projects to USindustry professionals.The festival proper kicks off with Eliseo Subiela's Heartlift, a ...
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Osorio joins Focus/Rogue as vice president, publicity
Paulette Osorio has joined Focus Features as vicepresident of publicity and will be based in the company's West Coast offices.Osorio will oversee corporate publicity and publicity campaignsfor genre banner Rogue Pictures, and reports directly to Focus executive vicepresident of publicity and marketing Adriene Bowles.She will also contribute to Focus' release ...
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Wellspring closed as TWC, Genius announce restructure
US independent distributor Wellspring appears to have been shutdown this week as parent company Genius Products announced a strategiccorporate shift.Genius, which acquired Wellspring last year and later in the yearcompleted a deal with The Weinstein Co (TWC) whereby TWC gained a controllinginterest in Genius, said TWC would handle Wellspring's theatrical ...
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Paramount specialty arm buys thriller script from Pastor brothers
Paramount's evolving specialty division has bought the speculativescript to Alex and David Pastor's post-apocalyptic thriller currently known asThe Untitled Pastor Project.Alex Pastor will direct thestory of four friends trying to escape a viral pandemic in the American Westwho discover they pose a greater danger to each other than the virus. ...
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SRO seals France, Australia deals on Girls Will Be Girls
SRO Pictures has secured distribution deals in France andAustralia for Richard Day’s cultcomedy Girls Will Be Girls.Eagle Entertainment has picked up DVD rights for Australia and NewZealand, and Optimale will handle theatrical and DVD rights in France, Monaco,Dom-Tom (French overseas territories), Andorra, French-speaking Switzerland,and French-speaking Belgium.Girls Will Be Girls was ...
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Georgia Lee's Red Doors sold to Imagine in Australia
Imagine Entertainment has picked up Australian and New Zealandrights to Georgia Lee’s RedDoors from ForwardEntertainment.As previously announced, Polychrome will release the picture inMay in the US. The story follows a dysfunctional Chinese-American family withthree overachieving daughters. Tzi Ma, Jacqueline Kim, Elaine Kao, KathyShao-Lin Lee, Freda Foh Shen, and Rossif Sutherland ...
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First Independent picks up The Great New Wonderful for North America
First Independent Pictures has picked up North American rights toSerenade Films' The Great New Wonderful and plans an early summer release.Danny Leiner's picture weavestogether five vignettes set against the backdrop of an uncertain post-9/11 NewYork City.Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tony Shalhoub, Edie Falco and Tom McCarthy areamong the ensemble cast in the ...
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Warner's Fox gets French Chevalier honour
Warner Bros International executive vice president Richard Fox (pictured) wasdue to receive the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France onFeb 20.The executive flew to aceremony at the French Cultural Ministry in Paris to receive the award in recognitionof his "lifetime commitment to cultural diversity, as exemplified ...
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Les Bronzes 3 tops international marketplace
French smash Les Bronzes3: Amis Pour La Vie led theinternational marketplace over the weekend in just one territory as it added$10.3m through Warner Bros France.The Les Films ChristianFechner, TF1 Films Productions and TPS Cinema title drew more than 1.4millionadmissions on 950 screens, bringing its third weekend total to a staggering$57.8m ...
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Disney's Eight Below wins Presidents Day weekend
Disney/Spyglass' snowbound adventure Eight Below was the top ranking domestic releaseover three days on Presidents Day Weekend as it launched on an estimated$19.9m.Fox's comedy Date Movie opened close behind in second place on $18.9m, while lastweekend's champion The Pink Panther ranked third on $16.5m for $42.2m. Sony/Revolution's newthriller Freedomland disappointedin ...
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Lionsgate doc First Descent sweeps up deals
Lionsgate Films International hasclosed multi-territory sales here on MD Films' snowboarding documentary First Descent.Rights have gone to Tiberius in Germany,Tohokushinsha in Japan,Metropolitan in France,Rialto in Australiaand New Zealand,Sandrew Metronome in Scandinavia,and California Filmes in Brazil.Deals also closed with Modus Vivendi/Blue Sky Media in Eastern Europe excluding Russia,Myndform in Iceland,Viva in ...
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Mandate Pictures secures major sales for Mr Magorium
Mandate Pictures hasfinalised major territory sales on fantasy drama Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium starringDustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman.Deals have closed with Iconin the UK, Kadokawa in Japan and Hong Kong, Village Roadshow in Australia, DeAPlaneta in Spain, Nordisk Films in Scandinavia, and Two Tube in South Korea.Further rights have gone ...
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Dream Entertainment picks up rights on Kedzierzawska's I Am
Dream Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights on Dorota Kedzierzawska'sPolish drama I Am, which screens inthe Kinderfest section at the Berlinfilm festival. Agnieszka Nagorzyckaand Janusz Chabior star inthe story of a boy who escapes from an orphanage andreturns to his hometown.Plans are currently underway for the picture's NorthAmerican release. Dream's ...