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Cinedigm, ARC partner on Nitro Circus The Movie 3D
The performance film about the cutting-edge action sport collective is set to open nationwide in theatres on Aug 8.
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NewsDeVon Franklin named Columbia svp production
Franklin will work with all of film divisions within the Sony Pictures fold and his next project will be the adaptation of bestseller Heaven Is For Real.
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NewsToronto adds world premieres including Dredd, Alex Gibney's Catholic doc, Finding Nemo 3D
Festival brass announced the second wave of programming on Tuesday (Jul 31), unveiling entries in the Vanguard, Midnight Madness, TIFF Docs, City To City, TIFF Cinematheque and TIFF Kids sections.
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NewsBrendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch join The Grand Seduction
Don McKellar will direct the $12.7m project from a screenplay by Michael Dowse and Ken Scott who wrote the original French film, Le Grande Seduction. Alliance Films holds Canadian rights and Voltage Pictures is the international sales agent.
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NewsDKR reaches $252m for Warner Bros Pictures Int’l
UPDATE: The distributor confirmed on Monday morning (30) that The Dark Knight Rises added $126.2m over the weekend and drew approximately 18m admissions from 17,200 screens in 57 markets.
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Sony Pictures Classics acquires The Gatekeepers
Dror Moreh’s documentary premiered at the recent Jerusalem International Film Festival.
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NewsPeter Jackson confirms third Hobbit film in Facebook post
The New Zealand director hinted at it during Comic-Con and now the news is official – the two-part JRR Tolkien adaptation will become a trilogy.
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Blanc Biehn, Valladares Films to remake Hidden In The Woods
The news follows hot on the heels of the recent premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival of Blanc Biehn’s thriller The Victim.
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All The Wrong Reasons starts production in Halifax
Myriad Pictures handles international sales outside Canada on the drama about the aftermath of traumatic stress on four intersecting lives.
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Wolfe Video takes worldwide DVD and VoD onThe Wise Kids
The distributor plans a November VoD launch followed by DVD in January.
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Emmett / Furla, Envision raise another $275m
The partners made the announcement on Monday (30) with the likes of EFM hit 2 Guns, Lone Survivor and Motor City in the pipeline.
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NewsThe Dark Knight Rises up to $248m internationally
Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film grossed an estimated $122.1m on approximately 17,000 screens in 57 markets through Warner Bros Pictures International. Fox International’s Ice Age 4 crossed $500m and SPRI’s The Amazing Spider-Man has swept past $400m.
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NewsSony crosses $1bn domestic box office milestone
The studio passed the mark in its second fastest time on Jul 11 and has reached $1bn 11 times in a row.
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NewsDKR holds strong on $64m in second US session
Warner Bros’ The Dark Knight Rises stayed top with ease thanks to an estimated $64.1m weekend haul that boosted the running total to $289.1m.
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Sundance Selects takes territories on The Flat
Arnon Goldfinger’s film recounts how the death of his grandmother in Tel Aviv sparked an unplanned yet revealing investigation into his family’s life in the aftermath of WWII.
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Magnolia Pictures acquires US on A Place At The Table
Participant Media’s documentary explores aspects of the US hunger crisis and will open in the first quarter 2013.
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Sara Canning, Catherine O’Hara joint Sex And Sunsets
Producer Robert Lantos made the announcement on Thursday (26). Shooting is earmarked for an Aug 20 start on location in the Canadian town of Banff and Los Angeles.
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Wolf Of Wall Street casting continues ahead of August shoot
Ethan Suplee and Katarina Cas have joined recent arrival Jon Favreau and previously announced Leonardo DiCaprio. Martin Scorsese will direct in New York for Red Granite.
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NewsMaven Pictures to produce With A Friend Like Harry
Principals Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler announced on Thursday (26) that Kimberly Peirce will direct the remake of the French psychological thriller.
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NewsIMAX Corp reports growth in Q2 2012 earnings call
Shooting sequences on IMAX cameras for blockbusters like The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man offers a “differentiation” factor that bodes well for the future, CEO Rich Gelfond said on Thursday (26).