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Phase 4 takes North American rights to Eden
Megan Griffiths’ drama stars Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges and Matt O’Leary. Cinema Management Group handled international sales.Eden charts the story of a young woman kidnapped and forced to become a sex slave. It premiered at SXSW earlier this year.Griffiths and Richard B Phillips Jr co-wrote the screenplay based on a ...
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Michael Keaton cast as RoboCop villain
The actor will play Raymond Sellars in the upcoming reboot from MGM and Columbia Pictures.
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NewsScott Steindorff, Exclusive Media strike sales pact
Steindorff’s Stone Village Productions affiliate Scott Pictures has launched Scott Pictures International (SPI) under an exclusive three-year partnership with Exclusive Media and announced Natalie Portman action project Jane Got A Gun.
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BiteSize Entertainment options Elvis Presley project
The film will be called Growing Up Graceland based on David E Stanley and Dr David Gruder’s book Conversations With The King: Journals Of A Young Apprentice.
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Double Dutch International enters House Of Last Things
The Canadian-based sales agency and international sales division of Double Dutch Media has boarded worldwide rights to Michael Bartlett’s thriller.
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NewsSpidey, Batman make waves on shared opening day in China
Both films launched on Monday (Aug 27) and the results are strong: The Amazing Spider-Man grossed an estimated $5.46m through Sony Pictures Releasing International while Warner Bros Pictures International reported a $4.45m debut for The Dark Knight Rises.
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Warner Bros signs first-look deal with Gulfstream Pictures
Mike Karz and Bill Bindley’s new production and financing company leads off with The Nut Job and is backed by what the studio said was a “multi-million-dollar” development fund from South Korean 3D stereoscopic Redrover Ltd and US private equity.
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NewsDKR climbs to $520m at international box office
Warner Bros top brass confirmed weekend results on Monday (27) and said The Dark Knight Rises grossed $16m from 7,200 screens in 62 markets for a $520m international running total.
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Wolfe Video acquires North American rights to White Frog
Director Quentin Lee’s family drama stars Booboo Stewart, Joan Chen and BD Wong and is scheduled for theatrical, VoD and DVD release in 2013.
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NewsVisit Films closes sales on First Position, Don’t Stop Believin’
Bess Kargman’s ballet documentary First Position has gone to Artificial Eye in the UK, Eurozoom in France and Edko in Hong Kong, Visit chief Ryan Kampe announced on Monday (27).
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Stephen Gyllenhaal to direct JFK security detail film
The film will tell the stories of the Secret Service agents assigned to protect the President and is being targeted for a November 2013 release to commemorate the leader’s assassination.
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NewsAMC Theatres, Fever Productions to release horror film Smiley
The exclusive partnership means a limited Oct 12 national roll-out for Michael Gallagher’s film through the theatre chain’s AMC independent platform on 28 screens in 14 markets such as New York and Los Angeles.
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NewsStrand Releasing takes US rights to Comes A Bright Day
Simon Aboud’s coming-of-age romance takes place against the backdrop of the robbery of a London jewellers and stars Craig Roberts of Submarine and Imogen Poots.
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NewsShooting starts on IM Global’s erotic thriller Plush
Catherine Hardwicke is directing the project in Los Angeles with Jason Blum of Blumhouse producing. IM Global’s genre label Octane is financing and handles sales.
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ShortsHD announces Stars In Shorts screening programme
Seven celebrity-packed films featuring Keira Knightly, Colin Firth and Judi Dench will screen starting on Sept 28.
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NewsPaladin, 108 Media strike broad distribution partnership
Mark Urman’s New York distributor and the Toronto-based sales and distribution company will team up on North American distribution and will attend Toronto as an all-rights buyer.
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NewsCohen teams with Focus World to unleash The Attack
As previously reported exclusively on Screendaily, Cohen Media Group will handle the North American theatrical and DVD release of the Toronto-bound special presentation.
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NewsExpendables 2 generates $14m to retain US box office crown
A soporific session at the penultimate summer box office weekend saw Lionsgate’s all-star action romp climb to $52.3m, while the Conservative doc 2016 Obama’s America surged into the top ten in its seventh weekend in release.
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NewsFox International crosses $2bn for fourth consecutive year
In crossing the threshold on Saturday (Aug 25) the company ensured it has reached the milestone every year since 2009 and has now done so six times overall.
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Gravitas Ventures, Red Bull Media House partner on sports roster
The arrangement gives the VoD distributor access to a range of sports documentary programming for North America.