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NewsCinemaCon: keynotes sell int'l growth as event gets underway
International Day at CinemaCon (23) kicked off in Las Vegas with a pair of addresses that offered a tub-thumping appraisal of international box office growth and reiterated several other familiar themes.
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Raven Banner, Green Dog, Reigning Entertainment team up for Savaged
The Toronto-based genre sales and distribution company will handle world sales and is financing the project with Cart Before The Horse Productions.
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NewsCinemaCon: Dolby Laboratories launches Atmos audio platform
The technology company said Dolby Atmos offered “a hybrid approach to mixing and directs sound as dynamic objects enveloping the listener, in combination with channels for playback.”
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Intouchables wins COLCOA audience and critic awards
The European smash took dominated proceedings as the Franco-American Cultural Fund’s 16th annual festival came to a close in Los Angeles on Sunday (April 22).
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The Weinstein Company dates three animated films for 2013
The company announced on Monday (23) it has set release slots for a trio of titles, starting with Leo The Lion on Aug 30 next year.
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NewsCinemaCon: RealD crosses 20,000 3D screens worldwide
Meanwhile Sony said it has shipped 13,000 digital 4K projects to date and flagged its Sony Entertainment Access Glasses with audio support for hearing or sight imparied filmgoers, while Christie said it has signed technology agreements with Weta Digital and Park Road Post.
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NewsThink Like A Man launches top in US on $33m
Screen Gems’ rom-com ousted The Hunger Games, ending a fine four-weekend run at the top for Lionsgate’s global smash.
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Faith, Tchoupitoulas among Dallas International Film Festival winners
Faith, Love & Whiskey earned $10,000 as winner of the grand jury prize for narrative feature while Tchoupitoulas took the same amount in the documentary feature category.
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NewsBattleship surges past $125m with $58.4m weekend haul
Buoyed by mighty launches in China and Russia, Universal/UPI’s action hit ruled the waves to reach an estimated $129.6m through Sunday, while Fox’s Titanic 3D crossed $225m and passed $100m in China. Warner Bros’ Wrath Of The Titans also crossed $200m.
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NewsRussell Crowe confirmed for Paramount / New Regency’s Noah
The Australian actor will play Noah in Darren Aronofsky’s feature of the same name, the studio said on Sunday (22).
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NewsWWE Studios joins IM Global on Dead Man Down
The companies will co-finance the $30m romantic thriller, which is set to begin shooting in Philadelphia on Monday (23) and stars starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard and Dominic Cooper.
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NewsRich Ross steps down as Walt Disney Studios chairman
Following the $200m John Carter write-down Ross is ending his two-and-a-half-year tenure in the post and leaves behind a 15-year career at the studio.
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Roadside Attractions takes all North American rights to Branded
The studio plans a nationwide theatrical release in September on Jamie Bradshaw and Alexander Doulerain’s thriller. Lionsgate will release on ancillary platforms through its partnership with Roadside.
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NewsIndomina, Kaleidoscope seal deal on The Art Of Rap
The Indomina Group has sold international distribution rights to London-based Kaleidoscope on Ice-T’s Sundance entry Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap.
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NewsTitanic 3D to cross $200m this weekend
International preview: Fox International’s smash is expected to reach the milestone by Friday and could cross $100m in China as early as Saturday.
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Cinedigm acquires New Video in $14m-plus deal
The resulting entity will serve as a full-service end-to-end digital releasing studio capable of acquiring and distributing content theatrically and digitally.
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NewsBenh Zeitlin to receive inaugural Graham Leggat Award
The director of Beasts Of The Southern Wild, the Sundance grand jury dramatic prizewinner that has just been announced in the Un Certain Regard line-up, will collect the honour during the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival on Apr 26.
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Constantin acquires rights to fantasy saga The Iron Trial
The deal with authors Cassandra Clare and Holly Black for the unpublished series follows the adventures of 12-year-old Callum Hunt and his interaction with magicians. The Iron Trial is the first in the series.
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SundanceNOW launches Doc Club SVoD programme
The Sundance Selects stablemate’s new initiative is curated in association with documentary programmer Thom Powers and kicks off with an Errol Morris spotlight.
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NewsMartin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio reunite on Wolf
Red Granite has confirmed the pair will team up on the $85m-plus The Wolf Of Wall Street, their fifth collaboration after The Departed, Shutter Island, The Aviator and Gangs Of New York.