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NewsEntertainment acquires Hugo Cabret, Dredd and Freddie Mercury biopic
Leading UK independent Entertainment Film Distributors has taken rights to Martin Scorsese’s 3-D family-mystery Hugo Cabret and the Freddie Mercury biopic from GK Films and Pete Travis’ 3-D sci-fi Dredd from DNA Films and IM Global.
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Leeds to open with The King’s Speech
Never Let Me Go, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Animal Kingdom are among the titles.
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NewsIFC takes Myth for North America-plus
IFC Films has acquired North American and select international rights - including East-Central Europe and the Middle East - to David Robert Mitchell’s drama The Myth of the American Sleepover.
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Tom Stewart appointed head of acquisitions at Arrow Films
Tom Stewart, veteran of Metrodome, High Fliers and Fremantle, has joined Arrow Films as head of acquisitions.
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Ifans to play Spider-Man villain
Rhys Ifans is to play the villain in Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios’ new installment of Spider-Man, though the filmmakers have not revealed which character that will be.
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NewsPGA Lear award for Hanks and Goetzman
Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are to receive the Producers Guild of America’s 2011 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television, to be presented at Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 22 in Los Angeles.
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NewsASC lifetime award for Deakins
Roger Deakins is to receive the 2011 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Lifetime Achievement Award at the ASC award ceremony on February 13 in Los Angeles.
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Korean sales agency Panda launches at Asian Film Market
South Korea-based Panda Media has made its market debut at the Asian Film Market, running parallel to the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF).
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NewsGerman zombie film Rammbock sold to US, Japan and other territories
Sales to distributors in the US, Japan, Poland and Romania are among the deals signed by the Vienna-based EastWest Filmdistribution for Marven Kren’s zombie film Rammbock which had its international premiere on the Piazza Grande in Locarno in August.
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NewsThriller Retreat sells to UK, Germany ahead of AFM
Ahead of the AFM, Simon Crowe’s SC Films International has sold thriller Retreat to Sony for the UK and Germany.
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NewsKasander, F&ME announce pact including $17.5m initial slate
Kees Kasander’s Dutch production company Kasander Film has signed a long-term, multi-film production deal with Sam Taylor and Mike Downey’s London-based Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME).
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Icon won't comment on Weinstein-Blavatnik reports
Icon today had “absolutely no comment” on reports that emerged last night that The Weinstein Company and Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries are reportedly creating a production fund to make mid-level features to be distributed by TWC and Access’ UK-based Icon operation.
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Starz sells animation studio Film Roman
Starz Media, the pay TV operation that recently sold its Overture Films unit, is selling its animation studio Film Roman to a group of investors lead by former Film Roman president Scott D Greenberg.
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NewsElite Squad 2 has powerhouse opening in Brazil
Elite Squad 2 (Tropa de Elite 2) sold 1.29 million tickets in Brazil in its first weekend, ranking as the fifth biggest opening of the last ten years in the country.
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New Zealand Film Commission backs new feature from Samoa
Writer/director Tauti Tusi Tamasese’s The Orator, billed as a story about a small man with a big heart who must find the strength to speak up for those that he loves, starts six weeks of principal photography on Oct 27.
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NewsMao's Last Dancer and Animal Kingdom lead pack for IF Awards
Mao’s Last Dancer, Tomorrow, When The War Began, Animal Kingdom and Beneath Hill 60 are competing for the title of best feature in the 2010 Inside Film (IF) Awards.
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NewsVitagraph takes North American rights to Oscar hopeful Even The Rain
LA-based distributor Vitagraph Films has acquired Spanish Oscar submission Even The Rain (Tambien La Lluvia) from Wild Bunch.
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NewsWall Street profits at the UK box office
It was all change at the UK box office over the the Oct 08-10 weekend as Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps entered in top spot, grossing $2.5m (£1.8m) from 444 screens and the week’s best screen average of $6,358 (£4,019).