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NewsSmurfs 2 crosses $200m int'l
China helped The Smurfs 2 soar past $200m over a lukewarm session, driving the overall weekend take to $17.6m from 13,000 screens in 70 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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NewsInsidious 2 owns US on $41.1m
A sensational number one launch for Insidious: Chapter 2 through FilmDistrict put the horror sequel immediately in profit for the filmmakers and established James Wan unquestionably as the preeminent commercial horror director following summer smash The Conjuring.
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NewsSlave wins TIFF audience award
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Blackberry People’s Choice Award in a significant development that places the hard-hitting drama among an elite club.
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NewsThe Husband seals TIFF deals
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has acquired US sales rights, The Little Film Company international sales and A71 Canadian distribution rights to Scythia Films and Phenomenal Films’ recent Toronto world premiere The Husband.
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NewsMetrodome takes UK on Visitors
Submarine Entertainment has licensed UK rights for Godfrey Reggio’s Toronto special presentation Visitors to Metrodome and struck an Italian deal with Feltrinelli Films.
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NewsCTE signs pacts with MVP, Universe
Pan-Asian broadcaster Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE) has signed exclusive output deals with Hong Kong-based producers Mega-Vision Project Workshop (MVP) and Universe Entertainment.
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NewsEFA to honour Pedro Almodóvar
Spanish director to receive European Achievement in World Cinema Award.
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NewsCumberbatch, Knightley begin Imitation Game shoot
WWII code-breaking drama underway in UK; FilmNation handles sales.
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NewsSky boards Mendes' Penny Dreadful
Sky Atlantic has boarded Showtime’s horror drama Penny Dreadful, which is being produced by Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions.
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NewsKeanu Reeves eyes Finnish thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Keanu Reeves has been approached to star in Antti J. Jokinen’s thriller The Criminal about organised crime in Finland and Russia.
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NewsTaiwan submits Soul to Oscar race
Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture has selected Chung Mong-hong’s psychological thriller Soul as its official entry to the best foreign-language picture category of the Academy Awards.
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CommentCrime pays for Schechter
Toronto closing film Life of Crime is adapted from Elmore Leonard’s The Switch.
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NewsVinterberg begins Madding Crowd shoot
Shoot begins today on period drama starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts and Michael Sheen.
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NewsInsidious: Chapter 2 tops UK box office
eOne’s sequel scares up strong $4.6m (£2.9m) from its 414 sites to land the number one spot; StudioCanal’s Rush takes $3.3m (£2.1m) from the distributor’s widest-ever UK release of 456 sites.
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NewsFrance selects Renoir for Oscars
Picture sold by Wild Bunch has enjoyed healthy international career, drawing 3 million cinemagoers worldwide.