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News300 sequel conquers US on $45m
Warner Bros’ 300 sequel beat off the competition from DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman, while Fox Searchlight capitalised on 12 Years A Slave’s Oscar glory and scored a massive limited debut on The Grand Budapest Hotel.
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NewsCA Media appoints Kamat as COO
Rajesh Kamat has been promoted to chief operating officer of CA Media, the Asian investment arm of Peter Chernin’s The Chernin Group, starting April 2014.
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NewsBBC Films, Shine enter The Farm
BBC Films and Shine Pictures have acquired the rights to Child 44 author Tom Rob Smith’s new psychological thriller, The Farm.
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News300 dismantles Lego in the UK
Warner Bros’ sequel scores $4.6m (£2.8m) debut to top UK chart; Fox’s The Grand Budapest Hotel records Wes Anderson’s best-ever UK bow.
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NewsPulse signs Jonathan Van Tulleken
Award winning director has worked on dramas including Misfits and Top Boy.
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NewsPhilip Seymour Hoffman's final film sold to UK
Electric Entertainment marks first major territorial sale of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final film as a leading man to Arrow Films in the UK.
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NewsDesperado producer to lead UK masterclass
Producer to take part in series of film masterclasses ran by Intense Productions in association with UK Trade and Investment NW.
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NewsSimonds Jr leads China venture
Days after Jeff Robinov announced his Studio 8 venture with Huayi Brothers and details emerged of the Disney partnership with Shanghai Media Group, longtime Adam Sandler producer Robert Simonds Jr is at the heart of the latest US-China venture.
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NewsGabrielle, Enemy triumph at Canadian Screen Awards
Producers Kim MCraw and Luc Déry collected the best motion picture prize at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards (9) and Gabrielle Marion-Rivard was named best lead actress. Louise Archambault directed Gabrielle.
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NewsSnowden warns of government threat
Google and the government were in the crosshairs as whistleblower Edward Snowden made a rare public appearance on Monday (10) to address the SXSW conference from exile in Russia – ironically using Google+ Hangouts.
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NewsCarla Hacken joins Sidney Kimmel
The studio veteran arrives at Sidney Kimmel Entertainment as president of production, effective March 17.
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NewsAmplify to release The Better Angels
The recent Berlin world premiere from Terence Malick’s longtime collaborator AJ Edwards premiered in Sundance and screened in Berlin.
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NewsDemange's '71 finds US home
Roadside Attractions and Black Label Media have acquired all US rights to Yann Demange’s thriller.
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NewsCine Grand pacts with Time Antaeus
Netherlands-based exhibitor Cine Grand is collaborating with Beijing-based Time Antaeus Group to build cinemas in the mainland China market.
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CommentSean Bean's Macbeth revealed on Kickstarter
New adaptation of Macbeth, starring Sean Bean, has already met 10% of its target.
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NewsSnowpiercer locks China release date
Korean studio CJ Entertainment’s China office has confirmed that Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer will be released in mainland China on March 17.
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News3D Producers Lab delegates named
Second 3D Creative Summit Producers Lab to take place at the BFI on March 13.