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London 2012 film plans include Ramsay's The Swimmer, Kapadia's The Odyssey
Olympics shorts — including one by Mike Leigh — to premiere in Edinburgh on June 24 before screening in London; Woolcock, Temple and Eyre projects also planned.
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Barbara leads nominations for Germany's Lola Awards
Christian Petzold’s Berlinale competition film Barbara has received eight nominations for this year’s German Film Awards, known popularly as the Lolas, which will be presented in a gala ceremony at Berlin’s Friedrichstadtpalast on April 27.
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The Associates PR company to close
Six months after the death of its founder Richard Larcombe last August, London-based film PR company The Associates is to close its doors.
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Hunger Games hits target with $19.8m in midnight grosses
Lionsgate said on Friday morning (23) this was the highest non-sequel North American midnight performance in history and the seventh biggest of all time, beating among others The Dark Knight’s $18.5m score back in July 2008.
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FilmDistrict hires Christine Birch as president of marketing
Peter Schlessel (pictured) has slotted an important piece of the jigsaw into place in the wake of the departure of former president of theatrical releasing Bob Berney and his wife, evp of marketing Jeanne Berney.
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Universal, Hurwitz & Schlossberg Productions sign first-look deal
The two-year agreement with Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg comes as the studio prepares to release American Reunion, the latest American Pie episode that was written and directed by the pair.
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Vertigo eyeing StreetDance 3, another Horrid Henry film
If release of StreetDance 2 performs well, StreetDance 3 would follow after Giwa and Pasquini’s Walking On Sunshine.
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Alex Holdridge wraps shoot for Meet Me In Montenegro
EXCLUSIVE: In Search of A Midnight Kiss director’s new feature stars Rupert Friend, Jennifer Ulrich.
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As 3D novelty wears off, some experts call for more extreme uses
3D’s days as a novelty are up. That was the message at the second 3D Storytelling Conference at London’s Ravensbourne college.
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Katniss and co leap into record books with $152.5m US debut
UPDATE: Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games grossed a confirmed $152.5m down from the estimated $155m and beat the opening weekend of every Twilight film to date and secured the third biggest launch of all time, the biggest non-sequel debut and the biggest March debut to signal the arrival of the next ...
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Hunger Games plunders $59.3m from 67 international markets
Lionsgate’s runaway train reached $214.3m worldwide after its opening weekend factoring in the $155m North American launch and opened top in virtually every market according to the distributor.
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The Hunger Games reigns victorious at the UK box office
Lionsgate’s adaptation defeats good weather to record the year’s highest debut to date and the best ever UK debut for distributor Lionsgate.
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Regent Street Cinema launch event
Industry attendees at the launch event for the Regent Street Cinema, London (Thursday 22 March).
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Harry Potter named Best Film at Jameson Empire Awards
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy won three awards at the ceremony, which took place in London last night.
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French cinema lobbies for digital update of l’exception culturelle laws
Directors Michel Hazanavicius and Luc Besson join campaigns calling for overhaul of France’s famous cultural exception laws taking into account new digital landscape.
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Richard Lester honoured with BFI fellowship
The director was presented with the award following a screening of his 1976 film Robin And Marian, starring Audrey Hepburn and Sean Connery, at the BFI Southbank.
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Universal, Focus win bidding war for Fifty Shades trilogy
Ending the most frenzied studio auction in years, the studio partners have snapped up rights to the S&M thriller Fifty Shades Of Grey and its two sequels by West London housewife and former TV executive E L James.
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Jessica Lange joins cast of classic period drama Therese
Riding high on the success of the first season of American Horror Story, the actress has become the latest star to sign up to the French potboiler.
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Bela Bunyik to act as Hungarian producers rep in Los Angeles
The executive producer and founder of Bunyik Enterprises will forge relationships between the Hungarian Producers Association and North American producers.
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BAFTA LA announces three-year scholarship programme
The initiative for graduate students studying in the US will grant a $15,000 scholarship. Runner-up will receive a grant worth $5,000 and there will be two $1,500 honourable mention awards.