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NewsThor delivers Marvel’s third biggest US debut on $66m
The estimated weekend tally was a commendable result for a relatively unknown property starring Australia’s Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman.
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NewsFast & Furious Five plunders record $87m for Universal
The heist film added an estimated $86.6m through UPI from 6,979 sites in 58 territories as the running total climbed to $184.4m and the film remained the biggest worldwide release for the second weekend.
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NewsWWE, Pathe team for Kitamura horror starring Luke Evans
WWE and Pathe UK are partnering to co-finance and distribute horror No One Lives, written by David Cohen and to be directed by Ryuhei Kitamura.
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NewsDanny Dimbort leaves Avi Lerner to head Red Granite sales
Danny Dimbort is to leave his longtime business partner Avi Lerner and go with Christian Mercuri to head the new sales division at Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland’s LA-based production and finance company.
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NewsFuture of MEDIA up for discussion in Cannes
The ninth edition of Cannes’ European Rendezvous focuses on MEDIA’s preparations for the new programme
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CommentTattooed on my brain
Have a look at the redband trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
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CommentReincarnated... and revived on Kickstarter
Jennifer Fox’s new film My Reincarnation has raised more than $150,000 via Kickstarter, becoming the site’s fourth highest earning film project (and the top funding for a completed film).
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NewsCorsicato starts shoot for Il Volto, backed by new BLS fund
Neapolitan director Pappi Corsicato’s new comedy Il Volto Di Un’Altra (The Face Of Another) kicks off shooting this week in Italy’s Northern Trentino Alto-Adige region.
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CommentGrandmaster, anyone?
Know your Queen’s Gambit from your Sicilian Defense? This is the event for you if so.
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NewsItalian distributors close a raft of hot deals in Cannes
Eagle takes on films including Inbetweeners and Cloud Atlas; Moviemax gets I Don’t Know How She Does It; Videa gets End of Watch, along with many other titles.
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NewsWorking Title on board for development of Kormakur's Vikingr
The $60m epic will likely shoot in the next two years.
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NewsRay Winstone to star in BBC adaptation of Great Expectations
It is the second adaptation of Dickens’ classic novel currently in the works, with the feature version set to star Ralph Fiennes in same role.
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NewsCannes buys for former Yugoslavia include Megacom taking six award winners
Distributors from the territories of the former Yugoslavia have acquired rights to a number of films from Cannes official programme and Marche.
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NewsOdeon & UCI acquire nine cinemas in Ireland
UK’s leading cinema chain adds nine cinemas with a total of 62 screens
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NewsIvernel assumes additional MD role for Gaumont
MD of film production and distribution at Pathe France and Pathe UK adds new role