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NewsShanghai fest shines light on internet, finance models
Alibaba revealed further details of its streaming service and crowdfunding platform at SIFF Forum, where talk revolved around the convergence of China’s movie and internet industries and new financing models.
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NewsFormer Fox exec launches Los Angeles Beijing Labs
Former Fox marketing executive Al Ovadia is heading production and marketing company Los Angeles Beijing Studios (LABS), which has sealed a $300m joint venture with Shenzhen-based fund Hotland Film Ventures.
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NewsBiFan's It Project Spotlight on Chinese, Nordic genre films
Asia’s largest genre film fest, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) in South Korea has announced this year’s It Project Spotlight on China and is tentatively launching a new programme titled Nordic Genre Invasion.
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NewsChris Eyre to direct ‘Soul Catcher’
Producer Dimitri Villard, whose credits include Flight Of The Navigator and In Love And War, is moving ahead with his Frank Herbert adaptation with the hire of the Sundance-winning filmmaker.
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NewsNanni Moretti's 'My Mother' to open Jerusalem fest
Actor John Turturro to visit Jerusalem and take part in opening ceremony
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NewsGKIDS acquires US rights to ‘April’
April And The Extraordinary World will screen in competition at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival that started today and features the voice of Marion Cotillard in the lead.
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NewsBFI hires Warp Films' Mary Burke
Producer of Submarine and Berberian Sound Studio to take key role in the BFI Film Fund.
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News'Jurassic World' roars to record-breaking $30.2m UK debut
Universal’s sequel posts biggest opening of the year, sixth biggest of all time at the UK box office and distributor’s biggest of all time.
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NewsPula fest unveils 2015 line-up
Innovations include showing Utopia as part of first TV offering at a Croatian festival.
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NewsBona unveils 26-picture slate, Huaxia deal
China’s Bona Film Group has unveiled an ambitious 26-picture slate to celebrate the company’s 15th anniversary, along with a strategic cooperation with Huaxia Film Distribution.
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NewsKirin Media launches $25m China-backed fund
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based finance and management outfit Kirin Media Ventures has launched a $25m fund, with initial backing from Chinese investors, to finance a slate of US theatrical features.
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News'Jurassic World' spurs two Uni records
An explosive start for the dinosaur romp has resulted in a box office trifecta for the studio as its films crossed $1bn in North America and $3bn worldwide in industry record time following last week’s $2bn international feat.
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News‘Jurassic World’ scores $208.8m in North America
JUNE 15 UPDATE: An extraordinary weekend for Universal Pictures saw the revival of Steven Spielberg’s action-adventure franchise confirmed on Monday as the highest North American release in industry history.
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News‘Jurassic World’ snaps up $524.1m global
JUNE 15 UPDATE: An exceptional year for Universal Pictures vaulted to another level as the latest episode in the tentpole Steven Spielberg created 22 years ago set opening weekend records in North America, international and worldwide.
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NewsSIFF opens with stars, controversy
Stars including Mike Tyson, Donnie Yen and Jackie Chan walked the red carpet at the opening of the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) last night, along with three Korean jury members who are attending the festival despite the controversy surrounding MERS.
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NewsArabian Nights wins Sydney Film Prize
Miguel Gomes’ three-volume epic wins eight on the closing night of the Sydney Film Festival.
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NewsMichael De Luca hires three
Elishia Holmes, Lucy Kitada and Johnny Pariseau have joined Michael De Luca Productions.
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News‘The Hateful Eight’ in 70mm US December roadshow
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has unveiled its plans for the distribution of Quentin Tarantino’s next film.
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NewsFocus shifts ‘London Has Fallen’ to 2016
The distributor’s Gramercy Pictures genre label has moved its action sequel out of the busy October 2 slot.