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  • The Croods
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    Croods tops US box office on $48m

    2013-03-24T20:18:00Z

    The latest DreamWorks Animation family spectacle debuted top of the North American charts on an estimated $44.7m through Fox, followed by an impressive $30.5m launch through FilmDistrict for the Gerard Butler action thriller Olympus Has Fallen.

  • The Croods
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    Croods rule int'l on $63.3m

    2013-03-24T19:33:00Z

    UPDATED MAR 25: The first DreamWorks Animation film to open through Fox opened in fine style outside North America thanks to a confirmed $63.1m haul from 11,709 screens in 46 markets. Meanwhile, Django Unchained crossed $250m through Sony.

  • Go For Sisters
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    CMG acquires Go For Sisters

    2013-03-23T18:33:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has taken all international rights to the John Sayles thriller following its world premiere in SXSW.

  • HAF
    News

    HKIFFS explains HAF award error

    2013-03-23T12:40:00Z

    The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) has confirmed that A Happy Wish is the winner of this year’s HAF Script Development Fund Award.

  • News

    IFFLA names Leadership Award recipients

    2013-03-22T23:15:00Z

    Top brass at the Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA) on Friday [22] announced that Universal Television evp Bela Bajaria and producer Guneet Monga will collect the Sixth Annual Industry Leadership Awards.

  • Donna_Langley.jpg
    News

    Chapman College sets top women panel

    2013-03-22T23:11:00Z

    Diablo Cody, Penelope Spheeris and Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley [pictured] will take part in Chapman University’s 14th annual Women In Focus Conference.

  • iceman_3
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    Sonoma to honour Parker

    2013-03-22T23:01:00Z

    Mary-Louise Parker will receive the Sonoma Spotlight Award at the festival’s 16th edition in California’s Wine Country, set to run from Apr 10-14.

  • the_lifeguard
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    Focus World, Screen Media acquire The Lifeguard

    2013-03-22T22:46:00Z

    Kickstarter heroine Kristen Bell stars in the Sundance premiere directed by Liz W Garcia. Joker Films handles international rights.

  • Jug Face
    News

    Gravitas takes Jug Face

    2013-03-22T19:22:00Z

    Gravitas Ventures has acquired US VoD rights to Slamdance entry Jug Face.

  • Stephen Fingleton
    News

    Survivalist tops UK Brit List

    2013-03-22T18:52:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Other projects include a Charles Dickens adaptation from Hanna co-writer David Farr, developed by Origin Pictures and BBC Films.

  • House Of Cards
    News

    US tax incentives likely to drop, conference told

    2013-03-22T15:30:00Z

    US state tax incentives are likely to drop in the coming years, a senior studio executive told attendees at a finance summit in Los Angeles.

  • Eve Stewart
    News

    BAFTA Crew participants named

    2013-03-22T13:39:00Z

    Industry jury selects more than 200 film and TV crew members outside of London for skills development networking programming.

  • Trainspotting
    News

    Curzon Home Cinema strikes Film4 deal

    2013-03-22T12:45:00Z

    VoD service Curzon Home Cinema has licenced more than 50 features from Film4’s catalogue.

  • Androulla Vassiliou
    News

    EU's Vassiliou seeks to allay French free trade talk fears

    2013-03-22T12:05:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: In a move to allay French fears about forthcoming free trade talks with the US, the EU’s Education and Culture Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has outlined her position publicly for the first time.

  • The Last Emperor
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    Details of 3D Last Emperor revealed

    2013-03-22T11:56:00Z

    Oscar-winning producer and Recorded Picture Company boss Jeremy Thomas has revealed details of his plans for the 3D version of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (1987).

  • Mud
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    Sundance London adds three films

    2013-03-22T09:00:00Z

    Additions include Jeff Nichols’ 2012 Cannes Competition title Mud [pictured].

  • dark_matter_of_love
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    ro*co to sell Dark Matter of Love

    2013-03-22T08:34:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Sarah McCarthy’s film is about a Russian orphan learning to love her adoptive parents.

  • The Croods
    News

    Fox unleashes The Croods

    2013-03-22T05:33:00Z

    A new era begins this weekend when Fox distributes its first DreamWorks Animation film in the shape of The Croods.

  • The Wait
    News

    Canadian deal for The Wait

    2013-03-22T04:49:00Z

    Visit Films has licensed Canadian rights to M Blash’s The Wait to Berkshire Axis Media (BAM) Distribution Inc following the film’s premiere at SXSW.

  • Terry Clotiaux
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    Clotiaux back at Digital Domain

    2013-03-22T04:47:00Z

    Digital Domain has hired Terry Clotiaux as vp of feature film production, promoted longtime VFX marketing director Joanna Capitano to executive producer and moved up executive producer Lisa Beroud to the senior management team.