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Good Films to adapt police corruption book LAbyrinth
Good Films, the UK production company founded by Miriam Segal, has acquired the rights to LAbyrinth, Randall Sullivan’s investigative tome into police and political corruption in Los Angeles.
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Wreck-It Ralph smashes Annies
Disney’s Oscar-nominated Wreck-It Ralph smashed the competition at the 40th Annie Awards, winning five trophies including best animated film.
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Highland taking The Culling to EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Highland Film Group (HFG) will commence worldwide sales in Berlin on Silver Lining Media Group’s supernatural thriller The Culling.
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Lionsgate, SC Films partner on I Am Soldier, Green Street sequel
Lionsgate UK produces and will release two new UK productions, SC Films to handle sales.
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Les Misérables tops UK box office for fourth week
Universal’s musical crosses the £30m mark in its fourth weekend, retaining top spot in the process; Flight soars to a $2.2m (£1.4m) debut as the week’s highest new entry.
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MK2 closes theatrical distribution unit
French theatrical release of MK2 slate in France will be handled by Diaphana in the future.
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Estonia's Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma plan historical drama
Estonian filmmaker/producer duo Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma are going back in time to the eve of the First World War for their next feature film project The Hoppers (Hüppajad) which won the Screen International Best Pitch Award at Tallinn’s Baltic Event in December.
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SC Films boards animation Wish
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Crowe’s SC Films takes international and joint North American rights to family feature from Prana Studios.
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White Mark builds sound facility for Russia’s CineLab
The new CineLab complex [pictured] houses 14 studios which include three dubbing theatres, accredited to Dolby Premier License criteria, and a 5.1 mixing room for pre-mixes and TV/DVD work.
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Sweden’s Europa brings aboard Mistika
Europa will primarily employ the new Mistika systems [pictured] for 2D projects, but they can be upgraded to Stereo 3D or High Frame Rate (HFR) if required.
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UK partnership announces new lighting for audience immersion
London-based OP Film & Media and UK tech company amBX UK Ltd have partnered to develop a new patented lighting technology for cinemas.
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Nick Taussig, Paul Van Carter set up UK production company
EXCLUSIVE: The pair, which had been at Revolver/Gunslinger, kick off Salon Pictures with slate including James Nunn LA-set thriller, Churchill project, teen thriller and bare-knuckle fighting biopic.
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Argo wins first UK award
Ben Affleck thriller Argo has been voted film of the year by the UK’s regional critics.
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Coming Of Age wins best int'l film at Santa Barbara
Gerhard Ertl and Sabine Hiebler’s German drama took top honours at the 28th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Sunday night [Feb 3].
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Warm Bodies tops US box office with $19.5m debut
A languid session at the North American box office presented Summit’s new arrival Warm Bodies with easy pickings.
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Django chained to top of int'l box office with $158.2m
Django Unchained held on to pole position outside North America thanks to an estimated $30.6m weekend haul from 65 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International. The running total stands at $158.2m.
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Johnny Depp to star in Black Mass for Cross Creek, Exclusive
The pedigree of Berlin-bound US sales titles continued to pick up as the casting development emerged over the weekend. Exclusive International will kick off sales at the EFM this week and Universal will distribute in the US.
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IM Global sinks teeth into Blood Sisters
Mark Waters will direct the first in an anticipated franchise based on the Vampire Academy young adult books [pictured]. Reliance and IM Global jointly finance the project and Stuart Ford and Jonathan Deckter will kick off sales in Berlin this week.
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Ben Affleck wins Directors Guild top award
Argo’s tremendous late awards season surge continued apace on Saturday [2] as Ben Affleck won the DGA award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Films.