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Total Recall wipes out Brave at the UK box office
Sony’s reboot tops chart with $4.4m (£2.8m) debut; Universal’s Ted becomes the distributor’s second biggest release since 2007 in the UK.
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Busan film festival unveils New Currents line-up
The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced its New Currents competition, which includes six world premieres and four international premieres.
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Spanish filmmaker wins $500k to make film with Ridley Scott and Michael Fassbender
YouTube and Emirates prize goes to The Guilt director David Victori in Venice; Michael Fassbender and Ridley Scott to act as executive producers on next film.
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Ten days on, still no news on missing Syrian producer Orwa Nyrabia
The Toronto International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, French producer and directors body L’ARP and director MartinScorsese join chorus of concern for missing producer.
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Jason Reitman joins all-star cast for American Beauty event
The live table read of Alan Ball’s celebrated screenplay will take place at the Ryerson Theatre on Sept 6.
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CMG closes Latin American deals on The Collection
EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Management Group head Ed Noeltner and David Dinerstein of domestic distributor LD Entertainment are co-hosting a Bloody Mary Brunch and presentation in Toronto following a market screening of the horror film on Sept 10.
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Swedish Film Institute backs Bergstrom's Miss Julie, Langseth's Hotel
Other projects backed include Kicki Kjellin’s feature debut and co-productions with Spain and the Netherlands.
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Dark Knight Rises prevails in seventh international session
China returned more than $63m from two Hollywood smashes in a single week.
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Wide House picks up Amos Gitai’s Lullaby to my Father
EXCLUSIVE: Wide strikes non-exclusive sales deal for Gitai’s Venice Out of Competition entry, also picks up director’s 2009 film Carmel.
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European Film Awards open votes for People' s Choice Award
Nominees include The Artist, Shame, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, In Darkness and Headhunters.
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Wadjda director vows to keep working in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s first female film director Haifaa Al Mansour, whose debut feature Wadjda was enthusiastically received in Venice, has made an outspoken plea for women’s rights in her homeland.
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Sarah Calderon's marketing agency strikes first partnerships
Consultancy is providing marketing strategy for Wim Wenders’ 3D film Everything will Be Fine, among others.
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Eurimages confirms Canada and Israel in talks to join fund; Gulf countries could follow
Roberto Olla, executive director of Eurimages (The Council of Europe’s film fund) has again raised the possibility that Eurimages will become a fund “that goes beyond the geographical limit of Europe.”
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Warner Bros dates Hobbit finale on Jul 18 2014
Warner Bros and New Line announced the release date on Friday (Aug 31) for The Hobbit: There And Back Again.
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QED International boards Zac Efron rom-com
Tom Gormican wrote the Blacklist screenplay and is scheduled to begin shooting Are We Officially Dating? for TreeHouse Pictures in New York in November. QED will introduce to buyers in Toronto next week.
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Ryan Phillippe to make directorial debut on Chained
UPDATE: IM Global’s Octane division will introduce the thriller to international buyers in Toronto. Merced Media Partners and PalmStar Media Capital are financing the Twisted Pictures presentation and Cassian Elwes represents domestic rights.
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Danny Cohen, McLeod Brothers and Barry Ryan to host masterclasses at Aesthetica
Short film festival runs Nov 8-11 in York.
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iLL Manors, Shadow Dancer amongst Dinard's competition titles
23rd edition of the festival, which promotes British films to French audiences, runs Oct 3-7.
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HiFilm's Solomon readies shoot for Hotea's Roxanne
Romania’s Ada Solomon of HiFilm Productions has her next feature debut, Valentin Hotea’s Roxanne, going into production on September 12, a week after the world premiere of Paul Negoescu’s debut A Month In Thailand in Venice Critics’ Week.
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The Two Faces of January starts shooting
Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst co-star in adaptation of Patricia Highsmith thriller, produced by Working Title and financed by StudioCanal.