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Titanic 3D to cross $200m this weekend
International preview: Fox International’s smash is expected to reach the milestone by Friday and could cross $100m in China as early as Saturday.
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Cinedigm acquires New Video in $14m-plus deal
The resulting entity will serve as a full-service end-to-end digital releasing studio capable of acquiring and distributing content theatrically and digitally.
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Benh Zeitlin to receive inaugural Graham Leggat Award
The director of Beasts Of The Southern Wild, the Sundance grand jury dramatic prizewinner that has just been announced in the Un Certain Regard line-up, will collect the honour during the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival on Apr 26.
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Jennifer Garner named CinemaCon Female Star Of The Year
Garner will next be seen in Disney’s family film The Odd Life Of Timothy Green set to open on Aug 15 about a childless couple who bury a box in their back yard containing their wishes for an infant son.
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Constantin acquires rights to fantasy saga The Iron Trial
The deal with authors Cassandra Clare and Holly Black for the unpublished series follows the adventures of 12-year-old Callum Hunt and his interaction with magicians. The Iron Trial is the first in the series.
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SundanceNOW launches Doc Club SVoD programme
The Sundance Selects stablemate’s new initiative is curated in association with documentary programmer Thom Powers and kicks off with an Errol Morris spotlight.
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Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio reunite on Wolf
Red Granite has confirmed the pair will team up on the $85m-plus The Wolf Of Wall Street, their fifth collaboration after The Departed, Shutter Island, The Aviator and Gangs Of New York.
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GoDigital buys four from Shoreline Entertainment
The digital distributor has picked up the documentary Fat Belly, sci-fi animation Technotise: Edit & I, horror thriller Cannibal and stop-motion Edison & Leo.
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Odeon to complete digital projector overhaul with NEC Display Solutions
Odeon UCI to upgrade all of its 2,100 screens in its 231 cinemas with NEC projectors.
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Joni Sighvatsson's Palomar options The Immortal Rules and rest of series
Joni Sighvatsson’s production company Palomar Pictures has optioned Blood of Eden, the new series from bestselling young adult author Julie Kagawa.
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UK’s Digital Media Services expands to Los Angeles
UK-based Digital Media Services has opened a new Hollywood office to serve its US clients.
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Vadim Yusov to be honoured at Camerimage Festival
The veteran Russian DOP will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s festival, which takes place in November.
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Netflix UK acquires Lilyhammer
Netflix has secured the streaming rights in the UK and Ireland for Lilyhammer, the mobster comedy drama starring Sopranos actor Steven Van Zandt.
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Iron Sky secures double win at Brussels Film Festival
Highly anticipated Finnish-German-Australian coproduction Iron Sky has scooped both the Silver Méliès and the Audience Award at this year’s Brussels International Film Festival.
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Cannes announces Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings
Among those selected were China’s Lou Ye, Canada’s Xavier Dolan and Argentina’s Pablo Trapero as well as the Cuban portmanteau 7 Days In Havana, one segment of which is directed by Trapero.
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Cannes competition line up unveiled in Paris
Strong showing for US independents with Lee Daniels, Jeff Nichols, Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat in competition alongside Cannes stalwarts like Haneke, Cronenberg, Reygadas, Loach.
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Thorsten Ritter joins Beta Cinema
Thorsten Ritter, formerly head of Bavaria Film International, has joined the Munich-based sales company Beta Cinema as executive vice president with responsibility for worldwide acquisitions, sales and marketing.
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Showbox, Huayi Brothers join forces for Mr. Go 3D
Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has entered into an investment and distribution partnership with Chinese studio Huayi Brothers for its upcoming sports action drama Mr. Go 3D.
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Michael Pitt to star in and produce You Can’t Win
Parts & Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy and producers Robert Scarff and Zach Sebastian will partner on the project, based on adventurer Jack Black’s 1926 autobiography.