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Pony Canyon picks up Busan opener Always
South Korean distributor Showbox/Mediaplex has sold Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opening film Always, directed by Song Il-gon, to Pony Canyon for Japan.
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NewsReal Steel's $22.1m punch knocks Smurfs off int'l perch
Real Steel narrowly finished ahead of Johnny English Reborn to knock The Smurfs off the number one spot thanks to an estimated $22.1m weekend haul from 19 territories through Disney. Meanwhile UPI said it would cross $1bn for the year-to-date on Monday (10).
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NewsReal Steel shows box office mettle to claim US on $27.3m
Audiences were in the mood for Hugh Jackman as a disillusioned ex-boxer who trains a robot fighter and reconnects with his son. Buena Vista distributed the DreamWorks feature.
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Hong Kong’s Edko, Irresistible launch action duo
Hong Kong-based Edko Films and Irresistible Films have unveiled two new productions for release in 2012 – crime thriller Nightfall, starring Nick Cheung and Simon Yam, and police action film Cold War.
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NewsSwedish director Lagerlof presumed dead after location scouting accident
The 42-year-old director was scouting location on Sweden’s west coast for Camilla Lackberg’s Fjallbacka Murders project.
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NewsTyrannosaur takes top prize in Dinard
Paddy Considine’s feature debut has won the grand jury prize and the best screenplay award at the Dinard Film Festival.
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NewsIger extends Disney contract and secures chairman title
Bob Iger will hold the positions of chairman, president and chief executive officer through Mar 31, 2015, when a new CEO will be named. He will serve as executive CEO for 15 months through Jun 30, 2016. His current contract was set to expire on Jan 31, 2013.
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NewsRufus Norris' Broken to start shooting Oct 17
Cast for the Cuba Pictures project, backed by BBC Films, includes Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, and Rory Kinnear.
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NewsSteve McQueen’s Shame to close Leeds film festival
Festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary, also unveils Golden Owl competition titles.
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NewsBBC Films safe from yesterday's BBC job cuts
BBC Films, which employs 13 staff, won’t be impacted by the BBC job cuts announced yesterday.
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NewsKotting shooting waterways experimental doc Swandown
Andrew Kotting is now shooting Swandown, an experimental feature documentary and travelogue.
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NewsMalgara in line to become next president of Biennale
Italian culture minister Giancarlo Galan has tapped businessman Giulio Malgara as the next president of leading Italian arts organization the Biennale.
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Aaron Eckhart to star in I, Frankenstein for Lakeshore
Eckhart will portray Adam Frankenstein in the upcoming production. Principal photography is set to commence in Australia in January.
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NewsEuropa Distribution annual conference kicks off in Lyon
The potential of social networks as a marketing tool, VOD and digital transition will be key topics at the fifth-annual conference.
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NewsActress Diane Cilento dies aged 78
Oscar nominated Australian actress was married to Sean Connery and Anthony Shaffer.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Kill List director Ben Wheatley’s latest venture and a German drama about a Guantanamo detainee are among the new productions on Screenbase this week.
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NewsBerlinale to offer $20,000 (€15,000) prize for young German directors
Thomas Arslan, Anna Bruggemann and Gian-Piero Ringel comprise the jury for first edition.
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NewsErrol Morris to deliver 2011 BAFTA David Lean Lecture
Morris to give lecture in year Film Awards reinstates Documentary category.
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NewsReal Steel vies to knock Smurfs from international perch
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International unleashes the sci-fi drama starring Hugh Jackman as a robot boxing trainer who reconnects with his young son – but does Steel have the mettle to beat the fluffy blue champs?