Latest – Page 2021
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NewsCMG to sell The Games Maker
Edward Noeltner has come on board to handle international sales excluding Latin America to the children’s fantasy, set to receive its US premiere in Sundance next week.
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NewsAmazon Studios confirms film push
Ted Hope has been named head of production at Amazon Original Movies as the company behind Golden Globe winner Transparent plans to produce and acquire 12 original features a year.
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NewsBerlin 2015: complete competition line-up revealed
World premieres of Wim Wenders’ Every Thing Will Be Fine, Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Elser (13 Minutes) and Pablo Larraín’s The Club added to programme.
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NewsTaken 3 retains UK box office lead
Fox’s threequel adds $5m (£3.3m) for $18.5m (£12.2m) after 11 days in play; Warner Bros’ American Sniper records Clint Eastwood’s best-ever opening with $3.8m (£2.5m).
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NewsNew EFM market director talks future plans; debutants revealed
EXCLUSIVE: Companies from Panama, US, Middle East to debut at Berlin’s EFM; Matthijs Wouter Knol discusses his first six months as market director.
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NewsRoland Emmerich gay rights drama gets int’l deal
EXCLUSIVE: Goldcrest nabs rights to Stonewall starring Jeremy Irvine ahead of EFM.
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NewsFrench films double int'l admissions in 2014
Jump fuelled by Luc Besson’s English-language sci-fi thriller Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson
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NewsScreen January 19 2015
Browse the digital version of Screen International here including a focus on cinema bookers, Rotterdam and Sundance Film Festivals, and interviews with Birdman director Alejandro G Inarritu, Nightcrawler cinematographer Robert Elswit, The Grand Budapest Hotel production designer Adam Stockhausen and The Imitation Game composer Alexandre Desplat.
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NewsAmerican Sniper hits bullseye in US on $107.2m
JANUARY 20 UPDATE: The Warner Bros war film expanded wide in its fourth session and vaulted 20 places to top of the charts in a record wide debut for a winter release and a handful of other records.
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NewsTaken 3 rules int’l BO on $31.6m
JANUARY 20 UPDATE: Taken 3 has surged to the cusp of $100m in two weeks as $31.6m from 58 markets elevated the tally to $99.5m after three sessions.
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NewsIndie int'l box office hits $1.2bn
EXCLUSIVE: Films licensed internationally through the major US-based sales agencies generated an estimated $1.152bn last year.
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NewsAnnapurna to produce 20th Century Women
Mike Mills, who shot to fame with festival hits Beginners and Thumbsucker, will direct the nostalgic trip back to the 1970’s.
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NewsTheatrical push for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman
Fox Searchlight is making hay while the sun shines and is pushing its two multiple Oscar nominees in US theatres.
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NewsTaken 3 tops social buzz chart
Action thriller displays a particular set of skills to see off competition from awards contenders Into the Woods, Foxcatcher, American Sniper and Whiplash.
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NewsInfographic: Golden Globes 2015
Boyhood scored the most online mentions closely followed by the “Cumberbomb”.
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NewsSPC acquires Testament of Youth
First World War drama sold by Protagonist Pictures to North America, Latin America and Asia.
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NewsOscars 2015: Best Film nominees
A closer look at the best picture nominees at the 87th Academy Awards including reactions, reviews and in-depth features.
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Mitic, Mansky, Jashi projects join East Doc Platform
New documentaries by Boris Mitic, Vitaly Mansky and Salome Jashi are among the projects being pitched at this year’s East Doc Platform in Prague (March 2-8).