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NewsBirdman to close NYFF
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s Birdman will close the 52nd New York Film Festival, set to run from September 26-October 12.
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NewsMichael Caine joins Witch Hunter
The British veteran takes his place on Summit Entertainment’s supernatural action film The Last Witch Hunter alongside Vin Diesel and Rose Leslie. Lionsgate International handles sales outside North America.
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NewsApes conquer UK box office
Fox’s sequel scores $14.9m (£8.7m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Transformers: Age of Extinction, as two event cinema releases – Monty Python and André Rieu – land in the top five.
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NewsImitation Game to open London
Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley codebreaking drama to get European premiere.
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NewsVenice Critics’ Week 2014 line-up
Nima Javidi’s Melbourne and Diego Bianchi’s The Market to bookend Venice Critics’ Week line-up.
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NewsParamount takes Tad 2, Capture the Flag
Paramount Pictures has closed worldwide distribution rights for Spanish animation duo.
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NewsBogota’s BAM reveals winners
Three Scapulars and Sincerely win top prizes; six other titles headed to Locarno and San Sebastian.
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NewsMH17 tragedy overshadows Odessa
Talya Lavie’s Zero Motivation won the Grand Prix at this year’s Odessa International Film Festival (OIFF), overshadowed in its final days by the shooting down of a Malaysian Airways plane.
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NewsBlue Horizon, Orisa team on WWII love story
EXCLUSIVE: John Wrathall script The Italian Chapel readied for 2015 shoot.
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NewsUnveil The Truth wins in Taipei
Kevin Lee’s documentary Unveil The Truth II: State Apparatus won the Grand Prize and best documentary at this year’s Taipei Film Awards, which took place at the close of the Taipei Film Festival on July 19.
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NewsPickbox launches Android app
Pickbox, a VOD service in the former Yugoslavia that launched in May, has now launched their application for Android devices.
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Lippo Group to invest $516m in cinemas
Indonesia’s Lippo Group has announced plans to invest $516m (6 trillion rupiahs) in 300 multiplexes across the country over the next ten years.
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NewsBritish sci-fi Native wraps shoot
Production on Native, a UK sci-fi feature starring Rupert Graves and Ellie Kendrick, wrapped on July 16.
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NewsLocarno teases with Indiana Jones
The Locarno Film Festival will show Raiders of the Lost Ark and The 400 Blows as part of its traditional taster screenings ahead of the main event.
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NewsAlibaba pacts with high-profile trio
ChinaVision Media Group, which will soon be renamed Alibaba Pictures Group, has signed production deals with Wong Kar Wai’s Block 2 Pictures, Angie Chai and Giddens Ko’s Star Ritz International Entertainment and Peter Ho-sun Chan’s We Pictures.
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NewsPanna Rittikrai dies aged 53
Panna Rittikrai, the action choreographer who introduced Thai action movies to world audiences, has died aged 53.
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NewsDrunktown’s Finest wins at Outfest
The 32nd edition of the Los Angeles-based LGBT comes to a close on July 20 with a screening of Jack Plotnick’s Space Station 76 starring Patrick Wilson, Matt Bomer, Liv Tyler, Sam Pancake and Jennifer Cox.
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NewsGett, Princess win top prize in Jersualem
Other festival prize winners include Self Made, Red Leaves and The Decent One.
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NewsApes keep swinging on $36m
Fox’s Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes held off the challenge of three potential threats and climbed to $139m in its second weekend as the top 12 North American releases slipped 25% against 2013.
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NewsJason Blum cements Uni ties
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have signed a 10-year first-look production deal as Jason Blum looks to form partnerships across NBCUniversal.