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NewsWay To Blue becomes fully integrated global communications agency
EXCLUSIVE: Digital native firm adds dedicated social and offline publicity teams; Daniel Heale and Laura Pettitt join as associate director of social and UK entertainment director, respectively.
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NewsHobbit and Impossible go head-to-head at UK box office
Based on estimates, The Hobbit has narrowly retained its UK box office crown ahead of The Impossible’s impressive $6.5m (£4m) debut, including previews.
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NewsBFI appoints Edward Humphrey as director of digital
Former ITV exec will be tasked with leading digitisation of 10,000 BFI titles and developing a BFI VOD platform.
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NewsBafta Rising Star nominees include Andrea Riseborough and Elizabeth Olsen
Four of this year’s five nominees are women after last year’s awards were dominated by men. The winner will be decided by the public.
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NewsMetrodome hires Woodyatt, promotes Johnson
Andrew Woodyatt joins from Revolver. Rebecca Johnson becomes head of film marketing.
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NewsLes Misérables crosses $100m in US in record 13 days
Working Title’s awards contender on Sunday [6] became the fastest musical to pass the milestone in North America after grossing $16.1m through Universal to reach $103.6m.
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NewsFox International’s Life Of Pi usurps Hobbit, crosses $300m
JAN 7 UPDATE: Fox 2000’s acclaimed Yann Martel adventure brought in a confirmed $59.3m over the weekend to edge out The Hobbit in a race that turned out to be much closer than originally thought, buoyed by Fox’s fourth biggest debut of all time in Russia.
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NewsAmour, Emmanuelle Riva, Michael Haneke top NSFC poll
The National Society Of Film Critics announced its annual winners on Saturday [50] when Amour was a big winner.
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NewsFlight, The Master, Silver Linings among WGA nominees
Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Amour were ineligible under WGA regulations.
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Rotterdam's Signals programme includes Snow, Conrad, Palfi
Returning festival section Regained to highlight Michael Snow, Tony Conrad and Gyorgy Palfi.
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NewsBaltasar Kormakur to produce Dagur Kari’s Rocketman
This will mark the first collaboration between the two Icelandic film-makers, Kormakur’s Blueeyes Production label announced on Friday [4].
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NewsChris Dodd appoints Diane Strahan MPAA COO
The MPAA chairman made the announcement on Friday [4] and hailed the new executive’s ” break-through strategies for high growth players.”
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NewsGabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell thriller set for February release in UK
Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell and Toby Stephens star in crime thriller from Kidulthood producer George Isaac.
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NewsOscar ceremony to pay tribute to James Bond
Organisers at the upcoming 85th Academy Awards on Feb 24 will include a tribute to the 50-year-old franchise.
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NewsSkyfall propels Sony to top of UK market
eOne has also become the UK’s number one independent distributor, ahead of Paramount – the first time that an indie has out-grossed a studio since 2007.
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NewsMalkovich to play Casanova in The Giacomo Variations
John Malkovich is set to be reunited with Austrian film and opera director Michael Sturminger for a big screen adaptation of The Giacomo Variations.
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NewsRoyal Affair leads Denmark’s Bodil Award nominations
Period drama up against Excuse Me, Teddy Bear, You and Me Forever, and A Hijacking for Best Film.
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NewsJinga sells Ghett’a Life to US
MVD picks up Jamaica’s highest grossing box office hit for DVD and VOD.
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NewsThe Impossible boosts Spanish cinema to record high
The Impossible and Tad the Explorer helped push Spanish cinema to its best ever domestic figures in 2012.
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NewsThe Hobbit crosses $500m at international box office
JAN 4 UPDATE: Warner Bros Pictures International’s fantasy epic stood at $513.4m through Jan 3 and remains the one to beat heading into its fourth weekend. Meanwhile Breaking Dawn - Pt 2 has reached $800m worldwide.