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Lion King re-release dominates US charts on $29m debut
Disney’s re-release of The Lion King, the 1994 hit reformatted into 3D to inject extra pizzazz to consumers, launched at number one on an estimated $29.3m.
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Where Do We Go Now?, The Raid among TIFF winners
The Cadillac People’s Choice Award has gone to Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now? (pictured) about a doughty band of women determined to protect their war-torn community.
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Magnolia nets psycho-thriller The Hunter in Toronto
Magnolia Pictures has closed a deal for US rights to Daniel Nettheim’s psychological thriller following its Toronto world premiere.
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ATO Pictures tastes The Oranges; WWE buys The Day
The late torrent of Toronto deal continued heading into the weekend as ATO Pictures said on Friday (16) it had picked up North America rights to The Oranges while WWE Studios acquired US rights to The Day.
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Wuthering Heights to open Leeds International Film Festival
Andrea Arnold’s film was filmed on location in Yorkshire and stars Leeds local James Howson as Heathcliffe.
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Luke Goss to play lead in Interview With A Hitman
The film is being produced by Dean Fisher for Scanner Rhodes Productions, with backing from Northern Film & Media.
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Quiet Revolution, Fobic Films to co-produce Enthoven's Winnipeg
Belgian director Geoffrey Enthoven’s dark comedy Winnipeg, will be an English language Canada/Belgium co-production
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British public want to see more British films, according to BFI survey
Over half of the UK public think there are too few British films shown in the UK; the survey also revealed that the British public want to see more regional and social diversity on film.
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Declaration of War is France’s foreign language Oscar submission
Valérie Donzelli’s tragicomedy about a young couple whose life is turned upside down when their baby son is found to have a malignant brain tumour has entered the Oscar race.
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Hot projects on Screenbase this week
Exciting new productions on Screenbase include Spanish film Todo Es Silencio, Belgian-French co-production Goodbye Morocco, as well as German road movie Nachtlärm.
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UK industry reacts to Seghatchian's departure from BFI
As Tanya Seghatchian steps down as head of the Film Fund to return to producing, the UK industry points to challenging times ahead for the BFI.
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Expanded Helsinki International Film Festival underway
24th Helsinki International Film Festival includes 120 features and 80 shorts; selected titles will be screened free online
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Postman Pat heads for the big screen
Stephen Mangan, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint and David Tennant lead the voice cast for the animated feature version of the much loved British children’s TV series, which is due to begin production this month and will be delivered in the UK by Icon.
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Johnny English poised to step into the void as Smurfs slows
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) The Smurfs has ruled the roost for several weekends and has begun to slow down after a magnificent run that has yielded more than $322.8m.
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Trishna goes to Sundance Selects for North America
Sundance Selects has confirmed its acquisition of all North American rights to Trishna, Michael Winterbottom’s India-set contemporary retelling of Tess Of The D’Urbevilles.
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Tokyo Filmex unveils lineup for 12th edition
Tokyo Filmex (November 19-27) unveiled the lineup of its 12th edition today, announcing Kim Ki-duk’s Un Certain Regard winner Arirang as opening film and Johnnie To’s Venice competition title Life Without Principle as closing film.
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Gaga closes deal on Paul WS Anderson's Pompeii
Gaga Corporation has closed a deal on its second major film at Toronto, buying Japanese rights to Impact Pictures’ $100m romantic adventure epic Pompeii from Summit Entertainment.
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Lenny Abrahamson gears up to shoot What Richard Did
The Killing star Lars Mikkelsen has joined the cast alongside Lorraine Pilkington and a host of young Irish actors.
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Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival gets the female touch
The theme for the Turkish festival will be “And The Woman Touched The World”; honorary awards to go to Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi and Jane Birkin.