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NewsHop skips to the top of US charts in $38m debut
Universal’s family film Hop featuring the voice of Russell Brand in the lead bounced to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $38.1m for the highest launch of the year-to-date.
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NewsSucker Punch confirmed as Hollywood overseas champ
Warner Bros Pictures International’s action fantasy leapfrogged Battle: LA thanks to a confirmed $11.5m haul as Sony executives revised their weekend take from $14.7m to $10.3m.
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NewsRelativity marketing and distribution head Peter Adee to leave
In a statement issued on Friday Adee said he will leave on Jun 1 and said he had “always planned to depart when the time was right.”
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LA Asian Pacific Film Festival to screen 180 films
Running Apr 28-May 7, the festival programme includes a retrospective of cinematographer James Wong Howe and the C3 Digital Conference and will open with Fast Five.
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NewsNew Video, China Lion seal US distribution union
The partnership between the New York-based distributor and digital content aggregator and China Lion Film Distribution makes New Video the latter’s exclusive North American distributor across cable VoD, television, digital and DVD.
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Submarine sells flotilla of titles to Canada’s filmswelike
The deals include all rights in Canada to Bill Cunningham New York by Richard Press, Blank City by Celine Dahnier, The Last Mountain by Bill Haney and Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of The Toynbee Tiles by Jon Foy.
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O-Scope, Showtime acquire Sundance doc Rebirth
Jim Whitaker’s film follows the transformation of five people over 10 years after the 9/11 attacks and through time-lapse photography charts the evolution of the space where the Twin Towers once stood.
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News2B Pictures to adapt Alan K Baker's Dyatlov Pass
The feature adaptation about a real life skiing incident in Russia will be directed by Simon Fellows and financed by Future Films.
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NewsTF1 teams with EuropaCorp for miniseries Flight Of The Storks
TF1 International is teaming with EuropaCorp Television for a €10m miniseries based on Jean-Christophe Grangé’s best-selling novel, The Flight Of The Storks.
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NewsExclusive: Amanda Nevill details top priorities for revamped BFI
BFI director Nevill outlines new plans, including addition of a deputy chief executive; 38 UKFC staff who move to BFI stay at same salary level.
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NewsDisney UK launches integrated sales/promotion operation
The Walt Disney Company UK & Ireland has launched a new integrated ad sales and promotions operation, Disneymedia+.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Irish-UK co-productions Jump and Whole Lotta Sole are currently shooting in Belfast, while Ugly Duckling is preparing its May shoot in Spain.
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NewsCinemaCon: DirecTV ignites premium VoD controversy
The satellite TV operator has pitched itself into the heart of a mighty clash brewing between studios and exhibitors over shrinking windows – a hitherto verboten subject at CinemaCon that reared its head on the convention’s final day.
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NewsBFI new governors include Berger, Kidron, Justice
As the UKFC handover comes into effect, the BFI also notes that UK production funding will rise from £15m to £18m
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NewsHop, Sucker Punch set for overseas weekend tussle
Universal’s family confection and Warner Bros’ action fantasy are shaping up to be the ones to beat this weekend as Hop lands in around 30 territories and Sucker Punch debuts in four major markets.
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Vanguard, Aurelius, Maloof partner on $20m fund
The alliance creates a p&a pool for animated films and the parties have named Simon Crowe’s SC Films International as sales agent.
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NewsSundance Selects takes Pina, Phase4 gets Lucky
Sundance Selects has acquired US rights to Wim Wenders’ 3D documentary Pina, while Phase4 announced today [Mar 31] it had picked up all North American rights to Gil Cates Jr’s dark comedy Lucky.
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Gus Van Sant’s Restless goes to SPC for likely autumn release
The Columbia Pictures and Imagine Entertainment production was originally set to premiere at Sundance before the studio pulled it from the line-up.
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ICM names trio to lead streamlined talent representation
Lorrie Bartlett, Dar Rollins and Adam Schweitzer are named co-heads of talent and will oversee clients’ careers across film, television, theatre, branding and new media.
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NewsSony Pictures Animation acquires rights to Muncle Trogg
The preemptive deal is the first since Michelle Raimo-Kouyate arrived from DreamWorks Animation last November to become president of production.