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NewsShutter Island exceeds expectations with $40.2m US launch
Paramount’s thriller Shutter Island soared to the top of the North American charts on an estimated $40.2m, setting opening weekend records for director and star.
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NewsTen out of ten for Avatar as $51m raises tally to $1.78bn
Once again Avatar flew higher than the competition and continued to break records as the extraordinary run showed little sign of slowing down in its tenth weekend.
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NewsHurt Locker, Up In The Air eye Oscars after WGA triumph
The Hurt Locker and Up In The Air cemented their status as Academy Awards frontrunners as both films emerged triumphant at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday [20].
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NewsBuyers close on mainstream pictures at a solid EFM
Mainstream genre titles ruled a generally solid European Film Market as leaner but more aggressive buyer contingents scoured the market for quality tentpoles.
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NewsChris Morris' directorial debut Four Lions to close SXSW
Chris Morris’ dark comedy Four Lions, about an attempt by British jihadis to devastate the London Marathon, will close the SXSW Festival next month.
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NewsVivarto SP ZOO takes Polish rights to Peepli Live
UTV Motion Pictures and Aamir Khan Productions have licensed the political satire Peepli Live to Vivarto SP ZOO in Poland.
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NewsIFC slots Berlinale premiere Puzzle into 2010 pipeline
IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Natalia Smirnoff’s Argentinean drama Puzzle following its world premiere in competition at the Berlinale.
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First Italian 3D picture set to start shooting
Production is due to start on the first Italian-made 3D feature, it will begin principal photography getting underway in Canada later this month.
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Actor Lionel Jeffries dies ages 83
Character actor Lionel Jeffries has dies, aged 83 years old.
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NewsOther Angle seals raft of EFM deals
Other Angle Pictures has announced healthy sales on its slate following the EFM.
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NewsCrying With Laughter to have US premiere at SXSW
Scottish BAFTA winner Crying With Laughter will receive its US premiere at the SXSW festival (March 12-21) in the festival favourites section.
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NewsFilm4 gets Frank with Goats’ writers
Film4 is developing a new project with The Men Who Stare At Goats writers Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan.
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NewsFish Tank takes four at London critics’ awards
Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank picked up four awards at the 30th Annual London Film Critics’ Circle Awards, including best British film, whilst Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet was named film of the year.
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NewsSPC enters Animal Kingdom for US, Latin America
Sony Pictures Classics has finally announced its deal for US and Latin American rights to David Michod’s Sundance World Cinema Jury Prize winner Animal Kingdom.
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Smuggler Films to remake Lucas Belvaux's Rapt
Smuggler Films, the new production outfit run by Brian Carmody, John N. Hart and Patrick Milling Smith, is to remake French thriller Rapt which tells the story of the 1978 kidnapping of Baron Edouard-Jean Empain, heir to the Empain Schneider dynasty. The US version will be retitled Abduction.The French film, ...
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Nikkatsu's Sushi Typhoon closes multiple deals at EFM
Japanese seller Nikkatsu has closed several deals at EFM for titles in its Sushi Typhoon genre label.Germany’s 8 Films picked up all rights to Alien Vs Ninja and Mutant Girls Squad for Germany, Benelux and Scandinavia.Period actioner Alien Vs Ninja, directed by Seiji Chiba, is in currently post-production. Mutant Girls ...
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Eagle's EFM pickups include Skyline, 22 Bullets
Italian independent distributor Eagle Pictures has confirmed prestigious pick-ups from the EFM.They include the thriller Skyline from IM Global directed by special effects whizzes Colin and Greg Strause. The Strause brothers have provided their effects expertise on Avatar, 2012, 300 and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button among others.Eagle also ...
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Drei Freunde picks up German rights on Dispensables
Young German theatrical distributor Drei Freunde has picked up German language rights for Andreas Arnstedt’s international award-winning film The Dispensables (Die Entbehrlichen) from sale agent Aktis Film International.The theatrical release is planned for autumn 2010 with the marketing campaign to be coordinated by Berlin/Leipzig-based ZOOM Medienfabrik.Drei Freunde’s previous releases include ...
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NewsRai Trade marries with Gabriele Salvatores' Happy Family
Rai Trade is handling Happy Family, the new film from Oscar-winner Gabriele Salvatores.
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NonStop gets Between The Sheets
Kevin Williams Associates close deal on two Berlin titles with NonStop.