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NewsAvatar heads into weekend as second biggest global release
Avatar enters its fourth weekend as the second highest grossing worldwide release in history on $1.131bn and should have little trouble retaining its box office crown as it sweeps past $800m overseas.
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United Agents talent chief Duncan Millership moves to Mangement 360 in LA
UK talent agent Duncan Millership is relocating from London to Los Angeles to work for Management 360’s talent department.
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Five finalists go through to AFM / People's Choice Awards pitch contest
The AFM has announced the five nominees for the first Favorite Film Pitch award in its joint initiative with the People’s Choice Awards.
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NewsSundance Selects lines up VOD launch for festival trio
VOD platform Sundance Selects and the Sundance Film Festival are collaborating on the day-and-date VOD release of three festival films.
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NewsBigelow, Cameron, Tarantino among DGA feature nominees
Kathryn Bigelow (pictured), James Cameron, Lee Daniels, Jason Reitman and Quentin Tarantino will vie for the Directors Guild Of America’s (DGA) top prize.
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NewsExhibition surge fuels 44% climb in 2009 China box office
The Chinese box office rose by 44% during 2009 to reach $910m (RMB6.2bn), its highest growth rate for six years.
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NewsBAFTA unveils foreign language shortlist
Broken Embraces, Coco Before Chanel, Let The Right One In, A Prophet and The White Ribbon have been shortlisted for Orange BAFTA’s Film Not In The English Language Award
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NewsPolanski asks to be sentenced in absentia
Roman Polanski has asked a US judge to sentence him in absentia over the 32 year old sexual assault case that led the director to flee the US in 1978.
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NewsRotterdam reveals 15 contenders for 2010 Tiger awards
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the line-up for the VPRO Tiger Awards Competition. The festival’s 39th edition runs January 27 – February 7.
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NewsLocal films drove 4.8% box office rise in South Korea, says CJ CGV
South Korea’s 2009 box office admissions rose by 4.8% year-on-year to 156,319,224 tickets, according to estimates by leading local exhibitor CJ CGV.
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NewsWarner Bros boards remake rights to Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
Warner Bros has picked up English-language remake rights to CJ Entertainment’s South Korean hit Sympathy For Mr Vengeance.
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NewsSaoirse Ronan reunites with Joe Wright on Hanna for Focus Features
Focus Features has confirmed Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan will reunite with Atonement director Joe Wright in the lead role in Hanna.
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NewsOverture to release Let Me In on October 1
Overture Films has set an October 1 North American release date for the thriller Let Me In, inspired by Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish vampire hit Let The Right One In.
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NewsWorld premiere of Kick-Ass to open SXSW
The world premiere of Lionsgate and Marv Films’ Kick-Ass will open South By Southwest (SXSW) on March 12.
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NewsDistrict 9, Avatar, Harry Potter on Oscar visual effects shortlist
Seven films have made it on to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences’ shortlist for the visual effects Oscar.
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NewsAvatar grosses spectacular $5.3m opening day in China
Avatar set an opening day record in China after grossing an estimated $5.3m on January 4 according to Fox International, and added approximately $4.4m on the second day for an early $9.7m running total.
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NewsIcelandic comedy denies Avatar the top spot
Icelandic comedy Mr Bjarnfredarson has topped the local box office forcing James Cameron’s epic Avatar into second place for two weeks running.
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NewsHong Kong Asia financing forum selects 25 projects for 8th edition
Projects by veteran Japanese film-maker Suzuki Seijin and Leon Dai (pictured), the Taiwanese director, among those selected for the 8th Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) 2010.
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NewsJonathan Levine, Anna Kendrick board Mandate's cancer comedy
Mandate Pictures has hired Jonathan Levine to direct and Golden Globe nominee Anna Kendrick to star in its untitled James McAvoy and Seth Rogen comedy.
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NewsScreen Media acquires James Ivory's The City Of Your Final Destination
Screen Media Films has acquired all North American rights to James Ivory’s The City Of Your Final Destination based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Peter Cameron.