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NewsIMAX, Discovery, Sony to launch US 3D network in 2011
Discovery Communications, Sony Corporation and IMAX Corporation are preparing to launch a 24/7 dedicated 3D television network in the US in 2011.
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NewsAn Education, Avatar, Hurt Locker among PGA nominees
Avatar’s James Cameron and Jon Landau, Inglourious Basterds’ Lawrence Bender, and Star Trek’s J J Abrams and Damon Lindelof are among the ten sets of nominees for the Producers Guild Of America’s Darryl F Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures.
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NewsUS judge sets date for Polanski hearing
Roman Polanski’s 32 year old criminal case will return to a Los Angeles court this week. It comes weeks after a California court rejected the director’s bid to have the case dismissed.
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NewsDaniel Battsek reportedly poised to take over at National Geographic Films
Two months after leaving Miramax, Daniel Battsek is reportedly preparing to take over as president of National Geographic Films as Adam Leipzig segues into a producer role.
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NewsNew Video, Zipline team up on release of Sundance entry Bass Ackwards
New York-based New Video and Zipline Entertainment will release the low-budget Sundance drama Bass Ackwards nationwide on February 1, one day after the festival ends.
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NewsReliance's 3 Idiots breaks box office records for Hindi film
Reliance Big Pictures’ 3 Idiots has broken all previous international box office records for Hindi features. The film, released on Christmas Day, had grossed $52m (R2.4bn) worldwide by January 3.
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NewsFlying Lessons to open 25th Santa Barbara Film Festival
The world premiere of Derek Magyar’s (pictured) feature debut Flying Lessons will open the 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which runs from February 4-14.
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NewsFilm Movement acquires Slovenian mystery A Call Girl
Film Movement has acquired US rights to Damjan Kozole’s (pictured) Slovenian and English-language mystery A Call Girl.
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NewsSPC sets April release for Holofcener's Sundance entry Please Give
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) will release Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give on April 23 following its world premiere in Sundance later this month.
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NewsAvatar set to become highest grossing global IMAX release
Avatar is projected to become the highest grossing worldwide IMAX release this week as the opening day in China combined with global holdovers move the tally towards the $71m mark set by The Polar Express.
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NewsIcon appoints Erica Motley as acquisitions consultant
Icon Entertainment International has appointed Erica Motley as international acquisitions consultant. She will report to the company’s new chief executive Stewart Till (pictured).
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NewsFilm critic Michael Dwyer dies aged 58
Michael Dwyer, the respected Irish Times film critic and chairman of the Dublin Film Festival, died on January 1 following an illness. He was 58 years old.
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NewsHurt Locker takes top honours from National Society
The Hurt Locker earned three of The National Society Of Film Critics’ top 2009 prizes, claiming best picture, best director for Kathryn Bigelow and best actor for Jeremy Renner.
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NewsAvatar soars overseas on $136.8m and $1bn worldwide
Fox International’s Avatar became only the fifth release in history to cross $1bn worldwide as it held on to the overseas crown thanks to an estimated $136.8m from 13,784 screens in 109 markets. It boosted the running total to $676.9m after three weeks.
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NewsAvatar stays top in North America on $68.3m
Avatar surged into the new year on top of the world, buoyed by exceptional word of mouth that saw the Fox release add an estimated $68.3m to boost the North American tally to $352.1m and reach $1.018bn worldwide after a mere three weekends.
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NewsPalm Springs puts Oscar contenders under the spotlight
Lee Daniels, Rob Marshall and Lone Scherfig will take part in on-stage interviews following screenings of Precious, Nineand An Education under the auspices of the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Talking Pictures: The Contenders series.
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NewsBodyguards And Assassins tops holiday box office in China
Cinema Popular’s action thriller Bodyguards And Assassins has topped the Chinese box office over the holiday period racking up a $30m (RMB208m) to December 29.
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NewsMiddle East Film Festival announces 2010 dates
The Middle East International Film Festival, Abu Dhabi has announced that its fourth edition will run October 14 to 23. It comes as the festival calls for entries for narrative and documentary features and short films.
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NewsUK hands New Year Honours to Graham King, Tessa Ross
Graham King has been named an OBE in the UK’s New Year’s Honours List, while Film4 head Tessa Ross has been made CBE.
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NewsTales Of The Golden Age dawns in France; Love Happens in Spain
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent releases in key markets this week.