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News3D Entertainment takes global rights to prehistoric adventure Sea Rex
3D Entertainment has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the prehistoric adventure Sea Rex 3D directed and written by Pascal Vuong and Ronan Chapalain.
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NewsFilm Movement takes North America on SXSW winner Mine
Film Movement has picked up North American rights to Geralyn Pezanoski’s SXSW audience award documentary winner documentary Mine.
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NewsOdyssey Entertainment ceases trading
Odyssey Entertainment, the London-based sales and financing company, ceased trading on August 28.
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NewsSundance Institute expands theatre programme with two new labs
Sundance Institute has added two new labs to its theatre programme to support playwrights, directors, composers and librettists.
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NewsWild Bunch takes Makhmalbaf’s Green Days to Venice
Wild Bunch has picked up Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf’s latest film Green Days ahead of Venice.
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NewsPoulin joins Even at start-up production house Item 7
Acquisitions specialist Marie-Claude Poulin has joined Item 7, Pierre Even’s new Montreal-based production house, as a partner.
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NewsJohn Greyson pulls out of TIFF over Israel-focused sidebar
Film-maker John Greyson has pulled his short film Covered out of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival in protest against a sidebar dedicated to films from the Israeli capital Tel Aviv.
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NewsSPHE names John McMahon managing director, Europe
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has appointed John McMahon as managing director, Europe, as the company moves ahead with its regional development plans.
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NewsIFC Films teams up with Criterion Collection for prestige DVD series
IFC Films has signed a deal with The Criterion Collection licensing the prestige DVD label sell-through home entertainment rights for select IFC titles.
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NewsDerek Haas, Michael Brandt to adapt Shake for Bruckheimer Films
Wanted and 3:10 To Yuma screenwriters Derek Haas and Michael Brandt will adapt Haas’ original short story Shake for Bruckheimer Films.
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NewsIsabel Hund to head Sony's German production division
Isabel Hund will join Sony’s German production division and European local production headquarters Deutsche Columbia Pictures Film Produktion as director of production starting October 1.
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NewsNathalie Bloch Laine lands at EuropaCorp as producer
Former Canal Plus executive Nathalie Bloch Laine has joined Luc Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam’s EuropaCorp. as a producer, the company announced on Monday.
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NewsAcademy brings back preferential voting for best picture Oscar
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has introduced preferential voting to determine the best picture in the second radical transformation to affect the category.
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NewsMagnolia takes North America on Bong Joon Ho's Mother
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Bong Joon Ho’s Cannes Un Certain Regard hit Mother as well as the director’s 2000 film Barking Dogs Never Bite.
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NewsOMDC unveils 43 projects in International Financing Forum
New projects from Deepa Mehta, Chris Landreth, Thom Fitzgerald, Hany Abu-Assad, Ralph Fiennes, Terence Davies, Kevin Macdonald and Tony Grisoni selected for Sept 13/14 event in Toronto.
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NewsDisney buys Marvel in $4bn surprise deal
Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor and Captain America have new owners after the Walt Disney Co said it had agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment in a stock and cash transaction worth $4bn based on $50 per Marvel share.
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News2009 delivers record summer despite heavy second weekend drops
Summer 2009 has been declared the biggest in history as receipts through the end of August 30 totalled $4.17bn, beating the $4.16bn set in 2008.
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NewsSan Sebastian announces Made In Spain line-up
The San Sebastian Film Festival has revealed a 15-strong films for its Made In Spain section, which covers the top local films from 2009 including Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces.
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NewsGsponer's Lila Lila to open the fifth Zurich Film Festival
The world premiere of My Words, My Lies — My Love (Lila, Lila), the German-language comedy starring Daniel Brühl, will open the fifth Zurich Film Festival on September 24.
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NewsThe Final Destination topples Basterds in North America
Horror dominated the charts as The Final Destination opened top for Warner Bros on an estimated $28.3m and Dimension Films/TWC’s Halloween II launched in third place on $17.4m.