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NewsVertical takes US on Out Of The Dark
The distributor has taken US rights to Participant Media’s supernatural thriller starring Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman and has scheduled an early 2015 theatrical release. Bloom handles international sales.
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NewsAmazon buys video portal Twitch
Indicating a possible deep dive into web video, Amazon is paying close to $1bn for Twitch Interactive, the online platform that allows people to watch others play video games.
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NewsSwansea City doc sets release date
Documentary traces the rags to riches story of Swansea City Football Club.
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NewsDisney shifts McFarland, USA to 2015
The Kevin Costner sports drama was originally scheduled to open on November 21.
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NewsK5 to sell Danish post-war story
K5 International has taken on distribution for Martin Zandvliet’s Land Of Mine (Under Sandet) about a sensitive chapter in Danish post-war history.
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NewsParamount takes select home ent on Boyhood
Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHMD) has acquired select US home entertainment rights to the acclaimed film.
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NewseOne picks up Take Care
eOne Films has acquired North American rights to the SXSW rom-com and plans a late 2014 theatrical release.
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NewsA24, DIRECTV swoop on Cut Bank
EXCLUSIVE: The edgy distributor has struck a deal with the producers in conjunction with eOne Films International to take Matt Shakman’s contemporary thriller off the table heading into Toronto.
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NewsDogwoof falls for Longinotto’s Love
Dogwoof has picked up world sales rights to Kim Longinotto’s Sheffield doc Love is All.
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NewsStudioCanal readies Toronto slate
French powerhouse’s slate includes Zac Efron, Ralph Fiennes and Tom Hardy projects.
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NewsOpen Road sets Rock the Kasbah date
Rock The Kasbah stars Bill Murray as a washed-up rock manger who champions a young Afghan singer in the country’s version of American Idol.
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NewsRADiUS takes The Great Invisible
The distributor has acquired US rights to Participant Media’s documentary about the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on Gulf communities.
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NewsScreen Awards 2014 shortlist revealed
Fox/Fox Searchlight and Lionsgate UK lead the nominations; The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Filth and X-Men: Days of Future Past are most nominated films.
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NewsWide House taking Fémis doc to Toronto
Other titles on Toronto slate include Billy Pols’ bio-doc Zombie [pictured] about cult skateboarder Tim Zom and Johan Grimonprez’s upcoming arms trade exposé Shadow World.
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NewsParkland takes Maxine Peake thriller
EXCLUSIVE: UK sales outfit boards psychological thriller ahead of Toronto.
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NewsUni dates Legendary duo
Universal has dated a pair of Legendary Pictures titles and will release Krampus on November 25, 2015, and Spectral in 3D on August 12, 2016.
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NewsOpen Road to re-release Chef
UPDATED: The Jon Favreau crowd-pleaser will return to theatres on August 29 in a likely Golden Globes play after the initial early-summer run grossed $29.3m. Meanwhile, Open Road has pushed Nightcrawler back by two weeks.
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NewsBill Lee in Millennium buy-out
The management team of Millennium Entertainment, led by CEO Bill Lee, and private investment firm Virgo Investment Group have partnered to acquire the Millennium Entertainment library and distribution platform.
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NewsGrindstone takes Dying Of The Light
Nicolas Cage stars in Paul Schrader’s thriller from Over Under Media and Tin Res Entertainment. Nicolas Winding Refn is on the executive producer roster.