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NewsDisney to buy Lucasfilm for $4.05bn; new Star Wars in 2015
The Walt Disney Company is to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05bn in stocks and cash - and is planning to release Star Wars: Episode 7 in 2015.
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Strand acquires North American rights to The Condemned
Roberto Busó-García’s psychological thriller will open in spring 2013. Meanwhile Grindstone Entertainment has picked up North American rights to Viking invasion tale The Darkest Day.
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NewsLionsgate strikes UK VOD deal with pizza firm Domino’s
Lionsgate UK has struck a deal with pizza delivery firm Domino’s, which will see Domino’s offer Lionsgate films alongside its pizzas via a streaming service; The Hunger Games, Dirty Dancing among titles.
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NewsArtificial Eye to release Zaytoun in the UK
Eran Riklis’ drama [pictured] premiered at Toronto and will have its US premiere at AFI Fest in November.
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CJ Entertainment America to channel ancillary through Inception
Inception Media Group has signed a deal to act as the US home video and digital distributor of the CJ Entertainment America pipeline.
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NewsBeta brings Paganini biopic, Enid Blyton adaptations to AFM
Acclaimed violinist David Garrett plays composer Paganini alongside Joely Richardson; Beta also showcases Uberto Pasolini’s Still Life and big budget epic The Physician.
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NewsDistribution round-up: Breaking Glass takes Laurence Anyways
The third film from Xavier Dolan will open in the US and earned Suzanne Clement a best actress win at Cannes in Un Certain Regard as well as best Canadian film in Toronto. Separately, Kino Lorber has picked up Ain’t In It For My Health.
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NewsAMC/Sundance Channel Global sets up Asia headquarters
Content secured includes Crossfire Hurricane, Downton Abbey and The Imposter.
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NewsLevelK, Reelport partner on online tool for digital files
The Danish international sales company LevelK has worked with Germany’s Reelport to create a secure professional online tool to send fast, secure streaming and download links.
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NewsArts Alliance to launch Coldplay film in cinemas on Nov 13
More than 50 countries to show concert film.
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NewsDrafthouse Films appoints marketing, distribution executive
Sumyi Khong Antonson [pictured] is named vp of marketing and distribution and reports to Drafthouse COO James Emanuel Shapiro.
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NewsStealth strikes UK deal for The Magnificent Eleven
Eureka Entertainment will release the comedy [pictured] in March 2013.
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NewsSony to release West of Memphis in UK on Dec 21
Amy Berg’s documentary [pictured] out in the UK four days before its US release on Dec 25.
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NewsMagnolia's Magnet takes US on Noel Clarke horror Storage 24
Magnolia’s genre arm Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to Independent Film Company’s horror Storage 24, starring Noel Clarke.
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NewsArtificial Eye adds A Late Quartet to 2013 slate
Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Imogen Poots are among cast.
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NewsK5 sells Hello Quo documentary to UK, Germany
Ahead of the AFM, K5 has sold Status Quo rockumentary Hello Quo [pictured] to Anchor Bay in the UK and StudioCanal in Germany.
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NewsDistrify works on adding more Led Zep screenings
Omniverse Vision release made more than $2m on its opening night.
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NewsFilmDistrict snaps up US rights to Olympus Has Fallen
Antoine Fuqua directed the Millennium Films White House thriller starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman.
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Gravitas Ventures bulks up Halloween slate
The digital distributor has announced its upcoming VoD horror acquisitions for October and November.
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NewsTIDE Experiment plans four “day-and-date” releases in 2013
France’s cinema industry guild L’ARP has joined forces with European sales agents Fandango, Goldcrest, Urban Distribution and WIDE and more than 30 members of Europa Distribution.