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NewsABC Cinemien takes Stockholm East to Benelux
Venice Critics’ Week opener scheduled for an early 2012 release
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NewsInferno to tout Broken City at Toronto
The company sent out the screenplay before the Labor Day holiday weekend and anticipates heavy interest on the noir tale as buyers prepare to descend on Canada.
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GE, Cinelan collaborate on three-minute doc series
Morgan Spurlock and Karol Martesco-Fenster will lead the initiative to create 30 three-minutes docs focused on the power of ideas. GE and video publiser Cinelan are sponsoring four Filmmaker Lounge receptions to run during Toronto from Sept 9-12.
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NewsMetrodome launches aggregation service Met Digital
UK distributor launches digital aggregation service for distributors and rights holders
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Strand Releasing, Film Movement bulk up slates
Strand has acquired US rights to Schleinzer’s Cannes premiere Michael from Les Films du Losange ahead of its North American premiere.
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NewsNetflix kicks off LatAm expansion with Brazilian launch
The internet film and television distributor begun its Portuguese-language service in Brazil on Monday (5) and will roll out in a total of 43 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean by Sept 12.
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NewsThe Help rules Labor Day on $19m as record summer ends
The Civil Rights Era drama has reached $123.4m after the four-day holiday weekend as the summer season reached an estimated $4.4bn-$4.5bn.
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NewseOne UK acquires Icelandic thriller Black’s Game
TrustNordisk handling thriller executive produced by Nicolas Winding Refn [pictured].
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NewsSmurfs bear down on $300m at international box office
The blue wave continued to wash away all before it as the family film added an estimated $23.3m on 8,360 screens in 71 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) to reach $295.8m.
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NewsFDA launches screenings event for Scottish media
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Jane Eyre, The Help among films to be screened.
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NewsAnti-piracy service muso.com launching for film industry
Service that tracks and removes llegal file sharing now available to the film industry.
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NewsThe Smurfs seek to dominate light international session
Sony Pictures Releasing International’s (SPRI) family smash stood at more than $257m heading into the weekend and opens in around 20 markets including Norway, Sweden and Finland.
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Myriad to start sales in Toronto on Jennifer Lynch’s Chained
Vincent D’Onofrio and Julia Ormond star in the psychological thriller. Anchor Bay holds US rights and has tentatively set a spring 2012 release.
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Shooting begins on Stoker for Scott Free, Searchlight, Indian Paintbrush
Park Chan-wook’s first English-language feature stars Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney and Jacki Weaver.
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NewsSundance Selects reunites with Herzog on Into The Abyss
The acquisition of North American rights follows the collaboration on Werner Herzog’s Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, which remains the highest grossing documentary release of the year-to-date.
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NewsTurn Me On Goddammit closes more deals for Celsius
Buyers are tuning into hit Norwegian film, Turn Me On Goddammit, which is sold by Thierry Wase-Bailey’s London-based Celsius Entertainment.
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Phase 4, Submarine to partner on Rid Of Me in North America
President and CEO Berry Meyerowitz said the company will partner with Submarine on an “aggressive” theatrical run in the autumn on James Westby’s black comedy.
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Oscilloscope takes North America on We Can’t Go Home Again
Nicholas Ray’s last film will be restored and reconstructed for its world premiere in Venice, which kicked off today (Aug 31).
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NewsDreamWorks Animation, Youku strike landmark Chinese deal
Leading Chinese internet television company Youku.com will make the Kung Fu Panda franchise films available across multiple devices in the first time DreamWorks Animation product is being offered online in China.
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Well Go USA drawn to Shimizu’s Tormented, Shock Labyrinth
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to the upcoming horror Tormented from Fortissimo Films in a preemptive swoop before the film’s Venice world premiere and has also taken The Shock Labyrinth.