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NewsSuper 8 tops US charts in $38m opening weekend
Paramount’s sci-fi mystery defied expectations to pull off a solid launch and earn the first number one debut for an original storyline of the summer, while Relativity Media’s Judy Moody flopped in seventh place.
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NewsPeccadillo Pictures launches UK tour of new label
UK distributor Peccadillo Pictures launches POUT, a selection of new lesbian and gay titles to screen in upcoming UK tour
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Sky makes £600m UK content pledge
Sky has revealed it spent £380m on UK-originated programming in the year to July 2011 and plans to boost investment to £600m a year by 2014.
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NewsFrench animation films seen by 34.5 million people worldwide from 1999-2010
In Annecy for the first time, Unifrance releases 12-year study on performance of French animation films at foreign box office
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NewsPirates 4 bids to hold on to overseas crown
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be locked in a battle for international box office supremacy this weekend with The Hangover Part II, X-Men: First Class and Kung Fu Panda 2.
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NewsTribeca Film picks up Shut Up Little Man!
Tribeca Film has acquired select US rights from Closer Productions including VoD, theatrical, digital, DVD and festival to Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure.
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NewsLoveFilm and Disney extend streaming deal to Germany
The deal follows a similar contract signed between Disney and LoveFilm UK in April.
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NewsLegendary Entertainment, Huayi Brothers form Hong Kong joint venture
Legendary East to make two major English language films per year, to be distributed by WB and Huayi Brothers.
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NewsArclight, Singapore's IFS Capital sign financing deal on Mental
Arclight Films has brought on Singapore’s IFS Capital to finance the comedy Mental, reuniting director PJ Hogan with Toni Collette 17 years after they collaborated on Muriel’s Wedding.
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NewsBlack & Blue Films launches DVD label
London production outfit joins with 4Digital Media for home entertainment label
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NewsRevolver in tune with Kings Of Leon doc
Talihina Sky: The Story Of Kings Of Leon will get its European premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
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NewsCharities on board for Scott Free's Movie Mogul scheme
Movie Mogul scheme part of Life In A Day’s UK marketing campaign
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NewsFilm Sales Company, First Run strike US deal on Garbo: The Spy
First Run Features has acquired US theatrical, DVD and select ancillary rights from The Film Sales Company to Garbo: The Spy.
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NewsMagnolia Pictures takes US rights to Tucker & Dale Vs Evil
The award winning comedy-horror screened in Sundance last year and stars Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine as a pair of well intentioned Appalachian hillbillies who fall foul of a group of preppy campers.
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NewsScreenSingapore panel examines strategies for local-language productions
At the inaugural ScreenSingapore, speakers discussed the importance of profiting at the local box office with local language productions as global box office matures.
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NewsSearchlight takes over UK distribution on Tree Of Life
Fox Searchlight will release Terrence Malick’s Palme d’Or winner on Jul 8 after striking a deal with Bill Pohlad’s River Road Entertainment in the wake of the Icon debacle.
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NewsRainbow Media Global adds Marco Frazier as VP of global distribution
Rainbow Media Global has expanded by appointing Marco Frazier as Vice President, Global Distribution.
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NewsTop speakers confirmed for new EIFF industry conference
Speakers at June 17 conference will include BFI’s Amanda Nevill [pictured], Oscar-winning producer Iain Canning, Optimum CEO Danny Perkins, Ruby’s Paul Trijbits and Duncan Heath of Independent Talent.
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NewsHigh Point Media Group moves into UK distribution
The first film to come out of the company’s new distribution arm will be Hanro Smitsman’s debut feature Skin starring Emmy nominated Robert de Hoog.
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Tulchin, Norris join producers roster on The Laureate
Harris Tulchin has boarded Deya Productions’ Robert Graves drama The Laureate as executive producer while former British Film Commissioner Steve Norris joins as UK producer.