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NewsEuropa Distribution looks toward Latin America
Europa Distribution, the pan-European network of independent distributors, is seeking extra EU funds to forge closer ties with Latin America.
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NewsLightning acquires US rights to four titles
Lightning Media has acquired US rights to four new titles that the company plans to release theatrically in late 2009 and early 2010.
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NewsWarner Bros UK joins The Firm
Warner Bros. Pictures UK will release Nick Love’s latest movie The Firm in a joint venture with Vertigo Films.Set for release in the UK and Ireland on September 25, The Firm which was written and directed by Love, is loosely adapted from Alan Clarke’s classic 1989 drama of the same ...
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NewsMagnet Releasing buys US rights to Red Cliff
Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm Magnet Releasing has acquired US rights to John Woos’ period military epic Red Cliff from CAA and Howard Frumes of Alexander, Nau, Lawrence, Frumes & Labowitz.
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NewsUGC and TF1 eye merger
UGC International and TF1 International are planning a merger, ScreenDaily has learned.
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NewsKaleidoscope takes UK and Irish rights for Winter in Wartime
High Point Films has sold UK and Irish rights for Dutch film Winter in Wartime to London-based Kaleidoscope.
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NewsVivendi to release New York, I Love You
Vivendi Entertainment has announced it will theatrically release New York, I Love You nationwide in the US on October 16.
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NewsSony Pictures promotes Staci Griesbach, Jason Allen
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a number of promotions in its worldwide publicity department.
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NewsLorber buys US rights to The Sun
Richard Lorber’s Lorber HT Digital has acquired all US rights to The Sun, the third feature in Aleksandr Sokurov’s Dictator Trilogy.
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NewsRockside and Liddell acquire Chris Rock's Good Hair
Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment have acquired worldwide rights to Chris Rock’s documentary Good Hair.
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NewsFuture Film taps into broadband market with film channel
London-based Future Films is launching a new online/IPTV channel, Projector.tv, to tap into the UK broadband audience.
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NewsArclight boards William Tell: The Legend, Bait
Gary Hamilton’s Arclight Films has boarded international rights to William Tell: The Legend to be produced by Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer’s fledgling Flagship Films.
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Fantastic deal with Mexico’s Imagination
Roxane Barbat and Fred de Wysocki’s Los Angeles based sales company Fantastic Films International has signed a multi-picture distribution deal with Mexican 3D animation house Imagination Films.
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Entertainment 7 promotes Tara Wood, readies Waco
Emilio Ferrari’s Los Angeles-based production and distribution company Entertainment 7 has promoted Tara Wood to head of international sales heading into Cannes.
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NewsWarner Bros takes Latin American rights to Lope
US studio Warner Bros has signed a deal with Conspiracao Filmes to distribute Andrucha Waddington’s $16m action adventure film Lope across Latin America.
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NewsPathe Productions connects with Hideo Nakata's Chatroom
Pathé Productions has snapped up the UK rights for Japanese director Hideo Nakata’s Chatroom from WestEnd Films.
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NewsMulan, Hennessy land at Distribution Workshop
Hong Kong-based sales outfit Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to Jingle Ma’s Mulan, a live-action version of the Chinese classic folk story, and Ivy Ho’s romantic drama Crossing Hennessy.
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Usen in talks to sell Gaga Communications
Japanese media and communications conglomerate Usen has announced that it’s in talks to divest its interests in film distribution subsidiary Gaga Communications.
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NewsBill Pohlad and Bob Berney buy rights to Bright Star
Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney’s new North American distribution venture has bought US rights to Jane Campion’s competition entry Bright Star.
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China reduces film regulations on Hong Kong
China is offering two new initiatives to the Hong Kong Film industry as part of the Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA).