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NewsShout! Factory, Herzog team up
Shout! Factory and Werner Herzog Film have signed an exclusive multi-platform distribution partnership involving 16 remastered titles from the Herzog library. Separately, Pantelion has picked up Hours and O-Scope has acquired The Kill Team.
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NewsMagnolia takes Alan Partridge
The distributor has set an early 2014 release for the UK comedy smash following a North American rights deal with StudioCanal.
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NewsAsia Releasing, Galaxy strike deal
The Los Angeles-based distributor has signed an agreement with Vietnam’s Galaxy Studio to handle the latter’s product in North America, Australia and diaspora markets.
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NewsAtlantic Film Festival to screen 180+ films
The Invisible Woman will close the Halifax-based festival.
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NewsNetflix, TWC strike deal
The companies have signed a multi-year licensing agreement that starts in 2016 and will turn Netflix into the exclusive US subscription service for The Weinstein Company’s first-run films.
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NewsSnowpiercer to screen at Deauville
Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer will close the 39th annual Deauville American Film Festival, set to run from Aug 30-Sept 8.
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NewsWatch Dogs heads to big screen
Ubisoft Motion Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment and New Regency are developing a feature based on Ubisoft’s forthcoming open world action-adventure video game.
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NewsSan Sebastian unveils Films in Progress
Six films from Argentina, Chile and Colombia to be presented during the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
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NewsBuyers eye Toronto avalanche
EXCLUSIVE / UPDATED AUG 20: The annual stampede for Toronto acquisition titles is expected to return next month as programmers line up at least a dozen must-see premieres in the first weekend.
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NewsStrand enters Leather Bar
Strand Releasing has acquired North American, Latin American and Scandinavian rights to James Franco and Travis Matthews’ erotic drama Interior. Leather Bar.
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NewsExpendables 3 starts shoot
Production has commenced on location Bulgaria and at Nu Boyana Studios in Sofia on Lionsgate and Millennium Films’ The Expendables 3.
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NewsNebraska, Blue to play NYFF
Organisers at the 51st New York Film Festival have announced the official sections, including the Cannes trio of Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Color, the Coen Brother’s Inside Llewyn Davis and Alexander Payne’s Nebraska.
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NewsSchwartz, Precious join Relativity
Veteran marketing executive Russell Schwartz has joined Relativity Media as president of theatrical marketing.
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NewsCMG lines up Hunted
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has teamed up with The Collector and The Collection producers Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features and actor Josh Stewart on the Toronto-bound sales title.
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NewsThe Butler beats Kick-Ass 2 on US debut
Lee Daniel’s The Butler dominated a weak session in North America thanks to an estimated $25m opening weekend through The Weinstein Company.
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NewsAMPAS sets tech nominees
The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences announced that 14 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration.
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NewsIntel, Toshiba launch Keitel project
Intel and Toshiba have launched the first episode for their social film project The Power Inside.
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NewsSPC acquires Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller’s Moneyball follow-up is in the awards race after Sony Pictures Classics picked up North American rights and set a Dec 20 release. The parties previously collaborated on Capote.
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NewseOne, CBS Films renew deal
The Canadian giant has extended its multi-year output deal with CBS Films.