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NewsTrustNordisk sells Ragnarok to US
US distributor Magnolia has acquired Mikkel Sandemose’s Ragnarok from TrustNordisk, after a three-minute promo was shown during Berlin’s EFM.
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Panorama buys It Came From Yesterday
Panorama Entertainment announced Tuesday [19] it has secured North American rights to the sci-fi horror film It Came From Yesterday.
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NewsArgo wins top WGA award
Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Searching for Sugar Man have scooped the top screenplay honours from the Writers Guild of America.
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NewsDie Hard rules US on $25m
If the return of Fox’s John McClane drew the most film-goers in North America over Presidents Day weekend, it was only slightly more edifying than a second helping of Universal’s Identity Thief.
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NewsArgo among ACE winners
The American Cinema Editors group has announced the four winners of its major theatrical feature categories.
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NewsO-Scope buys After Tiller
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired Sundance premiere After Tiller. Separately, Tribeca Film has picked up What Richard Did, The Cinema Guild has acquired Centro Historico and Viramundo and RBC Film Group and Alternate Ending Studios will release The Kill Hole.
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NewsIFC Films buys The Canyons
Paul Schrader’s crowdfunded neo-noir thriller is based on a screenplay by Bret Easton Ellis and stars Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen.
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NewsLansing, Friedkin in DIFF honour
The Dallas Film Society will present former Paramount CEO Sherry Lansing and her husband William Friedkin with Dallas Star Awards.
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NewsWWE Studios goes Cruisin’
WWE Studios is developing the action comedy Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’, an action-filled comedy from writer-director Adam Bhala Lough.
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NewsWell Go buys New World
Well Go USA Entertainment announced on Thursday [13] it had acquired all North American rights in Berlin to Hoon-jung Park’s South Korean action thriller.
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Hamilton joins RealD ranks
The global 3D specialist announced on Thursday [14] the appointment of Minard Hamilton to evp of mobile and consumer.
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NewsCinedigm hires Laura Sok
Sok arrives as director of theatrical publicity and most recently served as director of national and regional publicity at Oscilloscope Laboratories.
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NewsMagnolia acquires Pioneer
Norwegian thriller [pictured] was introduced to the international market in Berlin, with Magnolia Pictures picking up US rights.
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NewsSubmarine Deluxe dives into Lombardi doc
New York-based company acquires all North American rights to Mareike Wegener’s feature documentary [pictured].
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NewsMiami unveils Encuentros
Organisers at the 30th Miami International Film Festival announced the five selections on Wednesday [13].
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NewsQED boards Ayer’s Fury
The preemptive move is based on a speculative script by David Ayer, with whom QED International collaborates on the upcoming Arnold Schwarzenegger action thriller Ten.
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NewsFilm Movement buys Name
Film Movement has acquired Małgośka Szumowska’s Berlinale entry In The Name Of. Separately, O-Scope, Submarine Deluxe, Wolfe Releasing and National Geographic Cinema Ventures have all been in acquisitive mood.
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NewsLincoln honour for Streisand
President Bill Clinton will present the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 40th Chaplin Award to Barbra Streisand on Apr 22 in New York.
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NewsTLA takes Five Dances
TLA Releasing has acquired the US, UK and French-speaking Europe to Alan Brown’s contemporary drama.
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NewsParticipant, DFI in $100m fund
Participant Media and Doha Film Institute (DFI) announced a $100m revolving fund on Wednesday [13] to back what is expected to be 12-16 features over five years.