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Disney acquires home video rights to Hindi hit
Walt Disney Co has acquired home video rights for North America, the UK and Australia to hit Hindi movie, Taare Zameen Par, directed by and starring Aamir Khan. Mumbai-based UTV Motion Pictures holdsinternational rights to the film which was a big hit when it was released in December last year, ...
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Ivin starts Australian shoot for Last Ride starring Hugo Weaving
Glendyn Ivin starts shooting Last Ride today in South Australia's Flinders Ranges.The film stars Matrix and Lord Of The Rings veteran Hugo Weaving as a dad on the run with his son (played by Tom Russell) as they venture 'deeper into the outback and deeper into trouble.' The cast also ...
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The Good, The Bad sprints past two million admissions
Leading Korean distributor CJ Entertainment has announced that Kim Jee-woon's Oriental Western The Good, The Bad, The Weird has had a smash opening with 2,186,000 admissions on 821 screens as of this morning (July 21). The film has grossed $14m since it opened Thursday (July 17) on 710 screens with ...
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Tokyo Sonata wins best film at Osian's Cinefan
Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata was awarded best film at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema on Saturday night (July 19). Best director went to Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Three Monkeys, echoing his best director win at Cannes earlier this year. Tokyo Sonata also screened ...
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UTV releases Kismat day-and-date in Pakistan
India's UTV Motion Pictures released its fourth Hindi film of the year today (July 18), Kismat Konnection, across 720 screens in India and 200 in overseas markets. The overseas territories include the UK, US, Middle East, Australia and Pakistan, which will also have a day-and-date release.Directed by Aziz Mirza and ...
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MegaStar Media opens fifth multiplex in Vietnam
Vietnamese exhibitor MegaStar Media has opened its fifth multiplex in Vietnam, in the central coastal city of Danang.Situated in the new shopping mall, Vinh Trung Plaza, the cinema has six screens and 854 seats, which brings MegaStar's total screen count to 36.The exhibitor, which is a joint venture between Envoy ...
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Japan sees increase in digital and Imax screens
Exhibition technology is accelerating in Japan with announcements of four new large-scale Imax screens and Japan's first all-digital multiplex. Major studio Shochiku has announced tech specifications of its new 10-screen multiplex, the Shinjuku Piccadilly, set to open tomorrow (July 19).In partnership with DLP market leader Christie Digital Systems (in Japan ...
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Ledger to be honoured by Brisbane Film Festival
The late actor, Heath Ledger, was this morning named as the latest recipient of the Chauvel Award, given each year as part of the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) to celebrate someone who has made a distinguished contribution to Australian cinema. Ledger was nominated for an Academy Award for his ...
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North Korean refugee drama crosses into Japan
South Korean distributor/investor Big House Vantage Holdings has announced the sale of North Korean refugee film Crossing to Cinequanon for Japan. Sales agent Fine Cut handled the deal for the film.Crossing is based on the true stories of people oppressed by the politics and poverty in North Korea, who risk ...
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Korea's Jecheon fest launches competition, support programme
South Korea 's 4th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) has announced the line-up for its inaugural competition section and a new pre-production support programme for music films. The fest will open with senior citizens' rock n' roll chorus documentary Young@Heart - Stephen Walker's UK film which also screened ...
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IFC Films picks up US rights toThe Good, The Bad, The Weird
Major Korean distributor CJ Entertainment has sold Kim Jee-woon's self-described 'Oriental Western' The Good, The Bad, The Weird to IFC Films for the US. The two companies are looking at a release in the first half of 2009 starting in five major cities including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago ...
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The Mummy 3 cleared for mainland China release
The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor has been cleared for release by Chinese film censors and will be released in mainland China after the Beijing Olympics, according to local distributor Edko Films. Edko Films' chief Bill Kong, who helped to set the film up as a full US-China co-production, ...
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Hindi films have tough half year at domestic box office
Hindi films have seen an unarguably poor run at the Indian box office in the first half of 2008, according to local analysts. Although there are no official half-yearly figures for combined box office receipts, most of the big-budget, big-hype films, whether from small or large production houses, have failed ...
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PPC set to release Ramchand Pakistani in India
Indian distributor Percept Picture Company (PPC), which made history earlier this year by acquiring Indian rights to Pakistani film In The Name Of God (Khuda Kay Liye), is set to also release US-Pakistani co-production Ramchand Pakistani in India. After successful screenings at the Tribeca and Seattle film festivals, director Mehreen ...
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Japan's Movie-Eye Entertainment ramps up US releases
Japanese producer-distributor Movie-Eye Entertainment has unveiled its 2008-2009 line-up, which has a strong emphasis on foreign acquisitions. A total of 30 films were announced, comprising 24 foreign titles and six domestic releases.The eight titles slated for the remainder of 2008 include Tarsem-directed fantasy The Fall (Sept), Hilary Swank starrer P.S. ...
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Richard Becker leaps back into Australian distribution
After selling off his family name last year, Richard Becker has re-emerged as an Australian distributor using the same name and with Female Agents as his first film.The new Becker Film Group acquired Jean-Paul Salome's drama -- about a five-woman commando unit that parachutes into occupied France in 1944 -- ...
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Red Cliff grosses $26m in opening weekend
John Woo's war epic Red Cliff swept across five Asian territories in its opening weekend and set new box office records in China and Korea.The two-hour film was released on Thursday (July 10)in mainland China, Korea, Taiwan andHong Kong, and on Friday in Singapore, andhas grosseda total of around $26.04m ...
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The Mummy 3 not yet approved for Chinese release
It seems that havingChinese elements in a filmdoes not necessarily result inan easy green light from the Chinese censors. Universal Pictures' summer blockbuster The Mummy: The Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor may be yet another film to face censor troubles in China.The film was originally slated to be released in ...
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Red Cliff has record-breaking opening in mainland China
The first part of John Woo's war epic Red Cliff had a strong opening in major Asian territories on Thursday (July 10), grossing around $4.7m in total from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.In mainland China, the film grossed more than $2.92m (RMB20m) on its opening day, according to ...
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Screenrights urges rights holders to claim Oz royalties
More than $1m has been earned in retransmission royalties from movies shown by Australian broadcasters up to the end of last month, but not all of the money has been paid to rights holders because they have not registered their titles. Simon Lake, chief executive of copyright collection society Screenrights, ...