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Lionsgate board rejects Carl Icahn's takeover bid
Lionsgate’s board of directors has voted to reject Carl Icahn’s unsolicited bid to purchase the Santa Monica-based studio.
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PGA to launch co-production showcase in June
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) will launch the inaugural International Film Co-Production Showcase (CoProShow) competition this summer.
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NewsMedia Asia unveils Johnnie To, Gao Qunshu projects
Hong Kong’s Media Asia Films announced a packed slate of productions at Filmart, including a romantic comedy from Johnnie To (pictured) and Wai Ka-fai, and a new project from The Message director Gao Qunshu.
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NewsNing Hao Lands at Fortissimo
Fortissimo Films has picked up Chinese director Ning Hao’s highly-anticipated road movie No Man’s Land, starring Yu Nan (Tuya’s Marriage) and rising mainland actor Huang Bo (pictured).
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Fox signs European satellite distribution deal with SmartJog
Twentieth Century Fox and digital delivery company SmartJog have signed a non-exclusive agreement for satellite distribution of Fox’s digital films to European theatres.
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NewsArthouse Films acquires domestic rights to Basquiat doc
Arthouse Films has taken US rights to Tamra Davis’s film Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (pictured).
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Hong Kong ramps up 3D production
Hong Kong filmmakers and post-production professionals discussed the challenges that the territory faces in embracing 3D production at a Filmart conference on Tuesday (March 23).
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Star signs carriage deal with TMNet
Star Greater China has signed a multi-year non-exclusive distribution deal with Malaysian IPTV platform TM Net.Under the agreement, TM Net will distribute three of Star’s Mandarin-language channels – Star Chinese Channel, Star Chinese Movies 2 and Channel V Taiwan – on its IPTV platform effective from today (March 24).“Star is ...
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Mandarin scores North American deal on Ip Man duo
Hong Kong’s Mandarin Films has sold North American rights to Ip Man and its sequel Ip Man 2 to Well Go USA Inc.
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NewsStacey Parks, Thomas Mai to host pre-Cannes masterclass
“Promote, Fund & Distribute 2.0” to take place in London from May 7 to 9.
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NewsMama Eve takes inaugural Wouter Barendrecht Award
Kit Hung’s Mama Eve became the first recipient of the Wouter Barendrecht Award at the close of the 8th Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
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NewsBritdoc, film-maker Franny Armstrong launch new distribution website
New film distribution website will allow the public to hold their own screenings of social action documentaries and keep the profits.
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FeaturesFrench Box Office 2009
France’s top 20 films over 2009 and the top ten French films at the box office.
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FeaturesAnders Anderson and Andy Steinman, A2 Entertainment
The team behind the $2m crime mystery Stolen discuss the challenges of being first-time film-makers and why Josh Lucas turned out to be so invaluable to the project.
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FeaturesCatherine Hardwicke
The Twilight director talks about her latest project, a gothic fairytale backed by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production house Appian Way and Warners Bros
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NewsCoproduction Office strikes six deals for Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
The Shinya Tsukamoto film will have the world premiere of its final cut at the Tribeca Film Festival next month.
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FeaturesFrench, in English
The volume of English-language films emerging out of France is increasing, reports Elisabeth Lequeret, as a handful of local players ramp up their international ambitions
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FeaturesStudio building
With distribution outfits in three key territories, an international sales arm and an active production programme, StudioCanal is fulfilling its ambition to be a true European studio. CEO Olivier Courson talks to Mike Goodridge.
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Screen's Global Top 10 - March 19-21
Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend.