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NewsDisney sets $2bn speed record in North America
JULY 18 UPDATE: Another weekend of records saw Finding Dory become the biggest animation release of all time, while Disney crossed $2bn faster than any studio before it and Sony’s Ghostbusters reboot opened in second place.
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News'Ice Age: Collision Course' in $53m international weekend
JULY 18 UPDATE: Fox International top brass reported another dominant international session from the Hollywood contingent as the Blue Sky Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Animation tentpole added a confirmed $53.1m from 60 markets.
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NewsDistant Horizon cuts 'League Of Gods' deals
President Anant Singh has closed international deals for China Star’s big budget fantasy film starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Fan Bingbing with IM Global and Sony Pictures Releasing International.
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NewsUS Briefs: FilmRise, Investigation Discovery move on 'Southwest Of Salem'
FilmRise has picked up ancillary world rights and Investigation Discovery US television premiere rights to the documentary Southwest Of Salem: The Story Of The San Antonio Four.
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NewsFrance in extended state of emergency after Nice terror attack
Cinemas closed and concerts cancelled in aftermath of deadly Nice attack; cast and crew of ‘50 Shades Darker’ reported safe.
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NewsNFDC picks six for 10th Screenwriters' Lab
Projects show a diversity of languages: Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Hindi and Punjabi.
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NewsAntonio Resines resigns as president of Spanish Film Academy
Actor cites differences with board; Costume designer Yvonne Blake appointed as acting president until election can be held.
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NewsBAM: 'Narcos', 'Land And Shade' producers team for Jaime Osorio Marquez's new film
EXCLUSIVE: Mainstream and auteur Colombian companies join efforts for the comeback of El Páramo director.
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News'Death Of Louis XIV', 'One Week And A Day' win top prizes in Jerusalem
Festival’s new $20,000 international competition prize goes to Albert Serra for The Death Of Louis XIV; One Week And A Day wins best Israeli feature.
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NewsKaren Bradley named culture secretary in Theresa May cabinet
Bradley replaces John Whittingdale who departs after 14 months in the post.
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NewsDalian Wanda Group in talks for 49% stake in Paramount (report)
Following its acquisition of Odeon & UCI Cinemas earlier this week, Dalian Wanda Group is in talks to buy a 49% stake in Paramount Pictures from Viacom, according to reports.
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NewsVenice Golden Lions for Belmondo, Skolimowski
The 73rd Venice International Film Festival will award its Golden Lion awards for lifetime achievement to French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski.
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NewsGuiding Lights unveils 17 new mentees
The eighth edition of the UK’s Guiding Lights mentoring scheme has selected 17 new mentees from 215 applications received across the UK and Ireland.
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NewsUS Briefs: Inaugural Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival heads to Miami
Plus: Kino Lorber moves The Tenth Man; Warner Bros dates three; TWC moves The Founder deep into awards season
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NewsMadRiver, Di Bonaventura fly with thriller 'The Plane' from novelist Charles Cumming
Marc Butan’s MadRiver buys high-concept pitch with Riverstone Pictures on board to executive produce.
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NewsJohn Whittingdale out as UK culture secretary
John Whittingdale has lost his job as culture secretary.
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NewsSan Sebastian's Zabaltegi competition includes Tavernier, Davies, Jarmusch
The Spanish festival reveals titles of the first competitive edition of the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section that will award a $22,200 (€20,000) prize.
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NewsBreaking Glass acquires 'The Great & The Small'
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has picked up North American rights to Dusty Bias’s Sonoma International Film Festival audience and jury best feature winner.
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NewsWaypoint to adapt 'Plutona' comic
Heading into Comic-Con, Ken Kao’s company has picked up rights to Jeff Lemire and illustrator Emi Lenox’s comic series.
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News'Too Young To Die!' wins NYAFF audience award
Kankuro Kudo’s anarchic Japanese comedy has triumphed at the 15th New York Asian Film Festival, which executive director Samuel Jamier said drew record audiences.