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NewsCurzon acquires three for UK
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor picks up Toronto hit Fading Gigolo, award winner Ida and Sundance premiere The Green Prince.
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NewsShamer Chronicles set for big screen
TrustNordisk will kick off presales on the fantasy-adventure film in Berlin.
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NewsScreen Yorkshire gets £7.5m boost
EXCLUSIVE: ‘71, Death Comes to Pemberley backer aims to invest £1m+ into more productions.
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NewsBig Talk’s Man Up underway
EXCLUSIVE: Supporting cast joins Simon Pegg, Lake Bell comedy; StudioCanal to sell, distribute.
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NewsJames McTeigue's Survivor begins shoot
Thriller from V For Vendetta director stars Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan and Dylan McDermott.
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NewsAustralian box office down in 2013
Australia’s box office gross tumbled 2.3% on the previous year.
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NewsSlave, Gravity split PGA vote
12 Years A Slave and Gravity advance to the Oscars on March 2 as the frontrunners on paper following the PGA awards ceremony on January 19.
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NewsFocus takes Zach Braff drama
SUNDANCE: The new-look Focus Features led by Peter Schlessel has made its first high-profile acquisition in Park City, reportedly paying around $2.8m for North America, Poland and South Africa on Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here.
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NewsSundance: Green Prince sales
The first two deals have closed on the Day One documentary from producers Simon Chinn of Red Box Films, John Battsek of Passion Pictures and director Nadav Schirman of A-List Films.
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NewsMPI Pictures gets Kink
Christina Voros’ documentary will open theatrically in late summer following the deal, which concluded in Park City.
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NewsRide Along sets MLK record
Universal executives were celebrating as the Ice Cube-Kevin Hart comedy grossed an estimated $41.2m to set a three-day holiday weekend record.
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NewsWolf rules int'l BO on $27m
Red Granite’s The Wolf Of Wall Street used a mighty UK debut through Universal to power its way to an estimated $27m weekend that dethroned Frozen at the international box office, according to latest results.
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NewsA24 pays $2m for Laggies
The hip distributor is understood to have shelled out in the region of $2m in the small hours of January 19 for US rights to Lynn Shelton’s coming-of-age story.
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NewsSAG crowns 20th annual winners
The Screen Actors Guild named Matthew McConaughey best actor at its Los Angeles ceremony on January 18 while Cate Blanchett took top actress honours.
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NewsSundance: SPC gets Whiplash
Sony Pictures Classics has paid around $3m for North American, Australian, New Zealand and German rights to Bold Films’ jazz drummer drama. Separately, Pivot and Univision News have acquired Cesar’s Last Fast.
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NewsPPI to unleash Jack Ryan
Paramount Pictures International opens the Chris Pine spy thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit in 31 territories this weekend in a serious threat to reigning champion Frozen.
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Paladin picks up Short History
Former war correspondent Michael Maren’s feature directorial debut A Short History Of Decay stars Bryan Greenberg, Linda Lavin, and Harris Yulin.
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NewsSundance: Dinosaur 13 finds home
Lionsgate and CNN Films are believed to have paid in the region of $1m for North American rights following the film’s world premiere in US Documentary competition on Day One (16).
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NewsSanta Barbara honour for Russell
Oscar-nominated David O Russell will collect the Outstanding Director Award at the 29th Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 31.
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