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NewsThe Last Scout wraps shoot
Simon Phillips’ sci-fi thriller shot for four weeks at Hollywood’s Laurel Canyon stages.
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NewsCurzon World takes Warmest Colour for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Curzon Film World has nabbed UK rights to Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner.
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NewsWallonia-Brussels supports 46 projects
Among them, the latest from Our Children director Joachim Lafosse [pictured].
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NewsRSC, Picturehouse to broadcast live productions
Richard II, starring David Tennant [pictured], will be the first of three RSC Shakespeare plays to be filmed live during the next year.
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NewsFirst image from Blackburn's Dream On
Farren Blackburn’s comedy-drama [pictured] will shoot for six weeks and stars Richard Coyle and Sienna Guillory.
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NewsHangover overtakes Fast & Furious in UK
Warner Bros’ threequel tops UK box office with $9m (£5.9m) debut, including previews.
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NewsHugo Weaving agrees to ride Mule
One of Australia’s most internationally recognised character actors, Hugo Weaving (The Lord Of The Rings, The Matrix), is to star in comedy The Mule, which recently went into production in Melbourne.
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NewsCannes: Blue Is The Warmest Colour tops Screen jury scores
With the main Cannes competition over, Screen’s gathering of top international film critics saw their view on best film tally with that of the official jury.
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NewsBuyers hungry for Match Factory's Lunchbox
EXCLUSIVE: Deals include Artificial Eye for the UK, Madman for Australia/New Zealand and Longride for Japan.
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NewsMetrodome boards The Prize Idiot
Distributor acquires all UK rights to Hans Petter Moland’s action-comedy.
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NewsDoppelganger takes Torrente quartet
Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American rights to the four Spanish action comedy Torrente films by director-star Santiago Segura.
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NewsCaplan to leave eOne by June
Sally Caplan is to relinquish her role as managing director of eOne Films International and will leave the company at the end of May.
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NewsFast 6 rules int'l on $160m
UPDATED MAY 28: The world belongs to Fast & Furious 6 as the action thriller grossed a confirmed $161.3m from 9,683 venues in 59 territories to deliver the biggest international opening weekend in Universal’s 101-year history.
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NewsFast 6 takes US pole on $120m
UPDATED MAY 27: Universal’s Fast & Furious 6 scored a rip-roaring $120m over a record four-day Memorial Day weekend at the North American box office that also set a new benchmark for a US holiday weekend.
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NewsCannes Palme d'Or goes to Kechiche's Blue
UPDATE: Kechiche shares top prize with lead actresses Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux in emotional closing ceremony.
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NewsSundance Selects acquires Like Father
Sundance Selects announced on Sunday [26] it had acquired US rights to Kore-eda Hirokazu’s jury prize winner Like Father, Like Son from Wild Bunch.
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NewsPathe scores Philomena, Mandela deals
Other hot sellers include Cannes Competition hit The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino.
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NewsPanh's The Missing Picture wins Cannes UCR prize
Other winners include Omar, Stranger By The Lake, La Jaula De Oro and Fruitvale Station.
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NewsFipresci prizes awarded in Cannes
Winners include Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Manuscripts Don’t Burn and Blue Ruin.
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NewsSPC bites into Jarmusch film
Sony Pictures Classics has swooped on North American rights to Jim Jarmusch’s vampire tale Only Lovers Left Alive in Cannes ahead of the world premiere on Saturday [25]. Hanway Films handles international sales.