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NewsPablo Trapero to direct Working Title's crime drama Six Suspects
EXCLUSIVE: Pablo Trapero is on board Paul Raphael and Working Title’s India-set crime drama adapted from Vikas Swarup’s novel by John Hodge.
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NewsBond is back with a vengeance: Skyfall opens on $80.6m
UPDATE: Sony Pictures and MGM’s 23rd entry in the James Bond pantheon delivered an astonishing result as it opened top in all 25 markets, seven of them through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) markets and the remainder through MGM licensees.
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NewsElle Driver nabs The Late Bloomer ahead of AFM
Comedy stars Elijah Wood as sex therapist who goes through puberty at 30-years-old.
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NewsBalinale aims to attract production as well as patrons
Indonesian feature Lovely Man [pictured], directed by Teddy Soeriaatmadja, has been voted the most popular film overall by audiences at the 6th Balinale International Film Festival.
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NewsThe Other Son wins top prizes at Tokyo film festival
The 25th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) wrapped on Sunday with top Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix and best director award going to Lorraine Levy’s French film The Other Son [pictured].
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NewsK5 sells Hello Quo documentary to UK, Germany
Ahead of the AFM, K5 has sold Status Quo rockumentary Hello Quo [pictured] to Anchor Bay in the UK and StudioCanal in Germany.
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News7 Boxes wins best feature at inaugural Cockatoo fest
A fast-moving action film from Paraguay, 7 Boxes, directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tania Chembori, has won the Golden Feather Award for best dramatic feature at Sydney’s inaugural Cockatoo Island Film Festival.
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NewsArgo rules US charts in third weekend on $12.4m
A weak session at the box office saw Warner Bros’ Academy Awards frontrunner climb to the top of the pile to reach a respectable $60.8m while stablemate Cloud Atlas led the new arrivals and opened in third place on $9.4m.
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NewsRaven Banner acquires Justin McConnell's The Eternal
The Toronto-based company arrives at the AFM with worldwide rights on the vampire tale to star Michael Biehn. Raven Banner to produce with Unstable Ground Inc.
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NewsDistrify works on adding more Led Zep screenings
Omniverse Vision release made more than $2m on its opening night.
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NewsDoha selects 21 films for Contemporary World Cinema and 12 for Special Screenings
Festival will close with Rise of the Guardians 3D [pictured].
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NewsLionsgate International boards Pawn Sacrifice for AFM
Ed Zwick directs Tobey Maguire in the Cold War tale of volatile chess Grandmaster Bobby Fischer in a welcome A-list project to drop into the upcoming market.
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Jeff Berg announces departure from ICM Partners
In a move that had been expected since the management buyout in May, the former chairman and CEO of ICM said on Friday (26) that he was leaving the company.
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NewsFilmDistrict snaps up US rights to Olympus Has Fallen
Antoine Fuqua directed the Millennium Films White House thriller starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman.
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NewsUK premiere of Astérix to open 20th French Film Festival UK
Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia [pictured] will screen in four cities as it opens the festival, which runs Nov 8-Dec 2.
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NewsBlack Nights unveils titles for inaugural Tridens Herring competition
Feature debut competition replaces previous Baltic competition aiming to present young talent from around the Baltic Sea.
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NewsFox International Productions, Bona unveil production deal
The announcement follows a deal signed this May in which FIP parent company News Corp acquired a 19.9% equity stake in Bona.
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NewsBalinese industry talks about government support
Two seminars on the subject held as part of Balinale Film Festival.
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NewsTaussig named Revolver MD; "new focus" for Gunslinger
Nick Taussig to oversee more co-productions for Gunslinger.