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NewsWBPI continues fantastic Journey on $14.7m, beats War
Journey 2 swept to an international $184.5m tally following a weekend haul from more than 6,600 screens in 52 territories – just enough to nose ahead of chief rival This Means War from Fox on $14.1m.
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NewsLorax scores biggest US launch of year-to-date on $71m
Universal’s estimated opening weekend delivered by far the most resounding debut of the year-to-date as Dr Seuss’ The Lorax demolished the competition to maintain the first quarter’s hot pace at the box office.
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NewsHarvey Weinstein to receive 2012 Legion Of Honour
After working hand-in-glove with French filmmakers on the Oscar winning The Artist, the mogul is set collect France’s highest distinction at a ceremony to take place in Paris.
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NewsKim to lead post-merger Lionsgate sales force at Cannes
As uncertainty continued to swirl over the fate of international sales staff following Lionsgate’s acquisition of Summit, Screendaily has learned that Helen Lee Kim will stay on through the market and head a team handling titles from both the Lionsgate and Summit slates.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Terence Davies is currently developing his latest production Mother Of Sorrows while Abdelatif Kechiche is preparing the shoot for Le Bleu Est Une Couleur Chaude.
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NewsProducer/writer/director recoupment is hot topic as industry gathers for BAFTA Film Policy Review debate
Panelists touch on producer/writer/director recoupment, commercial value of British films and Review’s lack of attention on sales companies.
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NewsChow Yun-fat to star in Wong Jing’s Shanghai
Chow Yun-fat is set to star in Grand Shanghai a big-budget Chinese gangster thriller to be directed by Wong Jing.
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NewsAustralia's Distracted plans Tunnel sequel, sci-fi thriller
The team behind Australian horror film The Tunnel is now in development on sequel The Tunnel: Dead-End. The project has just received funding from Screen Australia.
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NewsGuadalajara launches with Mike Leigh presenting Another Year
Other guests will include Andy Garcia and Gabriel Retes.
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NewsWBPI continues international Journey while Fox makes War
Warner Bros Pictures International’s family adventure sequel has grossed more than $160m and top brass will rely on a strong German launch plus solid holdover business to climb towards $175m.
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Wong’s Revenge: A Love Story sells to Japan
Hong Kong-based All Rights Entertainment has closed a Japanese deal on Wong Ching Po’s Revenge: A Love Story, which has gone to Tokyo-based Medallian Media Co.
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NewsUK actor Daniel Kaluuya signs with ICM
Kaluuya, a former Screen International UK Star Of Tomorrow, starred in the E4 UK teen drama Skins and went on to become a head writer on the series.
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NewsBruce Willis to star in Five Against A Bullet for Columbia
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Jordan Schur and David Mimran are developing the action thriller about a Mexican politician who hires a quintet of ace bodyguards to protect him during an election after his father is killed by drug lords.
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NewsArts Alliance, Barco start 100m Euro digital cinema leasing plan
Target is conversion of 2,000 screens across Europe.
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NewsFilm Factory sells The End to more than 12 territories including France, China, Mexico
Vicente Canales’ Film Factory confirmed a slew of deals at EFM for Jorge Torregrossa’s Spanish thriller The End (Fin).
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Academy awards Palms Springs Int’l Shortfest $20,000
The Palm Spring International ShortFest, set to run this year from Jun 19-25, will apply the grant towards the 2012 ShortFest forums.
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NewsNewcastle Tynside Cinema launches production scheme
The project has received the support of North East born director Ridley Scott.
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NewsAscot Elite secures seven titles at EFM, Splendid Film picks up nine
New films by Brian de Palma and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among seven new acquisitions made by Zurich-based Ascot Elite Entertainment Group at lastmonth’s European Film Market (EFM), while Cologne’s Splendid Film has picked up nine titles for exploitation in German-speaking Europe and the Benelux.
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NewsThe Student wins top prize in Cartagena
Alejandro Landes Echavarria wins best director for Porfirio.
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The Oregonian among ten Sundance films headed to Netflix
The streaming package has been assembled under the auspices of the Sundance Institute’s Artist Services self-distribution initiative and comprises films that have screened in Park City stretching back to 1995.