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NewsPathe supports Africa United
Pathe has boarded Africa United, an adventure story based around the 2010 Football World Cup, which will start shooting on February 8 in South Africa, Rwanda and Burundi.
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NewsAnno Saul's The Door wins top prize at Tromso
Anno Saul’s paranormal thriller The Door, starring Mads Mikkelsen, won the top Aurora award at the 20th Tromso International Film Festival in Norway, which ran January 18 -24.
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NewsFormer AFI Fest team launch festival consultancy
Four former partners of the AFI FEST Los Angeles International Film Festival have joined forces to create the film festival consultancy, Festworks.
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NewsThe Hurt Locker takes best film prize at PGA awards
The Hurt Locker has regained some lost momentum in the awards season after taking the best feature prize at the annual Producers Guild Of America awards on Sunday night (January 24) in Los Angeles.
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NewsAvatar second biggest domestic release ever on $552.8m
Fox’s Avatar leapfrogged The Dark Knight to secure second place in the all-time domestic pantheon en route to the top thanks to an estimated $36m haul that boosted the tally to $552.8m.
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NewsInglourious Basterds, Bullock, Bridges claim SAG wins
Inglourious Basterds won the SAG cast performance prize as Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock took the lead individual acting honours at the body’s 16th annual awards in LA last night [Jan 23].
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News1019 Entertainment eyes April wrap on eco-doc Cool It
X-Men and Fantastic Four producer Ralph Winter and former studio executive Terry Botwick’s fledgling 1019 Entertainment is on schedule to complete filming its first production, the documentary Cool It, in April.
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NewsT&C takes foreign on Teenage Paparazzo in first on-site deal at Sundance
In the first on-site deal of Sundance David Jourdan’s T&C Pictures International has acquired international rights from WME Global to Adrian Grenier’s documentary Teenage Paparazzo.
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NewsLionsgate falls for Sundance Midnight selection Buried
In the first on-site domestic deal of Sundance Lionsgate has acquired North American rights from UTA to Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried starring Ryan Reynolds following its world premiere on Saturday night [23].
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NewsAvatar sinks Titanic at overseas box office as $107m boosts tally to $1.288bn
Avatar sealed its place in history as it overtook Titanic on Saturday to become the biggest film of all time at the international box office and grossed $107m at the weekend for $1.288bn.
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NewsMPI acquires North American rights to Paper Man
MPI Media Group has acquired all North American rights to the comedy-drama Paper Man starring Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone and Lisa Kudrow.
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NewsA Prophet leads Cesars with 13 nominations
France’s Academie Des Arts Et Techniques Du Cinema announced the nominees for the Cesar awards in Paris on Friday.
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Mantello Bros prepare to launch 3D underwater dinosaur epic
The Mantello Brothers’ 3D Entertainment Distribution has announced plans for its new underwater film Sea Rex:Journey To A Prehistoric World.
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NewsBerlinale completes Panorama line-up
The line-up for the Berlinale’s Panorama is now complete with the confirmation of the remaining films including projects from Ferzan Ozpetek, Andreas Kleinert, Rosa von Praunheim, Feo Aladag and Patrick Hughes.
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NewsSpain’s La Zona to produce Madrid bombings feature
Spanish film-maker Enrique Urbizu will tackle the Madrid terrorist bombings in his new drama No habrá Paz Para Los Malvados; while another award-winning local director Achero Mañas is set to make a new family drama with Bellatrix Films.
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NewsMetrodome takes UK rights to Campanella’s Secret In Their Eyes
Metrodome Distribution has acquired UK rights to Argentinean thriller The Secret In Their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos), one of the five films shortlisted for the Academy’s foreign language award.The UK-based company acquired the film, which is directed by Juan Jose Campanella, from sales company Latido Films. It is ...
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NewsSundance cuts distribution deal with YouTube on Next trio
Sundance’s bold first steps into distribution continue apace as it emerged that the Institute is collaborating with YouTube on three titles from the new Next strand set to receive their world premieres in Park City.
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NewsGermany's Beta Cinema, Media Luna New Films take on Berlin titles
Germany’s Beta Cinema and Media Luna New Films will be handling sales for two new films having their world premieres in the Berlinale’s Forum and Panorama sections next month.
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NewsLightning Entertainment adds Soto's Needle to EFM slate
Lightning Entertainment has added supernatural revenge thriller Needle to its European Film Market (EFM) slate.
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NewsGlickman to step down early as MPAA chairman and CEO
Motion Picture Association Of America chairman and CEO Dan Glickman is leaving the organisation early on April 1 to become president of advocacy group Refugees International.