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NewsSony's Zombieland slays rivals with $25m launch
Sony is riding high with a one-two punch as the horror road movie Zombieland opened top on an estimated $25m, nudging Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs into second place.
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NewsMeirelles, Padilha sign on to direct segments of Rio, I Love You
Fernando Meirelles and Jose Padilha have signed on to direct segments of Rio, Eu Te Amo (Rio, I Love You), the fourth instalment of the Cities of Love franchise created by the French producer Emmanuel Benbihy.
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NewsDisney wields axe at Miramax, slashing jobs and slate
Walt Disney Company announced on Friday (October 2) it was restructuring Miramax in a move that will cut the number of films the specialty division puts out annually from the current level of six to eight down to around three.
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NewsBox-office growth hits legal stumbling block
Huge population should equal huge box office. But despite a surge in local films, a new law and lack of competition are holding Indonesia back.
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NewsLatido Films sells The Secret In Their Eyes to several key territories
Juan Jose Campanella’s The Secret In Their Eyes has been sold to 10 territories, including the UK, Australia, France and Brazil, off the back of its positive response at Toronto and San Sebastian.
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NewsSoda takes Double Take, La Danse, The Paris Opera Ballet
UK arthouse buyer Soda Pictures has snapped up three more films ahead of this month’s London Film Festival.
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NewsWanda Vision to produce new Rafa Cortes movie Dakota in the US
Spanish outfit Wanda Vision and Davien Littlefield in the US will co-produce award-winning Spanish film-maker Rafa Cortes’ New York set comedy Dakota.
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NewsThe Army Of Crime in UK, [Rec] 2 in Spain.
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsUK Brit List topped by George Kay's Good Luck Anthony Belcher
The 2009 Brit List, a list of the most liked and recommended unproduced screenplays in the UK and Irish film communities, has started circulating in London with Ruby Films’ Good Luck Anthony Belcher written by George Kay coming out on top.
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NewsGhost House launches Spooky Pictures
Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s horror genre label Ghost House Pictures is launching a new production arm, Spooky Pictures, to produce scary movies aimed at family audiences.
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NewsDinard has taste for British menu
As the Dinard British Film Festival in France celebrates its 20th edition (Oct 8-11), it is still proving a hot ticket for UK and French film-makers.
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NewsSPC takes North and Latin American rights to Tolstoy drama The Last Station
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has picked up North America and Latin American rights to Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy and Paul Giamatti.
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Oz producers head to LA for pitching session
Screen Australia is taking a delegation of ten producers to Los Angeles in 10 days to tout films that might attract US investors and claim the 40% producer offset for Australian production.
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NewsLenders agree to let MGM defer three interest payments
Embattled MGM has earned a reprieve in its fight to pay down massive debt as creditors allowed the studio to forgo three interest payments.
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NewsKarim Dridi reveals details of next project to shoot in Brazil in 2010
French film-maker Karim Dridi, whose Khamsa receives a gala screening at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival on Friday [2], has announced he will shoot his next feature in Brazil in 2010.
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NewsTom Ortenberg unveils multi-purpose entertainment company One Way Out Media
Less than a week after departing from The Weinstein Company, Tom Ortenberg has unveiled plans for his new venture One Way Out Media.
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NewsLorber Films takes North America on Kimjongilia and Nobody's Perfect
New York-based Lorber Films has acquired all North American rights to Kimjongilia and North American theatrical, TV, video and educational rights to Nobody’s Perfect.
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NewsSundance Institute names seven RAWI Middle East Screenwriters Lab Fellows
The Sundance Institute has announced the seven projects chosen to participate in the fifth annual RAWI Middle East Screenwriters Lab.
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NewsRichard Jenkins joins cast of Hammer/Overture's Let Me In
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz and Richard Jenkins will star in Let Me In, Matt Reeves’ English-language adaptation of Swedish arthouse hit Let The Right One In that Overture Films will release in the US.
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NewsIFC takes North America on Bruno Dumont's Hadewijch
IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Bruno Dumont’s Hadewijch, which won the FIPRESCI prize at Toronto following its world premiere last month.