In other news, New Films International has set a day-and-date US release for The Sound And The Fury while the Canadian Film Centre has begun the Toronto shoot on 22 Chaser.

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The National Association Of Theater Owners issued new data on Monday that showed the average price of a theatre ticket in the third quarter climbed 2.1% on the comparable period in 2014 to reach $8.25.

Ticket prices on average in Q3 2014 were $8.08. The year-to-date average is $8.34m, with Q1 averaging $8.12 and Q2 $8.61.

  • New Films International (NFI) has set an October 23 limited theatrical and VOD launch for James Franco starrer The Sound And The Fury.  Digital roll-out will follow on Franco’s William Faulkner adaptation that premiered in Venice 2014. NFI founder Nesim Hason is among the executive producers.
  • The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has announced that principal photography is underway in Toronto on 22 Chaser, about a desperate tow truck driver who risks everything to become king of the road and save his family. Rafal Sokolowski directs from a screenplay by Jeremy Boxen. Brian J Smith, Raoul Trujilla, Aaron Ashmore, Kaniehtiio Horn and John Kapelos star. Producers are Aeschylus Poulos, Daniel Bekerman and Don Carmody.

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