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NewsOrlando Tobon, Carlos Bolado team for family drama
Philanthropist, author and Maria Full Of Grace actor Orlando Tobon has co-written the script for independent drama Dona Blanca, which is being produced by New York-based Dona Blanca LLC.
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NewsCinefile acquires Philippe Lioret's Welcome
Scottish-based distribution company Cinefile has acquired UK theatrical rights to Philippe Lioret’s Welcome.
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NewsTexas Instruments moves into 4K digital cinema
Texas Instruments has announced plans for a 4K option for its next generation digital projectors. US exhbitor Cinemark has already committed to using the technology when it is ready.
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NewsAnchor Bay takes on Tribeca hit City Island
Anchor Bay Films has acquired all rights for North America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand to Raymond De Felitta’s City Island.
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NewsCinemavault woos buyers for Tucci's Blind Date
Toronto-based Cinemavault has announced a slew of new sales on Stanley Tucci’s Theo van Gogh remake Blind Date.
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NewsTransformers sequel stomps into Japan, UK ahead of US launch
Expected global blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen lands in two major international markets this weekend, almost a week ahead of its North American debut.
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NewsTelstar rocks the UK, Three Monkeys in Spain
ScreenDaily’s weekly round up of the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsHigh Point signs deal with India’s Pritish Nandy
London-based distributor and sales agency High Point Media Group has formed an alliance with Indian production outfit Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC).
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Features
Norwegian Wood
A businessman reminisces about the intense romances of his university days, set against the turbulent student riots of the late 1960s. Based on a novel by Haruki Murakami.
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NewsMike Mitchell to direct MGM's Once Upon A Time
MGM has tapped Shrek veteran Mike Mitchell to direct the live action fantasy Once Upon A Time.
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Features
The Shock Labyrinth
A group of teenagers deal with the sudden return of a friend who went missing a decade ago. When the friend falls ill they take her to a hospital but end up trapped in a labyrinthine haunted house. Japan’s first live-action feature shot in digital 3D
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NewsSpain reveals plans for $125m film fund
Ignasi Guardans, the new director general of Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), has announced plans for a new $125m (€90m) film funding scheme.
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NewsLAFF's Fast Track includes Rodney Evans, Matthew Bissonette
Today Film Independent, the non-profit organisation that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has selected the projects for its seventh-annual Fast Track programme, sponsored by Eastman Kodak.
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NewsTransformers 2 off to strong start with $20m from two territories
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen made a powerful early start in the international marketplace this weekend, grossing an estimated $20m from 846 locations in just two territories.
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NewsBullock has biggest opener as The Proposal hits $34.1 in North America
Romantic comedy The Proposalwooed plenty of North American moviegoers over the weekend, opening with an estimated gross of $34.1m to top the domestic box office chart.
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NewsGoodman promoted at Paramount as Grey ousts Lesher, Weston
In a major shakeup at Paramount Pictures on Friday afternoon, studio chairman Brad Grey fired Paramount Film Group president John Lesher and president of production Brad Weston.
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NewsJDC Trust forced to suspend business for three months
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has suspended ailing film and contents fund management firm Japan Digital Contents Trust Inc (JDC) from doing business for a period of three months.