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NewsT4 rules on $84.6m international
UPDATE JULY 21: Paramount Pictures International’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction grossed more than originally reported in its fourth session, taking $84.6m to reach $662.6m despite a mighty $61.9m from Fox’s Apes sequel.
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NewsApes keep swinging on $36m
Fox’s Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes held off the challenge of three potential threats and climbed to $139m in its second weekend as the top 12 North American releases slipped 25% against 2013.
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NewsJason Blum cements Uni ties
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have signed a 10-year first-look production deal as Jason Blum looks to form partnerships across NBCUniversal.
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NewsJames Garner dies aged 86
James Garner, the Oscar nominee, double Golden Globe and Emmy winner who famously starred in TV’s The Rockford Files, has died at his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. He was 86.
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FeaturesMike Cahill, I Origins
Mike Cahill burst onto the scene three years ago when his feature directorial debut Another Earth premiered at Sundance and won the special jury prize and the $20,000 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.
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NewsPanna Rittikrai dies aged 53
Panna Rittikrai, the action choreographer who introduced Thai action movies to world audiences, has died aged 53.
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NewsAlibaba pacts with high-profile trio
ChinaVision Media Group, which will soon be renamed Alibaba Pictures Group, has signed production deals with Wong Kar Wai’s Block 2 Pictures, Angie Chai and Giddens Ko’s Star Ritz International Entertainment and Peter Ho-sun Chan’s We Pictures.
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NewsBlue Horizon, Orisa team on WWII love story
EXCLUSIVE: John Wrathall script The Italian Chapel readied for 2015 shoot.
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NewsBritish sci-fi Native wraps shoot
Production on Native, a UK sci-fi feature starring Rupert Graves and Ellie Kendrick, wrapped on July 16.
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Lippo Group to invest $516m in cinemas
Indonesia’s Lippo Group has announced plans to invest $516m (6 trillion rupiahs) in 300 multiplexes across the country over the next ten years.
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NewsPickbox launches Android app
Pickbox, a VOD service in the former Yugoslavia that launched in May, has now launched their application for Android devices.
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NewsUnveil The Truth wins in Taipei
Kevin Lee’s documentary Unveil The Truth II: State Apparatus won the Grand Prize and best documentary at this year’s Taipei Film Awards, which took place at the close of the Taipei Film Festival on July 19.
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NewsBogota’s BAM reveals winners
Three Scapulars and Sincerely win top prizes; six other titles headed to Locarno and San Sebastian.
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NewsParamount takes Tad 2, Capture the Flag
Paramount Pictures has closed worldwide distribution rights for Spanish animation duo.
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CommentIs boycotting the answer in Israel?
Palestinian directors refused to show their films at the Jerusalem Film Festival last week in protest at Israeli treatment of Palestinians. Is it the right approach?
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NewsApes conquer UK box office
Fox’s sequel scores $14.9m (£8.7m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Transformers: Age of Extinction, as two event cinema releases – Monty Python and André Rieu – land in the top five.
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CommentStar Wars X-Wing unveiled by Abrams
In the latest manna from heaven for Star Wars fans, J.J. Abrams has teased an X-Wing Starfighter that will be used in next year’s Star Wars VII.
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NewsMichael Caine joins Witch Hunter
The British veteran takes his place on Summit Entertainment’s supernatural action film The Last Witch Hunter alongside Vin Diesel and Rose Leslie. Lionsgate International handles sales outside North America.
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