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NewsThe Avengers races to $178.4m international opening weekend
Marvel Studios’ superhero soup scored record-breaking debuts from its launch in 39 territories in the first five days through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International ahead of the May 4 arrival in North America.
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NewsMatthew’s Laws wins Nyon Grand Prix; Sasnals triumph in Linz
Matthew’s Laws, Dutch filmmaker Marc Schmidt’s journey into the world of autism, was awarded the Grand Prix at Nyon’s Visions du Réel International Documentary Film Festival in Switzerland (Apr 20-27), which reported admissions up year-on-year by 4,000 to 25,000.
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NewsMan stays top in US, Hunger Games crosses $600m global
Screen Gems’ rom-com Think Like A Man grossed an estimated $18m for an excellent $61m. Overall box office fell around 30% against the same weekend last year, although things should pick up when The Avengers opens.
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NewsLevelK takes on 33 Liberty Lane starring Watson, Oh, Hardin, Vardalos
Peter Hewitt to direct the sex-phone company comedy.
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NewsWu’s Seven Stars to build Chinawood outside Tianjin
Bruno Wu’s Seven Stars Entertainment is working with the government of the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, to establish a film and media hub, “Chinawood Global Services Base”.
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NewsEros picks up Indian rights to Peddlers
India’s Eros International has acquired Indian rights to Peddlers, produced by Anurag Kashyap Films and Sikhya Entertainment, which has been selected for Cannes Critics’ Week.
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NewsDi Bonaventura, Seven Arts, Prodigy pact for Natali's $60m Neuromancer
Renowned US producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura (Transformers, Constantine) is to partner with Seven Arts Entertainment Inc and Prodigy Pictures on William Gibson adaptation Neuromancer, it was confirmed this weekend.
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NewsAvengers smashes competition at the UK box office
Marvel/Disney’s superhero team up records year’s highest opening and the biggest ever opening for a superhero film in the UK.
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NewsNice Drama to adapt Ohlsson's Swedish crime trilogy
The Stockholm based production company plans to turn Swedish writer Kristina Ohlsson’s trilogy into three 90 minute TV movies.
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NewsLaddaland, Headshot take top honours at Thai Film Awards
Horror thriller Laddaland and Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s Headshot were the big winners at the Supannahong Awards, also known as the Thai Film Awards, which took place in Bangkok last night (April 29).
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NewsPark Circus takes Lawrence of Arabia, Runaway Train to Cannes
UK- and US- based distributor and sales company Park Circus comes to Cannes representing two titles selected for Cannes Classics.
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NewsEmerging Ethiopian Filmmakers to attend Cannes
The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) and the Ethiopian Film Initiative (EFI) will bring three filmmakers to Monaco and Cannes for a week-long visit timed to the Cannes Film Festival.
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FeaturesClifford Werber, Fluent Entertainment
The Fox and Warner Bros veteran talks about a studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films.
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NewsStuart Murphy promoted to Sky Entertainment director
Stuart Murphy has been promoted to Director, Sky Entertainment Channels. He had been Director of Sky 1 HD and Director of Commmissioning.
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NewsSky COO to deliver keynote at Future of Entertainment Summit
Mike Darcey’s talk will revolve around building an entertainment ‘ecosystem’.
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NewsUK’s Sony Entertainment Network adds Netflix
Netflix joins a range of other content services, including YouTube and BBC News, on the digital portal.
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NewsHarkness expands into India; launches Spectral 300 screen
Digital cinema industry veteran Sriram Sistla hired as director of sales.