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TWC to release PG-13 version of The King’s Speech
The best picture Oscar winner grossed $133.1m as an R rated film at the North American box office and will open on 1,000 screens on Apr 1 only in the more family-friendly version.
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Tribeca top brass unveil free community events roster
The line-up includes the Tribeca Drive-In from Apr 21-23, the Family Festival Street Fair on Apr 30 and the free panel series Tribeca Talks: Pen To Paper and Tribeca Talks: Industry that run from Apr 23-30.
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Battle: LA bids to hold on to Hollywood's overseas crown
Sony’s alien invasion film climbed to the top of the charts last weekend but does it have enough firepower to hold off the initial forays of Warner Bros’ Sucker Punch?
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Scotland's Italian Film Festival opens with Beautiful Thing
Festival will offer spotlight on Toni Servillo including One Man Up.
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NonStop strikes DVD deal with Warner Bros for Nordics
Deal starts this month and upcoming titles include Let Me In and Barney’s Version.
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Hot projects on Screenbase
This week a werewolf invades Galicia in Juan Martínez Moreno’s horror comedy and two teenagers kidnap their teacher in Safy Nebbou’s new feature set in France.
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Nokia launches $10K short film competition
The winning film will be screened at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival in June.
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Harvey and Bob Weinstein launch TWC Games
The initiative will develop and publish video games from The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films properties.
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Julie Fontaine to head Lionsgate theatrical publicity
The executive most recently served as vp of domestic publicity at Disney where she worked on The Queen, Tron: Legacy and Gnomeo & Juliet, among others.
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AWP completes principal photography on Sand Sharks
LA-based American World Pictures’ sci-fi feature is directed by Mark Atkins and stars Corin Nemec and Brooke Hogan.
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Sony's Battle: LA extends overseas reign on $16m
Battle: Los Angeles added $16.2m from 7,714 screens in 55 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) as the tally climbed to $79.5m. Warner Bros had not reported weekend results at time of writing.
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Wimpy Kid shows box office muscle on $24m US debut
Fox’s family sequel Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules debuted at number one on an estimated $24.4m as Warner Bros’ Sucker Punch had to settle for second place.
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Poetry wins Grand Prix in Fribourg, The Fatherless bags prizes at Graz’s Diagonale
South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-Dong’s Poetry picked up the Le Regard d’Or Grand Prix and FIPRESCI Award at Switzerland’s Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) which celebrated its 25th edition this year.
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Khaled Laith, Razane Jammal to head up cast of Djinn
Shooting is underway in UAE on Imagenation Abu Dhabi’s supernatural horror Djinn, directed by Tobe Hooper.
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UKFC's Tina McFarling to join Premier PR
McFarling, who has been at the UKFC since its inception in 1999, will head up the London firm’s corporate PR department.
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Hankyu Train wins double prize at Okinawa fest
Yoshishige Miyake’s Hankyu Train (Hankyu Densha Katamichi 15-fun No Kisekitook) has taken top honors at the Okinawa International Movie Festival (OIMF) which wrapped yesterday evening in Ginowan City.
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Momentum bites on Wettest County and Headhunters
Momentum/Alliance Films takes UK and Canada rights to John Hillcoat’s crime-drama The Wettest County In The World from FilmNation and Morten Tyldum’s thriller Headhunters from TrustNordisk.
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Lionsgate UK plans feature version of The Professionals
The big screen version of the cult TV series will be Lionsgate UK’s third foray into production following Blitz and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen.
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UKFC study reveals UK women and minorities disgruntled with portrayal in film
Study reveals that industry could increase profitability by better understanding audiences