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Anchor Bay pounces on Wicker Man follow-up
The distributor has taken all rights in the US, Canada and the UK to The Wicker Tree from Robin Hardy, whose 1973 horror film remains one of the great cult films of British cinema.
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Locarno's Golden Leopard awarded to Argentina's Back To Stay
The international jury headed by Portuguese producer Paolo Branco presented the festival’s top honour to Argentinian-born Milagros Mumenthaler for her debut feature Back To Stay (Abrir Puertas Y Ventanas).
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Chris O'Dowd joins cast of Goalpost's The Sapphires
Aboriginal girl-group story begins shooting this month in Australia.
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Apes continue to rule US for Fox on $28m hold
The well received Rise of The Planet Of The Apes crossed $100m in its second weekend following an estimated $27.5m number one hold in North America.
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Smurfs usurp Potter as $60m leads international weekend
Potter was yanked from its international throne at the weekend by not one but two muscular late summer performers in the shape of Sony’s The Smurfs on $60m and Fox’s Planet Of The Apes reboot on $40m. Once again China impressed with mighty numbers across the board.
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Rachid Bouchareb lines up Forest Whitaker for trilogy finale
The Oscar winning actor will play a Muslim parolee released from prison into a small city bristling with Muslim-Arabic paranoia. The untitled project is scheduled to begin in 2013 and will be the final entry in Bouchareb’s English-language trilogy.
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Relativity scores Chinese coup with Huaxia, SkyLand deals
The LA-based company has gained a gilt-edged foothold in China’s notoriously inaccessible release calendar after investing in the first China-US distributor and striking a strategic alliance with state-run distributor Huaxia Film.
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Creative England seeks board members
New regional umbrella body Creative England has announced that it is now recruiting for members for its national board.
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(UPDATED) Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland
Winners and attendees at the 64th Locarno Film Festival (August 3 - 13)
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Voice cast including Twisted Sister's Dee Snider sign up for Ronal
The voice cast for the English-language dub of Ronal The Barbarian will include Pierce Cravens, Ben Bledsoe (Glee), Ashley Acarino (The Devils Own), Louis Lombardi (The Sopranos) and Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider.
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Bollywood star Shammi Kapoor dies at age 70
Bollywood actor Shamser Raj Kapoor, known as Shammi Kapoor, died Sunday in a Mumbai hospital after suffering from kidney disease for several years.
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Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud killed in car crash
Four other people were killed in the crash including the CEO of local TV station ATN Ashfaque Munier Mishuk; Masud’s wife, producer Catherin Masud is in a serious condition in hospital.
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LFS relaunches London Film Society
London Film School to host masterclasses and workshops for society dormant since 1939.
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Cameron Crowe Pearl Jam doc to reach 75 sites in UK
75 sites in the UK and Ireland to simultaneously screen rockumentary in September
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Revolver plans feature film about Lenny 'The Guv'nor' McLean
Revolver Entertainment’s Gunslinger production arm is planning a film based on the life story of bare-knuckle fighter Lenny McLean.
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Salzgeber & Co takes North Sea Texas for Germany
UK-based sales agent Wavelength Pictures closes deal on Montreal Film Festival drama.
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Vicky Jewson plans October shoot for action thriller Born of War
Film will shoot in UK and Morocco.
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Apes climb to the top in the UK
Fox’s Apes beats out Smurfs and Harry Potter for UK box-office crown.