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NewsGravity rules US on $31m
Gravity remained top for a third consecutive week as the latest pretender to its throne, Carrie, had to settle for a number three debut. DreamWorks’ The Fifth Estate stumbled badly in its opening session.
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NewsFox International crosses $2bn
The studio’s combined grosses for the year-to-date have crossed the $2bn milestone for the fifth consecutive year and the seventh year overall — both achievements are industry records.
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NewsIvanhoe boards Crazy Rich Asians
Fledgling Ivanhoe Pictures has partnered up with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson’s Color Force on Crazy Rich Asians and will finance and co-produce the Kevin Kwan’s bestseller adaptation.
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NewsSundance Selects takes Chomsky doc
Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights to Michel Gondry’s Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy? ahead of the world premiere screening as closing night at the 2013 DOC NYC Festival on November 21.
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NewsOpen Road, IM Global partner up
The parties announced they have closed a first-look deal whereby Open Road Films will handle US distribution on select titles financed and produced by IM Global.
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NewsKurylenko joins Crowe's Diviner
Olga Kurylenko is to star opposite Russell Crowe in his directorial debut The Water Diviner, which is due to get underway in Australia on Dec 2.
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NewsDahan slams Weinstein’s Grace of Monaco re-edit
French filmmaker tells Liberation newspaper there are two versions of Grace of Monaco - “his and mine”.
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NewsMark Gooder departs TWC
EXCLUSIVE: Former Icon Productions CEO departs The Weinstein Company after one-year stint.
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NewsAFM 2013 to screen 400+ features
Premieres will include Pathé International’s recent Toronto hit Philomena and Huayi Brothers’ box office smash Young Detective Dee: Rise Of The Sea Dragon.
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NewsTFI, Rockefeller back Hurricane Sandy doc
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has announced a grant in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation to fully fund Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman’s (pictured) documentary This Time Next Year.
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Gravitas plots California Scheming
Gravitas Ventures and Rapid Eye Film announced that teen thriller California Scheming will open day-and-date in theatres and on VOD on January 31 2014.
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NewsSeyfried joins Fathers & Daughters
Amanda Seyfried has signed on as the female lead opposite Russell Crowe in Fathers And Daughters, the epic romance that Voltage Pictures will introduce to AFM buyers next month.
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NewsFox promotes Hanneman, Jegeus
Paul Hanneman and Tomas Jegeus have been promoted to co-presidents of worldwide marketing and distribution at 20th Century Fox Film as it emerged that chief marketing officer for the domestic division Oren Aviv will leave the company.
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NewsFilmNation to sell Allen's Magic
EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation has landed a major new title for the AFM and will commence sales on the company’s first Woody Allen collaboration Magic In The Moonlight.
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NewseOne acquires Gabrielle for US
eOne has picked up US distribution rights to Canada’s foreign-language Oscar submission Gabrielle and plans to release this winter.
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NewsBlanc-Biehn bulks up Perception
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Huertas has joined the cast of Blanc-Biehn Productions and Small Red Star Productions’ Altered Perception.
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CommentTRAILER: Grand Budapest Hotel
The first trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel has been released.
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NewsJulian Assange's WikiLeaks doc stalks The Fifth Estate
EXCLUSIVE: Julian Assange-produced doc sees VOD success; heads for free US release.
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NewsCinedigm to buy GVE
Cinedigm has agreed to acquire Gaiam Inc’s entertainment unit GVE in a $51.5m move.