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Beyond takes Australia and New Zealand on Little Dizzle
Beyond has taken all Australian and New Zealand rights from Visit Films to David Russo's The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle following its world premiere in Spectrum on Monday (January 19).Ryan Kampe of New York-based Visit Films brokered the deal with Beyond's Simone Ubaldi.The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle focuses ...
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Sundance favourite Humpday scores worldwide deal with Magnolia
Magnolia Pictures has paid above mid-six figures for worldwide rights to Lynn Shelton's crowd-pleaser Humpday, which attracted intense interest and drew offers from at least five bidders following its world premiere on Friday (January 16).Josh Braun and Kevin Iwashina of Submarine concluded the deal with Magnolia's Tom Quinn and Eamonn ...
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Chandni Chowk takes $6.8m in India in first weekend for Warner
Warner Bros Pictures International's Bollywood release Chandni Chowk To China opened day-and-date in 30 markets at the weekend in the studio's widest release for a Bollywood film in India and North America.The film grossed $6.8m including previews in India from 1,319 screens and drew approximately 4.9million admissions. In North America ...
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Andre Des Rochers named partner at Gray Krauss LLP
New York-based law firm Gray Krauss LLP has promoted Andre Des Rochers to partner as several of the firm's attorneys attend Sundance as production counsel and counsel to 12 films in the festival.Leading the firm's Sundance team are named partners Jonathan Gray and Evan Krauss. Gray, who founded the firm ...
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Departures, Revanche take top prizes at Palm Springs Film Festival
Gotz Spielmann's Austrian foreign language Oscar submission Revanche was awarded the FIPRESCI prize for best foreign language film of the year as the The 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival came to a close on January 19.Natar Ungalaaq received the FIPRESCI Award for best actor for his performance in ...
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IFC broadens VOD initiative with South By Southwest
IFC has broadened its video on demand initiative in a partnership with the South By Southwest Film Festival that will broadcast five films from March's festival simultaneously on the IFC Festival Direct platform.The line-up includes Joe Swanberg's latest drama Alexander The Last, which will receive its world premiere at the ...
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Sony stumps up $2m for domestic rights to Black Dynamite
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquistions Group has paid what is believed to be in the region of $2m for all North American rights to Scott Sanders' blaxploitation homage Black Dynamite.The division and Black Dynamite's sales agent Endeavor Independent finally closed the festival's first all-night negotiation at about 6am today [January 19] ...
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Seven Pounds claims international crown with $19.8m take
Will Smith was the number one Hollywood attraction overseas at the weekend as Seven Pounds grossed an estimated $19.8m from 3,502 screens in 25 markets through Sony Pictures Releasing International and has now reached $40.8m.Warner Bros Pictures International had not reported estimates on its wide launch of Bollywood title Chandni ...
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Sony's Paul Blart a smash at powerful domestic holiday weekend
Sony's comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop starring Kevin James in his first solo lead role shunted Warner Bros' Gran Torino into second place as it stormed to the top on an impressive $33.8m estimated launch.The PG-rated comedy is expected to reach $40m by the end of the Martin Luther King ...
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Film Sharks takes on international sales to Tear This Heart Out
Guido Rud's Argentina-based Film Sharks International has picked up sales rights outside Latin America to Roberto Sneider's Tear This Heart Out (Arrancame La Vida) which is on the shortlist of nine films for this year's best foreign language film Oscar.The film, which has drawn over two million admissions in Mexico ...
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Visit Films buys worldwide rights to Kimjongilia, Little Drizzle
New York-based sales company Visit Films has bulked up its already busy Sundance slate by acquiring worldwide rights to NC Heikin's World Cinema Documentary Competition entry Kimjongilia and David Russo's Spectrum screener The Immaculate Conception Of Little Drizzle.Kimjongilia gets its world premiere here on Sunday [January 18] and examines life ...
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Senator takes Brooklyn's Finest in first Sundance domestic deal
In the first North American deal of Sundance 2009 Senator Distribution swooped on Antoine Fuqua's New York crime drama Brooklyn's Finest, paying more than $3m plus a substantial P&A commitment.Senator president Mark Urman made an initial offer after the film's world premiere here on Friday night and finally sealed the ...
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Eric Kops lands at ID as svp overseeing agency's entertainment team
ID has hired Eric Kops as senior vice president overseeing the agency's entertainment team.Kops will expand ID's film department with additional film release and award campaigns, festival support and production companies. He will also represent a slate of film-makers.The veteran executive has previously served as executive vice president of MGM ...
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CMG takes on martial arts action feature Blood & Bone
Ed Noeltner's Cinema Management Group has taken on international rights to Remarkable Films' just completed martial arts feature Blood & Bone and will introduce the film to buyers at EFM next month.Martial artist Michael Jai White, starring in the Sundance premiere Black Dynamite, leads the key cast along with Julian ...