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NewsFast & Furious is overseas champ for third weekend and cruises to $170m
Universal’s Fast & Furiousheld on to the number one spot among Hollywood releases for the third consecutive weekend as an estimated $15.2m haul through UPI from 6,340 sites in 59 territories boosted the running total to $170m.
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NewsProspect of WMA-Endeavor agency merger draws closer
Following months of speculation, an announcement on the proposed merger between William Morris Agency and Endeavor is expected to materialise early this week.
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Tribeca Sloan Fund gives $170,000 to five feature projects
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Sloan Filmmaker Fund has given a total of $170,000 to five film projects that integrate science into cinema.
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NewsTribeca All Access wraps after 430 meetings, $55,000 in prizes
Tribeca All Access, the year-round diversity initiative of the Tribeca Film Institute, handed out a total of $55,000 in cash prizes with its awards last night in New York.
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NewsFirst Run acquires US rights to Tribeca doc Defamation
First Run Features has acquired US rights to Israeli director Yoav Shamir’s anti-semitism documentary Defamation, following its US premiere at Tribeca on Thursday night [April 23].
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FeaturesSailing into trouble?
Since it set sail in the UK on April 1, Working Title’s The Boat That Rocked has been navigating choppy waters in a handful of international markets.
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FeaturesShock Tactics
Action sequel Crank: High Voltage was the highest new entry in Screen International’s chart this week at number four.
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A new departure
When Yojiro Takita’s Departures was named best foreign-language film at the Academy Awards ceremony on March 3 this year, there was a gasp of surprise from many. But four men sitting in the second mezzanine level of the Kodak Theatre were cheering with delight. For Paul Colichman, Stephen Jarchow, Mark ...
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CommentBullet proof
The return of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the fourth The Fast And The Furious film - Fast & Furious - was never seen as a guarantee of success at the box office. Tokyo Drift, the third in the series, had underperformed and many viewed Universal’s fourth movie as ...
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Lucky Monkey Pictures adds The Land Of Enchantment to slate
New York, London and Buenos Aires-based Lucky Monkey Pictures has lined up comedy The Land Of Enchantment to be directed by Hamlet 2’s Andy Fleming.
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Fantastic Films International, Silver Hills Pictures team up for Cannes
Roxane Barbat and Fred deWysocki’s Los Angeles-based Fantastic Films International has signed a multi-picture worldwide distribution deal with Indianan family entertainment producers Silver Hills Pictures.
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Cold Souls, Year One bookend 14th Nantucket festival
Sophie Barthes’ soul trade mystery Cold Souls starring Paul Giamatti and Harold Ramis’ comedy Year One with Jack Black and Michael Cera bookend the 14th Annual Nantucket Film Festival, set to run from June 18-21.
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Bleiberg takes international rights to The Vicious Kind
Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired international rights to Lee Toland Krieger’s romantic thriller The Vicious Kindand will launch the film at the Cannes market.
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SnagFilms signs deals with five new partners
SnagFilms has entered into Founders’ Alliances with Hot Docs in Toronto, Outfest in Los Angeles and North Carolina’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.The has also entered deals with the film competitions group CINE and the International Documentary Association.SnagFilms will carry channels on its website for each festival and organisation, providing ...
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Evokative picks up South Korea’s Daytime Drinking for Canada
Montreal-based Evokative Films has picked up Canadian rights to Noh Young-seok’s Daytime Drinking. The deal was negotiated with Eleven Arts, which had North American rights, and sales agent Finecut.
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Icon takes UK rights to Sundance hit Black Dynamite
David Jourdan’s T&C Pictures International and Icon have struck a deal for UK rights to Scott Sanders’ Sundance hit Black Dynamite.
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Lionsgate signs debt refinancing deal to stall takeover
Lionsgate, the independent Hollywood film and TV studio, has stalled investor Carl Icahn’s takeoverbid by agreeing a $66.6m refinancing deal with two of its largest bondholders.
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Cineplex expands 3D systems in Canada
Canada’s Cineplex Entertainment has announced plans to install RealD 3D technnology in more thanhalf of its cinemas by the end of May.