All Warner Bros. articles – Page 33
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NewsWarner Bros sets Oct 26 domestic release for Cloud Atlas
The studio announced the date on Tuesday (19), throwing another potential awards contender into what is shaping up to be a prestige season. Warner Bros has also acquired rights for the UK, France, Spain, Australia and Japan and will release in those territories in early 2013.
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NewsWarner Bros crosses $1bn internationally for 12th consecutive year
The studio reached the mark in less than five months to beat its own speed record by 10 days.
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Lance Volland, Désirée Finnegan rise at Warner Bros int’l publicity
Volland has led the studio’s international publicity efforts for the past five years and is promoted to evp while Finnegan becomes svp.
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Suzanne Fritz earns domestic publicity stripes at Warner Bros
As svp of domestic publicity Fritz will continue to create and execute on campaigns. She reports to evp Juli Goodwin.
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NewsWarner Bros Italia takes territories on The Best Offer
Geoffrey Rush and Jim Sturgess have joined Oscar winning director Giuseppe Tornatore’s $21m English and Italian-language film, purportedly a love story set in the luxurious world of Viennese art auctions.
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NewsSchweighofer kicks off Warner slate with Goller's Frau Ella
EXCLUSIVE: Actor-producer-director Matthias Schweighöfer is to be reunited with director Markus Goller for Frau Ella, the first project of Schweighöfer’s four-picture deal with Warner Bros Entertainment.
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Warner Bros, Legendary sets third Hangover for May 2013
Once again Todd Phillips will direct the comedy, which Warner Bros Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov said would be “a fitting conclusion to our three-part opera of mayhem, despair and bad decisions.”
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NewsWarner Bros trumpets Sherlock Holmes 2 gross
The studio announced on Tuesday (20) that Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows has reached $529m worldwide to overtake the predecessor’s final tally of $524.4m.
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NewsSolid $21m holds keeps Journey 2 on top internationally
The family adventure sequel swept past the original’s $143m lifetime haul as another strong weekend through Warner Bros Pictures International boosted the tally to $159.2m.
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NewsJourney 2 strides towards $150m mark for Warner Bros
The family adventure from New Line, Walden Media and Contrafilm has grossed more than $130m through Warner Bros Pictures International and with Italy beckoning should cross $150m this weekend and pass $200m worldwide.
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Warner Bros, VIZ Media strike deal over manga property Bleach
The studio envisions a live-action adaptation centred on the character of Ichigo, a teenager with the ability to see ghosts who helps lost souls find peace.
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FeaturesThe stage is set
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Studios Leavesden is set to become both a major production centre and a huge tourist attraction when it opens for business this year. Screen editor Mike Goodridge took an exclusive tour of the site and spoke to studio managing director Dan Dark and Warner Bros UK chief ...
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NewsSherlock Holmes rules international for WBPI on $28m
Warner Bros Pictures International’s (WBPI) Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows ruled the roost thanks to an estimated $27.4m haul from 57 markets that boosted the running total to $222m.
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NewsRufus Sewell joins cast of Paradise Lost
The Legendary Pictures project also stars Bradley Cooper and Benjamin Walker and is based on an adaptation of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem about the fall of man.
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NewsDolphin surfs low domestic box office tide on $14m
A dismal domestic weekend saw Warner Bros’ family tale climb two places to the top as a cadre of lacklustre new releases failed to ignite the box office.
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NewsWarner Bros crosses $2bn internationally for fourth time
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has accounted for neatly half of Warner Bros Pictures International’s (WBPI) mighty running total for the year-to-date.
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NewsPotter finale top grosser of 2011 “in all categories”
Warner Bros issued a release last night [9] to say that Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 had surpassed all other films for the year-to-date at the international, North American and global box office.
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NewsMassive China launch propels HP7 towards $800m
Warner Bros Pictures International reported on Monday [8] that the fantasy behemoth opened in China on a record $26.5m and drew more than 4.5m admissions as the overall running total outside North America climbed to $792.4m. Meanwhile the film has crossed $100m in the UK.
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NewsChina holds the key to Deathly Hallows $800m target
Warner Bros Pictures International’s Harry Potter finale crossed $700m on Monday [2] and executives will expect a strong launch in the dynamic Asian stronghold to push the film past the next milestone.
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NewsA billion for Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows sets WB record
The series finale became the first and last Harry Potter film to cross $1bn worldwide on Sunday [Jul 31], equaling Avatar’s 17-day speed record and reaching $690.4m internationally and $318.5m in North America.