All Distribution articles – Page 447
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NewsIM3 crosses $450m global
Marvel Studios’ summer curtain raiser Iron Man 3 is fast becoming a behemoth after adding more than $110m worldwide on Friday – of which $68.3m came from the North American opening day – to reach $456.6m.
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NewsFilmBuff, Tugg in Arrested Development doc release
FilmBuff, Tugg and direct-to-consumer service VHX are partnering on the May 3 release of the Arrested Development Documentary Project.
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NewsTWC, Sundance Channel hail Kon-Tiki
Thor Heyerdahl’s 1951 documentary will air exclusively on May 11 on Sundance Channel and will be followed by a broadcast of the featurette Kon-Tiki: The Incredible True Story.
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NewsWorldview takes US on Jimmy P.
Chris Woodrow’s ambitious financier has acquired US rights to Arnaud Desplechin’s Cannes competition entry in a deal with Wild Bunch that marks its latest foray into the US distribution arena.
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NewsAlpha Violet hooks Flying Fish
Paris-based sales outfit adds Marcela Said’s film to Cannes line-up.
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NewsIM3 sets new China record
DMG said on Thursday [May 2] the official SARFT/CFG opening day number came to $18.7m or 117.5m RMB, which Disney said would rise to $21.5m including cinemas that have not reported. The film has crossed $300m internationally.
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NewsMyriad takes Life Partners to Cannes
Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures has come on board to sell Life Partners starring Leighton Meester [pictured], Gillian Jacobs and Adam Brody.
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NewsHanWay takes Toback's Seduced and Abandoned
EXCLUSIVE: HanWay Select to sell Cannes-bound doc from Tyson director.
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NewsEthan Hawke joins LaBute thriller Hope
EXCLUSIVE: Ethan Hawke takes on lead role in thriller director has “been waiting my whole life to make”, set for Jan 2014 shoot. Salt handles sales.
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NewsContent Film takes He Who Dares
Content to handle worldwide sales on Paul Tanter’s He Who Dares.
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NewsMemento takes Directors’ Fortnight title Blue Ruin
MFI scores Directors’ Fortnight hat trick with Ilo Ilo and We Are What We Are.
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NewsIron Man 3 climbs to $242.1m
Marvel Studios’ blockbuster season curtain raiser is on course to soar past $400m internationally and most likely will break the $500m worldwide barrier by the end of this weekend after Disney reported an estimated $24.3m haul on Tuesday.
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NewsAlt content outfit Mr Wolf launches
Production and distribution outfit backed by Arts Alliance Ventures, to release RSA’s Springsteen & I doc.
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NewsuMedia expands Celluloid Dreams partnership
Slate includes Takashi Miike’s Cannes competition film Shield of Straw and Katrin Gebbe’s Un Certain Regard title Tore’s Pogo.
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NewsUK releases update: Cuban Fury, American Hustle
StudioCanal has set an early 2014 release for salsa comedy starring Nick Frost, while Entertainment date four including David O. Russell’s American Hustle.
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NewsCohen acquires Mademoiselle C.
Cohen Media Group has acquired all US rights to Mademoiselle C. and plans to release in major markets this spring.
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NewsCNN acquires Pandora’s Promise
The company has taken domestic television rights to Robert Stone’s Sundance premiere and will broadcast in the US in November ahead of a June theatrical release orchestrated by Richard Abramowitz.
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NewsLightning takes Gus to Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: The Santa Monica-based sales, production and distribution company has swooped on international sales rights to the SXSW entry starring Michelle Monaghan, Radha Mitchell and Michael Weston. ICM Partners is in the process of negotiating a US deal.
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NewsThe Exchange to sell Mob
Andy Garcia and Ray Romano will join Michael Pitt and Nina Arianda on Rob The Mob, which Brian O’Shea and his sales team will introduce to buyers on the Croisette.
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NewsCanada's NFB backs doc scheme
The National Film Board Of Canada (NFB) has got behind an initiative to launch a new international multiplatform destination for viewing and engaging with auteur documentary creators and subjects.