All Distribution articles – Page 49
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NewsCurzon confirms interest in buying rival UK chain Picturehouse Cinemas (exclusive)
Various suitors circling Picturehouse as Cineworld puts its assets up for sale.
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NewsApple reportedly planning $1bn annual spend on theatrical films
Move bodes well for exhibition sector.
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NewsPicturestart, Picture Perfect Federation set JC Lee to direct, Benedict Wong to star in ‘Bad Genius’ remake
Major pre-sales closed ahead of scheduled May production start. Mallory Edens’ Little Ray Media financing.
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NewsCohen Media Group acquires US rights to TIFF premiere ‘A Gaza Weekend’ (exclusive)
British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s culture-clash comedy-drama stars Stephen Mangan, Mouna Hawa.
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NewsJoanna Hogg’s ‘The Eternal Daughter’ picked up for UK-Ireland
An autumn theatrical release is planned.
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NewsCPH:DOX Next:Wave title ‘Megaheartz’ scores world sales deal (exclusive)
Second feature from Stockholm-based filmmaker Emily Norling.
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NewsGlobal Screen closes North America deal on TIFF selection ‘My Sailor, My Love’ (exclusive)
The feature recently won best Irish film at the Dublin International Film Festival.
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NewsKino Lorber picks up Berlin Golden Bear winner ‘On The Adamant’
Distributor plans theatrical release, awards run after closing deal with Films du Losange.
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NewsRLJE Films takes Nicolas Cage psychological thriller ‘Sympathy For The Devil’
Capstone Global represents worldwide sales.
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NewsBerlin, IFFR selection, IDFA award winner ‘Shabu’ finds US home (exclusive)
Deal comes on eve of US premiere.
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NewsJames Gunn confirmed as ‘Superman: Legacy’ director, kicking off DC Studios’ first wave
No lead actor cast at time of writing.
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NewsMichael Winterbottom on slow pace of UK filmmaking, streamer influence on indies, future projects
“In the heyday of cinema, everyone was making a film a year.”
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NewsFinnish CPH:DOX title ‘Lynx Man’ scores world sales representation (exclusive)
The Finnish film is made in co-production with Estonia.
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NewsHong Kong award-winner ‘A Light Never Goes Out’ lands UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Sylvia Chang picked up the Golden Horse best actress award last November for her performance.
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NewsIreland’s Break Out Pictures bolsters slate with slew of local acquisitions (exclusive)
They include an apaptation of Irish play ‘Conversations After Sex’ to be directed by Aisling Walsh.
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NewsNeon buys Raoul Peck’s ‘Orwell’ for North America
Documentary will examine the British writer’s life, work and legacy.
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NewsGravitas takes space doc ‘It’s Quieter In The Twilight’ for the world (exclusive)
May release planned for the documentary about engineers on the Voyager mission.
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News‘Talk To Me’ sells out worldwide for Bankside Films (exclusive)
Supernatural horror was a hit at Sundance in January.
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NewsBerlin prize-winner ‘Orlando, My Political Biography’ sparks North American, international deals
UK, Spain, Italy among other deals to close.
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NewsConcourse Media reports EFM pre-sales on Aaron Eckhart thriller ‘Midair’ (exclusive)
Deals close for Germany, Latin America, Spain, Middle East on company’s second collaboration with Eckhart.