All Distribution articles – Page 539
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NewsArrow Films takes UK rights to Samsara
Filmmakers previously made the critically acclaimed Baraka.
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NewsProtagonist takes on sales for Searching For Sugar Man
Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul’s debut feature documentary will have its world premiere as Opening Night Film of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival.
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NewsJoe Matukewicz joins SPWA
Former Relativity executive will oversee acquisitions at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.
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NewsMichael Brown leaves Beatwax to set up own agency
Michael Brown has left his position as the MD of entertainment marketing firm Beatwax after 12 years.
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NewsEntertainment sinks teeth into WestEnd’s Love Bite
Entertainment Film Distributors picks up seaside-set teen comedy-horror from director Andy de Emmony.
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NewsChemical Brothers concert film comes to big screen
Don’t Think to be first concert film to feature Dolby 7.1 surround sound.
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NewsUniversal strikes all-rights UK deal for Wild Bill
The Works will handle theatrical release through its Universal partnership Indi VISION.
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NewsGerman broadcasters allay producers' concerns after the dismissal of Degeto CEO
Germany’s public broadcaster ARD has sought to allay producers’ concerns after the dismissal of Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan, CEO of ARD’s central film purchasing agency Degeto Film, this week “for serious organisational deficiencies“.
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NewsBreaking Dawn eases past $300m int’l box office
The penultimate episode in Summit’s world-beating tween franchise soared past $500m in worldwide ticket sales earlier in the week.
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NewsExpanding Dogwoof finds new investment
UK doc specialist gets £200,000 investment as business sees 30% year-on-year growth.
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Drafthouse Films picks up Electric Boogaloo
The distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will release Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films theatrically in late 2012.
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NewsIFC Films takes US rights to The Samaritan
IFC Films has acquired US rights to David Weaver’s The Samaritan, starring Samuel L Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga and Tom Wilkinson.
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NewsSony to distribute new Evil Dead outside of UK, France
Production is set for 2012; Fede Alvarez to direct.
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NewsDreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg gets Pioneer of the Year honour
Award to be presented in April at CinemaCon.
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NewsTT3D sells 34,000 DVDs in two days
Entertainment One is releasing the DVD as part of a new home entertainment relationship with CinemaNX.
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NewsJinga enters UK distribution, signs up boxing thriller
First title to be Jamaican boxing thriller Ghett’a Life produced by former boxer Lennox Lewis.
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NewsLionsgate UK takes over all rights to Icon slate including new Winding Refn/Gosling thriller
Lionsgate takes over distribution of You’re Next, On The Road, Postman Pat: The Movie, Only God Forgives
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NewsKorean hit Leafie sells English-language rights
Toronto-based 108 Media Group pick up Korean hit for all English-language rights.
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NewsFox Home Entertainment, Hopscotch / eOne strike pact
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) and Hopscotch / eOne announced the partnership on Tuesday (Nov 29) to cover new releases, TV and library titles in Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsBreaking Dawn – Part 1 crosses $500m worldwide for Summit
The latest Twilight instalment surged past the half-billion milestone on Nov 29, its twelfth day in release.