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NewsMiramax signs Hulu deal for Japan, eyes Asian expansion
The studio has announced the latest move in its digital expansion strategy, closing a multi-year deal with the subscriber service that covers such library titles as Pulp Fiction, Chocolat and There Will Be Blood (pictured).
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Image Entertainment launches faith label Slingshot Pictures
Suzette Schafer has joined as Image’s svp of specialty product and will manage the line-up. Slingshot will premiere in November with the release of period romance Alleged.
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NewsMusic Box acquires US rights to Canadian Oscar submission Monsieur Lazhar
Paris-based sales company Films Distribution has secured a slew of sales on heart-warming tale about an Algerian refugee who lands himself ajob as a replacement teacher, including to US distributor Money Box.
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NewsSoda to launch Gerhard Richter doc to coincide with Tate exhibition
Soda Pictures is planning the UK launch of Corinna Belz’s Gerhard Richter Painting for Oct 3, just ahead of the opening of his retrospective at the Tate Modern (Oct 6-Jan 8).
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NewsBruno to head TWC marketing
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has hired Stephen Bruno as president of marketing.
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NewsKujawski to Universal acquisitions post
In a move to streamline its global acquisition activities, Universal Pictures has appointed Peter Kujawski executive vice president of worldwide acquisitions.
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NewsElite Squad 2 set for US launch
New Video’s Flatiron Film Company is to partner with Variance Films on a November US theatrical release for Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Tropa De Elite 2), the hit Brazilian crime thriller recently named as Brazil’s submission for the foreign language film Oscar.
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NewsDreamWorks Animation, Fox sign streaming deals
In the latest examples of online streaming operations shaking up Hollywood’s traditional ancillary markets, DreamWorks Animation has signed a US pay-TV window deal with Netflix and Fox has agreed to provide films and TV programmes to Amazon.com.
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NewsHanWay sells You're Next to more than 30 territories
Deals include UK (Icon), Germany (Splendid), France and Benelux (French Connection), and Japan (Asmik Ace).
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NewsAnchor Bay to release Dexter Fletcher's Wild Bill in UK
Actor turned director Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut picked up the Youth Award at San Sebastian and will go on to have its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsFilmFlex partners with Film4oD for downloads-to-rent
FilmFlex Movies, the European on-demand company backed by Sony and Disney, is launching a download-to-rent option on Film4oD.
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NewsSupervision strikes deal to bring four Broadway musicals to cinemas
New York- and London-based Supervision Media has struck an exclusive multi-year licensing deal with New York-based Broadway Worldwide to bring four Broadway musicals to cinemas around the world.The deal includes Memphis, the 2010 Tony winner for Best Musical; Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical starring David Hasselhoff; Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It ...
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NewsSmurfs stay on top at international box office
Sony’s The Smurfs once again held off all comers at the international box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $12.9m from 6,150 screens in 65 markets.
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News3D Lion King beats new releases in US
The 3D version of The Lion King continued its reign at the top of the North American box office chart this weekend, out-grossing new releases Moneyball, Dolphin Tale, Abduction and Killer Elite.
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Elevate US rights to Variance
Variance Films has acquired US theatrical rights to basketball documentary Elevate.
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D&E gets Hammer for US
D&E Entertainment has acquired The Hammer, a coming-of-age drama about deaf wrestler Matt Hamill, for US theatrical distribution.
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NewsFestival Films take Spanish rights to Camera d’Or winner Las Acacias
Urban Distribution International has sold Pablo Giorgelli’s Camera d’Or winner Las Acacias to Festival Films for distribution in Spain off the back of its successful screening in the Horizontes Latinos section at the San Sebastian film festival.
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NewsIFC acquires rights to Penumbra
IFC Midnight has acquired all rights for North America, Malaysia and Singapore to writer-directors Adrian and Ramiro Garcia Bogliano’s Penumbra, which had its world premiere this week at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas.
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NewsEros teams with Jimmy Shergill to tap Punjabi market
Indian major signs four-film deal with Jimmy Shergill Productions
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NewsKino Lorber gets Elles for US
Kino Lorber has acquired all US rights to Elles, the Juliette Binoche drama that recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.