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NewsNetflix to launch in Spain in January 2012
Major film streaming and DVD rental site Netflix will arrive in Spain in January 2012, following its success in the US and Canada, but will face a tough challenge in a country ravaged by piracy.
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The Whale secures Faroe Islands world premiere
Ryan Reynolds narrates the documentary about the relationship between humans and the wild orca, set to debut on Aug 20 in the Danish territory.
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NewsSalzgeber & Co takes North Sea Texas for Germany
UK-based sales agent Wavelength Pictures closes deal on Montreal Film Festival drama.
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CMG to commence sales in Toronto on horror title Creature
Ed Noeltner’s Beverly Hills-based international sales company Cinema Management Group will introduce the project to buyers in Canada following the deal with Sid, Bill and Jon Sheinberg’s Bubble Factory.
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NewsCameron Crowe Pearl Jam doc to reach 75 sites in UK
75 sites in the UK and Ireland to simultaneously screen rockumentary in September
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NewsPaladin plots awards run for Boy
The distributor has picked up US rights and will release Taika Waititi’s drama theatrically towards the end of the fourth quarter with Unison Films in association with Radius Films.
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NewsScreen Awards shortlist led by 127 Hours, King's Speech and TT3D campaigns
Optimum leads distributors with 13 shortlist mentions, Fox and Momentum have 11 each.
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NewsRelativity scores Chinese coup with Huaxia, SkyLand deals
The LA-based company has gained a gilt-edged foothold in China’s notoriously inaccessible release calendar after investing in the first China-US distributor and striking a strategic alliance with state-run distributor Huaxia Film.
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NewsSmurfs usurp Potter as $60m leads international weekend
Potter was yanked from its international throne at the weekend by not one but two muscular late summer performers in the shape of Sony’s The Smurfs on $60m and Fox’s Planet Of The Apes reboot on $40m. Once again China impressed with mighty numbers across the board.
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NewsApes continue to rule US for Fox on $28m hold
The well received Rise of The Planet Of The Apes crossed $100m in its second weekend following an estimated $27.5m number one hold in North America.
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NewsAnchor Bay pounces on Wicker Man follow-up
The distributor has taken all rights in the US, Canada and the UK to The Wicker Tree from Robin Hardy, whose 1973 horror film remains one of the great cult films of British cinema.
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NewsArts Alliance in digital cinema pact with Spain's A Contracorriente
Live satellite delivery of El Caso Farewell already successful.
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NewsVertigo picks up football drama Will for UK
Oct 21 release for Will, starring Damian Lewis and Bob Hoskins
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NewsNew Wave confirms two Cannes acquisitions
UK distributor takes on Once Upon a Time In Anatolia and Hors Satan.
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NewsMetrodome acquires Hollywood Classics; Peter Urie returns to company
UK distributor Metrodome has acquired Hollywood Classsics Ltd in a deal worth $2.6m (£1.6m).
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NewsToei launches international acquisitions under Tryangle label
Japanese major Toei studios announced its official return to foreign acquisitions today with the launch of new label Toei Tryangle.
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NewsIMAX expands Singapore partnership with Shaw Theatres
IMAX will install a theatre system in the new JCube entertainment complex in Singapore that is scheduled to be complete by 2012.
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NewsOpen Road to release The Grey on Jan 27, 2012
Joe Carnahan and his A-Team star Liam Neeson reunite in the story of oilrig workers who must battle a rogue wolf pack and sub-zero conditions after their plane crashes into the Alaskan wilderness.
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NewsMaya Entertainment to produce, distribute Taco Shop
Production is set to begin this month on the comedy about an aspiring taco shop owner who locks horns with a high-class taco truck situated across the street.
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NewsSundance Channel launches in five more territories
Sundance TV and VOD offering extends to Greece, Taiwan among others