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NewsThis Is It heads into weekend as international box office favourite
Michael Jackson’s This Is It will dominate the international landscape this weekend if the $12.7m opening day gross through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) is anything to go by.
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Medusa names new exhibition chain The Space Cinema
Medusa Film, the company that took over the Warner Bros cinema with Alessandro Benetton’s 21 Investiment, has relaunched as The Space Cinema.
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NewsSummit to re-release Twilight for one day before New Moon
Summit Entertainment will re-release Twilight for one day on November 19, a day before the launch of the sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
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NewsPetit Nicolas sets sights on becoming biggest French hit of 2009
Laurent Tirard’s Petit Nicolas is poised to become the most successful French film of 2009.
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NewsBFI to offer classic movies through Blinkbox
Blinkbox, the film and TV aggregator, has signed a licensing deal with the British Film Institute (BFI) that will allow it to stream films from its library of classic titles.
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Screen Media Films takes world on political thriller Formosa Betrayed
Screen Media Films has acquired worldwide rights in all media to the $8m political thriller Formosa Betrayed following its international premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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FeaturesWill the deal-makers get real in Santa Monica?
US sales agents are confident they have the right strategies - and the right product - to attract international buyers at this week’s American Film Market (Nov 4-11). Jeremy Kay talks to buyers and sellers about their outlook for the event, and Screen International writers look at the hot projects ...
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NewsOptimum expands production ambitions with Big Talk deal
Optimum Releasing has struck a two year co-financing and co-production agreement with Shaun Of The Dead production company Big Talk, as part of the its ongoing expansion into production.
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NewsEdko Films opens China’s first arthouse cinema
Broadway Cinema, the cinema management brand of Hong Kong’s Edko Films, has opened the first arthouse cinema in China – Broadway Cinematheque MOMA – in Beijing’s MOMA residential compound.
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NewsLorber Films takes US rights to Swiss Oscar hopeful Home
Lorber Films has acquired all US rights to the Swiss foreign-language Academy Awards submission Home, starring Isabelle Huppert .
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NewsThis Is It grosses more than $4.4m in under 24 hours in North America
Sony’s Michael Jackson tribute film This Is Ithas grossed more than $4.4m in less than 24 hours since opening last night (October 27) in North America.
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NewsHigh Point Films closes further sales on Koolhoven's Winter In Wartime
London-based High Point Films has closed further deals on Martin Koolhoven’s Winter In Wartime.
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NewsRevolver takes Adrift and The Limits Of Control for UK
UK distributor Revolver Entertainment has picked up two new Focus Features to be distributed in the UK - Heitor Dhalia’s Adrift and Jim Jarmursh’s The Limits of Control.
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NewsNew German government pledges support for film
Angela Merkel’s new government confirmed its support for the local film industry as it prepared to be sworn in on Wednesday (October 28).
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NewsBankside Films acquires This Beautiful Fantastic ahead of AFM
London-based sales outfit Bankside Films has announced its acquisition of This Beautiful Fantastic ahead of next week’s American Film Market.
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NewsLarge UK cast lines up alongside Giamatti, Purefoy in Ironclad
Jonathan English’s Ironclad has completed its casting and has now begun principal photography on location and at Dragon International Film Studios.
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NewsFilm Movement takes North American rights to The Wind Journeys
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Ciro Guerra’s Colombian foreign-language Oscar submission The Wind Journeys and has set a spring 2010 theatrical release.
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NewsBelgian distributors bid to end box office dispute
The ten-month dispute over Belgian box office figures is close to being resolved after the Belgian Society of Film Distributors proposed a new scheme that could be introduced early next year.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn acquires US rights on To Save A Life
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US theatrical rights to California-based New Song Pictures’ faith-based coming-of-age drama To Save A Life.
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NewsVivendi Entertainment, IndieVest partner on home entertainment output deal
LA-based financier and distributor IndieVest Pictures has secured a home entertainment output deal with Vivendi Entertainment.