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NewsXavier Gens to direct action thriller The Fallout for ContentFilm
On the eve of the AFM, ContentFilm International has taken worldwide sales rights to action thriller The Fallout to be directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman). The film is due is due to start principal photography in Feb 2010 in Eastern Europe.
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NewsGilliam's Imaginarium storms Italian box office
Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus has taken $2.7m (€1.8m) in its opening weekend in Italy, denied the top spot only by Walt Disney SMPI’s Up in its second week.
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NewsMIG Films acquires rights to Jakubisko's Bathory
MIG Films has picked up the rights to Bathory, the most expensive Eastern European film to date, for German-speaking territories. It will be released in January.
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NewsFilm Sales Company acquires world on Good Fortune doc
Andrew Herwitz’s Film Sales Company has taken on worldwide sales rights to Landon van Soest and Jeremy Levine’s documentary Good Fortune.
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NewsMPA and Chinese copyright group collaborate to fight illegal camcording
Motion Picture Association (MPA) and China Film Copyright Association (CFCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to encourage closer collaboration between the two organisations, particularly on illegal camcording.
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PVR Pictures appoints Deepak Sharma to boost overseas distribution
Indian company PVR Pictures has appointed Deepak Sharma as head of distribution – worldwide as part of a move to boost it presence in the distribution and production.
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NewsParamount to release My Last Five Girlfriends in UK
Paramount Pictures International (PPI) has taken on UK rights to Willing Pilowsky Media’s romantic comedy My Last Five Girlfriends and set a March 2010 release on over 100 prints.The film, which is directed by Julian Kemp, had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, and was first ...
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NewsSouth Korea's CJ Entertainment boards family animation Dino Mom
South Korea’s CJ Entertainment has come on board as a co-financier and is planning a wide 2010 release in South Korea of the English-language animated feature film Dino Mom being sold by Myriad Pictures.
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NewsParanormal Activity shreds Saw VI in US with $22m weekend
For the second year in a row the Saw franchise missed out on a number one launch as the remarkable Paranormal Activity beat Lionsgate’s annual horror update into second place.
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NewsUp retains the overseas crown as $19m boosts tally to $324m
Disney/Pixar’s Up dominated the Hollywood competition overseas for the third straight weekend thanks to an estimated $19m haul from 4,789 screens in 26 territories that propelled the running total to $324.2m.
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NewsGangster Exchange to get US release through Good New Movies
Gangster Exchange, the action comedy that is being sold overseas by Toronto-based Cinemavault, has been set for a December 3 US release on a minimum 200 screens through LA-based distributor Good New Movies.
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NewsSaw VI release in Spain postponed due to X rating
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International’s Spanish arm has had to postpone its nationwide release in Spain of the horror film Saw VI due to the film being given an X rating for extreme violence by the Spanish government’s film institute, the ICAA.
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NewsMomentum, PPI strike up UK distribution alliance on six-film slate
UK independent distributor Momentum Pictures and Paramount Pictures International have struck a six-picture deal whereby Paramount will book the films and Momentum will handle marketing and publicity, as on their traditional releases.
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Deepak Sharmaas named worldwide distribution chief at PVR
Indian company PVR Pictures has hired Deepak Sharmaas as head of worldwide distribution.
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NewsUp sails past $300m, enters weekend as overseas champ
Up swept past $300m at the international box office on Thursday [October 22] and will be among the vanguard of Hollywood overseas releases this weekend.
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NewsIFC takes US rights to Toronto Canadian feature winner Cairo Time
IFC Films has acquired US rights from E1 Entertainment International to the romance Cairo Time starring Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig.
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FeaturesJapan, caution
The collapse in Japan’s independent distribution sector has made the territory one of the most difficult for foreign films to crack ‹ and nor are Hollywood studio films working. Jason Gray reports
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NewsVillage Roadshow sells Greek division for $74.9m
Dimitris Kontominas, the media tycoon that acquired Village Roadshow’s Greek business earlier this month, has revealed plans to invest $30m (€20m) in the company over the next two years.
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NewsProtagonist takes international rights to Wild Target
London-based sales company Protagonist Pictures has taken international rights to Magic Light Pictures’ feature comedy Wild Target, directed by Jonathan Lynn. It will have it first marketing screening at AFM.
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NewsO-Scope picks up North America on The Exploding Girl
New York-based Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Bradley Rust Gray’s second feature The Exploding Girl.