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'Suicide Squad' climbs to $165m international
Warner Bros Pictures International’s comic book adaptation added an estimated $15.3m on Tuesday.
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Anne Hathaway, Rihanna in talks to join 'Oceans Eight'
Helena Bonham Carter also circling Warner Bros spin-off.
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Shudder picks up Toronto Midnight Madness closer 'Sadako Vs. Kayako'
The streaming service backed by AMC Networks has acquired all North American rights to the J-Horror face-off set to receive its international premiere in Toronto.
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Spotted Cow to produce 'Different Folks'
EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Cartwright’s company has come on to produce and co-finance the comedy, which Myriad Pictures is selling worldwide.
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NYFF 2016 unveils full line-up
The powers that be at the Film Society Of Lincoln Center announced on Tuesday the 25 films to screen as the main slate of the 54th New York Film Festival, set to run from September 30–October 16.
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TriStar, eOne, Mark Gordon journey to 'Narnia'
Eleven years after Disney and Walden Media launched The Chronicles Of Narnia franchise in theatres, a new jigsaw of partners has come together to adapt the fourth book in C S Lewis’ fantasy classic.
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Toronto next wave includes 'Free Fire', 'Blair Witch', DiCaprio doc
The third cascade of world premieres in 15 days flowed from the headquarters of the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday as programmers revealed their Midnight Madness, TIFF Docs, Vanguard, TIFF Cinematheque and Short Cuts selections.
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Rutger Hauer, Paul Anderson, Liam Cunningham join '24 Hours To Live'
Shanghai-based Fundamental Films and Thunder Road Pictures of Los Angeles announced the casting additions on Tuesday.
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US Briefs: Roadside Attractions tastes 'Bitter Harvest'
Plus: Strand Releasing acquires Sundance selection Lovesong; Talent incubator Resonance launches; and more…
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CBS Films picks up 'Winchester'
The distributor has acquired US rights from to Bullitt Entertainment and Diamond Pictures the thriller that will star Helen Mirren.
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Busy SPC snaps up 'Norman', rest of Almodovar library
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North America, Benelux, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia excluding South Korea to Richard Gere starrer Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer.
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Film Movement acquires 'Harmonium'
The New York-based film distributor has picked up Koji Fukada’s family drama and upcoming North American premiere Special Presentation selection at Toronto.
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'Suicide Squad' smashes US August record on $133.7m
AUGUST 8 UPDATE: After a patchy 2016 Warner Bros has a rare North American opening weekend to crow about as its comic book adaptation destroyed the previous high-water mark for the late summer month and the studio crossed the $1bn milestone for the 16th consecutive year.
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David Kosse hires Andy Leyshon as STX UK managing director
STX International president David Kosse has named his first big hire, bringing in the distribution specialist and former sales director for Universal Pictures UK and Eire.
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'Suicide Squad' races to $30m at international box office
AUGUST 5 UPDATE: The R-rated comic book adaptation opened top in 33 new markets on Thursday led by a record $3.9m industry opening day in Russia as the overall international running total climbed to $29.6m.
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Producer Liz Watts joins 'Mary Magdalene'
The founder of Sydney-based Porchlight Films has teamed up with the UK’s See-Saw Films on the prestige drama ahead of a European production start later this year.
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Warner Bros dates 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel
With a little over three months to go before the release of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, the studio confirmed a follow-up to the Harry Potter spin-off is in the works.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films to make TV series 'The Surge'
The company is partnering with producers Michael S. Emerson and Colonel F. Lee Reynolds to adapt the book Battle For Baqubah: Killing Our Way Out by retired First Sergeant Robert S. Colella.
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'The Lost City Of Z' to close NYFF
James Gray’s adventure has been a long time coming but audiences will finally get a chance to see it as the closing night world premiere screening at the 54th New York Film Festival on October 15.
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Cheryl Boone Isaacs re-elected Academy president
The board of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences on Tuesday night voted its president to a fourth term heading into what could become an impassioned season of Oscar campaigning fuelled by the diversity agenda.