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NewsSundance Selects takes North America on Ai Weiwei doc
Alison Klayman’s acclaimed Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry premiered at Sundance last month and will benefit from a “major” summer theatrical roll-out planned to coincide with the activist’s first trip outside China since his recent detention.
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NewsDel Toro, Reel FX team up on Day Of The Dead
Jorge R Gutierrez will direct the Romeo And Juliet-style CG animation from a screenplay he is writing with Doug Langdale set against the Mexican folklore milieu. Guillermo De Toro is on board as creative collaborator and will also present the film.
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NewseOne picks up Paris Manhattan for North America
Release likely end of 2012; further announcements pending for mini-major which has been voraciously acquiring in recent weeks.
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NewsWeinstein, Netflix content deal includes The Artist
The Oscar frontrunner will receive its pay-TV premiere on the streaming service rather than on traditional premium cable following a multi-year deal between the parties.
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NewsNorwegian regional film centres in development, production deal with US indie producers
An unsual collaboration to make two to three films has been created by a 12 month co-development and co-production deal between the Regional Film Centres of Norway and US independents Senza Pictures and Garnet Girl LLC.
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Senza Pictures, Garnet Girl sign co-production deal with Norway
An unsual collaboration to make two to three films has been created by a 12 month co-development and co-production deal between the Regional Film Centres of Norway and US independents Senza Pictures and Garnet Girl LLC.
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NewsAdopt takes on Cafe de Flore
Adopt Films has acquired US rights to Jean-Marc Vallée’s drama Café de Flore.
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NewsWoody Allen, Alexander Payne among WGA winners
Woody Allen won Best Original Screenplay at the WGA Awards on Sunday night for Midnight in Paris; Alexander Payne, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon won for Best Adapted Screenplay
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NewsSteve Coogan signs with ICM
British actor and comedian Steve Coogan has signed with ICM for representation.
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NewsSafe House steals US top spot from The Vow over Presidents' Day weekend
A closely-fought battle over the three-day weekend sees Safe House take number one with an estimated $24.0m.
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NewsAdopt Films scores Berlin hat-trick with Barbara
In its third acquisition of a high-profile Berlin 2012 competition title, Adopt Films has now taken all US rights to Christian Petzold’s Barbara.
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NewsIFC takes North American rights to Predisposed
Philip Dorling and Ron Nyswaner direct and write.
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NewsSony takes on multiple territories for Sebastian Silva's new thriller
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired all US and Canada rights, along with Latin America, Scandinavia, South Africa, Eastern Europe, to Sebastian Silva’s untitled thriller.
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NewsAdopt Films takes on second Berlin competition title Caesar Must Die
Adopt Films has acquired US rights to Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s Caesar Must Die.
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NewsRafi Pitts teams with Radulescu, Karathanos on Soy Negro
EXCLUSIVE: Rafi Pitts is co-writing his next film with Romanian writer Radvan Radulescu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 days, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu).
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Locations show dates set
The Locations trade show has been set for June 15-16, marking the fist time that it will run concurrently with the opening weekend of the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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Freestyle sets Tomorrow for Facebook release
Freestyle Digital Media and social entertainment company Milyoni are teaming up to give Australian hit Tomorrow,When the War Began a simultaneous US theatrical, VOD and Facebook release on Feb 24.