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FeaturesSummer box office slumps, but indies show strength
Len Klady analyses the US box office results this summer, with revenues down but niche films doing well.
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NewsTakeshi Kitano announces plans for Outrage sequel
Director Takeshi Kitano has announced plans for a sequel to crime drama Outrage, which competed for the Palme d’Or in Cannes this May. The project would mark the first sequel in Kitano’s 22-year directing career.
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NewsSales interest strong for Joaquin Phoenix documentary
Sales are brewing for Casey Affleck’s directorial debut I’m Still Here presented out of competition in Venice by Magnolia Pictures International.
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NewsVenice Italian deals continue with Archibald taking Post Mortem
Also, Noemi by Eitan Zur sells to Bolero.
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NewsSimple Simon to represent Sweden in Oscar race
Swedish director Andreas Öhman’s feature debut, Simple Simon (I rymden finns inga känslor), has entered the race for an Oscar nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature.
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Kevin McKidd, Ashley Jensen sign up for Scottish romantic drama
Kevin McKidd anad Ashley Jensen are attached to star in Indian Summer, a romantic drama set in the Scottish Highlands in 1967, which will be the directorial debut of screenwriter Brian Ward.
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NewsPusan to open with Zhang Yimou's Under The Hawthorne Tree
The 15th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has announced their line-up with the international premiere of Zhang Yimou’s Under The Hawthorne Tree to open the fest.
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NYFCC set annual annual awards vote for December 13
Members of the New York Film Critics Circle will vote for their annual awards on December 13.
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Hungary submits Bibliotheque Pascal for Oscar consideration
Szabolcs Hajdu’s Berlin Forum title Bibliotheque Pascal is Hungary’s submission for the Academy Award for best foreign language film.
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Spanish shoot starts on Cold Light arring Willis, Weaver
Production is underway in Valencia and Madrid on Summit Entertainment, Intrepid Pictures and Galavis Film’s action thriller The Cold Light Of Day starring Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver.
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NewsFox Home Entertainment, Thirteen acquire Scorsese's A Letter To Elia
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Thirteen’s American Masters series have acquired Martin Scorsese’s documentary A Letter To Elia following its world premiere in Venice.
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NewsPohlad winds down Apparition, seeks new home for Tree Of Life
Apparition is winding down 13 months after its official launch as owner Bill Pohlad laid off the final 11 employees in the Los Angeles and New York offices today [7].
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NewsShrek Forever After is overseas king for DreamWorks Animation
Shrek Forever After has become the highest grossing DreamWorks Animation film of all time at the international box office.
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Cinemavault licenses RWWM to Image in US, Telepool in Germany
Image Entertainment has taken US rights from Toronto-based Cinemavault to Julius Kemp’s horror tale ReykjavikWhale Watching Massacre.
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D Films signs alternative content deal with Emerging Pictures
Canada’s D Films has signed an exclusive long-term output deal with New York-based Emerging Pictures to distribute alternative programming.
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NewsFubar II among trio of new TIFF sales titles for Celluloid Nightmares
Celluloid Nightmares has picked up rights to three titles heading into Toronto, including Midnight Madness opener Fubar II.
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Lorber takes US rights to Le Quattro Volte
Lorber Films has acquired all US rights to Toronto-bound Le Quattro Volte from Italian director Michelangelo Frammartino (The Gift).