Tag: Global

‘Jurassic World’ Holds off ‘Incredibles 2’ in China

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  1. ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Roars to $15.3 Million at Thursday Box Office
  2. ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Rises To $370M Overseas; ‘Incredibles 2’ Powers $52M Early Bow – International Box Office
  3. China Box Office: ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Opening Dominates Weekend
  4. ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Steamrolls International Box Office as ‘Incredibles 2’ Begins Rollout

Regulators Keep Chinese Film Industry in Suspense

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  1. China Film Industry To Be Regulated By Communist Party Propaganda Department
  2. China Film Bureau Names Wang Xiaohui As New Head Of Department
  3. China Appoints Wang Xiaohui as Film Bureau Chief
  4. Chinese Regulators Block Banks From Lending To Dalian Wanda For Overseas Acquisitions

Lagardere Studios’ Imagissime Unveils New Slate of Documentaries (EXCLUSIVE)

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  1. Mipcom: Lagardere’s Kelija, Arte Reteam on New Sci-Fi Series ‘Ad Vitam’ (EXCLUSIVE)
  2. Lagardere’s New Imagissime Banner Develops Internationally Driven Documentaries
  3. Series Mania: Lagardere’s Atlantique, Spain’s Portocabo Co-Develop TV Drama ‘Hierro’ with Movistar Plus, Arte France
  4. National Geographic Unveils New Banner to Produce Feature Documentaries (EXCLUSIVE)

Mariette Rissenbeek, Carlo Chatrian to Become Co-Chiefs of Berlin Film Festival

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  1. Locarno Chief Carlo Chatrian To Head Berlin Film Festival – Report
  2. Berlin Film Festival Hires Carlo Chatrian as New Festival Director to Replace Dieter Kosslick
  3. Monte-Carlo Television Festival To Honor Mariska Hargitay With Crystal Nymph Award
  4. Cannes Film Festival Chiefs Sign Gender Equality Charter

‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ to Be First U.S. Indie Title Released in Saudi Arabia

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  1. As Saudi Arabia Mulls Opening Movie Theaters, Vue International Sees Opportunity
  2. IMAX Saudi Deal, Edinburgh Line-Up, Screen Yorkshire, Nordisk Film, Kino Lorber, Assembly Line — Global Briefs
  3. Saudi Arabia Lifts 35-Year Ban On Cinemas; Movie Theaters Expected In March 2018
  4. AMC Secures First License To Open Cinemas In Saudi Arabia

HBO Latin America Makes First Colombian Fiction TV Series

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  1. Cannes: Latido Films Acquires Burning Blue, Dynamo Production ‘Siete Cabezas’
  2. Mipcom: Fox Networks Group Latin America’s Edgar Spielmann on Latin America’s TV Drama Sea Change
  3. NATPE: DirecTV Closes Latin America on Studiocanal’s Harlan Coben Series ‘The Five’
  4. Streaming Service Acorn TV Makes International Move with Latin America Launch

Cannes Prize Winner ‘Capernaum’ to Kick Off New Arab Film Festival in Paris

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  1. Dubai: Lebanese Film Critic Rima Mismar To Head Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
  2. Dubai Film Connection Announces Arab Projects Prizewinners
  3. Jury Prize Winner Nadine Labaki’s ‘Capernaum’ Captures The Reality Of A Life in Hell For Lebanon’s Invisible Generation – Cannes Studio
  4. Cannes Film Festival Tweaks Dates of 71st Edition to Kick Off One Day Earlier

Shanghai: Documentary ‘In My Eyes’ is Triumph of Will On-Screen and Off

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  1. Indies ‘Trivisa’ and ‘Mad World’ Triumph at Hong Kong Film Awards
  2. Great Job, Internet!: Triumph finds even more things to poop on in these outtakes from Trump’s inauguration
  3. Why the Oscar-Winning Producer of ‘Big Hero 6’ Made Big-Screen Nature Documentary ‘Born In China’
  4. Why ‘Dangal’s’ Triumph in China Could Be a Game-Changer For India

German Broadcasters Buy International Formats ‘All Together Now’ and ‘Masters of Dance’

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  1. Keshet International Acquires Germany’s Tresor TV Produktions – MIPTV
  2. Israel’s Keshet International Acquires British Production Group Greenbird Media
  3. Keshet International Backs BBC One Drama ‘The Trial Of Christine Keeler’
  4. NBCUniversal Brings in International Formats VP Suzanne Kendrick (EXCLUSIVE)

Lionsgate, Nevision Pact for Drama About Middle East Oil (EXCLUSIVE)

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  1. Dubai: Middle East Distributor Empire International Forges Pact With New Egyptian Shingle Synergy Films
  2. Lionsgate, Studiocanal Pact In Oz; French Film Biz Offers Support To U.S. Over Trump Budget Cuts – Global Briefs
  3. Salma Hayek & Jose Tamez Pact With Lionsgate In First-Look Deal To Produce English & Spanish-Language Features
  4. Lionsgate Ups Pair To Run TV Unit’s Business Affairs

Munich Film Festival Keeps Its Finger on Pulse of Zeitgeist

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  1. Steve Reich at 80, his finger on the pulse of a bewildered country
  2. Asbury Park Music & Film Festival Reveal Film Submission Award Winners
  3. ReachTV Gets New Name, Partnership With Social Pulse Media
  4. ‘The Price Of Everything’ To Kick Off Greenwich Film Festival; ‘Mapplethorpe’ Set As Provincetown Film Festival Closer

Netflix Shines For Lee Byun-hun Starring ‘Mr Sunshine’

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  1. Netflix Picks Up ‘The Order’ Horror Drama Series Starring Jake Manley & Sarah Grey
  2. Netflix Sets ‘Love Alarm’ as its First Original Korean Drama
  3. Netflix Hip-Hop Movie ‘The After Party,’ Starring Kyle, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana, Begins Production
  4. Netflix Acquires Korean Drama Series ‘Mr. Sunshine’ For July Premiere

Finnish Media Fund IPR Bets on ‘The Red Harlequin’s’ Development

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  1. Los Angeles Media Fund & UK Comedy Producer Who’s On First Ink First-Look Deal
  2. Fremantle Media Strikes Development Deal With ‘Silent Witness’ Duo
  3. Mipcom: Lagardere Acquires Majority Stake in Finnish Banner Aito Media Group
  4. FilMart: Kirin Media, Longzhilin Fund Set Diverse U.S.-China Film Slate

Korea’s CJ to Finance, Distribute 25 Turkish Films by 2019

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  1. In a big step for indie producer, Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures will distribute and market its own films
  2. Korea’s CJ E&M to Launch Turkish Production Unit
  3. Cannes: Turkish Sales Company Match Point Scores Sales to Asia (EXCLUSIVE)
  4. Germany’s AF-Media Pushes Out Turkish Films to More International Markets (EXCLUSIVE)

Dolph Lundgren to Host Action-Movie-Inspired Competition Show ‘The Tower’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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  1. Dolph Lundgren Compares His ‘Arrow’ Villain to ‘Rocky’ Character Ivan Drago
  2. Jean-Claude Van Damme-Dolph Lundgren’s ‘Black Water’ Bought by Saban
  3. Dolph Lundgren is back having fun in the horror-comedy ‘Don’t Kill It’
  4. Dwayne Johnson to Host New Athletic Competition Show on NBC

Venice’s ‘The Wild Boys’ Acquired by U.S.’s Altered Innocence, MUBI (EXCLUSIVE)

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  1. Altered Innocence Picks Up U.S. Rights to ‘Concrete Night’ (EXCLUSIVE)
  2. Altered Innocence Picks Up U.S. Rights to ‘Desire Will Set You Free’ (EXCLUSIVE)
  3. Internet, start your Game of Thrones-Altered Carbon shared-universe engines
  4. ‘Altered Carbon’: Love Is Strange When Your Consciousness Keeps Switching Bodies — Watch (Exclusive)

Endemol Shine Brings in Banks to Evaluate Possible Sale

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  1. Chinese SVOD Service Youku To Develop Original Series With Endemol Shine – Mip TV
  2. Endemol Shine North America & Mexico’s Boomdog Combine Spanish-Language Businesses
  3. BBC Developing Entertainment Competition Format ‘First And Last’ From Endemol Shine’s Zeppotron
  4. Endemol Shine North America Brings In DJ Nurre As Head of Unscripted, Promotes Duo