Director Olivier Assayas Preps 'Hubris'
"Carlos" helmer Olivier Assayas is set to shoot his first film in the U.S. -- "Hubris," an action-packed crime thriller set against the backdrop of organized crime in Chicago in the 1970s.
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Strand Picks Up 'Stranger at the Lake'
Strand Releasing has nabbed all North American rights to Alain Guiraudie's erotic suspenser “Stranger at the Lake,” which preemed in Cannes' Un Certain Regard. Set against the backdrop of a cruising s…
Lionsgate Takes U.S. on Canet's 'Blood Ties'
Lionsgate has acquired U.S. distribution rights from Worldview Entertainment to Guillaume Canet's English-language "Blood Ties," which world premiered out of competition at Cannes on Monday. Lionsgate…
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mia Maestro Set for 'Evita' (EXCLUSIVE)
Gael Garcia Bernal and Mia Maestro have joined the cast of Argentinian helmer-scribe Pablo Aguero's "Evita" (working title), chronicling the odyssey of Eva Peron's embalmed corpse around Europe from…
Cannes: The Weinstein Company Circles U.S. Rights to 'Spivet' (EXCLUSIVE)
The Weinstein Company is in advanced negotiations to acquire all U.S. rights to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 3D adventure pic "The Young and Prodigious Spivet," in what will be one of the highest-profile…
Kino Lorber Surrenders To 'A Touch of Sin'
Kino Lorber has acquired all U.S. rights to Jia Zhangke's Palme d'Or contender "A Touch of Sin."
Carlos Saura Bound for 'Argentina' (EXCLUSIVE)
Spanish director Carlos Saura, the major figure of the Nuevo Cine Espanol, is set to direct "Argentina," a documentary about tango. Nathanael Karmitz's MK2, which is scoring heavily this week at the C…
Gallic Producer Preps Feature Based on 'Love' Short
While the USA Network has boarded the Stateside sitcom adaptation of French short “Love is Dead,” Paris-based De Films en Aiguilles is developing a spinoff feature that Gaul's TF1 Intl. has acquired. …
Nikolai Lebedev Boards Russian 'Flight'
Nikolai Lebedev, whose “Legend No. 17″ is a Russian hit, has gotten on board “Flight Crew,” a contempo makeover of 1979's “Air Crew,” considered Russia's first local disaster movie. Lebedev's project…
Studiocanal Herds Aardman's 'Shaun' to Multiple Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Euro film and TV group Studiocanal has closed major territory deals on "Shaun the Sheep," the bigscreen debut of a character first seen in Aardman Animations' Oscar-winning short, "A Close Shave." "Sh…
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Domestic Film DAILY
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
1Daily: $8.0M Cumulative: $98.4M Paramount Pictures 1st in th week -
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
2Daily: $6.8M Cumulative: $98.4M Paramount Pictures 2nd in th week -
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Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3
3Daily: $3.2M Cumulative: $343.6M Disney 3rd in th week
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