Category Archives: Global News

Box Office: Captain America: Winter Soldier Soars to $303.3 Million Globally

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Continuing Marvel and Disney’s enviable winning streak, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is making history at the global box office, debuting to a record-breaking $96.2 million in North America for an early worldwide total of $303.3 million. In only 10 days overseas, the sequel has already taken in $207.1 million — eclipsing the entire foreign […]

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VSAFF: Apartheid reverberates in edgy Vancouver South African Film Festival

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Multicultural Vancouver can certainly glean a lesson or two—or, rather, a multitude—from the layered, ethnically diverse, and dynamic social fabric of South Africa, which boasts a whopping 11 official languages. With its documentary-heavy program, this year’s fourth annual Vancouver South African Film Festival (Saturday and Sunday [April 5 and 6], at the Goldcorp Centre for […]

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‘Fast & Furious 7′ Resumes Filming; ‘Last Witch Hunter’ Getting a Rewrite

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There are many benefits to following Vin Diesel on Facebook (his official page is currently at over 70 million “Likes”), which include semi-daily inspirational advice from the actor, photos that encourage you to exercise more, and occasional updates on his developing projects. Thanks to Vin, we know that there’s a new installment in the XXX […]

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American Produces Afrikaans Film

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A giant leap forward in Afrikaans filmmaking, Die Windpomp represents a rather odd goal set by its American producer Chris Roland (Stander, Hotel Rwanda). From the beginning, even though he didn’t speak a word of Afrikaans, with the exception of “’n Boer maak ‘n plan”, Roland wanted to make an Afrikaans film that was highly […]

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The Lego Movie Box Office Still stacking Up Past $400 Million and Counting…

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“The LEGO Movie” continues to build a following with audiences in the U.S. and around the globe, surpassing the $400 million mark in worldwide grosses and remaining a box office draw.  The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. To […]

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The Grudge goes for a reboot

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According to deadline.com The Grudge, the Takashi Shimazu-directed 2004 film that helped establish the viability of low-cost genre films, is getting a reboot. Ghost House Pictures and Good Universe will relaunch the franchise, and they’ve set Midnight Meat Train scribe Jeff Buhler to draft the reboot. The original starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, cost around $10 million, grossed $187 million worldwide and hatched a sequel. […]

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YAHOO TO HOST OFFICIAL LIVE STREAM OF “DIVERGENT” WORLD PREMIERE RED CARPET ON MARCH 18

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Watch Exclusive Interviews From the Red Carpet via Yahoo Movies and the Yahoo Screen App As the official digital partner of the DIVERGENT world premiere, Yahoo Movies will live stream the red carpet on http://movies.yahoo.com and on mobile via the Yahoo Screen App (http://bit.ly/17oPc2C) on Tuesday, March 18 at 6:00pm PT / 9:00pm ET straight from […]

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