| Sundsvall, Sweden Jul 17th 2012, 12:20  | Ice Age 4 grossed $98m over weekend to reach $339m Ice Age: Continental Drift's third weekend came in a little higher than original estimates from Fox International at $97.6m for a $339.2m running total. |
 | Principal photography kicks off on Very Good Girls Naomi Foner is directing from her own screenplay about whose plan to lose their virginity hits a bump when they fall for the same guy. Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen star. |
 | StudioCanal acquires Hoyts Distribution, plans local productions StudioCanal has bought successful Australia and New Zealand distributor Hoyts Distribution of the Hoyts Group; the outfit will release last Twilight instalment in November. |
 | Imax to convert up to 18 additional AMC theatres The companies announced on Monday (16) they were expanding their revenue sharing partnership and have agreed on eight new installation deals. |
| Phase 4 acquires North American rights to Alter Egos Jordan Galland's superhero comedy will be released under the company's new "Kevin Smith's SModcast Pictures Presents" banner. |
 | Jerry Weintraub to be honoured at Zurich Film Festival The producer will pick up a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival, which will screen several of his films including Ocean's 11 and The Karate Kid. |
| Chris Fetner named Netflix director of content partner operations The executive will be based at the company's Beverly Hills offices and will manage all aspects of the digital supply chain. |
 | Screen Awards shortlist led by The Woman In Black campaign 20th Century Fox leads distributors with 14 shortlist mentions, Momentum and Lionsgate have 10, Warner Bros are on 8. |
 | Sofia, La Playa D.C. among hot titles at Colombia's BAM The third edition of the Bogota Audiovisual Market (BAM) wrapped at weekend after presenting 56 Colombian projects in development and screening 13 films. Sofia And The Stubborn (Sofia Y El Terco, pictured), La Sirga and La Playa D.C. are among the titles that generated buzz. |
| Sundance Institute unveils creative producing participants, Bingham Ray Fellow Eleven projects are selected for the creative producing labs, which run from Jul 30-Aug 3. The Fellows represent five projects from the feature film programme and six from the documentary film programme and fund. |
 | Twickenham mystery buyer revealed as property magnate Sunny Vohra, studio to expand operations Twickenham to add staff and expand operations, says new management. |
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 | As genre titles become more popular in the marketplace, festivals such as Fantasia, FrightFest and PiFan are not just for the fanboys any more. Ian Sandwell examines how the industry is embracing fantastic events. |
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 | Screen talks to Austrian director Florian Flicker, whose fifth feature Crossing Boundaries world premieres at the Sarajevo Film festival this week. |
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 | Dir: Christopher Nolan. US. 2012. 164mins |
 | Dir: Andrew Kötting. UK. 2012. 94mins |
 | Dir/scr: Tomasz Wasilewski. Poland. 2012. 76mins |
 | Dir/scr: Martin Villeneuve. Canada. 2012. 90mins |
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 | Jeremy Kay checks out the Batmobile exhibition at Comic-Con. |
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 | Screen's Stars of Tomorrow Party Rising talents and industry veterans celebrated at The Langham Hotel in London. |
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