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The Doha Film Institute has come on board to co-produce the big-budget epic Black Gold, which is being produced by Tarak Ben Ammars Quinta Communications.This is the DFIs first investment in a major international film. The Institute was launched earlier this year and unveiled in Cannes.Black Gold has a budget of about $55m; the amount of financing provided by DFI was not revealed.The project started shooting in and around Ben Ammars Empire Studios on Oct 18. It will also shoot on location in Qatar next year.Warner Bros will distribute in France, the UK, Latin America and the Middle East; Universal Pictures International will distribute in Germany and Spain; and Quintas Eagle Pictures will distribute in
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stanley website finalised for a worldwide launch during the holiday season 2011.As previously reported, the film stars Antonio Banderas, Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed and Liya Kebede. The epic adventure is an adaptation of Hans Reuschs The Great Thirst, about two rival Emirs in 1930s Arabia.Jean-Jacques Annaud will direct based on
stanley cup the screenplay by Menno Meyjes. Annaud co-wrote the story with Alain Godard.Ben Ammar, who is attending and speaking at the current Doha Tribeca Film Festival, said: I am delighted that the Doha Film Institute will be my partners in bringing this epic story of Arab heroism and nobility to audiences around the world. When I first tried to make this film over 30 years ago, I could not find any Cvyj Petition (La Cour Des Plaignants)
The Japanese box office totalled $2.15bn 195bn yen in 2012, topping the previous years figures by 7.7% but remaining below 2010s 220.7bn yen.The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Eiren has reported overall Japanese box office revenues for 2012 totaling $2.15b Y195.2b . The figure represents a 7.7% increase over 2011s weak showing of $1.99b, but still down considerably from 2010s record-breaking $2.43b.The total was earned from 155.16 million admissions, a 7.2% increase over last years 144.73 million. Overall, Japans box office has remained relatively flat with admissions both this year and last failing to exceed 160 million as they had since 2001. Despite the mediocre results, 2012 signalled a return to normal moviegoing habits after 2011s natural disaster and dearth of hits.In con
stanley cup trast, Chinas exploding year-on-year increase in admissions generated $2.74b in 2012, seeing Japan drop to the worlds third largest film market economically.Homegrown successHowever, unlike China, where Hollywood and foreign titles outgrossed local releases, Japans market share for imports fell drastically to 34.3%, representing $736.85m of 2012s take. Market share flipped in favour of local titles
stanley canada in 2006 after 21 years of preference for imports, with 2012s share marking the lowest since 1965.With no homegrown megahits in 2011, last year saw four local title
stanley cup s exceed Y5b, led by Brave Hearts: Umizaru as the years overall top-grossing film at $80.6m, Thermae Romae, Bayside Shakedown