Shout! Factory nabs “The 7th Dwarf” German 3D animationOctober 16, 2014 - 12:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Home entertainment group Shout! Factory has picked up U.S. rights to The 7th Dwarf, a German 3D animated feature based on the Snow White fairy tale, The Hollywood Reporter said. Global Screen, which is handling international sales of the title, also closed deals with Signature Entertainment for the U.K., Rialto Distribution for Australia, Italian International Film for Italy, Flins & Piniculas in Spain and PRIS Audiovisuais for Portugal. Global said it expects to close a French deal soon. The film had previously sold across Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The 7th Dwarf is the latest in the Snow White-inspired franchise created by German comedian Otto Waalkes. Two previous, live-action versions of the series have together grossed around $75 million in Germany alone. Universal and German independent distributor 3 Freunde are handling the theatrical release of The 7th Dwarf in Germany. The film has earned $1.8 million at the German box office so far. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |