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Warner Bros. Pictures Signs Distribution Deal with SF Studios in Sweden

Warner Bros. Pictures has signed a film distribution agreement with SF Studios in Sweden that will complement the existing distribution agreement that Warner Bros. Pictures already has with SF Studios in Denmark, Norway and Finland, making SF Studios the Nordic partner of Warner Bros. Pictures. SF Studios has been handling the sales, marketing and distribution…

Cameras Rolling on Just Mercy

Principal photography began this week on Warner Bros. Pictures’ inspiring drama “Just Mercy,” based on the award-winning nonfiction bestseller by Bryan Stevenson Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Published in 2014 by Spiegel & Grau. The film stars Michael B. Jordan (“Black Panther,” “Creed,” upcoming “Creed II”) and Oscar winners Jamie Foxx (“Ray,”…

Ready Player One Passes $300 Million Globally

Propelled by extraordinary returns in China, Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “Ready Player One” is crossing the $300 million mark at the global box office. The action adventure, from filmmaker Steven Spielberg, surpassed that number on April 6. A spokesperson for Warner Brothers explained that with nearly $143 million (RMB 897m)…

Principal Photography Underway on The Goldfinch

Principal photography has begun on “The Goldfinch,” Warner Bros. Pictures and Amazon Studios’ highly anticipated film adaptation of Donna Tartt’s globally acclaimed best-selling novel, which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and also spent 30 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list. The…

Production begins on The 15:17 to Paris

Production is underway this week on Clint Eastwood’s “The 15:17 to Paris.” The film tells the real-life story of three men whose brave act turned them into heroes during a highspeed railway ride. In the early evening of August 21, 2015, the world watched in stunned silence as the media reported a thwarted terrorist attack…

The Conjuring 2 US Box Office Success

Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President, Worldwide Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that James Wan’s sequel to 2013’s record-breaking supernatural thriller summoned up $90.350 million at the worldwide box office, making “The Conjuring 2” #1 in its opening weekend in North America and expecting to be #1 internationally, outside of China. “Once again, James Wan has…