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Distribution

Paramount Pictures Deal is Dead

Paramount will not receive the $1 billion in slate funding from China’s Shanghai Film Group, and Hua Hua Media. A source said, the “Paramount deal is dead.”

Distribution

Rush to Offshore

China’s Perfect World Pictures will co-finance 25% of Universal’s B-slate over five years. The $500 million deal is the second major tie-up in a week.

Legal Brief
Distribution

Legal: W2 2016

The makers of the Machete film franchise did not have their constitutional rights violated when Texas denied their application for a film incentive grant.