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20th Century Fox Korea on Friday announced that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will open in South Korean theaters on July 10 instead of on July 16, igniting vehement protest among local cineastes. The last-minute change will most likely affect the number of screens that would have been allotted to smaller movies released that week. The association said "This abrupt change in the release date for such a big-budget Hollywood blockbuster goes against film business ethics. This gives way to not only chaos in the basic order of the film market but also great damage for others."



Transformers: Age of Extinction grossed $5 million (or 300 million rupees) over its opening weekend in India, according to local distributors Viacom18 Motion Pictures. The studio said this is the third highest opening figure ever for a Hollywood film in India.The highest opening weekend for any Hollywood film in India was recorded by The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which collected $ 6.92 million (417 million rupees) according to Sony Pictures India. The film opened in India on May 1, ahead of its U.S.

Haim Saban 's new venture Saban Films will team with Roadside Attractions for U.S. distribution of Tommy Lee Jones ' The Homesman. The Western, which stars Jones and Hilary Swank, had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Saban Films acquired the North American distribution rights the film during the film festival in its first acquisition.



"Don't be afraid to be black," writer/director John Singleton told a largely-black, standing-room only audience at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Saturday. The filmmaker -- who received two Oscar nominations for Boyz N the Hood and who is currently developing a Tupac Shakur biopic -- spoke on diversity at a session moderated by Elvis Mitchell that was held at the Conga Room in downtown Los Angeles. "Don't try to be something else," Singleton urged.



“Talent has no gender,” Gina Prince-Bythewood, who wrote and directed the 2008 film The Secret Life of Bees, asserted Saturday at a panel titled “Women Who Call The Shots,” presented by the Los Angeles Film Festival.For the third consecutive year, the festival gathered together writers and directors to discuss their experiences in the film industry. In addition to Prince-Bythewood, the group included Nicole Holofcener, writer/ director of last year’s Enough Said, Debra Granik, writer and director of 2010’s indie feature Winter’s Bone, and Marta Kauffman, the co-creator of Friends.