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    Directorial Duo The Queen Joins No Smoke For Spots, Branded Content

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    The Queen, comprised of Crinan Campbell (l) and Daniel Lumb
    NEW YORK --

    Production company No Smoke has added The Queen–a directing team consisting of Daniel Lumb and Crinan Campbell–to its roster for spots and branded content in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

    The duo is known for its distinctive photographic style, convincing performances and inventive, idea-led technique. Lumb and Campbell met as young commercial editors and, as flatmates, began shooting short films together.  Their films attracted the attention of various agencies, and they’ve steadily built a varied commercial reel. Lumb and Campbell direct in London and around the world. Working independently, The Queen is represented by Visionaries in the U.K., with other European affiliations including McQueen in Germany and Go East in Eastern Europe.
     
    The Queen has won a host of international awards for their experimental films Fifteen (2014) and Extranjero (2011), which received the prestigious Sundance London Short Film prize. The directors have garnered recognition for their commercials and content for clients such as Samsung, Made.com, Marks and Spencer, British Airways, TalkTalk, Listerine, Debenhams, Lastminute.com, Universal Pictures and Virgin Media. 

    No Smoke partners Andrew Swee and Lou Addesso said they were drawn to The Queen’s original voice and subversive humor intermixed with a verité sensibility, often topped off with animation and/or VFX. A division of CFM Labs, Bicoastal No Smoke is represented by Kelly Flint of indie firm Strike Media in the East, and Robin Stevens of Robin Stevens Reps in the Midwest.

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    “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” Tops Weekend Box Office

    Sunday, December 22, 2024

    In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures' "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" sped past the Walt Disney Co.'s "Mufasa: The Lion King" to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor in theaters.

    "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" debuted with $62 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates. With strong reviews (86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and a high score from audiences (an "A" on CinemaScore), "Sonic 3" is well positioned to be the top choice in cinemas during the busiest moviegoing period of the year.

    It was telling of some wider trends that "Sonic 3" — made for $122 million — bested one of Disney's top properties. Videogame adaptations, once among the most derided movie genres, have emerged as one of the most dependable box office forces in recent years. The two previous "Sonic" movies together grossed more $700 million worldwide and the third installment appears likely to do better than both of them. A fourth "Sonic" movie is already in development.

    "Mufasa," however, was humbled in its opening weekend, with its $35 million in domestic ticket sales coming in notably shy of expectations . The photorealistic "Lion King" prequel even opened wider than "Sonic 3," launching on 4,100 theaters and gobbling up most IMAX screens, compared with 3,761 locations for "Sonic 3."

    Though "Mufasa's" reviews were poor (56% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences gave it an "A-" CinemaScore.

    "Sonic 3" nearly doubled the haul for "Mufasa," which cost more than $200 million to make. Disney could look to $87.2 million in international sales to help make up the difference. The third "Sonic" will rollout in most overseas markets in the coming weeks.

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