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Film News: Mod boards as co-producer — Warner Bros. has taken Spain’s rights to Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s comedy “Primos.”

Film News: German shingle teams with Russian, Ukrainian companies — Bavaria Pictures is teaming up for the first time with co-production partners from Russia and the Ukraine on a big-screen feature about the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant catastrophe.

Film News: Bier’s ‘World’ goes to five more buyers — TrustNordisk has closed several presale deals on Lars von Trier’s sci-fi drama “Melancholia,” starring Kirsten Dunst.

Film News: Edmon Roch docu bows at Seattle — Andrew Herwitz’s Film Sales Co. has acquired worldwide rights outside Spain and U.K. to Edmon Roch’s directorial debut “Garbo: The Spy,” a standout Spanish documentary feature of the last 12 months.

Film News: Ian George departs Fox U.K. to take spot — Ian George has been appointed exec VP of international marketing at Paramount Pictures Intl. and will leave his post as managing director for 20th Century Fox U.K.

Film News: Cinematographers celebrate renovated location — A who’s who of d.p.’s sat in the warm noonday sun Thursday as the American Society of Cinematographers cut the ribbon on completion of its renovated and expanded clubhouse in Hollywood.

Film News: WB ready to unleash torrent of merchandise — Warner Bros. wants Green Lantern to make just as much green for the studio as Batman or Superman. But first it needs to make the character popular with the public.

Film News: Box office observers not expecting much of a rebound — After a subdued Memorial Day weekend, B.O. observers aren’t expecting much of a rebound this weekend, as a crowded slate of wide openers with modest expectations enters the frame.

Film News: Glenn Gould doc to get September release — Lorber Films has picked up “Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould,” set for a theatrical release in September at Gotham’s Lincoln Plaza Cinemas.

Film News: Whitaker, Willis, Akerman to topline film — Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis and Malin Akerman are toplining indie drama “Catch .44″ with first-time director Aaron Harvey helming from his own script.