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Film News: Studio snaps up comedy pitch from Adam Sztykiel — Fox is looking to get into a holiday battle, snapping up comedy pitch “The Fight Before Christmas.”

Film News: ‘Almost Famous’ helmer boards adaptation of Mee memoir — Cameron Crowe has signed on to direct “We Bought a Zoo” for 20th Century Fox.

Film News: ‘Almost Famous’ helmer boards adaptation of Mee memoir — Cameron Crowe has signed on to direct “We Bought a Zoo” for 20th Century Fox.

Film News: Studio nabs N. American rights to Chinese drama — Fox Searchlight has acquired North American rights from IDG China Media to Wayne Wang’s drama of female friendship “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.”

Film News: Distrib will handle local-language pics — First two titles under the agreement are “Vallanzasca” and “Alien Girl.”

Film News: Distrib will handle local-language pics — First two titles under the agreement are “Vallanzasca” and “Alien Girl.”

Film News: ‘Hugo Cabret’ to shoot in Paris — Scorsese’s hommage to early French cinema is the second GK Films pic to nab a rebate this year.

Film News: ‘Hugo Cabret’ to shoot in Paris — Martin Scorsese’s “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” and Universal’s toon skein “Minions Short Series” are among five productions awarded a French tax break for international shoots.

Film News: Studio’s two-year pact with producer sign of times — Twentieth Century Fox’s first-look producing deal with Simon Kinberg points to the increasing clout some screenwriters are enjoying as producers — a duality usually reserved for television showrunners.

Film News: Rough House to produce pic — Fox is on the trail of the most wanted 18-year-old in the country.