The latest additions join previously announced jurors including We Need To Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsay and Django Unchained actor Christoph Waltz.

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The We Need to Talk About Kevin director has made no comment about her involvement in the film or the reasons for her departure.

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Graduates include filmmakers Michael Winterbottom, cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, who has worked on Atonement, We Need To Talk About Kevin and Avengers Assemble plus Senna director Asif Kapadia.

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We Need To Talk About Kevin and Drive, both of which have proven popular with voters at other awards ceremonies, were also missing from the Academy's longlist.

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Other films that did well this weekend in limited release on a per theater basis: We Need to Talk About Kevin, A Dangerous Method, The Artist and Shame.

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It will be interesting to see how films like Young Adult, We Need to Talk About Kevin and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy perform on a per theater average this weekend.

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The body has money in a string of upcoming releases, including the film version of award-winning novel We Need to Talk about Kevin and Paddy Considine's directorial debut Tyrannosaur.

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