All Screen articles in 16 March 2006
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Cutting Edge Music signs music deal with Lucky 50 Productions and Bauer Martinez Entertainment
One of the UK'sleading providers of music services to the film industry, Cutting Edge Music,has entered into a joint venture with Lucky 50 Productions, the wholly-owned U.S.production entity of Bauer Martinez Studios.The joint venture, Music Rites, will have the exclusive right toacquire, administer, exploit and supervise the available music from ...
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Look Both Ways wins best feature at London Australian Film Festival
The 12thLondon Australian Film Festival (March2-12) closed on Sunday having welcomedover 5,000 people through the door which represents, an 11% rise on 2005figures with box-office takings also up by 13%. The audience voted for their favourite filmsthroughout the festival and awarded Best Feature to Sarah Watt's debut feature Look Both ...
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France produces a record number of films for 2005
France produced a record number of films in 2005 accordingto national film body the CNC. In total, 240films were given a green light by the film board including 187 which wereinitiated by the French.CNC president Veronique Cayla noted her enthusiasm for the record which represents20 films more than the previous ...
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Kirk Jones signs to US remake of Everybody's Fine
UK director Kirk Jones, whohas just scored a $100m worldwide hit with Nanny McPhee, has signed to writeand direct a contemporary English-language US-set remake of GiuseppeTornatore's 1990 movie Everybody's Fine (Stanno Tutti Bene) forHollywood Gang Productions and Cecchi Gori USA.Gianni Nunnari of HollywoodGang and Vittorio Cecchi Gori of Cecchi Gori ...
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UK's Forward scores Yates, Cole and Cattaneo projects
Forward Films foundersTracy Brimm and Kate Myers are working on their firstslate of 10 features in development, with directors including Peter Cattaneo, John Crowley, David Yates and Nigel Cole.Brimm and Myers quietly startedthe London-based production company in January 2004 after meeting years earlieras colleagues at ICM -- Brimm in Los ...
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Ireland cashes in on Walk The Line
The UK/Ireland market hasproven a strong territory for Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line, however, the true successhas come from Ireland. Walk TheLine has been nothing short of a phenomenon in Ireland. The biggest release of 2006 so far in the Republic Of Ireland, the film had grossed $2.95m (Euro ...
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Blockbuster to close all its Spanish stores
Blockbuster has announced it will close86 of its stores in Spain by May 15. Blockbuster Video Espana, which openedits first stores in 1991, reported losses of $6.6m (Euros 5.5m) in 2004, up 65%over 2003, and expects even greater losses for 2005.The company attributed the closure,which will affect some 688 employees, ...
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Shmuger, Linde named to run Universal Studios
The appointments of MarcShmuger (pictured) to chairman and David Linde to co-chairman of Universal Studios weremade official with an announcement this morning after days of media speculationin the US. The news came just two weeksafter the former chairman Stacey Snider left Universal after nine years to joinParamount-based DreamWorks as co-chairman ...
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Korea to say hello to MGM, Hallyuwood
South Korea is in line for its first two entertainment themeparks - a Korean Wave-themed "Hallyuwood" and a Hollywood-themed MGM Studio City.Hallyuwood is set to open inGyeong-gi Province by 2008, while MGM plans to open an MGM Studio Cityin Busan by 2011.Taking its name from"Hallyu," which means Korean Wave in ...
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Lin launches Taiwan's first venture capital film fund
Taiwanese entrepreneur AlanLin has launched Media Vantage, Taiwan's first venture capital company specialising in the entertainmentand cultural industries.Lin, president of EmersGroup, has raised $240m over a six-year period towards planned initial capitalof $300m for the fund. While Media Vantage will prioritise television seriesand film projects, general manager Diane Chou, a ...
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Bayside Shakedown duo reteam for Udon
The director and producerbehind mega-hit franchise BaysideShakedown are teaming again on culinary comedy drama Udon which is set to star Yusuke Santa Maria (The Negotiator).The film, to be directed by KatsuyukiMotohiro and produced by Fuji TV's Chihiro Kameyama, revolves around a man who loseshis dreams, but rediscovers his roots in ...
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Goal! 3 goes ahead with plans for World Cup shoot
Milkshake Films hasconfirmed that it will go ahead with previously announced plans to shoot atthis summer’s World Cup in Germany for the final instalment in its football trilogy, Goal! 3.“We’ll be filming the crowdsand filming the action, filming a dozen games or so entirely in documentarystyle,” Milkshake chairman and producer ...
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Arts Alliance Media partners for Norwegian digital rollout
Arts Alliance Media has announced two steps forward forEuropean digital cinema. AAM said it has formed a new partnership with newly-formedNorwegian industry group Kristiansand Digital CinemaAlliance for a trial roll-out of up to 10 digital screens in Norway.Three screens have already been equipped with digital projection equipment sofar. The trial, ...
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London's Met Police forms filming unit
London'sMetropolitan Police is forming its first Metropolitan Police Filming Unit.The dedicated police team will supportfilming in the capital. A team of officers, trained in both film issues andassociated police procedure, will provide a single point of contact for filmingrequests requiring police assistance.The unit will liaise with all police departments including ...
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Director Jan Sverak commences shooting Vratne lahve
Oscar-winning Czech director and producer Jan Sverak has begun filming Vratne lahve on location in Prague.Zdenek Sverak, thedirector's father and long-time collaborator, wrote the script and plays thelead role in the film about a reluctantly retired teacher who takes a job in asupermarket. In addition to Zdenek Sverak,the cast features ...
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Revolver acquires UK rights to Tideland
Aggressive new London-based distributor RevolverEntertainment has taken UK rights to Terry Gilliam's Tideland. Revolver will be releasing the film (represented by Hanway) in British cinemas later this summer.A US deal has also now been struck on Tideland with what a Hanwayspokesperson calls "a well-established independent." Full details will beannounced shortly.Tideland ...
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Sogepaq agrees Spanish distribution deal with Fox
Spain'sSogepaq has signed a deal to release all of itsproductions and acquisitions locally through Hispano Foxfilm,including new titles from Antonio Banderas and Julio Medem.This agreement follows the December 31, 2005 end to Warner Sogefilms, the local distribution venture forged by Sogepaq and Warner Bros in January 1998.The deal encompasses theatrical ...
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Sarasota unveils lineup, tribute to Werner Herzog
The eighth annual Sarasota Film Festival, which takes place March31 to April 9, will open with Leslie Greif's Funny Money, a comedy starring Chevy Chase and ChrisMcDonald and close with a screening of Robert Altman's A Prairie HomeCompanion.Films in narrative feature competition include Cristi Puiu's TheDeath Of Mr Lazarescu,Hiner Saleem's ...
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Korean DVD market springs to life for US studios
The US studios can expect DVD sales in South Korea to reach a record high this year, according to localIT trade publication The Electronic Times.Industry analysts estimatethat the five major US studios in Korea, including Warner Bros, Buena Vista and Fox, should see their combined DVD sales reach5.2 million units ...
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Busan boosted by spring shoots
For years the southern South Korean cityof Busan (also spelt "Pusan")was known as something of a cultural backwater, more so when compared to its biggermetropolitan rival Seoul.Then five years ago director KT Kwak shot his 1980s-set feature Friend back in his hometown, taking advantage of its distinctive characteristicssuch as the ...