All Screen articles in 06 November 2009 – Page 9
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NewsACI boards Amy Adams romantic musical Moonlight Serenade for AFM
Looking to capitalse on the growing popularity of films such as Mamma Mia! and High School Musical 3, LA-based American Cinema International (ACI) has boarded foreign sales rights to the romantic musical Moonlight Serenade starring Amy Adams.
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NewsCaleb Deschanel to receive ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
Caleb Deschanel, ASC will receive the American Society Of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards on February 27, 2010 in Los Angeles.
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NewsProduction underway in New Mexico on Overture and Exclusive's Let Me In
Production has begun in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Let Me In, Hammer Films’ English-language retelling of the Swedish vampire hit Let The Right One In that Overture Films will release in North America.
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Features
Der Mann der über Autos sprang
A young man believes that, by walking from Berlin to Stuttgart, he will be able to heal his best friend’s father who is suffering from a heart condition.
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Features
Ways To Live Forever
A boy with leukaemia wants to live out all of his dreams before he dies.
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NewsFox to release Khan on Valentine’s weekend
Fox has announced that it will release My Name Is Khan, starring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in more than 40 territories on February 12, 2010, to coincide with Valentine’s Day weekend.
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NewsThe Arrivals scoops three awards at Leipzig doc festival
Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard’s The Arrivals (Les Arrivants) scooped three prizes at the 52nd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, which closed on Sunday (November 1).
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NewsHuayi share price doubles on stock market launch
Huayi Brothers Media became one of the hottest stocks on its first day of trading last Friday on China’s ChiNext stock market. Its opening-day price reached $10.37 (RMB70.81), more than double its launch price.
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NewsFormer UIP exec Kurt Rieder joins Artisan Gateway
Kurt Rieder, who has headed UIP’s Asian operations for the past six years, has joined theatrical consultancy Artisan Gateway as managing director, based in Singapore.
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NewsJeon to star in remake of The Housemaid
Cannes award-winning actress Jeon Do-yeon is set to star in Im Sang-soo’s remake of the Korean classic thriller The Housemaid.
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NewsWild Bunch AFM roster boasts Tetro, Zhang Yimou, Gregg Araki
Wild Bunch is announcing three new projects heading into this week’s AFM as well as international sales for Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro.
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NewsLA-based Clandestine Service hires Robert Aaronson and Roy Bodner
LA-based feature and television international distribution and sales company Clandestine Service has hired Robert Aaronson as executive vice president of acquisitions and Roy Bodner as chief operations officer.
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NewsMichael Jackson leads North American charts on $21.3m debut
Michael Jackson’s This Is It, the tribute film featuring rehearsal footage from the late entertainer as he prepared for a farewell UK residency at London’s 02 Arena, secured the number one spot with an estimated $21.3m through Sony.
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NewsKing of Pop reigns overseas as This Is It launches on $68.5m
The Michael Jackson tribute film This is It dominated the international market with the fifth biggest launch of the year thanks to a $68.5m weekend haul through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) from 9,200 screens in 108 markets.
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NewsStewart Till closes deal to buy Icon UK, Icon International
Stewart Till’s grand ambitions to establish an international distribution network have taken a big step forward with the news that the media arm of Len Blavatnik’s US-based industrial group Access Industries has finally closed its deal to buy the UK operations of Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey’s LA-based Icon Group.
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NewsCinemavault looks to score at AFM with football comedy Finding Lenny
Cinemavault has further bolstered its AFM slate as the market prepares to get underway this week with Neal Sundstrom’s South African football comedy Finding Lenny.
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NewsCRM launches FilmBuff VOD service in UK
Cinetic Rights Management (CRM) will distribute digital content through its FilmBuff VOD channel in the UK after signing deals with Blinkbox, Joining The Docs, and LOVEFiLM.
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NewsUK Film Council unveils 2009 Breakthrough Brits film-makers
The UK Film Council’s 2009 Breakthrough Brits programme will present 13 emerging black and Asian British film-makers and artists to Hollywood this autumn.