All Screen articles in 13 April 2007 – Page 3
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Sarsgaard, Hopper, Harry join starry Animal cast for Lakeshore
Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper and Deborah Harry will join Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson in Lakeshore Entertainment's Philip Roth adaptation Dying Animal.Production is set to start in Vancouver in May with Isabel Coixet directing from an adapted screenplay by Nicholas Meyer (The Human Stain).Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary ...
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Greenberg, Kassorla option Kassorla's Miracle
Randy Greenberg, the former head of Universal's international theatrical division, and TV producer Jackie Kassoria have teamed up to option psychologist and talk radio host Irene C Kassorla's book Miracle At Springfield Hospital.The story charts Dr Kassorla's early career in London when she revived a catatonic schizophrenic mental patient who ...
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Forston, Kisilevsky take key positions in Overture Films
Greg Forston has joined Beverly Hills-based Overture Films as senior vice president of theatrical distribution and Lauren Kisilevsky has arrived as vice president of production and acquisitions.Forston will be based in Overture's Beverly Hills offices and reports to executive vice president of theatrical distribution Kyle Davies.Kisilevsky arrives from Reese Witherspoon's ...
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King steps into evp production role at Participant
Jonathan King has left Focus Features as executive vice president of production and joined Participant Productions as executive vice president in charge of production. King commences work on Apr 16 and will report to Participant president Ricky Strauss.Prior to Focus he served as president of production for Laurence Mark Productions, ...
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India's UTV to float film production arm on London AIM
Indian media conglomerate UTV Software Communications is to transfer all its worldwide film production activities into one of its overseas subsidiaries, which will move to be listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.The move is a clear signal of the interest of the group in ...
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Cherry Lane Music signs longterm deal with ContentFilm
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, whose clients include TWC, DreamWorks, Lakeshore and Walden Media, has signed an exclusive, multi-year, worldwide administration agreement with London-based ContentFilm.ContentFilm's library of film assets includes The Cooler, Rules Of Engagement and Thank You For Smoking, as well as more than 2,000 hours of television programming.'Our ...
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CMG picks up remaining rights on La Mujer De Mi Hermano
Edward Noeltner's LA-based Cinema Management Group (CMG) has acquired all remaining international rights to Ricardo de Montreuil's La Mujer De Mi Hermano (My Brother's Wife).CMG will commence screenings at Cannes next month; the company's new vice president of acquisitions and development Jacqui Barcos, a former colleague of Noeltner's at Miramax ...
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Costa Rican film-maker wins Buenos Aires Film Lab
Agua Fria Del Mar (Cold Water of the Sea), a project by Costa Rica's Paz Fabrega, won the first prize of the fourth Buenos Aires Lab (BAL), which ended on Sunday as part of the Buenos Aires Film Festival (BAFICI). The prize was presented by European cultural TV network Arte ...
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Fracture
Dir: Gregory Hoblit. US. 2007. 113mins. Dramatic thriller Fracture has a taut script and an attractive look, but what really elevates it above the genre norm are tasty performances from Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling as, respectively, a clever murderer and the cocky young attorney assigned to put him behind ...
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French first-quarter box office drops 3% compared to strong 2006
France's box office took a 3% hit in the first three months of 2007 compared with last year. The total number of admissions came to 51.2m versus 52.8m in 2006 for the period of January through March, according to figures announced Wednesday by France's National Cinema Federation (FNCF). It should ...
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Dreamachine licenses Last Emperor to Image Entertainment
Dreamachine, the new company formed by the merger of HanWay Films and Celluloid Dreams, has struck its first deal. Image Entertainment signed an exclusive North American licensing agreement with Dreamachine over four films in the Recorded Picture Company library: Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning The Last Emperor, Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas Mr ...
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Penguins march into India with aims for 1m admissions
The Oscar-winning French documentary March Of The Penguins sees its Indian release this week under the name Penguins - A Love Story. Luc Jacquet's film has been dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and will be released in four languages (including English) for the Indian market. Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan ...
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Sony rebrands A+ as Animax and plans mobile, VOD offerings
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has rebranded its A+ Channel as Animax. The dedicated anime channel is available in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. SPTI also noted that it is in advanced negotiations to launch the channel in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and France. Animax is already ...
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Universal offers downloads to own in Germany through T-Com
Universal Pictures International Entertainment, NBC Universal International Television Distribution have signed agreements for new download-to-own offerings and renewed VOD offerings through Germany's T-Com and it's T-Online VOD, T-Home and IPTV service.This makes T-Com the first retailer offering studio content as secure download-to-burn in Germany. The service will launch in the ...
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TWC, Lionsgate team on domestic for The Forbidden Kingdom
Principal photography is set to begin on May 2 in China on the action epic The Forbidden Kingdom featuring the first ever pairing of Jackie Chan and Jet Li.Lionsgate will co-release with The Weinstein Company (TWC) in the US in summer 2008 and Lionsgate UK will release in the UK. ...
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Tyldum replaces Hennie as director of Fallen Angels
Norwegian director Morten Tyldum will replace Aksel Hennie as director of Fallen Angels, the second theatrical production for SF Norge's $12.9m (Euros 9.8m) Varg Veum detective series, Norway 's largest film project to date. Tyldum's 2003 feature debut, Buddy, won the Amanda - the national film prize - for best ...
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Henry Winterstern to work closely with Avi Lerner at First Look
Henry Winterstern will play a more hands-on role in the future of First Look Studios than originally thought, following an announcement that he and Avi Lerner will act as co-chairmen of First Look Holdings (formerly Nu Image FLS Investments).Lerner and Winterstern will jointly focus on feature acquisitions and theatrical releases, ...
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Chum International executives move to Peace Arch
Kevin Byles has joined Peace Arch Entertainment Group as president of international distribution and Victor Rodriguez as executive vice president of international distribution.Both executives arrive from Chum International and will be based at the company's Toronto offices handling the theatrical and television slate.Byles will report directly to Peace Arch Entertainment ...
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Broadband service Clickstar gets 25 Film Movement movies
North American distributor Film Movement has announced it has signed a licensing deal with the broadband entertainment company Clickstar!As reported in Screen recently, 25 Film Movement titles will be made available for electronic sell-through or rental through ClickStar's internet delivery service.Films include Vinko Bresan's Croatian war drama Witnesses from Croatia ...
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Huntsiger named Telluride Film Festival managing director
Julie Huntsinger has been appointed managing director of Telluride Film Festival, set to run this year from Aug 31-Sept 3.Huntsinger will develop and manage all aspects of the festival's business administration including budget, corporate accounting, legal affairs and personnel.She will oversee implementation of company policy and shape festival policy alongside ...
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