All Screen articles in 27 March 2002 – Page 3

  • News

    New Line's Blade II axes down the competition

    2002-03-25T01:56:00Z

    New Line Cinema continued its extraordinary run of success with another number one hit. Blade II sliced to the top of the North American box office over the weekend with a gross of $33.1m which almost doubles the opening gross of the original film in 1998. Blade II is now ...

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    Lolafilms gets Euros18m lifeline from shareholders

    2002-03-24T18:06:00Z

    The once mighty Spanish production and distribution concern Lolafilms is to get a Euros18m cash injection. The lifeline was approved on Friday (Mar 22) by shareholders, which include 70% owner Admira, part of the giant Telefonica group.The amount is slightly lower than the Euros21.6m anticipated, but will give Spain's second ...

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    France asks CNC's Kessler to define reality

    2002-03-24T18:02:00Z

    French minister of culture Catherine Tasca has asked David Kessler, who heads TV and film support body CNC, to lead discussions aimed at determining what constitutes an "audiovisual work."The move follows a controversy sparked by a decision made by French broadcast watchdog Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA), to grant the ...

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    Film clean-out begins at Vivendi Universal

    2002-03-24T05:22:00Z

    The corporate cleansing hasbegun at Vivendi Universal's film operations in the wake of strategic re-evaluation meetings that have taken place in the French town of Deauville. Three months after mergingwith Barry Diller's USA Networks, the French-owned studio has shut downits specialist division Universal Focus and also severed StudioCanal's co-production venture ...