All Screen articles in 28 April 2002 – Page 4
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Warner Bros. to make live-action version of Akira
Warner Bros. is to make a live-action feature based on the Japanese hit animation Akira. Currently in pre-production, the film is set to be released as early as 2004. The Hollywood studio has concluded a deal with Kodansha, the Japanese publisher which holds all rights to the animated feature, to ...
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Senator sells 10-film package to ZDF
Germany's Senator Entertainment has closed its second free-TV package deal of 2002, this time for ten titles with German public broadcaster ZDF.The package (the contents of which was not disclosed) was equally split between first- and second-run licenses and follows another combined deal of seven titles, with the ARD ...
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Monopoly worries force sale of Canadian cinema stake
Anti-trust concerns by Canada's Competition Bureau has forced the sale of exhibitor Famous Players' minority stake in regional cinema circuit Galaxy Entertainment.Viacom's Canadian exhibition subsidiary Famous Players actually sold its stake in Galaxy Entertainment three weeks ago, appeasing monopoly concerns raised by the Competition Bureau. The public confirmation, however, was ...
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Beckham shows strong legs in UK and kicks Scorpion
Local hit Bend It Like Beckham saw off fierce competition from UIP's The Scorpion King at the weekend to hold the top spot at the UK box office.With an impressive second weekend take of $2.5m (£1.7m) from 386 sites Beckham, which is distributed by Helkon SK, dropped off a miniscule ...
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Australia to re-asses Baise-Moi classification
French film Baise-Moi, which is due to be released in Australia by distributor Potential this Thursday (April 25), is being re-examined by the Classification Review Board at the request of the Federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams. The original certification restricted the film to viewers over 18 years of age (R18). The ...
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Murder By Numbers
Dir: Barbet Schroeder. US. 2002. 120mins.Murder By Numbers is an ambitious attempt to make a multi-layered murder investigation film, loosely retelling the chilling Leopold and Loeb case which has intrigued everyone from Alfred Hitchcock in Rope to Tom Kalin in Swoon. And with Barbet Schroeder behind the camera, the film ...
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Nina Sadowsky named president of production at Signpost Films
Stewart Till's Signpost Films has appointed Nina Sadowsky as its Los Angeles-based president of production.Sadowsky was president of Meg Ryan's Prufrock Pictures for five years and executive produced The Wedding Planner. Prior to joining Prufrock, she produced Sundance title Jumpin' At The Boneyard."Nina has all the attributes we were ...
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Selection field narrows for Cannes contenders
Salesagents, distributors and publicists are waiting anxiously for news of whichfilms have made it into which Cannes section. As the days count down to theofficial announcements for the various sections, Screen International sifts through the gossipand the guessing to bring you the low-down on the state of play around theworld.USWoodyAllen ...
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SAG faces cross-border legal assault over Global Rule One
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) will face legal challengesin both the US and Canada if it tries to stamp its authority beyond USterritory through its controversial Global Rule One, according to producersassociations in those two countries.Last week, the US-basedAlliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) and the CanadianFilm and ...
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Scorpion King paralyses April opening record in US
Universal's TheScorpion King paralysedthe competition over the weekend and went straight to the top of the domesticbox office with a record-breaking April opening of $36.2m, according to studioestimates released today.The Mummy spin-off sees former wrestling star TheRock (a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson) headline as a mercenary nomad who battles an evilwarlord and ...
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