All Screen articles in 28 November 2008 – Page 4

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    Italian distribution of Oliver Stone's W. secured by Dall'Angelo Pictures

    2008-11-24T11:10:00Z

    W., Oliver Stone's biopic of outgoing US president George W. Bush has been picked up by independent Italian distributor Dall'Angelo Pictures. The deal was agreed immediately following the film's Italian premiere on opening night of the 26th Turin Film Festival.It was brokered between QED International's executive vice-president of international distribution, ...

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    Koreainvests $271m in manga, animation, character-merchandising

    2008-11-24T09:02:00Z

    South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism is planning to invest $271m (KW410bn) in the manga, animation and character-merchandisingindustries to develop 'one-source, multi-use (OSMU)killer content' by 2013. Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Yu In-chon today announced a plan to invest $33m in manga, $66m in animation, $39.6m in ...

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    Taiwanese hit Cape No.7 tops Hong Kong box office

    2008-11-24T08:27:00Z

    Following its historical success at home, Taiwanese hit Cape No. 7 topped the Hong Kong box office last weekend, grossing $259,000 (HK$2.01m) in four days (Nov 20-23), with a mid-sized release of 23 screens. Besides Hong Kong, where the film was released by Lighten Distribution, Cape No. 7 is scheduled ...

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    Hallyday, Testud to star in To's HK-French Vengeance

    2008-11-24T07:56:00Z

    French actors Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Testud have been cast in Johnnie To's upcoming thriller Vengeance which is being made as a co-production between France's ARP, To's Milkway Image and Hong Kong-based Media Asia Group. Scripted by regular To collaborator Wai Ka-fai, the story follows a former assassin, now a ...

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    The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

    2008-11-24T01:14:00Z

    Dir: David Fincher. US. 2008. 166 mins.

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    SAG call for strike authorisation even as economic crisis deepens

    2008-11-24T01:07:00Z

    The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) said on Saturday [Nov 22] that it will ask its 120,000 membership to authorise a strike after negotiations with the studios collapsed despite the assistance of a federal mediator.The vote would take more than a month and require more than 75% approval to pass. The ...

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    Quantum leads international pack, but Twilight draws blood in four markets

    2008-11-24T01:00:00Z

    Sony Pictures Releasing International's Quantum Of Solace remained the number one overseas title as an estimated $40.6m from 10,400 screens in 72 markets raised the running total to $309m.Combined with the $109m running total in North America the James Bond saga stands at $418m worldwide. Key international drivers were number ...

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    Summit exceeds expectations with $70.6m opening for Twilight

    2008-11-24T00:48:00Z

    Summit Entertainment's Twilight exceeded grand expectations to deliver the biggest pound-for-pound launch of the year with an estimated $70.6m three-day debut that will instill confidence in an independent sector rattled by the financial crisis and the renewed prospect of an actors strike.Tween power turned out en masse for Catherine Hardwicke's ...

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    Weinstein Company lays off 24 employees, 11% of workforce

    2008-11-23T16:26:00Z

    The Weinstein Company has become the latest prominent Hollywood business to cut staff in the economic crisis, laying off 24 employees or approximately 11% of the workforce.Sources did not name individuals or specify which departments have been hit, although it is understood the redundancies affect all departments and go across ...

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    Summit greenlights New Moon after spectacular Twilight opening

    2008-11-23T16:00:00Z

    Buoyed by spectacular opening day results for Twilight, Summit Entertainment has taken the widely anticipated step of greenlighting the sequel New Moon. The vampire romance is estimated to have grossed $35.7m on Friday, an astonishing amount driven by record pre-sales. Approximately $7m of that amount comes from Thursday midnight screenings. ...

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    Latido Films sells Sex Party & The Night to Sony

    2008-11-22T18:04:00Z

    Latido Films has sold Alfonso Albacete and David Menkes' new film Sex Party & The Night (Mentiras Y Gordas) to Sony for distribution in Spain. The film takes a no-holds-barred look at the exploits of a group of young boys and girls experimenting with drugs, clubs and sex, starring Alejo ...