All articles by Adam Minns – Page 14
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European box office flatlines in 2003
After a period of sustained growth, the European box office is heading for its second consecutive year of stagnation. With Germany last week recording a slump of 13.3% for the first nine months, this year's box office in all five of the big European markets is expected to be more ...
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Celador chief steps back, hands over reigns to Lux
Celador founder Paul Smith, who recently steered the TV production company behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' into features, is stepping back from the day to day running of the company.Smith will continue to head the company as executive chairman but is handing over hands-on management to former Channel ...
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Rising star quits after pay dispute
Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai has walked out of Capitol Films' Indian epic The Rising after a dispute with producer Bobby Bedi over pay.The former Miss World, who recently wrapped Pathe's Bride And Prejudice, reportedly exited after Bedi rejected a revised set of terms from her US agent. She will apparently ...
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Marvel Enterprises opens London office
Comic book giant Marvel Enterprises has launched a London-based international division.The office is headed by Bruno Maglione, who has been named president of Marvel International. He reports to Allen Lipson, Marvel's chief executive for all activities other than consumer products, where he reports to Tim Rothwell, president of worldwide consumer ...
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Animated Odyssey begins Happily
Shrek producer John Williams and sales company Odyssey Entertainment have teamed on Happily N'Ever After, their second animation production following $40m hot seller Valiant.Odyssey has also boarded Renaissance, a sci-fi animation thriller being associate produced by Jake Eberts and involving such talent as dance outfit Daft Punk which Disney will ...
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Osama wins London's Sutherland prize
Days after illegal immigrant dramas Dirty Pretty Things and In This World won at London's British Independent Film Awards, a film directed by an exile from Afghanistan has triumphed at the London film festival.Osama, billed as the first film from post-Taliban Afghanistan, won this year's prestigious Sutherland Trophy, which is ...
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Film financiers zero in on Belgium
International productions are zeroing in on Belgium, the latest European hotspot for tax-driven production finance.Movision, the UK tax fund, is thought to be the first overseas operation to set up a fund in Belgium since it launched tax shelter regulations that can provide up to 50% of a budget. Movision, ...
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Cage, Arclight go to War
Nicolas Cage is being lined up to star in Lords Of War, an international gunrunning thriller which overseas sales agent Arclight Films is handling.Directing the international co-production is Andrew Niccol, whose directing credits include S1mOne and Gattaca, and who was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for The Truman ...
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Thunderbirds creator goes for extra UK tax funding
Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson is raising a second wave funding of UK tax-driven financing for a new series of his cult TV series Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons.Anderson previously raised £8m through the Enterprise Investment Scheme to start production on the £20m series, becoming the fastest and biggest ever example ...
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UK launches review of co-production treaties
The UK government today launched a review of its international co-production treaties in a bid to crack down on filmmakers accessing tax relief while only spending a small proportion of the budget in the country.The culture department, which will carry out the review with support body the UK Film Council, ...
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Moviehouse takes on ivans xtc sales
London-based sales company Moviehouse Entertainment has picked up international rights to ivans xtc, the edgy tale of a fast-rising Hollywood agent from Candyman director Bernard Rose.Moviehouse will launch the film at MIFED, where it will also screen recently completed Blind Flight following its world premiere at the London Film Festival. ...
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UK film industry exports slip back
UK film product's net surplus fell 23% last year to £187m, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics.Exports fell from £700 million in 2001 to £657 million, while imports rose slightly from £456 million in 2001 to £470 million.But the figures still left the film industry with ...
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Moviehouse takes on ivans xtc sales ahead of Mifed
London-based sales company Moviehouse Entertainment has picked up international rights to ivans xtc, the edgy tale of a fast-rising Hollywood agent from Candyman director Bernard Rose.Moviehouse will launch the film at MIFED, where it will also screen recently completed Blind Flight following its world premiere at the London Film Festival. ...
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The Works strikes Japanese deal for Loach's Kiss
UK-based sales concern The Works has pre-sold Ken's Loach Ae Fond Kiss to Cine Qua Non in Japan.Loach, who last month traveled to Japan to receive national honour the Praemium Imperiale, is currently in post on the £3m film.The production, the third in Loach's Glasgow trilogy after Sweet Sixteen and ...
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The Works strikes Japanese deal for Loach's Kiss
UK-based sales concern The Works has pre-sold Ken's Loach Ae Fond Kiss to Cine Qua Non in Japan.Loach, who last month traveled to Japan to receive national honour the Praemium Imperiale, is currently in post on the £3m film.The production, the third in Loach's Glasgow trilogy after Sweet Sixteen and ...
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Odyssey pacts with Polone in two title deal
US agent-turned-producer Gavin Polone, whose credits include Panic Room, has struck a two title deal with Ralph Kamp and Louise Goodsill's sales agent Odyssey Entertainment.The UK-based seller has taken international rights to upcoming production Old Man Johnson and completed film Seeing Other People, both from Polone's production company, Pariah. "We ...
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Mason joins Channel 4's commercial arm
Graeme Mason, former UK-based president of acquisitions at Universal Studios, has been appointed to the newly-created role of head of media projects for 4 Ventures, the commercial arm of UK broadcaster Channel 4.Mason, who has been working as a consultant for Channel 4, is focusing on identifying programming ideas that ...
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UK's Screen West Midlands launches regional film fund
A £3.3 million pot of film and media funding has been launched by UK regional screen agency Screen West Midlands.The agency, which aims to attract more co-productions and features from across the globe to the region, has split the cash into production funding worth £3 million over 3 years and ...
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Runners gets greenlight again
On-again, off-again British heist film Red Light Runners got another greenlight yesterday when sales and financing operation IAC Film stepped in to rescue the troubled production.Shooting had ground to halt four weeks into principle photography when an investor pulled out, but IAC's Mike Ryan said production would resume this weekend ...
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Runners hits Red Light again
Going full throttle to become the most calamitous British production of the last 12 months, Red Light Runners is battling to patch together its financing so shooting can resume this week.The UK-based car chase heist film, starring Michael Madsen and Harvey Keitel, was about a month into its shoot when ...