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Unmistaken Child, Paranoids get domestic pickups from Oscilloscope
New York’s Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights from Fortissimo Films to Nati Baratz’s documentary Unmistaken Child and from Visit Films to Gabriel Medina’s Argentinean debut featureThe Paranoids (Los Paranoicos).Unmistaken Child follows a shy and devoted Tibetan disciple in search of the reincarnated form of his beloved Buddhist teacher, ...
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Fox opens Dragonball Evolution across Asia before North America
Fox International launches Dragonball Evolution in nine territories in Asia this weekend ahead of the April 8 North American opening. The film, directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow, features Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum and Chow Yun-Fat and is based on the classic manga series.Its openings include South ...
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The Answer Man to open Sonoma International Film Festival
John Hindman's romantic comedy The Answer Man (formerly Arlen Faber) starring Jeff Daniels and Benoit Pilon's Canadian drama The Necessities Of Life bookend the 12th annual Sonoma International Film Festival, set to run from April 1-5.All in all more than 75 pictures will screen at the Northern California event featuring ...
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Opinion: taking superheroes seriously
The global opening of Watchmen last weekend - $55.7m in North America through Warner Bros and $27.5m in 45 territories through PPI - was strong, but considered by many commentators to be disappointing.This, after all, was the most-hyped superhero movie since Iron Man and The Dark Knight last summer and ...
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Critical Condition: How media downsizing impacts indie film
Mark Lipsky knows first hand how important critics can be for an independent film's success. Lipsky, now head of Gigantic Digital, was working for New Yorker Films in 1981 when Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert championed a little film called My Dinner With Andre on their syndicated TV show. When ...
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Tony Gilroy on Duplicity's important complications
Tony Gilroy has been working in Hollywood since 1986 when he sold his first script as a vehicle for Chuck Norris. Although that film was never made, he fast became one of the biggest names in screenwriting, clocking up credits such as Dolores Claiborne, Armageddon and the three Bourne movies.He ...
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SXSW's Janet Pierson talks about being part of 'a film's life'
Janet Pierson did not set out to become the head of a film festival, but aged 51 she finds herself with the unexpected task of running the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival.'It was a great surprise,' Pierson says of the chance to lead the Austin, Texas-based festival ...
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RiP! gets multi-platform distribution deal with B-Side, Disinformation
Rights holders to EyeSteelFilm and the National Film Board Of Canada's RiP! A Remix Manifesto have signed a multi-platform distribution deal ahead of the picture's US premiere on March 15 at the South By SouthWest Film Festival.B-Side Entertainment will handle the US theatrical release while Disinformation will release on DVD. ...
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Peter Rice leaves Searchlight to head Fox Broadcasting
News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch has instigated a huge shake-up at the Los Angeles-based Fox businesses in the wake of COO Peter Chernin's departure.Effective immediately, the Los Angeles-based creative production divisions will be combined under a single unit reporting to Fox Filmed Entertainment co-chairmen Jim Gianopulos and Tom ...
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New US distributor Trela Media makes debut acquisition
Fledgling New York distributor Trela Media has made its first acquisition, taking North American rights from Filmlike Films to Paul H-O and Tom Donahue's documentary Guest Of Cindy Sherman.Trela Media president Christopher Trela, a former media consultant and producer who co-founded the production label Pioneer Pictures, said the company planned ...
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Papandrea leaves Groundswell to set up Make Movies
Bruna Papandrea has left her job as president of Michael London's Groundswell Productions and branched out to launch her own outfit Make Movies.Papandrea opens the company's Beverly Hills office this week with several properties ready to go out to actors and directors. The emphasis will be on 'smart movies with ...
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Jennifer Baichwal's Act Of God to open Hot Docs
Jennifer Baichwal's Act Of God will have its world premiere as the opening night film of Hot Docs Toronto Documentary Film Festival. Baichwal's previous film, Manufactured Landscapes (2006), won the Best Canadian Feature prize at the Toronto International Film Festival, as well as a Genie Award for Best Documentary. The ...
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Steve Rash to direct lacrosse comedy Crooked Arrows
Steve Rash has signed on to direct Crooked Arrows, an underdog lacrosse sports comedy set on an upstate New York reservation.The story centres on a 30-year-old of mixed lineage who must postpone his casino-building dreams to coach the inept local Native American high school lacrosse squad against the prep school ...
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Marvel, Sony set Spider-man 4 opening for May 2011
Spider-Man will return to action when Sony Pictures releases the fourth instalment in Marvel Studios' global franchise on May 6 2011.Announcing a revised set of release dates, Marvel Studios revealed that a character-based picture from its stable will launch in theatres each year from 2010-12.Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel ...
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Lorber HT Digital picks up Intangible Asset, Nollywood Bablyon
Lorber HT Digital has acquired all North American rights to Emma Franz's documentary Intangible Asset #82 and US theatrical rights and public performance rights to Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal's documentary Nollywood Babylon.Intangible Asset #82 will receive its North American premiere at the South West Film Festival on March 14 ...
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Rebecca Yeldham named director of Los Angeles Film Festival
Rebecca Yeldham has been unveiled as the new director of the Los Angeles Film Festival, Film Independent announced today [March 12].Yeldham acknowledged 'trying times' in the festival sector and said she looked forward to bringing her global perspective to bear on a festival that was 'uniquely positioned' to embrace the ...
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Juan Antonio Bayona said to be in talks for Summit's Eclipse
Summit Entertainment is believed to be on the cusp of signing the upcoming Spanish film-maker Juan Antonio Bayona to direct Eclipse, the third instalment in its Twilight franchise that will open on June 30, 2010.Bayona directed the Spanish-language Gothic tale The Orphanage, whichgrossed more than $78m worldwide after premiering at ...
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Mobile sector, Asia, Middle East trumpeted as new finance sources
With the hedge funds gone and banks fleeing the scene like rats from a sinking ship, the next wave of capital for a largely cash-strapped film industry will come from the mobile telephony sector, according to a leading Hollywood executive.'A lot of it will be tied to technology and the ...
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Sarasota to open with Oren Moverman's The Messenger
The 11th-annual Regal Entertainment Group Sarasota Film Festival will kick off in the Florida city on March 27 with a screening of Oren Moverman's The Messenger. The military-themed drama, which won the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Screenwriting, stars Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton and Jena Malone. Foster, Harrelson and ...
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Tribeca adds world premieres by Steven Soderbergh, Cheryl Hines
The Tribeca Film Festival has unveiled the remainder of its 2009 programme with the out-of-competition selections for its Encounters, Spotlight, Showcase, Restored/Rediscovered and Midnight sections.In Encounters, 10 of the 11 narratives and documentaries are world premieres. Those include Cheryl Hines' directorial debut Serious Moonlight written by the late Adrienne Shelly ...