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    Gubbins steps down as editor of Screen International & ScreenDaily.com

    2009-02-09T14:12:00Z

    Michael Gubbins is stepping down as editor of Screen International and ScreenDaily.com after five years in the role and will be leaving on Feb 11.He is leaving to pursue new ventures in film and the wider media. Gubbins oversaw a redesign of the weekly magazine and the website and made ...

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    US moviegoers get into New Line romcom

    2009-02-09T00:20:00Z

    Romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You was this weekend's top earner as a quartet of new releases produced another big haul at the US box office. The Warner/New Line romcom opened significantly better than expected, grossing an estimated $27.5m from 3,175 screens, for a per-screen average of $8,649. ...

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    Benjamin Button big in international market with $31m weekend

    2009-02-09T00:08:00Z

    Multiple Oscar nominee The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was the big winner at the international box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $31m from 5,126 screens in 47 markets. Taking its international total so far to $72.5m, the Brad Pitt-Cate Blanchett drama opened at number one in Spain and ...

  • Gigante
    Reviews

    Gigante (Giant)

    2009-02-08T17:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Adrian Biniez. Uruguay-Germany-Argentina-Netherlands. 2009. 84mins.

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    Milk, Slumdog, Bashir march onwards with WGA Award wins

    2009-02-08T09:14:00Z

    Milk and Slumdog Millionaire were the big winners at the Writers Guild Of America's 2009 awards at the weekend.Dustin Lance Black took the original screenplay prize for Milk while Simon Beaufoy kept the Slumdog Millionaire bandwagon going with a win in the adapted category based on Vikas Swarup's novel Q ...

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    White Lightnin' team sign with WMA for worldwide

    2009-02-08T06:00:00Z

    The team behind Sundance hit and Berlin Panorama title White Lightnin' - UK director Dominic Murphy and producers Mike Downey and Sam Taylor - have signed a worldwide representation deal with William Morris Agency for themselves and their associated companies. Aside from sourcing material for Murphy, the agency's independent division ...

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    Costa gets into Brazilian rhythm with Anderson, Barreto

    2009-02-08T06:00:00Z

    Eduardo Costantini's Buenos-Aires-based Costa Films is making a concerted push into Brazil, mounting a $9m music drama to be directed by Brad Anderson and co-produced by Spain's Filmax and Rio-based Bananeira Filmes, as well as partnering with the Barreto family to make a biopic of current Brazilian president Lula Da ...

  • The Fish Child
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    The Fish Child (El Nino Pez)

    2009-02-07T18:46:00Z

    Dir: Lucia Puenzo.Argentina-Spain-France. 2009. 96mins

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    Rendez-Vous hosts world premiere of Techine's Girl On The Train

    2009-02-07T16:36:00Z

    The 14th edition of Rendez-Vous With French Cinema in New York will screen 18 films during The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and Unifrance's annual showcase from March 5-15.The world premiere of Andre Techine's social drama The Girl On The Train is in the line-up, along with the US premiere ...

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    AMediaVision announces slate led by Reach For Me

    2009-02-07T07:49:00Z

    AMediaVision Projects has announced a slate of films led by the recently completed drama Reach For Me starring Seymour Cassel and Alfre Woodard.Cassel stars as a hospice patient who reflects on his decision to live out his life in peace as his roommate chooses to celebrate his dying days. Johnny ...

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    Greg MacGillivray shoots documentary about surfing culture

    2009-02-06T17:19:00Z

    Greg MacGillivray is shooting a documentary examining 50 years of surfing culture in cinema with particular emphasis on the troubled production of John Milius' 1978 Big Wednesday.The untitled project will draw from archival material ranging from Thomas Edison's first Hawaiian surfing footage in 1906 to excerpts from iconic imagery from ...

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    Celluloid to handle sales on Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut

    2009-02-06T17:14:00Z

    Celluloid Dreams has signed on to handle international sales of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s directorial debut,Jack Goes Boating,billed as an unconventional romantic comedy.

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    Pathe seals deals on Frears' Cheri with Lumiere, Nordisk

    2009-02-06T08:10:00Z

    On the eve of EFM, Pathe International announced deals on two major territories for Stephen Frears' Cheri which screens in competition here on Feb 10. Lumiere has taken the film for Benelux and Nordisk for Scandinavia.The film, written by Christopher Hampton from Colette's novel stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Felicity ...

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    Barnz signs on to direct edgy romance Beastly for CBS Films

    2009-02-06T07:49:00Z

    Daniel Barnz has signed on to direct the edgy romance Beastly for CBS Films.

  • Reviews

    Pink Panther 2

    2009-02-06T07:01:00Z

    Dir: Harald Zwart. US. 2009. 92 mins.

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    Wild Bunch arrives in Berlin with auteur-packed sales slate

    2009-02-06T06:00:00Z

    Wild Bunch comes to Berlin this year boasting new projects from both seasoned and fresh talent - and has a few special events up its sleeve.In casting news, Kate Hudson, Elias Koteas, Bill Pullman and Ned Beatty have joined the previously announced The Killer Inside Me, a $13m adaptation of ...

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    IM Global Acclaim seals 26 presales on Miller's Pippa Lee

    2009-02-06T06:00:00Z

    As US specialty buyers prepare for the world premiere of Rebecca Miller's official selection comedy drama The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee on February 9, IM Global Acclaim has reported strong international sales.Icon has taken rights for the UK, Australia and New Zealand, Tri Pictures has acquired in Spain, CDI ...

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    Benjamin Button strides into major markets two weeks before Oscars

    2009-02-05T15:42:00Z

    MGM/UA’s wartime thriller Valkyrie has been the leading Hollywood export through Fox International for the past two weekends and has raced past $40m, but without any new releases Fox Internationalwill look to strong holdover business to maintain momentum.

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    Ewan McGregor, Carey Mulligan team for The Electric Slide

    2009-02-05T15:00:00Z

    Myriad Pictures has come aboard to finance and handle international sales on Killer Films and Di Bonaventura Pictures' The Electric Slide with Ewan McGregor and Sundance discovery Carey Mulligan in talks to play the leads.Tristan Patterson will direct from his screenplay based on Timothy Ford's article The Yankee Bandit: The ...

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    Kunath promoted to evp, general manager at Screen Gems

    2009-02-05T10:38:00Z

    Screen Gems has promoted Pamela Kunath to executive vice president and general manager and charged her with overseeing all operations and administration across all areas of the studio's business.In her expanded role Kunath, who joined Screen Gems shortly after its inception in 2001, will continue to head the company's business ...