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Anaheim University names digital school after Akira Kurosawa
Anaheim University in southern California is to launch a state-of-the-art digital school named after Akira Kurosawa on March 23, the day the late Japanese film-maker would have turned 99.The Anaheim University Akira Kurosawa School Of Film will unveil details of its online digital film programmes and other initiatives on the ...
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E1 strikes film and TV content deal with iTunes in Canada, US, UK
Canadian media company E1 is offering its film and TV content via iTunes online stores in Canada, the US and the UK. The company's key launch title is the blockbuster Twilight, which it distributed theatrically in Canada and the UK. 'We are excited to be able to offer film and ...
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Hamptons moves festival forward by a week to Oct 8-12
Seeking to benefit the local economy, the board of directors of the Hamptons International Film Festival has moved this year's event forward by one week to take place over Columbus Day Weekend holiday and run from October 8-12.The 17th annual event will remain based in East Hampton with additional venues ...
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NewsSlumdog takes eight Oscars including best picture, best director
Slumdog Millionaire wins 8 Oscars including best picture and best director.
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Poul, Wright to adapt Dews' Must Read After My Death
Alan Poul and Craig Wright have optioned the family story captured in documentary Must Read After My Death and plan to co-produce the feature film which Wright will write and Poul will direct.The documentary, directed by Morgan Dews, was released Friday (February 20) at New York's Quad Cinemas and in ...
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NewsOscar winners - Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture
Winners of the 81st Annual Academy AwardsBest Supporting ActressPenelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina BarcelonaBest Original ScreenplayDustin Lance Black, MilkBest Adapted ScreenplaySimon Beaufoy, Slumdog MillionaireBest Animated FeatureWall-E, Andrew StantonBest Animated ShortLa Maison en Petits Cubes, Kunio KatoArt DirectionThe Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Donald Graham Burt (art direction) ...
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Screen Actors Guild rejects studios' 'best and final offer'
Hopes of a settlement in the ongoing contract dispute between the Screen Actors Guild and the studios suffered the latest setback at the weekend as the Guild's national board of directors rejected the studios' 'best and final offer.'On Saturday the board of directors voted 73% to 27% in favour of ...
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Button adds $19.6m for Warner Bros to sweep past $150m
While 13 Oscar nominations for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button may not translate into such a dominant reality once the awards are handed out at tonight's 81st Annual Academy Awards, what is in no doubt is the incontrovertible evidence of the picture's commercial clout. Staying on top of the ...
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Tyler Perry's latest Madea film tops domestic box office with $41.1m
As fruitful relationships between studio and film-maker go, they don't get much better than the collaboration between Lionsgate and Tyler Perry. Both parties scored the highest launch of their careers at the weekend as Madea Goes To Jail stormed to the top with an estimated $41.1m number one debut that ...
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The Wrestler named best feature, actor at Independent Spirit Awards
The Wrestler was named best feature and won the best actor award for Mickey Rourke and the best cinematography award for Maryse Alberti at the 2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards which took place today (Saturday) in Santa Monica.The annual event, which honours films embodying independence and 'who dare to challenge ...
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Warner's Button should continue international lead this weekend
Warner Bros Pictures International's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button has ruled the roost for the past two weekends and has reached an impressive $130m and crossed $250m worldwide.With no wide release of any Hollywood picture planned this weekend, the Oscar nominated drama starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett looks ...
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Marston, Bahrani projects to get grant support from Cinereach
New work from Maria Full Of Grace director Joshua Marston and Man Push Cart director Ramin Bahrani are among a selection of ten works-in-progress to receive grants totaling $250,000 from non-profit film support body Cinereach.Cinereach was founded in 2006 by a group of young film-makers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs to champion ...
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NewsAdam Yauch's indie music approach to film
Adam Yauch, co-founder of groundbreaking hip-hop group The Beastie Boys, is building on his experience and knowledge of the music world to create a new breed of film distribution company. In January 2008, he launched Oscilloscope Pictures, a full-service New York-based distributor.‘It’s an idea I’ve had for a ...
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Werc Werk Works to produce, finance Epstein & Freidman's Howl
Elizabeth Redleaf and Christine Walker's Werc Werk Works will produce and fully finance Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's Howl starring James Franco.Howl is set to go into production on March 16 in New York City and centres on the obscenity trial into Allen Ginsberg's groundbreaking Beat Generation poem of the ...
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Kloiber's TMG extends US deal with Augsberger for three years
Herbert Kloiber's Tele Muenchen Group (TMG) has extended its exclusive US representation deal with Thomas Augsberger's LA-based Eden Rock Media for the next three years.The extension follows a busy Berlin for TMG during which Augsberger acquired German rights to Robert Redford's The Company You Keep and Terry Gilliam's Zero Theorem ...
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Miami Film Festival to open with Valentino: The Last Emperor
Matt Tyrnauer's documentary Valentino: The Last Emperor and Daniel Burman's comedy Empty Nest (El Nido Vacio) bookend the 26th Annual Miami International Film Festival, set to run from March 6-15.All in all the 137 selections represent more than 40 countries offering four world premieres, 22 North American premieres and 18 ...
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Paramount extends deal with Montecito, Cold Spring to 2012
Paramount Pictures has extended its agreement with The Montecito Picture Company and Cold Spring Pictures to run through February 2012.The arrangement gives the studio an exclusive first look at Montecito's diverse productions, as well as the non-exclusive opportunity to co-finance films through Montecito's financing facility, Cold Spring Pictures.The Montecito Picture ...
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Warner Bros steps in for domestic on Edge Of Darkness
Warner Bros has taken North American rights to GK Films' upcoming Mel Gibson thriller Edge Of Darkness, which is currently in post-production.GK had financed the film without a US distributor attached.Martin Campbell directed the story based on the BBC mini-series of the same name. Gibson plays a Boston homicide detective ...
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International premiere of Ong Bak 2 toopen midnight strand at SXSW
The International premiere of Tony Jaa's martial arts action romp Ong Bak 2 will kick off the South By Southwest festival's inaugural midnight section next month, SXSW Presents Fantastic Fest At Midnight.The line-up of six pictures includes the world premieres of Pierre Laffargue's blaxploitation homage Black starring MC Jean Gab'1, ...