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Cannes opener Blindness to open Atlantic Film Festival
Fernando Meirelles' Cannes competitor Blindness will open the 28th Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax on September 11. Based on the novel by Jose Saramago and starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal and Alice Braga, the Canada-Brazil-Japan coproduction was adapted for the screen by Don McKellar, who ...
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The Mummy goes up against Batman in 28 territories
The Dark Knight would appear to be the one to beat yet again as the film enters its third weekend, although Warner Bros Pictures International can look for some spirited competition from Universal's The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor which opens in 28 territories.The crime epic has amassed $159m ...
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Di Pierro, Cirillo team up for revenue sharing online distributor
Former Warner Brothers executive Vince Di Pierro and marketing veteran Joe Cirillo have launched the revenue sharing online distributor Indie RoadThe founders will canvas a panel of experts to select material that visitors to the site will be able to download or stream for prices starting at less than a ...
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Lucasfilm wins copyright case against Shepperton Design Studios
The High Court in London has ruled that Shepperton Design Studios and its principal Andrew Ainsworth violated Lucasfilm's US copyrights by manufacturing and selling Stormtrooper helmets and other costume replicas from the Star Wars franchise.The decision handed down from the High Court's Chancery Division today [July 31] affirmed that Lucasfilm ...
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Luke Ryan joins MGM as vp of theatrical production
Former vice president of MTV Films Luke Ryan has joined the MGM motion picture group as vice president of theatrical production.Ryan will oversee the production and development of new MGM projects and reports to chairman of the worldwide motion picture group Mary Parent.He will immediately get to work on priority ...
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Tribeca Film Festival sets 2009 dates as April 22 to May 3
The Tribeca Film Festival's 2009 edition will take place in New York from April 22 to May 3, organisers announced today [July 31].The Tribeca Film Institute's Tribeca All Access (TAA) programme will run from April 20 to April 25.For further information about Tribeca visit the official website at www.tribecafilm.com.
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Colin Brown steps down as Editor-in-Chief of Screen International
Colin Brown is stepping down as the longstanding Editor-in-Chief of Screen International to pursue new entrepreneurial ambitions in the global media and entertainment sphere.Announcing the amicable departure, Natasha Christie-Miller, Managing Director, Retail & Media at Emap Inform, Screen's parent company, paid tribute to Brown's long and profitable association with the ...
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HFPA gives $0.76m in grants to film schools and non-profits
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented $759,865 in financial grants to film schools and non-profit organizations at its annual installation luncheon in Los Angeles today (Wednesday).
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Jack White, Alicia Keys team for new Bond song
The 22nd James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, will feature a theme song duet for the first time in the franchise's history.Jack White (of the White Stripes and Raconteurs) and Alicia Keys will record Another Way To Die.As rumoured, troubled British chanteuse Amy Winehouse had been in talks to record ...
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Sundance Institute names 2008 Annenberg Film Fellows
The Sundance Institute has selected seven film-makers as its 2008 Annenberg Film Fellows, each of whom will receive a living stipend or grant to nurture their projects.The Fellows and their projects are: Fellipe Barbosa with Casa Grande; Frank Budgen with Shockheaded Peter; Daniel Casey with Poletown; John Magary with Blood ...
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Ron Gell's The G-Machine reunites with New Films International
Ron Gell and his production and sales company G-Machine have reunited with Nesim Hason's financing New Films International (NFI).Gell will handle worldwide acquisitions for NFI and The G-Machine and the companies will collaborate on acquisitions and sales.G-Machine, which launched in January and built up a roster including Spiros Stathoulopoulas' Cannes ...
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Alicia Keys and Jack White record duet on new 007 theme song
Alicia Keys and Jack White of The White Stripes have recorded the theme song for the upcoming James Bond thriller Quantum Of Solace, marking the first duet in 007 history.White wrote, produced and plays drums on the track, 'Another Way To Die', which will be released on the soundtrack on ...
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Universal to partner with TWC on Inglorious Bastards
The Weinstein Company and Universal are nearing a deal to partner on the release of Quentin Tarantino's World War II drama Inglorious Bastards.Sources stressed the deal points had not been concluded at time of writing, however it is understood TWC would handle the North American release and Universal would oversee ...
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Kori Bernards named media strategist at Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures has officially confirmed that it has appointed former Motion Picture Association Of America media communications chief Kori Bernards to serve as the studio's media strategist and trade and business press contact.Bernards will start in her new role as senior vice president of media relations on August 4 and ...
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Asselin's Sentimental Capitalism to open FNC in Montreal
Olivier Asselin's A Sentimental Capitalism (Un Capitalisme Sentimental) will make its world premiere as the opening film of the 37th annual Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal. Starring Lucille Fluet, Paul Ahmarani and Sylvie Moreau, the period drama lays bear the saga of a young woman at the centre of ...
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TIFF unveils 20 world premiere documentaries
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced 25 world premieres in its line-up of documentaries screening across various programmes. Among the debuts screening in the Real To Reel programme are An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim's It Might Get Loud, a celebration of the electric guitar featuring three virtuosos, Led ...
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Mueller digs deep withVenice's worldly offerings
Venice is aiming widefor its 65th edition,with artistic director Marco Mueller following up 2007's heavily English-language programme with a more geographically diverse, less star-drivenline-up of films from 18 countries. Notably lighter onUS features (and with none solely from the UK), this year's Lido line-up features two Japanese animation masters and ...
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Venice competition includes Aronofsky, Arriaga, Kitano, Ozpetek
The 65th Venice Film Festival has unveiled its programme this morning.CompetitionThe Wrestler, dir. Darren Aronofsky (US)The Burning Plain, dir. Guillermo Arriaga (US)Il papa di Giovanna, dir. Pupi Avati (Italy)BirdWatchers, dir. Marco Bechis (Italy)L'Autre, dirs. Patrick Mario Bernard & Pierre Trividic (France)The Hurt Locker, dir. Kathryn Bigelow (US)Il seme della discordia, ...
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Relativity Media acquires rights to fantasy novel Acacia
Relativity Media has acquired the rights to David Anthony Durham's fantasy novel Acacia: The War With The Mein.Andrew Grant will adapt the first title of a planned trilogy in the vein of The Lord Of The Rings about children of an ousted king who return to save their land from ...
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US-Korean co-production The Wedding Palace to shoot in Oct
Arclight Films has acquired international sales rights to the US-South Korea family comedy The Wedding Palace, which is set to begin filming in Koreatown, Los Angeles, and Seoul, South Korea, in October.USC Cinema School alumnus Christine Yoo makes her directorial debut on the project, which is backed by official sponsorship ...