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Admissions tumble in Brazil by 11.3% in first six months 2008
In the first six months of 2008 Brazil recorded a 11.3% fall in admissions and a 8.8% drop in box office revenues over the same period last year. According to figures released by Filme B, a local company that reviews theatrical market data, the country's sales amounted R$352m ($221.3m), as ...
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Leonsis launches online doc distributor SnagFilms
Ted Leonsis, the AOL vice chairman, self-styled 'filmanthropist' and producer of Nanking and Kicking It has launched the online destination and documentary distributor SnagFilms.The site enables film-makers to sidestep the perilous arena of traditional distribution by offering an alternative platform that allows viewers to stream films or share them on ...
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Alexander named co-head of business and legal affairs at New Line
Craig Alexander has been promoted to co-head of business and legal affairs at New Line and will share duties with Judd Funk.Alexander and Funk will be jointly responsible for establishing New Line's business policies, negotiating talent and rights deals, and will oversee the legal affairs division.Alexander has been at the ...
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IFC acquires Lynn Shelton's My Effortless Brilliance
IFC Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Lynn Shelton's My Effortless Brilliance, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival earlier in the year.The film will go out through IFC's VOD platform Festival Direct in August and will screen as part of Rooftop Films in New York on August 1.'Films like ...
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Producers Guild Of America Awards to take place on Jan 24, 2009
The Producers Guild of America will hold its 20th Annual PGA Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on January 24, 2009.'Our event is all about providing an entertaining show for our guests and the newly remodeled Palladium is the ideal location for the type of event we are planning,' awards co-chair ...
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Film Society Of Lincoln Center gets new executive director
Mara Manus has been appointed executive director of the Film Society Of Lincoln Center, effective September 15.Manus becomes the third person to hold the title and succeeds Claudia Bonn, who served the organisation for 15 years and took over as executive director from Joanne Koch in 2003.Manus joins the organisation ...
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here! buys domestic rights to Sarif's The World Unseen
here! Films has acquired North American rights from Enlightenment Films to Shamim Sarif's The World Unseen, which plays in official selection at Outfest 2008: The 26th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.Sister company Regent Releasing will launch the film in autumn. The World Unseen takes place in Apartheid-era South ...
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Amy Israel out, Guy Stodel in as Vantage changes direction
Paramount Vantage has undergone a further sea change this week with the announcement yesterday that Amy Israel is leaving the company and Guy Stodel has been appointed in her stead as executive vice president of production and acquisitions.The move appears to confirm speculation that Vantage is moving away from the ...
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Rosenberg hired to adapt BBC series Second Sight for Universal
Universal Pictures has hired Craig Rosenberg to adapt the BBC series Second Sight as a thriller for producers Don Murphy and Susan Montford.The project is based on the UK crime drama that gave Clive Owen his breakout role as a hard-living homicide detective suffering from a rare degenerative eye condition ...
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Tracy Falco joins Universal as evp of production
Producer Tracy Falco has been named executive vice president of production at Universal Pictures.For the past year Falco has had a first-look deal at United Artists, where she produced Robert Redford's Lions For Lambs. She will report to Universal's president of production Donna Langley.In her new position, Falco will support ...
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Cantet's The Class to open New York Film Festival
Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or The Class (Entre Les Murs) will open the New York Film Festival, set to run from September 26-October 12.Two showcases at the Film Society's Walter Reade Theater will round out the festival's main line-up with historical and alternative perspectives.The first, In The Realm Of Oshima, runs ...
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Films from McGowan and Skogland lead Canadian charge at TIFF
Michael McGowan's One Week starring Joshua Jackson, Liane Balaban and Campbell Scott and Kari Skogland's Fifty Dead Men Walking with Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Rose McGowan and Kevin Zegers have joined the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival's line-up of Canadian gala presentations.Special Presentations include Deepa Mehta's Heaven On Earth, Fernando ...
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DeVito to direct Charlotte Doyle for HandMade, Plaza Productions
Danny DeVito will direct The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle from his own screenplay for HandMade Films and El-Ad US Holding's Plaza Productions International.The family action adventure will star Morgan Freeman, Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan, who earned an Oscar nomination this year for her role in Atonement.DeVito, who will ...
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Weinsteins get their own pay-TV deal, finally, with Showtime
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has signed a seven-year pay-TV deal with Showtime Networks in a key move for both companies.Select TWC titles had been going to Showtime through its distribution relationship with MGM, but once it became clear that MGM was reconfiguring its modus operandi and said it would partner ...
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Jaman.com signs deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment
Online film destination Jaman.com has signed a distribution deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment to rent or sell titles online.The move marks the latest gambit in Jaman.com's expansion plans as founder and CEO Gaurav Dhillon seeks to expand the library and turn the company into the biggest online destination for film ...
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Jason Constantine promoted to acquisitions chief at Lionsgate
Jason Constantine has been promoted to president of acquisitions and co-productions at Lionsgate, filling the void left by former incumbent Peter Block.Constantin is an eight-year veteran of the company and will report to Lionsgate co-COO and motion picture group president Joe Drake.He will continue to oversee the tracking and acquisition ...
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Sundance names six musicians selected for Composers Lab
The Sundance Institute has unveiled the six musicians selected for its Composers Lab that runs from July 22-August 7 in Sundance, Utah.This year's Composers Lab Fellows are Matt Cartsonis, T Griffin, iZLER, JJ Lee, Vivek Maddala and Nicholas Pavkovic.During the two-week Lab, Fellows take part in workshops and creative exercises ...
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Lara Thompson leaves Sony for top acquisitions job at E1
Lara Thompson has left her role as senior vice president of worldwide acquisitions at Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) to join Canadian film and TV company Entertainment One (E1) in the same capacity.Thompson started work on July 14 and will assess and acquire properties in all the company's territories ...
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Film Movement acquires US rights to Lanner's Eldorado
Film Movement has acquired US rights to Bouli Lanners' bittersweet Belgian-French road movie Eldorado.The story centers on a vintage car dealer who befriends a potential burglar and takes him on a trip to visit his parents. Eldorado won the FIPRESCI Quinzaine award at Cannes this year.Film Movement president Adley Gartenstein ...
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Kate Hudson joins all-star ensemble of musical Nine
Kate Hudson has joined Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Marianne Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren on the cast of The Weinstein Company's Broadway musical adaptation Nine.Rob Marshall is directing the story, loosely based on Federico Fellini's 1963 classic 8 1/2, as a harried film director who balances the ...