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Van Galder, Weinstock named marketing co-chiefs at SPE
Valerie Van Galder and Marc Weinstock have been promoted to co-presidents of worldwide theatrical marketing at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).Van Galder and Weinstock will jointly develop and oversee campaigns for all films released by Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Animation and will report to chairman of worldwide marketing ...
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Wanted shoots to top of international box office with $33m gross
Angelina Jolie, a bulked up James McAvoy and one of the world's most dynamic action directors stole the show at the weekend as Universal/UPI's Wanted took charge of the international marketplace with a $33m estimated launch.The graphic novel adaptation about an unassuming office worker who learns he descends from a ...
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Wall-E, Wanted deliver gigantic numbers at domestic box office
Disney/Pixar's latest slice of magic coupled with Angelina Jolie in glorious kick-ass action mode created the figurative perfect storm as the top 12 pictures combined for $179m to beat the same weekend last year by 22%.In the fifth consecutive year-on-year climb, Wall-E led the way with an excellent $62.5m estimated ...
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Relativity to finance, produce War Of Gods directed by Tarsem
Relativity Media has acquired rights to finance, develop and produce the mythological Greek tale War Of Gods, which is already in pre-production and expected to begin filming before the end of the year.Tarsem will direct from a screenplay by Vlas Parlapanides and Charley Parlapanides and the project reunites Hollywood Gang ...
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UPI's Wanted roars into in 22 territories including Russia
Indiana Jones will have a battle on his hands to hold on to pole position this weekend as Russian director Timur Bekmambetov's first English-language picture Wanted goes out in 22 territories through Universal/UPI.The graphic novel adaptation opens day-and-date with North America in Russia on 850 prints on June 26 and ...
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Disney focuses on brand values
If the key to navigating a volatile and uncertain market is concentration on core strengths, then Disney has got it right.And the rock on which the future will be built is the Disney brand itself, according to Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group.Over the last couple of ...
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DGA, Film Foundation set up Zinnemann Fund for artists' rights
The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) and The Film Foundation have set up The Zinnemann Fund to protect and promote artists' rights.DGA member Tim Zinnemann, son of the late director and DGA lifetime achievement award winner Fred Zinnemann, developed the idea with money from a court settlement in his favour ...
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Overture signs first-look deal with Philip Seymour Hoffman's company
Overture Films has signed a two-year first look deal with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Emily Ziff's Cooper's Town Productions.The first collaboration will be the film of Brett C Leonard's play Unconditional, which explores gender and racial issues within New York City and is being adapted for the screen by Leonard.Hoffman ...
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Francis Ford Coppola finishes 63-day shoot of Tetro
Francis Ford Coppola has wrapped on his latest feature Tetro after 63 days of principal photography in Buenos Aires and Patagonia. A spring 2009 release is anticipated.Additional shooting of a ballet by Ana Maria Stekelman will still take place in Madrid but the main leg of the shoot is complete. ...
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Toronto books best of Cannes in first programme announcement
The Toronto International Film Festival announced its first tranche of titles, including Cannes competitors such as Atom Egoyan's Adoration, Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale, Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah and Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or winner The Class. All four will be North American premieres screening as Special Presentations. Kim Jee-woon's The Good, ...
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Zaillian, Mandate buy debut screenplay from Jens Assur
Steve Zaillian and Mandate Pictures have acquired the debut feature screenplay from photojournalist and acclaimed short film-maker Jens Assur.The script, entitled Close Far Away, was purchased through Zaillian and Mandate's newly formed co-venture Film Rites, which has a joint first-look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.Assur is attached to direct, while ...
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Liberation buys North American rights to Irish drama Eden
Liberation Entertainment has picked up North American rights to Declan Recks' Irish drama Eden.The company plans a theatrical release in autumn for the picture, which screens at the Edinburgh International Film Festival this week and premiered at Tribeca in April.Reck's adaptation of the Eugene O'Brien play examines a troubled marriage ...
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MSNBC launches film division to produce documentaries
MSNBC has launched MSNBC Films to produce and showcase documentaries on television and support festival runs and theatrical releases. The initiative will kick off with Kurt Kuenne's Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father, in which Kuenne sets out to commemorate his murdered friend and learns that ...
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Focus Features starts Africa First Program for emerging film-makers
Focus Features has established the Africa First Program offering five prizes of $10,000 to emerging film-makers of African nationality and residence.The money will go towards production and/or post-production on a narrative short film made in continental Africa that taps the resources of the local film industry.The five film-makers selected will ...
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AMPAS invites 96 countries to submit films for foreign language Oscar
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has posted entry forms for the 81st Academy Awards' foreign language competition to 96 countries.Countries need to be return the forms so they are received at the Academy by October 1. To qualify for the 81st Academy Awards a film must be ...
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Cole promoted to evp of media at Universal Pictures
Suzanne Cole has been promoted to executive vice president of media at Universal Pictures and will continue to oversee the studio's print, broadcast, online and outdoor media strategy.Cole has served as senior vice president of media since 2004 and continues to report to president of marketing Eddie Egan.During her nine-year ...
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SILVERDOCS fetes The Garden, The English Surgeon
Scott Hamilton Kennedy's The Garden won the SILVERDOCS Sterling US Feature Award and Tia Lessin and Carl Deal's Trouble The Water earned a special jury mention.Geoffrey Smith's The English Surgeon won the Sterling World Feature Award and a special mention went to Chao Gan's The Red Race.In the Sterling Short ...
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Justin Long, Fred Willard join Cera in Youth In Revolt
Justin Long and Fred Willard have joined Michael Cera and newcomer Portia Doubleday on the cast of Dimension Film's tale Youth In Revolt.Zach Galifinakis, Ari Graynor, Erik Knudsen, Adhir Kalyan, Jonny Wright, Tricia Mara and Mary Kay Place have also come aboard.The Permut Presentations and Shangri-La Entertainment project is based ...
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Academy welcomes 105 new members including Cotillard, Haneke
The Academy Of Arts & Sciences has welcomed 105 new members into its hallowed ranks representing 'artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures.'Among the new members were Oscar winners from 2007 such as Marion Cotillard (best actress), Diablo Cody (best original screenplay), Didier ...