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Lucas, Hamm to star in A2/Code's The Boy In The Box
Josh Lucas and Golden Globe TV nominee Jon Hamm will star in A2 Entertainment Group and Code Entertainment's thriller The Boy In The Box.Lucas will play the father of a boy that went missing years ago and whose case bears striking parallels to a current investigation.James Van Der Beek, Rhona ...
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YouTube founders to receive PGA Vanguard Award
The Producers Guild of America's (PGA) 2008 Vanguard Award will go to YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen.The award, which recognises outstanding achievement in new media and technology, will be presented at the 2008 Producers Guild Awards on February 2 2007 in Los Angeles.'YouTube has connected its global audience ...
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Boll takes over world sales for 15+ titles from Allied Entertainment
Boll AG has taken over he world sales for 15+ titles from the LA-based genre specialist Allied Entertainment.The lineup includes Rafael Zielinski's classic teen sex comedy Screwballs and brings the total number of films handled internationally by Boll AG to 60. Other films in the deal include Fallen Angels starring ...
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Charlie Wilson's War, Sweeney Todd fail to make AFI's Ten Best list
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced its 10 movies of the year yesterday [Dec 16], an annual roster that in the eyes of the jury advances the art of the moving image, enhances America's cultural heritage, inspires audiences and artists and/or makes a mark on American society.The titles are, in ...
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Warner Bros, Prasad strike strategic alliance for digital post production
Post production services Warner Bros Motion Picture Imaging and India's Prasad Corporation have formed a strategic alliance to offer digital post production and restoration services to global clients.The two companies will transfer content between one another on a dedicated line. Prasad has already begun working with Motion Picture Imaging to ...
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Wright to get Visionary Award from Palm Springs Film Festival
The 19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) willhonour Atonement director Joe Wright with the Sonny Bono VisionaryAward at the annual awards gala on January 5, 2008. Festival chairman Earl Greenburg said the talent Wright displayed inAtonement, which leads the field in the Golden Globes race with sevennominations, and ...
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Compass stays top in international with $29m second weekend
The Golden Compass held on to its number one international status and hauled itself to within touching distance of $100m in its second weekend.The fantasy adventure grossed an estimated $29m through New Line International (NLI) to raise the overseas tally to $90m. The Golden Compass has grossed $131m worldwide to ...
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Will Smith, Chipmunks give shot in the arm to North American box office
I Am Legend shot some much needed seasonal sparkle into the box office with a sensational $76.5m launch that set a new mark for December and gave star Will Smith the biggest opening weekend of his career.Combined with a strong $45m support act courtesy of Fox's Alvin And The Chipmunks, ...
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Canadian province Ontario to boost production tax credit to 25%
The province of Ontario is proposing to increase the Ontario Production Services Tax Credit, available to foreign-financed productions shooting in the province, from 18 per cent to 25 per cent. The province also says it will increase its locally-oriented Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, for which official Canadian coproductions ...
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P.S. I Love You
Dir: Richard LaGravenese. US. 2007. 126minsThe lightweight Ghost-meets-Bridget Jones dramedy of Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern's PS, I Love You turns into forced romantic comedy in this miscast and largely Americanized screen version starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. Interest in the film's theatrical release will come mostly from avid chick ...
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Bee Movie, I Am Legend offer competition to Compass
DreamWorks' animated hit Bee Movie gets a big push through PPI this weekend and launches in 24 territories including France on December 12, Germany on December 13 and the UK on December 14.The film has amassed $39m to date and will pose a major threat to New Line International's The ...
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Classic Jarman, Araki films to screen in Sundance Collection programme
Derek Jarman's Edward II and Gregg Araki's The Living End will be shown at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to mark the 10th anniversary of the festival's From the Collection category.Jarman's 1991 drama Edward II updates Christopher Marlowe's 16th century Elizabethan tragedy about the newly crowned king of England's gay ...
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Sundance Institute names 13 projects in annual Screenwriters Lab
Sundance Institute has announced the 13 projects for the annual January Screenwriters Lab scheduled to take place from January 11-16, 2008.Film projects supported this year explore a wide range of topics including an exploration of class and race in Brazil, a story about a mother reintegrating into society after serving ...
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The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep
Dir: Jay Russell. US. 2007. 113mins.Part gentle coming-of-age story, part whimsical animal flick, The Water Horse: The Legend Of The Deep tells the story of a young Scottish boy who serves as both friend and parent to a mysterious newborn creature that he eventually has to return to nearby Loch ...
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Capitol Films signs three-film distribution deal with 3-D outfit StereoVision
Capitol Films has signed a three-film distribution deal with 3-D production company StereoVision and will announce further details in due course.'We believe the timing is perfect to exploit StereoVision's theatrical 3-D movie model,' Capitol Films chairman David Bergstein said.'There is going to be an exponentially growing demand for theatrical 3-D ...
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Golden Globe nominee reactions in full
We’re so overjoyed with the Golden Globe nominations and it’s gratifying that at the end of the year you get an opportunity to acknowledge the company you have been keeping,’ Focus Features CEO James Schamus said in response to the company’s 11 nominations, which included seven for Atonement. ‘It’s so ...
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Warner Bros signs longterm TV deal with Saran Media in Turkey
Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed a multi-year television distribution agreement with Saran Media in Turkey.The new output deal expands upon WBITD's current deal with Saran, its partner of the last 10 years.Under the terms Saran has acquired premium, basic, free and subscription VOD rights to a wide ...
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Atonement leads Golden Globe nominations
Joe Wright’s Atonement leads the nominations for the 65th annual Golden Globes, voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Atonement has seven nominations, for best film, director (Joe Wright), screenplay (Christopher Hampton), actress (Keira Knightley), actor (James McAvoy), supporting actress (Saoirse Ronan), and score (Dario Marianelli).
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Film Department sets Brothers In Arms for March 2008
Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's financing, production and international sales company The Film Department has acquired Noah Lukeman's script Brothers In Arms and hired Marcel Langenegger to direct.The company is targeting a March 31 2008 start date in the Czech Republic and is out to casting on the true story ...
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Gewecke named president of Warner Bros Digital Distribution
Thomas Gewecke has been appointed president of Warner Bros Digital Distribution (WBDD) and will focus on developing Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group's global partnerships and digital distribution strategies.Gewecke most recently served as executive vice president of global digital business for Sony BMG Music Entertainment and will report to president of ...