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Fries Film Group acquires worldwide on Surviving Evil
Fries Film Group has acquired worldwide rights to Terence Daw's upcoming horror film Surviving Evil.The UK/South African co-production is set to begin shooting in February 2008 and centres on a group of documentary film-makers marooned on a deserted island in the Philippines where they encounter a fearsome creature.Daw wrote the ...
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Fox takes out MGM/UA's Lions For Lambs in 46 territories
Ratatouille's five-week reign would appear to be at an end as the film begins to wind down and Fox International launches the anti-war film Lions For Lambs in approximately 46 territories.Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International's Ratatouille has amassed $377.5m and executives will expect solid holdover business to propel the ...
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In focus - American film market - Mixed fortunes at 'subdued' AFM
The first big play in Hollywood's slide towards an all-out strike in 2008 inevitably cast a pall over the American Film Market (AFM). As the world's buyers and sellers descended on Santa Monica last week, the big question was whether the disgruntled writers would go on strike for the first ...
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Roman Polanski's story to get big screen treatment
Amadeus Pictures has lined up Polanski, an unauthorised story about the life of Roman Polanski that is set to begin filming in Belgium, Poland and the US in January 2008.Amadeus CEO Damian Chapa will direct from his own screenplay, and will also produce and play Polanski's Polish producer friend Eugene ...
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Moser named vice president for new Participant TV division
Participant Productions has launched a television division and hired John Moser to serve as vice president.Moser will oversee the conception, development and production of original programming that will follow the company's goal of creating commercial and socially relevant entertainment.He will report to Participant president Ricky Strauss. He most recently served ...
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Monte Cristo closes pre-sales on Japanese horror End Call
Monte Cristo Entertainment has closed pre-sales on its Japanese horror title End Call, which is scheduled for a February 2008 shoot in Tokyo.Rights went to South Korea (KoreaScreen), and the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia (Parkit Films & Television).Chilean martial arts film Kiltro starring Marko Zaror has sold to the UK ...
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Palm Springs to honour Jerry Weintraub, Juno at awards gala
The 19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will honour Jerry Weintraub with the Patron Of The Arts Award presented by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.Weintraub will receive the award at the festival's awards gala on January 5, 2008. The festival will also honour Juno with the Chairman's Vanguard ...
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Image extends North American DVD deal with Criterion to 2013
Image Entertainment has extended its exclusive North American video distribution deal with Criterion and will continue to release the Criterion Collection until July 31, 2013.The agreement replaces the one dated August 1, 2005, and grants Image exclusive distribution rights over all video formats, including kiosk-based DVD-burning initiatives.Criterion retains broadcast and ...
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12 films make the cut for animated feature Oscar
Twelve features have been submitted for consideration in the animated feature film category for the 80th Academy Awards.The 12 submitted features are: Alvin And The Chipmunks, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters, Bee Movie, Beowulf, Meet The Robinsons, Persepolis, Ratatouille, Shrek The Third, The Simpsons Movie, Surf's ...
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Access rolls with boxing biopic Phantom Punch
Production has begun on actor-director Robert Townsend's Phantom Punch, a biopic of controversial US boxer Sonny Liston, a one-time heavy-weight champion whose fame is based more on whom he lost to than his winning bouts. In 1965, Liston was knocked down by Cassius Clay, the future Muhammed Ali, by the ...
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Battle In Seattle to open fourth Bahamas Film Festival
Stuart Townsend's WTO riots film Battle In Seattle will open the 4th Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), which is set to run from December 6-13.Jason Reitman's Juno will close the event, which overall will showcase 83 films from 26 countries and feature the four competition categories of Spirit Of Freedom: ...
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IDA to honour When The Levees Broke, Sputnik Media
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced two of the winning theatrical documentaries to be honoured at the 2007 IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award Gala Benefit in Los Angeles on Dec 7.Spike Lee's Hurricane Katrina film When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts will receive the Pare Lorentz ...
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Eric Robinson promoted to svp of production, development at TWC
Eric Robinson has been promoted to senior vice president of production and development at The Weinstein Company, (TWC).Robinson previously served as vice president of production and will continue to report to be based in New York and report to co-president of production Michael Cole.'Eric is an invaluable asset with his ...
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Lightning has strong AFM with Dafoe-starrer Anamorph
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has closed key territories on its slate at AFM, led by the serial killer thriller Anamorph starring Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman and Clea DuVall.Deals closed in the UK (Contender), Germany and Switzerland (Koch Media), France (Swift), Mexico (Quality), South Korea and Thailand (Noori), Russia (Soyuz), Italy ...
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AWP closes deals on The Poet starring Hannah, Scheider
Los Angeles-based American World Pictures (AWP) has closed key territories at AFM on Damian Lee's The Poet starring Darryl Hannah, Roy Scheider, Kim Coates and Colm Feore.Rights have gone to the UK (High Flyers Films), Germany (More Films), Russia (Vox), France (Emylia), Spain (Tot Media), Brazil (Ocean Pictures), Scandinavia (CCV), ...
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Ron Henderson to step down as head of Denver Film Festival
Ron Henderson, one of the founders and the artistic director of the Denver Film Society (DFS) and the Starz Denver Film Festival, is to step down as artistic director and will relinquish his day-to-day leadership responsibilities at the end of the year.After 30 years of service, Henderson will maintain ties ...
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Arthouse strikes exclusive UK/Ireland output deal with Revolver
Arthouse Films has struck an exclusive output and distribution deal for the UK & Ireland with Revolver Entertainment.Revolver will handle all rights to Arthouse titles in those territories and also launch the label in the UK and Ireland.The multi-year deal covers more than 10 titles per year. The initial slate ...
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Lumina strikes North American deal for Lovesickness with Maya
UK-based sales company Lumina Films has sold North American rights to Puerto Rican comedy Lovesickness (Maldeamores) to Maya Releasing.Maya is the new distribution and acquisitions company that is part of vertically integrated Latino entertainment company founded by Moctesuma Esparza. Maya Releasing will distribute 8-10 films per year theatrically.Lovesickness interweaves three ...
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Arthouse Films takes worldwide rights to documentary Obscene
Arthouse Films has acquired worldwide rights to Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O'Connor's documentary Obscene following its world premiere at Toronto.Obscene chronicles the life of American publisher Barney Rosset who fought censorship and worked with writers such as Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Che Guevera, among others.David Koh and ...
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Film Movement launches US VOD channel Film Festival channel
North American distributor Film Movement has launched nationwide VOD channel Film Festival Channel.The service launches with a roster of more than 100 films that previously screened at Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca.Every month the channel will present four features and four shorts, with early titles including Alexandra's ...