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Oscar shorts nominees available on iTunes
Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures joined forces with iTunes to make Oscar-nominated short films available for the public to stream just days prior to the Academy Awards ceremony.The seven independently produced nominated shorts included five live action and two animated shorts. Available to view for free via iTunes were the ...
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Marvel's new Hulk movie set for Toronto shoot in summer
Marvel Studios has confirmed it will shoot The Incredible Hulk in Toronto this summer. The $100m+ comic book adaptation is the second feature of the newly-refinanced studio folllowing Iron Man. The announcement came as welcome news for the city following last week's tentative settlement of a strike by Canadian performers. ...
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BitTorrent goes legit, making deal with major movie houses
BitTorrent Inc, the San Francisco based company that created the software used to download pirated blockbusters from the internet, has entered into a licensing agreement with some of America's top studios in an attempt to dramatically decrease blackmarket activity. Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros and Lionsgate are ...
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'Could you double-check the envelope please'' Scorsese jokes as crime thriller proves biggest winner of the night
The Departed stole the show at the 79th Academy Awards in Hollywood last night, taking top prize for best picture and propelling Martin Scorsese to his long-awaited first directing Oscar.Warner Bros and Initial Entertainment Group's crime thriller remake took four awards overall and had been regarded as a solid contender ...
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Ghost Rider takes international lead with $16.1m from 40 territories
Ghost Rider's fiery lass tightened its grip on the international arena in the film's second weekend, adding an estimated $16.1m from 3,000 screens in 40 markets for a $39.4m international running total.The action film opened at number one in Germany through Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) on $2.2m from 363 ...
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Rider rules in North America with $19.7m second weekend
Sony's action title Ghost Rider held on to top spot at the North American box office in its second weekend, fending off New Line's new psycho-thriller The Number 23, which had to make do with the number two.The Marvel Comics adaptation added an estimated $19.7m to raise the tally to ...
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Little Miss Sunshine dominates Spirit Awards
Little Miss Sunshine picked up four honours at this years Spirit Awards, including best film and best directors.Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Oscar-nominated film also picked up awards for Michael Arndt's screenplay, and for Alan Arkin as best supporting actor.Both best actor (Ryan Gosling) and best actress (Shareeka Epps) honours ...
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Pan's Labyrinth leads the field for Mexico's Ariel Awards
Guillermo Del Toro's Oscar-nominated Pan's Labyrinth led the field for the annual Ariel Awards in Mexico presented by the Mexican Academy Of Cinematographic Arts And Sciences.The film took 12 nominations including best picture, director, actor and actress.Scoring seven nominations was Francisco Vargas' El Violin which was nominated for picture, director, ...
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Mexico City's FICCO begins with Children, to run to March 4
The fourth edition of Mexico City's International Contemporary Film Festival (FICCO) kicked off on Wednesday night with Todd Field's Oscar-nominated Little Children and runs through to March 4.More than 3,000 guests attended the opening at the Cinemex Antara complex where FICCO Is headquartered this year. The festival, one of Mexico's ...
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Oscar nominees open far and wide across the globe
Ghost Rider ruled the roost last weekend and Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) will be looking to reap more rewards in the all-important second weekend.The comic book adaptation stands at $16.6m and takes off in Germany and Switzerland today (Feb 22), followed by India a day later.Fox International opens Notes ...
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Adriene Bowles gets promotion at Focus Features
Adriene Bowles has been promoted to president of worldwide publicity and executive vice president of marketing at Focus Features.The appointment expands Bowles' remit - she previously worked in the company's domestic division as executive vice president of publicity and marketing - and gives her a more proactive role in establishing ...
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Telefilm backs new films from Falardeau, Poole, Picard
Fresh from his triumphant Best Picture prize for Congorama at Quebec's Jutras earlier this week, Quebecois auteur Philippe Falardeau has been greenlit by Telefilm Canada for his next production, C'est Pas Moi Je Le Jure. It was one of ten films in the latest round of French-language project funding by ...
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Gaumont strikes US deal for Fidel with Koch Lorber and Red Envelope
France 's Gaumont has announced the sale of Prix Michel d'Ornano winner and Sundance entry Blame It On Fidel to Koch Lorber in the US. The film, directed by Julie Gavras, will go out in the second quarter of 2007 in NY and LA followed by a wider release. Koch ...
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Cyborg to close next month's SXSW festival
The closing night film for the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival will be Park Chan-wook's new film, I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK.Fresh from its European premiere at the recent Berlinale, Cyborg will have its North American premiere at the Austin, Texas, festival when it brings ...
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The 79th Academy Awards
The Departedstole the show at the 79th Academy Awards in Hollywood,taking top prize for best picture and propelling Martin Scorsese to hislong-awaited first directing Oscar.WarnerBros and Initial Entertainment Group's crime thriller remake took fourawards overall and had been regarded as a solid contender in awide-open best picture race. However its ...
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IFC Entertainment makes films available to iTunes
IFC Entertainment is the latest distributor making available its film catalogue for iTunes users, including the six titles nominated in this weekend's 2007 Independent Spirit Awards among them American Gun and Sorry, Haters.'By making IFC films available on the world's most popular online movie store we're giving independent film-makers the ...
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MGM's Woods to receive Variety Club Humanitarian Award
MGM president of domestic distribution Clark Woods will receive the Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens' 2007 Humanitarian Award.Woods, who was chosen in recognition of his contributions as both a role model and mentor to children, will collect the honour in New York on Jun 13.'Clark is a true ...
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Killer strikes ongoing finance, distribution deal with THINKFilm
THINKFilm and Killer Films have entered into an agreement granting the former the right to finance and handle worldwide distribution on films developed and produced by Killer.The deal is the first major initiative struck by THINKFilm since it was taken over last year by film financier and producer David Bergstein, ...
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Canadian actors' strike ends this time for real
After a false start earlier this week, the six-week Canadian actors' strike seems to have been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties. Last Friday, the Alliance of Cinema, Television and Radio Actors (ACTRA), the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) and the Association des producteurs de film et ...
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Miami names nine projects in Encuentros market event
Nine films have been selected for the Miami International Film Festival's (MIFF) fifth Miami Encuentros series dedicated to emerging producers from Spain and Latin America.The three-day event offers film-makers a chance to network with US and international industry professionals as they nurture their careers.'Having a brilliant vision is only part ...