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Andrew Rona confirmed as Silver Pictures president
Former Rogue Pictures co-president Andrew Rona has been confirmed as the new president of Joel Silver's Warner Bros-based Silver Pictures.Rona will also join Steve Richards as co-president of Silver's genre banner Dark Castle Entertainment and starts work in his dual post in January 2009.Silver Pictures is currently in production on ...
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Los Angeles critics name Wall-E best picture as Oscar race begins
In a bold move that defies traditional thinking, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) named Wall-E its best picture of the year while The Dark Knight was runner-up.Danny Boyle took the best director prize for Slumdog Millionaire, with The Dark Knight again taking the silver medal for Christopher Nolan.In ...
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Nick Phillips promoted to svp of production at Screen Gems
Screen Gems has promoted Nick Phillips from vice president of production to senior vice president of production.Phillips will oversee production on select titles including the remake of the 1971 thriller Straw Dogs, which Rod Lurie will write and direct.Phillips will continue to report to Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper. He ...
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Tim Connors named COO at Marvel Studios
Tim Connors has been named Marvel Studios COO and will manage the company's day-to-day business affairs and transactions.Connors previously served as executive vice president of business affairs and operations since December 2006 and his in-tray includes managing a slate that includes Iron Man 2 on May 7 2010, Thor on ...
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Milk, Benjamin Button lead nominations for BFCA Awards
Milk and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button entered the awards fray today [December 9] with eight nominations apiece from the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA).The Dark Knight, Doubt and Slumdog Millionaire tie with six nominations each and will contest the best picture prize with Milk, The Curious Case Of ...
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Jim Fredrick moves to Screen Gems as evp of marketing
Jim Fredrick has joined Screen Gems as executive vice president of marketing, effective immediately.Fredrick replaces Marc Weinstock, who has transitioned to co-president of worldwide marketing for the studio.Reporting to Sony's worldwide marketing and distribution chairman Jeff Blake, Fredrick will get to work on campaigns for such 2009 Screen Gems titles ...
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Milk to receive Stanley Kramer Award from Producers Guild
The Producers Guild Of America's annual Stanley Kramer Award recognising work that 'dramatically illuminates provocative social issues' will be presented to Focus Features' drama Milk.The film stars Sean Penn as the real-life slain gay San Francisco city official and was directed by Gus Van Sant. Josh Brolin, James Franco and ...
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I Sell The Dead to open 15th Slamdance Film Festival
The US premiere of Glenn McQuaid's comedy horror I Sell The Dead starring Dominic Monaghan and Ron Perlman will open the 15th Slamdance Film Festival, which runs from January 15-23.As always the festival will run concurrently with Sundance and screen roughly 100 features, short films and music videas. Twenty features ...
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Lion's Den, Cold Lunch take prizes at Bahamas Film Festival
Pablo Trapero's Lion's Den won the 5th Bahamas International Film Festival's Spirit Of Freedom: Narrative award while Cold Lunch by Eva Sorhaug of Norway collected the New Vision Award.The Spirit Of Freedom: Documentary prize went to Chai Vasarhelyi's Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love and Darier Hentsch's Gone Fishing ...
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PPI's Madagascar 2 scores sensational $50.2m international weekend
Madagascar 2 dominated the international box office this weekend with an estimated $50.2m haul through PPI from 5,129 sites in35 territories that raised the relatively early tally to $125m.The animated sequel opened top in Germany on $11m from 820 venues including previews and produced the biggest single day for any ...
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Christmases top in North America, Twilight rallies in third weekend
Warner Bros' comedy Four Christmases stayed atop the charts in its second weekend while Summit's indie phenomenon Twilight surged past Buena Vista's Bolt to claim second place in its third weekend as the top 12 releases amassed $77.5m, driving overall box office to a 6% climb on last year.Four Christmases ...
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Nick Meyer leaves Paramount Vantage, Guy Stodel stands in
Paramount Vantage president Nick Meyer is leaving the company and executive vice president of production and acquisitions Guy Stodel will step in as the division shifts its focus to acquisitions and international productions.The shock departure comes as part of sweeping cuts across the Paramount fold announced earlier in the day ...
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Madagascar 2 set to land across western Europe for PPI
DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on $78.3m opens in 13 territories through PPI this weekend and will pose the mightiest challenge to Sony Pictures Releasing International's Quantum Of Solace.Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa arrives in France, French-speaking Switzerland, Switzerland and Belgium on December 4, followed by Germany, German-speaking Switzerland and ...
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Justin Chadwick to direct Tenderness Of Wolves for Film4, Target.
Justin Chadwick will direct a feature adaptation of by Stef Penney's Costa Prize-winning novel The Tenderness Of Wolves.Chadwick is writing the script and will direct the film for Film4 and Target Entertainment Group. Production is set to begin next year on the project, which was developed by Film4's Katherine Butler. ...
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Amy Adams to receive Spotlight Award at Palm Springs
Amy Adams will receive the 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's (PSIFF) Spotlight Award for her performance in Doubt.Adams, whose credits include Enchanted and Miss Pettigrew Lives for A Day, will collect the honour at the awards gala on January 6.She recently wrapped production on Night At The Museum ...
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Sundance unveils high-profile films in Premieres, Spectrum
World premieres of Carlos Cuaron's comedy Rudo Y Cursi starring Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal as rival football brothers, David Mackenzie's sex comedy Spread starring Ashton Kutcher and the comedy Adventureland from Superbad director Greg Mottola starring Twilight's Kristen Stewart are among the non-competition line-up at Sundance, set to ...
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Slumdog Millionaire named year's best film by National Board Of Review
In its centenary year the National Board Of Review has named Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire the 2008 Best Film of the Year and Sergei Bodrov's Mongol best foreign film of the year.James Marsh's Man On Wire is best documentary and Wall-E is best animated feature. Clint Eastwood is named best ...
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St. Pierre named svp of distribution services at Lionsgate
Danny St Pierre has been named senior vice president of distribution services at Lionsgate and will oversee day-to-day international distribution logistics and roll-out for Mandate International's titles as well as continued servicing of select films from Lionsgate's 12,000-plus library.St Pierre continues to report to executive vice president of post-production and ...
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Sundance unveils competition lineup in four sections for 2009
After a period of sombre meditation on the myriad iterations of post-9/11 angst, the upcoming 25th anniversary edition of the Sundance Film Festival from January 15-25 appears to have trained its sights on romance and stories with high emotional resonance.'This is a festival that's going to make people cry,' festival ...
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Santa Fe festival stages gala screenings of Doubt, Che, Harvey
The ninth annual Santa Fe Film Festival (SFFF) will take place from December 3-7 when the programme will include gala screenings of Doubt, Che, Last Chance Harvey and Sunshine Cleaning.The Eye On The World international selection includes this year's Palme d'Or winner The Class, Waltz With Bashir, Everlasting Moments and ...