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IFP gives $130,000 in cash and in-kind awards to emerging talent
IFP presented $130,000 in cash and in-kind awards in support of emerging talent at the group's annual annual Independent Filmmaker Awards yesterday [September 18].In the juried awards, IFP presented the inaugural $50,000 Independent Filmmaker Lab Finishing Grant to Joseph Cashiola for his debut drama A Thing As Big As The ...
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United States - The Brothers Boom
Mark and Adam Kassen do things their own way. The gregarious New York writers and producers emerged from the theatre world to teach themselves about the film business without any formal film school education. As a result they have been prolific in the low-budget independent arena, culminating in 10 Emmy ...
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Tropic set to thunder into Germany, UK for PPI
Paramount Pictures International (PPI) is looking to dominate the international arena this weekend, opening DreamWorks's action comedy Tropic Thunder in ten territories including Germany and Switzerland on September 18, followed a day later by the UK and Austria. The film stands at $20.9m and will get a major boost this ...
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The Brothers Bloom to open Chicago Film Festival on Oct 16
Rian Johnson's adventure comedy The Brothers Bloom will open the 44th Chicago International Film Festival on October 16. Click here to see review.Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel Weisz and Rinko Kikuchi star in the tale of con-men who lure an eccentric heiress into an elaborate plot.The film received its ...
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Zwick's Defiance named as closing night of AFI FEST on Nov 9
The world premiere of Ed Zwick's second world war Resistance drama Defiance will close the AFI FEST on November 9 in Los Angeles.Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell play brothers who form a band of fighters to strike back at the Nazis and avenge the deaths of their loved ...
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VOD service Eurocinema signs carriage deal with Shaw TV in Canada
International and short film VOD service Eurocinema has signed a carriage deal with Canada's Shaw TV.Shaw TV previously offered one or two of Eurocinema's titles and will now offer the full programme of ten features and accompanying bonus shorts each month.Eurocinema's recent programming includes Daniele Luchetti's Italian drama My Brother ...
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Caines named president of worldwide digital marketing at Sony
Dwight Caines has been named president of worldwide digital marketing at Sony Pictures Entertainment.Caines will report to Columbia Pictures Worldwide Marketing Group co-presidents by Valerie Van Galder and Marc Weinstock and will continue to oversee the studio's global theatrical digital campaigns. His expanded brief will see him provide managerial support ...
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Melvin Van Peebles to receive Gotham Award tribute
Melvin Van Peebles will receive a Gotham Award Tribute at IFP's 18th Annual Gotham Awards on December 2 in New York.Van Peebles stamped his authority on 1970s US cinema, championing the independent scene and playing an influential role in the emerging blaxploitation wave of the early 1970s, notably directing, producing ...
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Former FCC general counsel John Rogovin moves to Warner Bros
Former general counsel to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) John Rogovin has joined Warner Bros as executive vice president and general counsel following John Schulman's announcement yesterday [September 16] that he is retiring.Rogovin will report directly to chairman and CEO Barry Meyer and will oversee the studio's team of more ...
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Nancy Kirkpatrick takes marketing chief role at Summit
Former Paramount executive vice president of worldwide publicity Nancy Kirkpatrick has formally joined Summit Entertainment as president of worldwide marketing following a consultancy stint at the company.Kirkpatrick will report to Summit COO Bob Hayward and work closely with Summit co-chairmen Patrick Wachsberger and Rob Friedman, who called Kirkpatrick 'an incredible ...
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HighRoad Entertainment options Cheech Marin original script
Los Angeles-based HighRoad Entertainment has optioned the rights to the script Angel Of Oxnard from Cheech Marin, one half of the celebrated stoner duo Cheech And Chong.Marin will direct and star in the story of a local broadcaster who finds himself at the centre of a global media storm when ...
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Nighy, Blunt, Grint, Everett star in UK comedy Wild Target
Principal photographyhas begunon the comedy Wild Target starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint and Rupert Everett.Jonathan Lynn is directing the story of an uptight hitman who falls for his intended victim from a screenplay by Lucinda Coxon based on Pierre Salvadori's 1993 French film Cible Emouvante that earned two ...
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John Schulman leaves Warner Bros after 25 years at the studio
Long-time Warner Bros Entertainment executive vice president and general counsel John Schulman is retiring after a 25-year career at the studio.Schulman joined Warner Bros in 1984 as vice president and general counsel and set about building the studio's in-house legal department. Five years later he was promoted to senior vice ...
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Lance Still joins TWC as evp of promotions and integrated marketing
Lance Still has arrived from New Line as executive vice president of promotions and integrated marketing for The Weinstein Company (TWC).Still will oversee global promotions, branded entertainment, consumer products, licensing, product integrations, corporate sponsorship and strategic alliances for TWC and Dimension Films.Still will be based in Los Angeles and reports ...
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here! buys North American rights to Sarif's I Can't Think Straight
here! Films has acquired North American rights to author and film-maker Shamim Sarif's lesbian romance I Can't Think Straight.Sister company Regent Releasing will distribute Sarif's The World Unseen on November 7 in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto followed by I Can't Think Straight on November 21 in the same ...
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Flash Of Genius wins Alfred P Sloan prize at the Hamptons
Marc Abraham's Flash Of Genius starring Greg Kinnear as the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper has won the Hamptons International Film Festival's $25,000 Alfred P Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize.The cash prize is awarded to a feature that 'explores science and technology themes in fresh, innovative ways and depicts ...
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Franco, Hawkins to receive breakthrough acting awards at HFA
James Franco and Sally Hawkins, riding high following acclaimed performances in Pineapple Express and Happy-Go-Lucky, will receive the breakthrough acting awards at the 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Awards gala on October 27.Doubt director John Patrick Shanley and Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black will each collect breakthrough honours for ...
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Imagi raises $30m in financing to develop four CG-animated films
Imagi International Holdings announce today [Sept 16] that it has raised $30m in financing through two separate subscription agreements.Both agreements are expected to be completed later this month subject to regulatory procedures. The proceeds of the two transactions will be used to develop four CGI animated features including Astro Boy ...
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Star India, STAR DEN Media Services to carry MGM Channel in India
MGM is extending its cable channel reach into India after signing a deal that will see News Corp's Star India and DEN Digital Entertainment's STAR DEN Media Services carry the MGM Channel in the world's third largest cable market.The MGM Channel is currently available in India through satellite group Dish ...
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Sony Classics buys Toronto doc favourite Every Little Step
Sony Pictures Classics has beaten out other bidders and picked up North American and Australian rights to Every Little Step hot on the heels of the documentary's world premiere at Toronto. Click here to see review.Endgame Entertainment served as majority financier and produced the project, which traces performers as they ...