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David Glasser joins Weinsteins as president of international
David Glasser has left Syndicate Films International to join The Weinstein Company (TWC) as president of international, filling the slot vacated by Glen Basner who departed the company recently after a three-year stint.Glasser joins and will oversee the recently promoted duo of Michael Rothstein, executive vice president of international sales ...
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Mazur, Mitchell Kaplan option Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society
Nim's Island writer-producer Paula Mazur (pictured) and Miami-based bookseller Mitchell Kaplan have launched The Mazur/Kaplan Company by optioning feature rights to Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' drama The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society.The story takes place in the island of Guernsey in 1946 after liberation from the Nazis ...
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Papamichael's From Within joins After Dark Horrorfest in Jan 2009
After Dark Films' CEO Courtney Solomon has unveiled the fifth entry in next year's third annual After Dark Horrorfest and said the event will run from January 2-9, 2009.Phedon Papamichael's horror tale From Within joins the preliminary 8 Films To Die For line-up following its world premiere at Tribeca last ...
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Freestyle Releasing acquires domestic rights to Delgo
Freestyle Releasing has acquired North American rights to Fathom Studios' CG animated film Delgo and will release in theatres on December 12.Delgo takes place in a fantasy world where an adventurous teenager and his friends rally to save their planet from internecine warfare. Fathom Studios president Marc F Adler co-directed ...
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Elfman, Walker, Greenwood among Hollywood Awards recipients
Danny Elfman will receive the 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival's (HFF) Hollywood Composer Of The Year Award, along with similar honours for cinematographer Mandy Walker, editors Daniel P Hanley and Mike Hill, production designer Sarah Greenwood and costume designer Deborah Hopper.Elfman most recently composed scores for Hellboy II: The Golden ...
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Sony rebrands French home entertainment operation
Sony has renamed its French home entertainment operation Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, France (SPHEF), effective September 1.The division was previously called Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.'Our business strategy was to take advantage of the marketing clout associated with the Sony name by including it in our corporate identity,' SPHEF's managing ...
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Sony Classics takes on Almodovar's latest Broken Embraces
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American rights from El Deseo to Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces, which is in production in Madrid and the Canary Islands.Almodovar shot the four-way tale of amour-fou in the style of 1950s American film noir. Penelope Cruz stars in the story of fate and ...
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Hyde Park restructures, Steinbauer comes in to replace Wilson
Ashok Amritraj has unveiled Hyde Park Entertainment Group's global expansion plans and confirmed that the Hyde Park Asia head office will open in Singapore in November while another hub will launch in the Middle East later in the year.Seeking to create 'the first global independent', Amritraj, who previously opened an ...
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Miami Latin Gay Film Festival to launch in April 2009
Indie PR chief Jim Dobson said today [Sept 1] the First Annual Miami Latin Gay Film Festival will run from April 16-19 2009 in Miami Beach.Dobson is festival organiser and executive director and said the competitive four-day event will coincide with Miami Gay Pride Weekend and serve as a springboard ...
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The Film Source acquires horror movie Dark Night
The Film Source has boarded worldwide rights to British film-maker Daniel Grant's Dark Night for its Horror Films Collection.Grant's Spiffing Films produced the story about a group of hedonistic partygoers who encounter monsters and other evil forces during a night of partying. Newcomers Belinda Fenty, Chris Grezo and Adriana Maestranzi ...
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Kramer promoted to president of business and legal affairs at TWC
Andrew Kramer has been promoted to president of business and legal affairs for The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Dimension Films.Kramer will remain in the Los Angeles office and will be charged with overseeing all of TWC and Dimension Films' business and legal affairs and negotiating deals covering all aspects of ...
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CMG takes on 3D CGI animated feature Zambezia
Cinema Management Group (CMG) president Edward Noeltner has picked up international rights ahead of Toronto to the 3D CGI animated feature Zambezia.South African-based animation house Triggerfish Animation's family tale takes place on the edge of a spectacular waterfall in the Zambezi River Valley where the eponymous bird comes under attack ...
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Dark Knight leads international box office with $19m from 62 territories
The Dark Knight maintained its number one status overseas as the Warner Bros Pictures International release added $19m from 6,580 screens in 62 territories to raise the tally to $416.7m.The superhero adaptation stayed top in its second weekend in Germany as $4.4m from 955 screens boosted the running score to ...
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Warner's The Dark Knight crosses $500m at domestic box office
Summer fizzled out as the Labor Day weekend saw Warner Bros' The Dark Knight finally cross $500m at the domestic box office in its seventh weekend in release.DreamWorks-Paramount's comedy Tropic Thunder stayed atop the charts despite a concerted challenge from the sci-fi adventure Babylon AD.Tropic Thunder added an estimated $11.5m ...
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Urman leaves troubled THINKFilm to head up Senator in US
Mark Urman is leaving beleaguered THINKFilm to start work as president of Marco Weber's Senator Entertainment on October 1.The development follows Weber's recent acquisition of all shares in US-based company Senator Entertainment and his severing of ties with former German-based parent company Senator Entertainment AG.Meanwhile Urman's departure from THINKFilm casts ...
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Hancock hits Japan on 400 screens for SPRI
Warner Bros Pictures International's The Dark Knight should cross $400m by Friday [Aug 29] to consolidate its ranking as the second biggest overseas release of the year-to-date behind Indiana Jones 4.The action crime spectacular has opened in all its major markets and looks good to finish in the $415-$420m range.Meanwhile ...
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Interview: Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker, which has its world premiere at Venice followed by the North American premiere in Toronto, is Kathryn Bigelow's first feature in six years and yet the director remains as relevant and absorbing as ever.Despite a bombardment of contemporary war films over the past year or so, the ...
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In Focus: Shoreline Entertainment
Morris Ruskin, chief of the Los Angeles-based financing, sales and production outfit Shoreline Entertainment, is expanding the business by returning to his roots.The sales agent launched the company years ago primarily as a production entity and recently he has concluded that greater focus on production will build momentum for Shoreline's ...
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Sam Taylor-Wood to direct feature about John Lennon's early years
Sam Taylor-Wood will direct Ecosse Films' Nowhere Boy recounting the story of John Lennon's early years and his first steps towards superstardom.Taylor-Wood, riding high after the Cannes screening of her debut short Love You More, plans a March 2009 shoot on location in Liverpool. Worldwide sales agent HanWay Films will ...
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IFC picks up US rights to Danish smash Flame & Citron
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Ole Christian Madsen's Danish box office hit Flame & Citron ahead of its screening at the Telluride Film Festival and the official international premiere at Toronto.The company will release the tale of second world war resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Denmark day-and-date in theatres ...