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Bartha stars opposite Zeta-Jones in Freundlich's The Rebound
Justin Bartha has joined Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Film Department's upcoming romantic comedy The Rebound, written and to be directed by Bart Freundlich.The Film Department is financing and producing the film, which is set to start production on April 21 in New York.Tim Perell, Freundlich, Mark Gill and Robert Katz ...
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Prom Night screams to top of domestic box office for Screen Gems
Screen Gems' horror film Prom Night had too much in the tank as it launched at number one on approximately $22.7m, some $11m ahead of Fox Searchlight's new police thriller Street Kings in second place.However the box office slide continued as the top 12 releases combined for $82.6m, down 16% ...
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THINKFilm handcuffs The Escapist for North America
THINKFilm has acquired North American rights to Rupert Wyatt's feature directorial debut The Escapist, which was well received at its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year. The company will schedule an autumn release.Brian Cox plays as an ageing lifer who hatches a plot to break out to ...
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Writers Guild of America West fetes Tom Schulman
Writers Guild Of America West (WGAW) board of directors member Tom Schulman will receive the WGAW's Valentine Davies Award in recognition of his career and service to the industry.Schulman has been a WGAW member since 1986 and served as president of the Writers Guild Foundation from 1998 to 2002. He ...
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IFP Market recasts itself as Independent Film Week
With its 30th anniversary coming up in September the IFP has renamed its annual IFP Market to Independent Film Week.The event is also on the move from from Soho's Angelika Film Center and Puck Building to new digs at Chelsea's Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) and nearby venues.Organisers have also ...
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21, Leatherheads kick off overseas campaigns in Europe as Horton hurtles away
Fox International's Horton Hears A Who! remains the leading Hollywood export and looks like the one to beat this weekend as executives expect it to cross $100m.The family film has amassed $93.9m and opens in 10 territories including Greece on April 10.The romantic comedy 27 Dresses is doing well on ...
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Phang's Half-Life wins Gen Art jury prize
The 13th Annual Gen Art Film Festival Acura Grand Jury Award for Best Feature went to Jennifer Phang's Half-Life and the Acura Grand Jury Award for Best Short went to Christina Voros' The Ladies.The Stargazer Award honouring breakout talent for excellence in acting went to Luis Chavez from the short ...
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Battle In Seattle to open Seattle International Film Festival
Stuart Townsend's directorial debut Battle In Seattle will kick off the 34th Seattle International Film Festival on May 22.The drama puts Seattle front and centre as an ensemble cast star as ordinary people affected by the World Trade Organisation riots that besieged the city in 1999.Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Andre ...
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Universal snares international rights to Ricky Gervais' directorial debut
Universal has picked up all international rights from Media Rights Capital to This Side Of The Truth, the comedy that marks Ricky Gervais' debut as a feature film director.As previously announced, Warner Bros holds North American rights to the story starring Gervais as a man in an alternate universe who ...
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HBO turns to Naegle to recapture creative mojo
Looking outside the company in a bid to reinvigourate its creative juices, HBO has turned to former UTA partner and co-head of the television department, Sue Naegle, to become its new president of entertainment.Naegle, who will oversee all series programming and specials and will commence work later this month, replaces ...
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Saetre leaves Bonne Pioche for solo march
Linda Saetre, who headed the New York-based sales arm of Bonne Pioche and led the company's 2006 Oscar campaign for March Of The Penguins, has launched her new company Saetre Film.Saetre will continue to co-produce with Bonne Pioche and serve as their salesperson for documentaries and TV programmes on a ...
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Game on for Lakeshore's video game junkie project
Lakeshore Entertainment has acquired the rights to Ernie Cline's original screenplay Thundercade, about a grown-up video game junkie who ditches his job to reclaim his world record at a gaming tournament.Lakeshore chairman Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi will develop and produce with Dan Farah of Farah Films. Lakeshore intends to ...
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Sundance unveils New York premieres of festival hits at BAM
New York premieres of Sundance 2008 hits American Teen, Anvil! The Story Of Anvil and Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr Hunter S Thompson are among the highlights of the third annual Sundance Institute at BAM series, set to run in New York from May 29 to June 8.All ...
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MGM launches hi-def channel in Israel
MGM Networks will launch a high definition version of Israel's The MGM Channel this spring that will be simulcast with the existing standard definition channel.Starting this month, the service will begin broadcasting as part of the HD basic tier of Israeli DTH platform, YES.Over the coming months, it will ramp ...
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Film Source takes on ancient evil tale, The Seer
Florida-based The Film Source Company has picked up worldwide rights to Nuragic Films' Italian English-language horror film The Seer.Luigi Desole directed the tale of cult members who search for a missing element that will awaken an ancient evil.The Seer was shot in Sardinia and is based on a screenplay by ...
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BAFTA/LA launches inaugural Comedy Festival as part of BritWeek
BAFTA/LA will launch the inaugural BAFTA/LA British Comedy Festival from April 28 to May 1, honouring the best in British cinema and television.The event will run as part of BritWeek, the series of UK-centric series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the British Consul General in Los Angeles.Winners will ...
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Disney throws weight behind Hollywood's 3D conversion
Walt Disney Studios has become the second studio after Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation to throw its weight fully behind three-dimensional cinema, pledging that all its future animated releases will be in 3D - starting with Bolt in November.The announcement at a New York press conference this week came as chairman ...
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Dimension rewires Badham's Short Circuit
Dimension Films will remake Short Circuit, John Badham's 1986 family sci-fi romp starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg about a robot that goes on the run after it discovers feelings.The original and sequel together grossed more than $60m in North America. Further details on the remake will be announced shortly.S ...
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Magic Flute Diaries to sing at Palm Beach festival
Canadian company Sullivan Entertainment's Magic Flute Diaries will receive its world premiere at the Palm Beach International Film Festival during the week of April 10-17.Kevin Sullivan's contemporary adaptation of the Mozart fantasy is set against the staging of an opera in Salzburg for the 250th celebration of Mozart's birthday.An American ...
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Lakeshore, TF1 team up to adapt eco-terrorism bestseller
Lakeshore Entertainment and France's TFI International are jointly adapting Jean-Christophe Rufin's best-selling eco-terrorism bestseller Le Parfum D'Adam.Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi will develop and produce with TF1 International's Patrick Binet. Lakeshore and TF1 International will jointly handle international distribution and TF1 International will take French rights.The story follows an ...