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Warner scores number one US opening for 10,000 BC with $35.7m
10,000 BC clubbed the competition as it soared to the top of the North American charts on a $35.7m estimated launch through Warner Bros.Roland Emmerich's prehistoric saga didn't fare as well as his previous releases The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day, although those titles launched during the summer.Opening in ...
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10,000 BC has epic $25.3m opening in 20 territories
Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) prehistoric epic 10,000 BC turned up trumps at the weekend and led the overseas charts thanks to a $25.3m estimated launch from 3,600 prints that delivered 19 number one debuts in 20 territories.Combined with the film's $35.7m domestic opening the worldwide tally already stands at ...
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Vincent Gallo takes lead role in Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro
Francis Ford Coppola has cast Vincent Gallo as the title character in Tetro, which is set to begin principal photography in Buenos Aires on Mar 31.Newly anointed Oscar winner Javier Bardem, Maribel Verdu and newcomer Alden Ehrenreich also star in the story of a young Argentinean man searching for his ...
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Larry Angrisani promoted to senior vice president at Miramax
Larry Angrisani has been promoted to senior vice president of international publicity and awards for Miramax Films.Angrisani has served as head of the international publicity department at Miramax for the past four years and will continue to report to Miramax chief Daniel Battsek and senior vice president of international distribution ...
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Sakoda to head sales, business affairs at Pony Canyon
Shinji Sakoda has been appointed general manager for international sales at Pony Canyon and will also take charge of business affairs.Sakoda replaces Shuji Sato and will step out in his new role in the acquisitions team at Hong Kong's Filmart followed by Cannes.Ryutaro Ueda will take over Sakoda's former role ...
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Strand Releasing takes US rights to Claude Miller's A Secret
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights from UGC International to Claude Miller's A Secret starring Cecile De France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu and Mathieu Amalric.The film screened recently in the Rendez-Vous With French Cinema series at New York's Lincoln Center and is based on Philippe Grimbert's novel ...
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Che, Chang promoted at NBC Universal International TV Distribution
NBC Universal International Television Distribution has announced two promotions, with Justin Che named senior vice president of international new media licensing and Sandra Chang rising to vice president of international new media licensing.Both Los Angeles-based executives report to executive vice president of international new media licensing Beth Minehart.Che most recently ...
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Vivendi Entertainment launches US theatrical division
Vivendi Entertainment, formerly Vivendi Visual Entertainment, is branching out from its home entertainment expertise into theatrical releasing with plans to handle eight-14 films a year.Mike Doban will head the new division, which will provide distribution and marketing services and co-ordinate P&A funding. Doban has worked in distribution and exhibition for ...
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Vivendi Entertainment branches out into theatrical releasing
Vivendi Entertainment, formerly Vivendi Visual Entertainment, is branching out from its home entertainment expertise into theatrical releasing and plans to launch eight-14 films a year. Mike Doban will head the new division, which will provide distribution and marketing services and co-ordinate P&A funding. Doban has worked in distribution and ...
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McTavish joins cast of Hardy's Cowboys For Christ
Graham McTavish, who stars alongside Sylvestor Stallone in Rambo, has joined Christopher Lee and Joan Collins on the cast of LA-based Fantastic Films International and London-based CFC Film's horror film Cowboys For Christ. Robin Hardy is set to begin filming on Apr 10 in Dumfries, Scotland, the same region ...
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Jumper and Vantage Point build US exports as they expand this weekend
While none of Hollywood's releases could match the might of Pathe International's French comedy sensation Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis last weekend, US exports continued to build steadily and stir up their own drama.In particular, the close contest between Fox International's sci-fi romp Jumper and Sony Pictures Releasing International's (SPRI) thriller ...
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Universal comedy Baby Mama to open Tribeca on April 23
Universal's comedy Baby Mama starring Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and Sigourney Weaver will open the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Apr 23.Michael McCullers' feature directorial debut stars Fey as a career woman who enlists the support of a surrogate (Poehler) in order to start a family, only for ...
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IFC signs two-year exclusive rental deal with Blockbuster
IFC Entertainment has signed a two-year deal with Blockbuster granting the video rental giant limited exclusive US rental rights for IFC titles.The agreement will make IFC titles available via Blockbuster's stores, mail subscription services and its digital downloading service Movielink.com.Blockbuster will get an exclusive 60-day rental window covering physical and ...
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Marketing veteran Geoff Ammer lands at Marvel Studios
Geoff Ammer, the former head of worldwide marketing at Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, has landed at Marvel Studios as president of worldwide marketing and home entertainment.Ammer reports to Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel and will get to work immediately on campaigns for two of this summer's more anticipated releases, ...
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International sales pioneer Bill Moraskie dies at 82
William J Moraskie, a long-time sales executive and one of the founding members of the American Film Market, died on Mar 2 at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, Florida, following a brief illness. He was 82.Moraskie was born on Jan 11 1926 in Mt Carmel, Pennsylvania, and following service ...
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Then She Found Me to open second AFI Dallas Film Festival
Helen Hunt's feature directorial debut Then She Found me and Stuart Townsend's activism drama Battle In Seattle bookend the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, set to run from Mar 27-Apr 6.The centerpiece screenings are David Gordon Green's drama Snow Angels and Barry Levinson's comedy What Just Happened'The 11-day festival will ...
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Meistrich's NEHST unveils development slate
Larry Meistrich has unveiled the 2008 slate of features being out together at his NEHST Studios, which launched at Cannes 2007.President of NEHST Creations - production group Dana Offenbach will oversee production on the titles, which includes Sridhar Reddy's India-set martial arts adventure The Killing Moon, Ron Kanecke's supernatural drama ...
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Bird, Kandhari to share the Leadership Award from IFFLA
Walt Disney International chairman Andy Bird and PricewaterhouseCoopers India partner and leader of the entertainment media practice Timmy Kandhari will share the 2008 Industry Leadership Award from the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles' (IFFLA).The award was created to recognise the achievements of industry executives who have had 'a substantial ...
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Breakfast With Scot to open 10th Miami Gay & Lesbian festival
The East Coast premiere of Laurie Lynd's comedy Breakfast With Scot and Thomas Gustafson's Were The World Mine bookend the 10th Annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, which is set to run from Apr 25-May 4.Avi Nesher's drama The Secrets starring Fanny Ardant is the centerpiece screening. Killer Films ...
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THINKFilm takes Sundance critics' favourite Momma's Man
THINKFilm has acquired North American rights to Azazel Jacobs' drama Momma's Man, which premiered at Sundance in January.The film reunites THINKFilm with Half Nelson producers Alex Orlovsky and Hunter Gray and executive producer Paul Mezey and will get its New York premiere at the Museum of Modern Art on Mar ...