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UPI to open The Mummy 3 in China and Asia a week before domestic
Universal Pictures International (UPI) will release summer tentpole The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor in China and Asia in late July one week before North America on Aug 1.UPI chief David Kosse, who travelled to the US this week to give the keynote address at ShoWest, said the move ...
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Wellness, They Killed Sister Dororthy win SXSW top prizes
Jake Mahaffy's Wellness won the narrative feature and Daniel Junge's They Killed Sister Dorothy took the documentary grand jury prizes at the 2008 SXSW festival.Andrew T Betzer's Small Apartment and David Garrett's Walord shared the Reel Shorts jury award.Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski's Madame Tulti-Putli won the animated section and ...
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Tribeca 2008 unveils narrative & documentary competition lineups
The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival's world narrative and documentary competition entries and the Encounters line-up have been annoaunced ahead of next month's event, set to run from Apr 23-May 4.Twelve narrative features and 12 documentaries from 18 countries will compete for combined unrestricted cash prizes amounting to $100,000, including prizes ...
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UPI's Kosse calls for new ways of doing business
Despite ongoing concerns over piracy, the slow rate of digital conversion overseas compared to North America and incremental short term costs accruing from that process, international distributors were in bullish mood about the market on the opening day of ShoWest.In his keynote address UPI president David Kosse reminded delegates that ...
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THINKFilm, Liftime, Red Envelope all team on Phoebe in US
In an innovative three-way play, THINKFilm, Lifetime Networks and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment have jointly acquired North American rights to Daniel Barnz's Phoebe In Wonderland.THINKFilm will release the drama in exclusive engagements this autumn, while Lifetime takes exclusive television rights and Red Envelope holds non-exclusive DVD and streaming rights.All three ...
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Gareton promoted to evp of international at WBDD
Marc Gareton has been promoted to executive vice president of international, at Warner Bros Digital Distribution (WBDD).Gareton will continue to oversee the studio's digital strategy, partnerships in digital services and emerging business activities outside the US. He reports to WBDD president Thomas Gewecke.Prior to the promotion Gareton served as senior ...
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Len Wiseman reunites with Lakeshore, Sony on Shell Game
Len Wiseman is reuniting with Lakeshore and Sony on his follow-up to the Underworld franchise with the sci-fi action thriller Shell Game.Wiseman is also producing the story of a detective faced with a devastating moral dilemma while investigating the black market trade in immortality. Wiseman and Chris Morgan wrote the ...
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Horak named president of Warner Home Video North America
Mark Horak has been promoted to president of Warner Home Video North America from his previous role as executive vice president and general manager of worldwide operations and new packaged media at Warner Home Video.Horak will continue to oversee the worldwide global sales process and category management and now takes ...
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Film Movement buys Silvio Soldinis Days And Clouds
North American distributor Film Movement has acquired domestic rights to Silvio Soldini's Italian drama Days And Clouds (Giorni E Nuvole).The story charts a couple's near breakdown as they try to provide for their daughter. Following a job loss the couple split up and suddenly realize that what matters most is ...
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IFC takes worldwide rights to Nights And Weekends
IFC Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig's SXSW entry Nights And Weekends.The follow-up to IFC's 2007 release Hannah Takes The Stairs received its world premiere at the Austin, Texas, festival on Mar 9.Nights And Weekends follows a remote couple as their disparate lives in New ...
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Film Source picks up Stuart Urban's doc Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead
Alex Massis' Florida-based The Film Source Company has picked up worldwide rights in all media to Stuart Urban's documentary Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead.Urban's film is a personal journey to solve the mystery surrounding his late father, Garri Urban, a survivor of the Holocaust and the Gulag who may have ...
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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 ...