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Ruud Lamers to leave Warner Bros after 25 years
Managing director of Warner Home Video Benelux Ruud Lamers will leave the company on Apr 30.Lamers joined Warner Home Video Benelux upon its inception in 1982 and since then has been involved in many developments such as retail sell-through, the launch of DVD and digital distribution.'The last quarter of a ...
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No Country For Old Men dominates Academy Awards
Miramax and Paramount Vantage were the narrow winners at a largelyworkmanlike 80th Annual Academy Awards with No Country For Old Men claiming four Oscars for best film, directing and adapted screenplay for Joel and Ethan Coen and supporting actor for Javier Bardem.For winners in full, click hereThere Will Be Blood, ...
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Oscars winners 2008 in full
Academy Awards 2008. Winners in bold (Click to see review)Best motion picture of the yearAtonement - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, producersJuno - Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, producersMichael Clayton - Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, producersNo Country For Old Men - Scott Rudin, ...
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Vantage Point shoots down US box office with $24m opening
Sony's presidential assassination thriller Vantage Point featuring an ensemble headed by Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox led the board at the weekend as it launched on a $24m estimated gross.Fox's adventure Jumper slipped to second place on a distant $12.7m for $56.2m while Paramount's family saga The Spiderwick Chronicles ranked ...
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Jumper remains internationalnumber one with $21.9m tally
The sci-fi adventure Jumper maintained its number one status overseas thanks to a $21.9m estimated gross through Fox International from 4,040 screens in 40 markets that raised the tally to $61.2m.The film opened top in France on an excellent $5.1m from 586, second in Thailand on $1.3m from 170 and ...
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In Focus - Market beats festival to number one spot
The Berlinale kicked off in fine style with Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary Shine A Light, but the general consensus - at least for buyers - was that this year the festival line-up was upstaged by the market.The focus turned to the European Film Market (EFM) following a perceived lack ...
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Oscar favourite No Country opens in nine markets for PPI
Fox International's sci-fi adventure Jumper will be the one to beat following its storming overseas launch last weekend. The film has reached $37.8m after approximately one week in release and will spring up in several territories this weekend including France on Feb 20.Also for Fox, Oscar nominated comedy Juno has ...
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Swinton, Murray, Bernal, Hurt join cast of Jarmusch's latest
Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Gael Garcia Bernal, John Hurt, Hiam Abbass, Paz De La Huerta, Alex Descas, Youki Kudoh, Jean-Francois Stevenin and Luis Tosar have joined Jim Jarmusch's tentatively titled The Limits Of Control.Isaach De Bankole stars as a mysterious loner in the story, which began filming earlier this month ...
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HBO takes over US pay-TV rights to Taxi from Discovery
HBO Documentary Films has acquired domestic pay television rights to Alex Gibney's Oscar nominated documentary Taxi To The Dark Side.The film will debut on HBO in September after HBO executives brokered a deal with Discovery Communications. THINKFilm holds theatrical rights.Taxi To The Dark Side investigates the homicide of an innocent ...
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Chi McBride and Bow Wow join cast of Driving Lessons
Chi McBride, Jermaine Williams and musician Bow Wow have joined Dermot Mulroney and Hope Davis on the cast of Driving Lessons, which is set to begin filming in Los Angeles in early March.Vivi Friedman will direct the story of an unhappily married couple who get a second chance after the ...
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Frozen River, La Zona, Ballast among New Directors/New Films
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and The Museum Of Modern Art have announced the line-up for the New Directors/New Films series to run in New York from Mar 26 to Apr 6.The 37th edition will present New York premieres of 26 features and six shorts and kicks off with ...
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King, Verbinski team on 'mould-breaking' animation
Oscar-winning producer Graham King has teamed up with blockbuster filmmaker Gore Verbinski, fresh off his Pirates Of The Caribbean trilogy, to develop an untitled animated feature that he will direct with a view to creating a new box office franchise.Both parties are eager to move ahead quickly on the big ...
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CineVegas celebrates 10th birthday with LA highlights series
CineVegas Film Festival has curated CineVegas: 10 Years On The Edge, a series of individual festival highlights set to run in Los Angeles in April to mark the event's 10th anniversary.Programmed in association with Cinefamily, which runs the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles, the series will kick off on ...
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Bulzoni returns to York Entertainment as president
Steven Bulzoni is returning to Los Angeles-based DVD distributor York Entertainment and has been appointed president of domestic entertainment.Bulzoni will report directly to CEO Tanya York and oversee all functions of domestic operations including sales, licensing, marketing, acquisitions, and operations.He previously served as general manager from 1998-2004. York Entertainment releases ...
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Film Department taps Bickel as new international chief
Steven Bickel has replaced Elizabeth Kim as president of international at Los Angeles-based The Film Department.Bickel starts work on Feb 25 and reports directly to CEO Mark Gill and president and COO Neil Sacker.It is understood that the departure of former Lionsgate executive Kim after barely six months in the ...
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Liman's Jumper out-leaps Spiderwick over US holiday weekend
Fox's sci-fi adventure Jumper starring Hayden Christensen as a globe trotting teleporter dominated the four-day Presidents' Day weekend thanks to a $31.7m estimated haul.The film has grossed $38.3m since it opened on Thursday and also stars Samuel L Jackson, Diane Lane and Jamie Bell. Doug Liman directed.Opening in second place ...
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Regan spearheads NatGeo's digital mapping business
Charles Regan has been named vice president of digital mapping business at National Geographic Global Media (NGGM).Regan will be responsible for leveraging National Geographic's content, products and services across multiple platforms. He reports to NGGM's senior vice president of corporate strategy, development and extended platforms Paul Levine.Prior to joining NGGM ...
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Summit completes casting on romantic vampire franchise
Summit has completed casting on its upcoming romantic thriller Twilight with Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz joining Kristen Stewart and Edward Cullen.Catherine Hardwicke is poised to commence filming later this month on Melissa Rosenberg's adaptation of the bestselling series of books by ...
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Shoreline bolsters sales slate with double acquisition
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Marius Balchunas' drama The Elder Son starring Shane West, Leelee Sobieski and Rade Serbedzija and international rights to Dave McLaughlin's comedy On Broadway starring Eliza Dushku and featuring Will Arnet and Amy Poehler.The Elder Son tells the story of a Russian clarinetist living ...
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Discovery, Magnolia walk tightrope together with Man On Wire doc
Discovery Films and Magnolia Pictures have acquired North American theatrical and DVD rights to James Marsh's Sundance world documentary jury and audience winner Man On Wire.Magnolia Pictures plans a late summer theatrical release followed by DVD roll-out through Magnolia Home Entertainment.Man On Wire is based on French high-wire walker Philippe ...