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Patrick Smith Kelly hired to write GK Films' Benighted
Patrick Smith Kelly has been hired to write the screenplay adaptation of GK Films' adaptation of Kit Whitfield's supernatural novel Benighted.Graham King acquired rights to the book in 2006 and will produce with Andrew Adamson for Warner Bros.Adamson is in talks to direct the story about a minority human population ...
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Jolie gets outstanding performance award from Santa Barbara
Angelina Jolie will be honoured at the 23rd annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) on Feb 2 2008 with the Outstanding Performance Of The Year Award for her role in A Mighty Heart.Jolie plays Mariane Pearl, the widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Michael Winterbottom's film ...
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Sal Ladestro promoted to executive vice president at SPRI
Sal Ladestro has been promoted to executive vice president of marketing, acquisitions and local productions at Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI).Ladestro has been working in his new capacity since February and will continue to develop, implement and supervise international marketing campaigns for films from all Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) divisions ...
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Gail Heaney named senior vice president of media at Summit
Summit Entertainment has hired Gail Heaney as senior vice president of media.Heaney will strategise the media mix in support of Summit releases in all major distribution windows and supervise the studio's media buying agencies to deliver marketing materials to the consumer via print, broadcast, outdoor and online outlets.She will report ...
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Seventh Art takes on Daughters Of Wisdom after IFP
Seventh Art Releasing has picked up North American rights to Bari Pearlman's documentary Daughters Of Wisdom, which explores life at a Buddhist monastery for nuns in Tibet. The deal was done at the 29th IFP Market's No Borders co-production event in New York, a key gathering of industry personnel where ...
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The Orphanage takes 70% market share in Spain
Ratatouille dominated the international market for the second consecutive weekend thanks to an estimated $21.7m weekend haul that raised the tally to $271.5m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI).The key driver was the UK, where the film opened at number one on $9.8m. There were strong holds throughout ...
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Tyler Perry's latest beats awards contenders at US box office
Tyler Perry's relationship drama Why Did I Get Married' had too much firepower for its rivals this weekend as the film opened top on an estimated $21.5m.Perry wrote and directed and stars alongside Janet Jackson, Malik Yoba and Jill Scott in the tale of married friends who get together for ...
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The Planet, Normal lead prizewinners at 26th Vancouver festival
Michael Stenberg, Johan Soderberg and Linus Torell of Sweden won the Kyoto Planet Climate for Change Award for their documentary The Planet as the 26th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival drew to a close.The Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award went to Carl Bessai of Vancouver for Normal, while Most ...
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Lightning takes on Dafoe-starrer Anamorph for AFM
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment will begin sales at AFM on its most high-profile narrative title to date, the Seven-like psychological thriller Anamorph starring Willem Dafoe and Scott Speedman.The plot pits a tormented detective against a serial killer and old adversary who constructs crime scenes in a way that recalls earlier ...
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Stephan, Lacy and Ptakowski join The Film Department
Bernd Stephan has been named chief financial officer, Adene Lacy has been named vice president of finance, and Sara Ptakowski has been named director of human resources/operations at The Film Dept.Stephan arrives from Yari Film Group where he most recently served as senior vice president and controller and worked on ...
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Ratatouille looks to continue strong run with UK opening
All eyes will be on the UK this weekend as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) launches its global hit Ratatouille.The release should dominate the charts despite anticipated strong competition from Sony Pictures Releasing International's (SPRI) Resident Evil: Extinction on 320 prints on the same day, Oct 12.Ratatouille has ...
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Eight films shortlisted for Academy's short documentary Oscar
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy, Freeheld, If It Happens, La Corona (The Crown), Ochberg's Orphans, Portraits Of A Lady, Salim Baba, and Sari's Mother have made it on to the Academy's short documentary shortlist.Voters from the Documentary Branch of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences viewed 23 ...
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Sicko, Crazy Love among IDA Awards best feature nominees
Dan Klores' Crazy Love, Richard E Robbins' Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience, Michael Moore's Sicko, Alex Gibney's Taxi To The Dark Side, and Mary Olive Smith's A Walk To Beautiful have been nominated in the best feature category of the 2007 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards.Short film contenders are ...
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American World adds three horror films ahead of AFM
Los Angeles-based distribution and production company American World Pictures (AWP) has boarded the horror titles Crazy Eights, Grizzly Park and Triloquist ahead of the AFM.James K Jones's Crazy Eights stars Traci Lords, Frank Whaley and Gabrielle Anwar and follows a gang of friends who discover a time capsule they buried ...
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Warner buys into new franchise School Of Fear
Warner Bros has made a preemptive buy on Gitty Daneshvari's partial manuscript of a four-book series called School Of Fear.Graham King will produce through his GK Films as the partners aim to establish a children's franchise along the lines of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series.The story is based on ...
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Astrablu Media buys all assets of Just Betzer's estate
Astrablu Media has acquired all assets of the estate of Danish producer Just Betzer and his related companies, including a film library encompassing titles such as the 1988 best foreign language Oscar winner Babette's Feast.Prior to his death in November 2003 Betzer, who headed Panorama Films International, was in the ...
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Big screen version of Land Of The Lost will start in March 2008
Universal Pictures has set a March 2008 start date on its adaptation of the TV series Land Of The Lost.As previously announced Will Ferrell will star in the family adventure as a disgraced paleontologist stranded in a prehistoric world after embarking on an expedition with his assistant and a guide.Brad ...
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Gone With The Woman will open Hollywood Film Festival
The US premieres of Petter Naess's Norwegian romantic comedy Gone With The Woman and Uwe Boll's video game adaptation Postal bookend the 11th Annual Hollywood Film Festival, set to take place in Los Angeles from Oct 17-22.Barry Gray's Bloodsucking Cinema, Steven Sawalich's Music Within, James Franco's Good Time Max, Charles ...
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Weinstock named president of marketing for Screen Gems
Marc Weinstock has been named president of marketing for Screen Gems and continues to report to Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group's chairman of worldwide marketing and distribution Jeff Blake.Weinstock joined Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) in 2000 as senior vice president of marketing for TriStar Pictures. He served in a similar ...
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Academy relaxes documentary rules for 2009 Oscars
The Academy is changing its qualifying rules governing the submission of feature-length and short documentaries for the 81st Oscars in 2009.The move eliminates the multi-city theatrical rollout requirements and was recommended to the board by the Documentary Branch executive committee chaired by Michael Apted. To qualify for the 81st Awards, ...