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TWC buys North America on Argento's The Mother Of Tears
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has finally closed a deal with Myriad Pictures for all North American rights excluding US theatrical and Canadian theatrical and television to Dario Argento's horror film The Mother Of Tears.TWC had been circling ever since the film's world premiere at Toronto. Genius Products will distribute the ...
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Kerner signs multi-year production deal with Walden Media
Producer Jordan Kerner has signed a multi-year first look deal with Walden Media, with whom he collaborated on the 2006 family film Charlotte's Web.Kerner, recently appointed dean of the North Carolina School of the Arts' School Of Filmmaking, will divide his time between Los Angeles and Winston-Salem.His credits include Snow ...
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Rubin leaves Universal for evp job at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Robert W Rubin has joined Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) as executive vice president.Rubin reports to SPHE president David Bishop and will work on global strategy and business development and spearhead SPHE's faith-based and family entertainment initiatives.Prior to SPHE, Rubin held several senior executive positions at Universal Pictures including stints ...
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Lewis, Doby-Flewellyn set up Filmbankers International
Former Union Bank of California entertainment loan executives Harold Lewis and Brenda Doby-Flewellyn have set up the financing, sales and distribution company FilmBankers International.The Beverly Hills-based company is lining up co-financing for the $30m Bob Marley reggae biopic No Woman, No Cry, one of 30 projects the principals say they ...
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Suzuki to head Paramount's home entertainment arm in Japan
Former NPD Japan president and representative director Junichiro Suzuki has been named president of Home Entertainment Paramount KK, Japan.Suzuki will be responsible for overseeing sales, marketing and distribution in Japan, and will report directly to Paramount Home Entertainment International president Dennis Maguire.Prior to NPD, Suzuki served as president and representative ...
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Alan Horn to get Producers Guild Milestone Award in 2008
Warner Bros president and chief operating officer Alan Horn will receive the Producers Guild Of America's (PGA) 2008 Milestone Award.The PGA will present its most prestigious honour at the 19th Annual PGA Awards in Beverly Hills on Feb 2.PGA Awards chair Mark Gordon said that under Horn's leadership the studio ...
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First Look spends $3m on US rights to comedy Bill
As Toronto headed into the closing weekend, First Look Studios paid just over $3m to US rights for Melisa Wallack and Bernie Goldmann's comedy Bill starring Aaron Eckhart. Maple Films paid mid-six figures for Canadian rights.First Look Holdings co-chairmen Avi Lerner and Henry Winterstern and executive vice president of acquisitions ...
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Arthouse signs Canadian distribution deal with Mongrel Media
Arthouse Films has signed an exclusive output and distribution deal with Mongrel Media in Canada.David Koh and Lilly Bright negotiated the deal for Arthouse Films with Stanley Buchthal of LM Media along with Mongrel Media president Hussain Amarshi.The multi-year deal covers more than 10 titles a year, kicking of with ...
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The Brave One opens number one in the US
Jodie Foster drew in a largely female crowd as Warner Bros' revenge thriller The Brave One opened top on an estimated $14m.Foster, in her first lead role since Flightplan in 2005, stars as a radio host who turns vigilante after she is nearly beaten to death. Neil Jordan directed and ...
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Bourne remains top in international markets
Universal's The Bourne Ultimatum remained the number one film in international markets as an estimated $20.8m from 4,333 sites in 46 territories raised theinternational total through UPI to $125m.The spy thriller has now passed the lifetime totals of The Bourne Identity on $92m and The Bourne Supremacy on $112m and ...
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Visit Films takes international rights to Hannah Takes The Stairs
New York-based production and sales company Visit Films has acquired international rights to Joe Swanberg's Hannah Takes The Stairs, which will screen at the 2007 London Film Festival. Filmscience's Anish Savjani produced the story of a post-graduate heartbreaker and the various love interests she encounters over the course of ...
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Women In Film, General Motors name winners in Latina contest
Women In Film and the General Motors Corporation have announced the five winners of the second annual WIF/GM 2007 Opening Doors/Abriendo Puertas: The Acceleration Grant For Emerging Latina Filmmakers.The grant is a project of the WIF/GM Alliance aimed at supporting film-makers from Latina/Hispanic communities and other under-represented groups. The five ...
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The Collective buys genre website Bloody-Disgusting.com
Los Angeles-based The Collective has acquired the genre website Bloody-Disgusting.com with an eye to turning it into an online exhibitor.Deal terms were not disclosed, however it is understood that content will remain under the editorial control of founders Tom Owen and Brad Miska, with The Collective providing infrastructure, strategy and ...
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Keith joins Laika as vp, business operations, and CFO
Portland-based animation studio Laika has hired former Lucasfilm and Hanna-Barbera executive Alan Keith as vice president of business operations and chief financial officer and promoted Travis Knight to vice president of animation.Keith has more than 20 years of finance experience in the studio and non-Hollywood arenas and will lead the ...
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Arthouse signs US distribution DVD and digital deal with Arts Alliance
Arts Alliance America has signed an exclusive output deal to distribute Arthouse Films titles in the US on DVD and via digital distribution.The multi-year deal encompasses more than 15 titles a year, starting off with a slate that includes James Crump's documentary Black White + Gray: A Portrait Of Sam ...
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TWC close to buying Gee's documentary Joy Division
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is believed to have closed a deal late last night [Sept 13] for North American rights to Grant Gee's documentary Joy Division.If the acquisition, said to be in the mid-six figures, is confirmed it ends days of intense interest in the film, which received its world ...
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The Bourne Ultimatum lands in France, South Korea for UPI
Universal's spy thriller The Bourne Ultimatum is expected to hold on to its overseas crown this weekend as its opens in 10 new territories.The film has taken $104.1m so far and Universal/UPI top brass will look to strong debuts in France on Sept 12 and South Korea on Sept 14, ...
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THINKFilm takes Battle In Seattle as Toronto deals continue
THINKFilm has bought US rights to Stuart Townsend's directorial debut Battle In Seattle in a deal believed to be just over $2m.Graham Taylor of Endeavor Independent closed the sale with THINKFilm'sacquisitions executives late on Thursday [Sept 13] after sustainedinterest from at least four buyers.The ensemble drama received its world premiere ...
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The summer everyone had a hit
The 2007 blockbuster season exceeded the projected numbers in emphatic style. Hollywood top brass were celebrating the first $4bn North American summer before the season officially came to a close over the Labor Day weekend (August 31-September 3), and the international profile looks equally bullish. According to informal figures collated ...
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Rialto buys Australia and New Zealand on We Are Together
Rialto Distribution has acquired theatrical and home video rights in Australia and New Zealand to Paul Taylor's documentary We Are Together (Thina Simunye).The film chronicles an uplifting episode in the life of South African children from an orphanage. it is a RISE Films production in association with The Channel 4 ...