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Peter Morris re-elected as chairman of BAFTA/LA
BAFTA/LA has re-elected Peter Morris as chairman and announced its board of directors for the new year.
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WGA announces annual awards nominees
The embattled Writers Guild Of America has announced its nominations for the 2008 Writers Guild Awards that will take place in Los Angeles and New York on February 9.In the original screenplay category Diablo Cody is named for Juno, as are Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton, Tamara Jenkins for The ...
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Taubin leaves Warner Bros after almost 20 years at studio
Dawn Taubin has stepped down as president of domestic marketing at Warner Bros Pictures in the wake of restructuring following the formation of the Warner Bros Pictures Group.'My professional relationship with Dawn has been one of the most satisfying in my 35 years in the entertainment industry, the studio's president ...
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Arts Alliance America rocks with Heavy Metal In Baghdad
Arts Alliance America has picked up domestic rights to VBS.TV's documentary Heavy Metal In Baghdad by Eddy Morretti and Suroosh Alvi.The film follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to present day and will be released theatrically in spring.Arts Alliance America president ...
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Laemmle/Zeller carries The First Basket to US audiences
Los Angeles-based Laemmle/Zeller Films has acquired all North American rights to David Vyorst's documentary The First Basket.The film explores the influence of basketball on modern Jewish History as well as the impact of Jewish sports pioneers on the evolution of the sport.'The First Basket reveals the rich history and amazing ...
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Zeitgeist takes domestic rights to Chris & Don. A Love Story
Zeitgeist Films has acquired all North American Rights from The Film Sales Company to Chris & Don. A Love Story from first-time directors Guido Santi and Tina Mascara.Produced by Mascara and Santi with Julia Scott and James White, the film charts the 30-year love affair between the iconic literary figure ...
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Picturehouse to split from HBO, align fully with New Line
Picturehouse will split from parent company HBO and move over to the New Line stable within months, sources close to the move said today [Jan 9].Spokespeople from all three companies declined to comment, however it is understood the move stems from the poor theatrical box office performance of HBO Films ...
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Definitely, Maybe to open Santa Barbara Film Festival
The world premiere of Adam Brooks' romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe starring Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher and the US premiere of Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown Woman (La Sconosciuta) bookend the 23rd Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF).The line-up culls 215 films from 49 countries including 20 world premieres and festival ...
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McCormick promoted to president of production at Warner Bros
Kevin McCormick has been promoted to president of production at Warner Bros Pictures and will assume daily oversight of the studio's creative team and film development and production.McCormick will continue to supervise the company's New York and London offices and reports to Warner Bros Pictures Group president Jeff Robinov. Warner ...
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Penn, Gilroy join favourites in DGA Awards race
Paul Thomas Anderson, Joel & Ethan Coen, Tony Gilroy, Sean Penn and Julian Schnabel have all been nominated for the Directors Guild of America's (DGA) 2007 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film award.Anderson has been nominated for There Will Be Blood, the Coens for No Country For Old Men, Gilroy ...
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Picture This! takes US rights to Voleurs De Chevaux
Picture This! Entertainment has acquired US rights from Paris-based Rezo to first-time feature director Micha Wald's Voleurs De Chevaux.The company will release the epic adventure this summer under its English title In The Arms Of My Enemy following the US premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.The film centres ...
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Golden Globes show cancelled under WGA pressure
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has cancelled its full-length awards banquet and telecast on January 13 because of the writers strike and instead will announce the Golden Globe winners in a simple press conference on the same day.The HFPA will unveil the winners in 25 categories of the 65th ...
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Tarantino, Reitman, Luna lined up for Sundance jury
Quentin Tarantino, Marcia Gay Harden, Juno director Jason Reitman and Diego Luna are among the jurors selected by the Sundance Institute for this month's festival in Park City.Tarantino, Harden and Luna will sit on the dramatic competition jury alongside film-maker Mary Harron and actress Sandra Oh.Documentary competition jurors are IFP ...
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Relativity Media forms investment fund subsidiary
Relativity Media has formed wholly owned subsidiary Relativity Capital to act as a principal investor in its major media transactions.Essentially a fund that is expected to commit more than $1bn in transactions, Relativity Capital's investments will include studio slates, the Relativity Single Picture Business, library acquisitions and other media-related cash ...
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Seven films make shortlist for best make-up Oscar
Seven films have made the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' shortlist for the make-up category.The films in alphabetical order are: The Diving Bell And The Butterfly; Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix; La Vie En Rose; Norbit; Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End; Sweeney Todd ...
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Amalric, Kurylenko and Arterton join Craig in Bond 22
Principal photography has begun at Pinewood Studios in the UK on Eon Productions, Sony Pictures Entertainment and MGM's Bond 22.Marc Forster directs and Daniel Craig reprises his role as 007 in the film following his acclaimed debut in the global smash Casino Royale, which launched in 2006 and is the ...
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Deakins, Elswit, Kaminski and McGarvey nominated for ASC award
Roger Deakins (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford and No Country For Old Men), Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood), Janusz Kaminski (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly) and Seamus McGarvey (Atonement) have been nominated for the 22nd Annual American Society Of Cinematographers' (ASC) feature film ...
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WBPI's Legend survives with $34m take at international box office
I Am Legend kept on top of the overseas competition as an estimated $34m weekend haul through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) from approximately 3,900 prints in 36 territories catapaulted the cumulative total to $170.2m.The weekend was dominated by a mighty $8.5m (A$9.8m) Australian number one launch on 338 prints ...
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Blood is runaway favourite at National Society Of Film Critics
The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) voted Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood best picture at the weekend and named Anderson best director and the film's Daniel Day-Lewis best actor.The group voted Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days best foreign language film and No End ...
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AMPAS names winners of Scientific & Technical achievement awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced 10 winners of Scientific and Technical Academy Awards that will be presented at a ceremony in Beverly Hills on February 9.Unlike other Academy Awards, achievements receiving scientific and technical awards need not have been developed and introduced during 2007, however ...