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Randy Quaid comedy to open Slamdance Film Festival
Randall Cole's comedy about a doomed gambler Real Time starring Randy Quaid will open the 14th Slamdance Film Festival on January 17 2008.Event president and co-founder Peter Baxter and his team whittled down more than 1,200 submissions to the final roster of 29.Entries include Steve Clark's rites of passage tale ...
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No Country off to flying start with National Board Of Review wins
The National Board of Review has announced the first winners of the North American 2007 awards season, naming Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country For Old Men best film of the year.The Coen Brothers' unflinching adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's crime thriller also takes the best adapted screenplay prize, while the ...
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Myriad signs one year, first look deal with comic book outfit Studio 407
Myriad Pictures has entered into a one-year first-look deal to make live-action features with Bangkok and US-based comic book creator Studio 407.Studio 407's US staff will operate out of Myriad's Santa Monica offices for the duration of the deal. Myriad get first look at all potential feature adaptations from Studio ...
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Cohen named consultant for Digital Distribution Coalition
Steven B Cohen has been appointed as consultant to manage DigitalCinema Distribution Coalition, the alliance between Warner BrosEntertainment, Universal Pictures and Digital Cinema ImplementationPartners (DCIP).DCIP was originally announced on March 6 2007 and was set up to develop the most cost-effective form of digital delivery.Cohen has more than 20 years ...
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Mann, Dushku star in The Thacker Case
Principal photography has begun in and around Los Angeles and in Iowa on the true-life wrongful death story The Thacker Case.Set in small town Iowa, the film stars Gabriel Mann as a young attorney who uncovers a web of lies and cover-ups following the mysterious death of Kevin Thacker, a ...
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Peace Arch acquires Canadian rights to 32 First Look titles
Toronto-based Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired exclusive Canadian rights to 32 films from First Look Studios Los Angeles.Peace Arch will release five of the films theatrically in Canada, followed by DVD, video-on-demand and television distribution. The titles are An American Crime starring Catherine Keener, Smiley Face with Anna Faris, ...
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Day-Lewis to be honoured with achievement award at Palm Springs
Daniel Day-Lewis will receive the 19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's (PSIFF) Desert Palm Achievement Award at the festival's annual awards gala on January 5 2008.Day-Lewis has earned rave reviews for his latest performance as a ruthless oil baron in Paul Thomas Anderson's film There Will Be Blood, which ...
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JPMorgan fortifies Entertainment unit with $200m warchest
JPMorgan is stepping up its involvement in Hollywood with a commitment to invest $200m of its own capital in film and entertainment projects.The New York-based bank, which late last year arranged $225m in production and distribution funding for start-up Overture Films, said it will use subordinated debt for investments such ...
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Overture to produce, distribute family drama Humboldt Park
Overture Films will produce and distribute State Street Pictures and 2DS Productions' lighthearted family drama Humboldt Park to star Freddy Rodriguez and John Leguizamo.The story centres on three siblings who return to their parents' home for the holidays in the Chicago district of Humboldt Park.State Street's Robert Teitel and George ...
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Shugrue steps down from Envoy, Brian Hall named new CEO
Ted Shugrue has stepped down as CEO and left Envoy Media Partners, the majority partner in Vietnam's largest theatre chain MegaStar Media JVC.Shugrue is parting ways with Envoy after he decided he would be unable to relocate his family to Vietnam.He is replaced by Brian Hall, who will be based ...
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Quiet weekend at domestic box office led by Enchanted
A borderline comatose domestic weekend saw the top three hold firm as the top 10 stayed largely the same. Buena Vista's family release Enchanted remained the champion in its second weekend as an estimated $17m raised the running total to an impressive $70.6m.Screen Gems' drama This Christmas in second place ...
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Beowulf leads international as WBPI crossed $2bn mark in 2007
Beowulf's $19.4m estimated weekend haul raised the number one overseas film to an even $75m as Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) celebrated reaching the $2bn milestone for the year-to-date.The action film's sterling year-end performance has been a timely one and propelled the distributor to its second $2bn mark after $2.2bn ...
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Universal brings Charlie Wilson's War forward to Dec 21
Universal Pictures has brought forward the release date of Charlie Wilson's War from December 25 to December 21 based on strong tracking from preview screenings.The studio's marketing and distribution president Adam Fogelson said he anticipated word of mouth to sustain the film throughout the holiday season.Tom Hanks plays the eponymous ...
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Equinoxe signs two-year deal for Kimmel slate in French Canada
Montreal-based Equinoxe Films has signed an exclusive two-year deal to release New York-based Kimmel International's slate in all media in English and French-speaking Canada.The upcoming releases include the romantic comedy Management with Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn, the Jack Black comedy Ye Olde Times, and the Haruki Murakami adaptation All ...
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Beowulf, Enchanted expected to lead international weekend
Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) Beowulf still looks like the one to beat this weekend as it bears down on the $50m mark.The animated adventure has amassed $48.4m to date and should race toward $75m this weekend with launches in Australia on November 29, Brazil and Sweden on November 30 ...
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AFI DALLAS festival receives $1m gift
AFI DALLAS International Film Festival has received a $1m gift from Dallas philanthropist Nancy Hamon as organisers plan the second festival in 2008.'This is a significant financial milestone for AFI DALLAS as we continue planning for our second festival,' founder, chairman and festival director Liener Temerlin said.'Nancy Hamon has been ...
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Costume designer Marit Allen dies at 66 in Australia
Costume designer Marit Allen, who recently worked on La Vie En Rose and was collaborating with George Miller on the Warner Bros action title Justice League Of America, died of a brain aneurism in Australia on November 26.Allen was born in England in 1941 and after graduating from the University ...
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Winstone, Gooding, Perlman join cast of Untitled Gehenna Project
Ray Winstone, Cuba Gooding Jr and Ron Perlman have signed to Ice Cold Productions' action thriller Untitled Gehenna Project.Jason Connery will direct the story of a team of elite soldiers that uncovers an evil force during a mission to rescue a government scientist from an underground base.Taryn Manning, Franky G, ...
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61 films named eligible for Golden Globe foreign language award
Sixty-one foreign language films have passed eligibility requirements for consideration in the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards in January 2008.
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Gondry, Spurlock, Levinson, Haneke films to be unveiled at Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival rolled out the star power as they announced the line-up of Premieres, Spectrum, New Frontier and Park City At Midnight films today [Nov 29].As previously announced the festival will open on January 17 with Martin McDonagh's feature directorial debut In Bruges starring Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell ...