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Wine growing comedy prepares to uncork
Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Freddy Rodriguez, Rachael Taylor from Transformers, Chris Pine, and Eliza Dushku will star in Randall Miller's wine growing comedy Bottle Shock.The IPW, Zin Haze and Unclaimed Freight Production joint enterprise will begin shooting in the Napa and Sonoma Valley regions of California on Aug 1.Jody Savin ...
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Harry Potter's own book launch poses only real competition to ever-rising Phoenix
Every fan of the franchise knows it's not in Harry Potter's nature to be a bully, but the film version of his exploits is a different beast entirely and has been swatting rivals like flies since it was released around the world last week.The fifth episode in the fantasy series, ...
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Walden Media set to ride with Moriarty surf project
Walden Media has boarded an adventure project set against the renowned Mavericks surfing location in Northern California. Daniel Barnz and Ned Zeman will write the screenplay based on a treatment by Walden's executive vice president of business affairs Jim Meenaghan and writer-producer Brandon Hooper. Based on a true story, the ...
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Endgame bolsters ranks with Norton, Schenz, Birch
Jim Stern's Endgame Entertainment has bolstered the ranks with three hires, naming Robert Norton as chief financial officer, Greg Schenz as head of business and legal affairs, and Matt Birch as senior vice president of physical production. The company has moved to new offices in Beverly Hills as post-production continues ...
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Fox Home Entertainment targets emerging markets in re-shuffle
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) top brass have implemented a corporate restructure to accommodate emerging markets.Gary Ferguson will now focus on China, Russia and Brazil in his newly expanded role as senior vice president of emerging markets.He will also supervise Fox's worldwide licensee operation and play a key role ...
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Gotham Awards re-locate to Brooklyn
The 17th Annual Gotham Awards will kick off the 2007-08 awards season on Nov 27 in their new Brooklyn digs at Steiner Studios.Gotham Awards Tributes will go to Javier Bardem, who stars in the upcoming No Country For Old Men and Love In The Time Of Cholera, Mira Nair, who ...
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Senator to launch US distribution operation with Mandy Lane
Senator Entertainment's first domestic release will be All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, the horror film that made waves at last year's Toronto film festival, after the company bought North American rights from TWC International.The fledgling distributor plans to release the film on more than 1,000 screens in early 2008 ...
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here! Films loads up on Fat Girls
here! Films has acquired North American rights to Ash Christian's comedy Fat Girls, which here's sister company Regent Releasing will release theatrically.Christian stars as Rodney Miller, a gay, theatre-obsessed high school senior who has his heart set on becoming a Broadway star. Ashley Fink and Jonathan Caouette, who made the ...
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Weinstein Co options upcoming gangster book
The Weinstein Company has optioned film and TV rights to Tom Folsom's upcoming gangster book The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe And The Revolution At The Edge Of The Underworld.The tome chronicles the Brooklyn-based Gallo brothers and their ill-fated efforts to take on the Mafia.Weinstein Books president and chief executive officer ...
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Stewart spearheads development at Hayek's Ventanazul
Salma Hayek and MGM's recently launched joint venture Ventanazul has announced three key hires at the company.Producer Annie Stewart, whose credits include Leaving Las Vegas and Cold Creek Manor, has been named vice president of development, while Lumumba Mosquera will head the company's legal and business affairs, and Juan Davila ...
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LA's Danish Film Fest to include post-production expo
Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 La Passion De Jeanne d'Arc - complete with a new score - will open the second-annual Danish Film Fest in Los Angeles, which runs from Oct 4-11. The event combines an appreciation of Danish cinema with a Danish film expo on post-production co-presented by the ...
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City Lights takes US rights to The Year My Parents Went On Vacation
New York-based City Lights Pictures has acquired US rights to Cao Hamburger's Brazilian film The Year My Parents Went On Vacation (O Ano Em Que Meus Pais Sairam De Ferias). The announcement comes just one month after the distributor picked up Jason Kohn's 2007 Sundance documentary Grand Jury Prize winner ...
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Goodman joins Media Rights Capital as digital media president
Film financier Media Rights Capital (MRC) has appointed Dan Goodman aspresident of digital media.Goodman will be responsible for shaping and executing MRC's digitalstrategy across broadband, mobile, gaming, Video On Demand and otheremerging platforms.Formerly chief digital officer for Ogilvy, Goodman will focus on developing premium content for the entertainment arenas and ...
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Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix dominates domestic
North American audiences flocked to Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix as the film dominated the domestic charts - as it did overseas and globally - with an estimated $77.4m three-day and $140m five-day launch. This was the biggest launch in the franchise by virtue of the fact ...
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Gill and Sacker take on Chloe King's script Lorelei
Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's fledgling finance, production and international sales company The Film Department has unveiled its first acquisition since launching last month and will fast-track Chloe King's script Lorelei.The project centres on the story of a bitterly divorced New York City couple who are told they must conceive ...
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Harry Potter weaves a magical international opening for Warner Bros
Warner Bros weaved a magical opening for Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix at the weekend as the fifth episode in the fantasy saga conjured up an estimated $190.3m from 44 territories.Approximately 31m people overseas turned out to see the film, which amassed $330m around the world in ...
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Order Of The Phoenix set for magical international weekend
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix is set to out-muscle Paramount/PPI's current overseas champion Transformers this weekend as the fifth instalment in the hugely popular children's series rolls out in 44 territories.The film, released through Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI), has already amassed $29.2m from its first day ...
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Robbins, Landau join cast of Walden's City Of Ember
Tim Robbins and Martin Landau have joined Bill Murray, Toby Jones and hot child actor Saoirse Ronan on the cast of Walden Media's upcoming children's adventure City Of Ember.Gil Kenan is directing the film in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The story pits two teenagers in a dramatic race to save their ...
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Colligan, Endore-Kaiser named co-heads of marketing at Vantage
Megan Colligan and Guy Endore-Kaiser have been promoted to co-heads of marketing at Paramount Vantage.Colligan and Endore-Kaiser, who both joined the studio in early 2006, will work together on release strategy, marketing campaigns and new marketing initiatives for all Paramount Vantage and Paramount Classics domestic releases.Colligan will continue to oversee ...
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Relativity acquires rights to UK children's book franchise Tunnels
Relativity Media has acquired film rights to Tunnels, the first in a proposed children's franchise by first-time British authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams.Company chief Ryan Kavanaugh will produce with Mark Canton, currently riding high on the global success of 300. Danny Davids and Neil Canton will serve as executive ...