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Suharjono named svp of Asian distribution at Warner International
Erlina Suharjono has been named senior vice president of Asia Distribution at Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI).Suharjono recently assumed the role of chief representative of Warner New Asia to supervise distribution of the studio's US-made films in China.Based in the Hong Kong office and reporting directly to WBPI distribution chief ...
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Sales veteran Adam Wright joins Maverick
Adam Wright has joined Maverick Global, the international sales arm of US home entertainment genre distributor Maverick Entertainment Group, as senior vice president of international distribution and domestic television sales.Wright will report directly to executive vice president Pamela White and will continue to live in Los Angeles, where he most ...
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Fogelson, Edgan promoted to president positions within Universal
Adam Fogelson has been appointed to the newly created role of Universal Pictures' president of marketing and distribution and Eddie Egan has been promoted to president of marketing.Fogelson assumes executive oversight of Universal's domestic marketing and distribution divisions as well as marketing and distribution of Rogue Pictures.He reports to Universal ...
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Randolph Paul joins Halcyon as COO in LA
Randolph Paul has joined the Halcyon Company as chief operating officer. He will be based in the Los Angeles office and report to Halcyon co-chief executive officers Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson.Paul is an experienced executive who was present at the inception of Miramax Films in the 1980s before moving ...
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Focus bolsters production, Rogue distribution moved to Universal
Focus Features has bolstered its production department as the company moves toward a bigger slate and eyes greater collaboration with parent company Universal Pictures' overseas production group.Focus Features chief executive officer James Schamus also announced that the distribution and marketing of Rogue Pictures releases will henceforth be handled by Universal.Rogue ...
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Shoreline picks up Franco's Max, Kill Kill Faster Faster for AFM
Heading into AFM, Shoreline Entertainment has announced its acquisition of worldwide rights to James Franco's drama Good Time Max also starring Franco and the noir thriller Kill Kill Faster Faster.Franco wrote and directed Good Time Max, about two brothers who grow apart when one becomes a surgeon and the other ...
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IFP to present tribute to Mayor Bloomberg at Gotham Awards
IFP will present a tribute to the New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the 17th Annual Gotham Awards on Nov 27.Bloomberg will be recognised for his leadership in boosting the city's credentials as a film-making hub and for supporting economic, educational, and cultural initiatives throughout the five boroughs including the ...
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Harry Potter 5 breaks $100m gross mark in UK
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix has crossed $100m in the UK, according to fresh data from Warner Bros Pictures International released on Monday [Oct 15].The film reached the milestone in its 14th weekend on release and has grossed $645.2m internationally.The distributor also released final figures for the ...
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US Women In Film name emerging film-maker grantwinners
The national alliance organisation of US Women In Film (WIF) has announced the winners of the second annual WIF/GM 2007 Acceleration Grant For Emerging Filmmakers.The winners are: Jamie Taucher from Sedona, Arizona; Julia Kots from New York, New York; Connie M Florez from Honolulu, Hawaii; Joyce Lee from San Francisco, ...
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Casting Society Of America announces annual Artios nominees
The Casting Society of America has announced the annual Artios Awards nominees, set to be handed out in Los Angeles on Nov 5.In the dramatic feature film category Debra Zane and Jay Binder for Dreamgirls will battle it out with Joanna Colbert for Hollywoodland, Amanda Mackey and Cathy Sandrich Gelfond ...
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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 ...