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Radha Mitchell joins cast of Mimi Leder's The Code
Radha Mitchell has joined Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas on Nu Image/Millennium Films, Revelations Entertainment and Equity Pictures' drama The Code.Mimi Leder will begin filming in mid-October in New York and subsequently at Nu Image's Nu Boyana Film Centre in Sofia, Bulgaria.Boaz Davidson, Lori McCreary, Danny Lerner, Les Weldon and ...
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Noodle to have US premiere opening Israel Film Festival
The US premiere of Ayelet Menahemi's Noodle will open the 22nd Annual Israel Film Festival (IFF) in New York on Oct 23.This year's event run until Nov 8 and will feature 30 features, documentaries, and television dramas, as well as Q&A sessions.Ron Silver will receive the 2007 IFF Lifetime Achievement ...
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Gutwillig steps down at Outfest after eight years
Stephen Gutwillig will step down as Outfest executive director after eight years in the role at the end of the year.Gutwillig was a prominent figure in the LGBT film community and a driving force at the festival who instigated, among other programmes, the Outfest Legacy Project, currently the only LGBT ...
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Disney's Ratatouille could be the weekend's top earner with opening in Germany
Ratatouille could become the weekend's top earner after Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI) opened it in Germany and Austria on Oct 4.The Pixar hit has grossed $230.5m so far and is expected to cross $300m by the end of its run, buoyed by the German-speaking debuts and upcoming ...
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De Laurentiis, Muti, Storaro, Muccini get LA honours
Dino De Laurentiis, actress Ornella Muti, cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and Gabriele Muccino will each receive the Cinema Italian Style Award at the upcoming 4th Annual Cinema Italian Style Festival in Los Angeles, which runs from Oct 10-21.The 12-day event features the US premieres of festival opener Daniele Luchetti's My Brother ...
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Berney to be keynote speaker at LA Filmmaker Forum
Picturehouse Films president Bob Berney will be the keynote speaker at the third-annual Filmmaker Forum in Los Angeles, which runs from Oct 19- 21.The Forum kicks off with an advance screening of Marc Forster's The Kite Runner and will include panel discussions covering such diverse topics as production, financing, distribution, ...
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Hirsch, Blonsky to be honoured at Palm Springs
Emile Hirsch and Nikki Blonsky will receive the 19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's (PSIFF) Rising Star Awards at the festival's annual awards gala on Jan 5, 2008.Hirsch stars in Paramount Vantage's drama Into The Wild and recently wrapped production on Warner Bros' Speed Racer for directors Andy Wachowski ...
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Gavin Hood: New world order
From the outset, Gavin Hood stresses that Rendition, his follow-up to 2006's best foreign-language Oscar winner Tsotsi, is not 'politically preachy'. While that may be so, the subject matter is inevitably political and makes for a harrowing two hours that raises fundamental ethical dilemmas about the times we live in.Rendition ...
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Beatty to receive 2008 AFI Life Achievement Award
Warren Beatty will receive the 36th AFI Life Achievement Award at a gala tribute in Los Angeles on Jun 12, 2008.Beatty won the best director Oscar for Reds in 1982 and earned four acting nominations for Bonnie And Clyde, Reds, Heaven Can Wait, and Bugsy.'Warren Beatty has charmed movie-goers as ...
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Sony Pictures extends Lynton's contract to 2012
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has extended the contract of chairman and chief executive officer Michael Lynton to 2012.Lynton joined Sony Pictures in January 2004 and steered the studio to an industry record $1.7bn domestic gross and a record 13 number one debuts in 2006 alongside co-chairman Amy Pascal, whose contract ...
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Squires receives IDA cinematography award
Buddy Squires will receive the International Documentary Association's (IDA) Outstanding Documentary Cinematography Award at the 23rd Annual IDA Awards Gala Benefit in Los Angeles on Dec 7.Squires' credits number into the eighties and include The Statue Of Liberty, which earned him an Oscar nomination in 1986, as well as Civil ...
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Ottinger named EVP at MGM's worldwide TV group
Christopher Ottinger has been named executive vice president of international television distribution at MGM Worldwide Television Group, effective immediately.The 14-year veteran of the global television industry will be based at MGM's headquarters in Los Angeles and reports to MGM Worldwide TV co-president Gary Marenzi.Ottinger will assume direct oversight of MGM's ...
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Producers Guild honour Marshall & Kennedy
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has chosen to honour longtime producing partners Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy with its 2008 David O. Selznick Achievement Award.Marshall and Kennedy's current assignments include David Fincher's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, and Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones ...
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The Queen screenwriter signs with UTA
Oscar-nominated writer Peter Morgan, currently working on the third instalment in his Tony Blair trilogy about the former British Prime Minister, has signed with UTA. Morgan will continue to be represented UK agent Greg Hunt and attorney Alan Hergott. The screenwriter's latest exploration of Blair's leadership follows the ...
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Richard Gere and Marc Forster to receive Hollywood honours
Richard Gere will receive the Hollywood Actor Of The Year Award, Marc Forster the Hollywood Director Of The Year Award, Ellen Page the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Of The Year Award, and Diablo Cody the Hollywood Breakthrough Screenwriter Of The Year Award at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony in Los ...
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AFM to feature 106 industry world premieres
Organisers at the upcoming 28th AFM in Santa Monica have announcedthat 522 features will screen at the event, among them 106 industryworld premieres and 364 market premieres.Industry world premieres include: Mad Money starring Katie Holmes,Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah, which Nu Image is selling; SmartPeople with Thomas Hayden Church, Sarah ...
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Williams promoted to chief technology officer at MPAA
Jim C Williams has been appointed senior vice president and chief technology officer for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Williams has served as a senior technology executive at the MPAA since he joined in 2002 as vice president of television and video systems standards. In his new role ...
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Kevin Sullivan moves to First Look in marketing post
Former Blockbuster Online director of product Kevin Sullivan has been appointed First Look Studios' vice president of home entertainment marketing. Sullivan will report directly to First Look's executive vice president worldwide marketing Brooke Ford and is expected to start work on the first quarter 2008 releases of King Of California ...
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Cinetic strikes Canadian distribution pact with Maximum Films
Robert Lantos' fledgling Toronto-based sales and distribution company Maximum Films has struck a three-year deal with New York's Cinetic Media to release Cinetic films in CanadaThe agreement further boosts the prestige factor associated with Maximum's pipeline following recent deals with Fortissimo Films, Magnolia Pictures, and IFC.It also realises Cinetic's stated ...
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HarperCollins strikes alliance with New York producer Sharp
HarperCollins Publishers has truck a strategic alliance with New York-based producers Sharp Independent to collaborate on the adaptation of HarperCollins titles.The alliance is another example of film companies allying themselves with publishing houses to access and exploit material. In 2005, Focus Features partnered up with Random House to create Random ...