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LA Critics set annual awards ceremony for Jan 12, 2008
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) will hold its 33rd annual film achievement awards ceremony on Jan 12, 2008.The group, headed by president Lael Loewenstein, will meet to vote on the winners on Dec 9, 2007.The awards ceremony will take place at the InterContinental Los Angeles in Century City.
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Young Victoria cast bulks up with Broadbent, Richardson
Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson and Mark Strong have joined Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend in Graham King and Martin Scorsese's period drama The Young Victoria.Filming is set to begin in the UK this month with Jean Marc Vallee directing from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes about the longest serving British ...
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PPI crosses $1bn gross mark in its first year of operation
Powered by the overseas success of Shrek The Third and Transformers, Paramount Pictures International (PPI) has crossed $1bn.Shrek The Third has crossed $400m and is already the biggest animated release of all time in Russia ($23m). It registered the biggest opening weekend in history in five territories including Poland and ...
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Summit hires Friedman, Matosich in senior business affairs positions
Summit Entertainment has appointed David C Friedman executive vice president and general counsel and named Andrew Matosich executive vice president of business affairs.Friedman most recently served as executive vice president, corporate transactions and deputy general counsel for Paramount Pictures and offers a broad range of experience in film financing, acquisitions, ...
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Narnia producers plan one film a year in franchise from 2008
The producers of The Chronicles Of Narnia films plan to release a new instalment of C S Lewis' children's fantasy series every May starting with Prince Caspian on May 16 2008.Speaking to attendees at the annual Comic-Con convention in San Diego, Mark Johnson said the aim was to put out ...
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AFCI to launch next phase of training programme at Cineposium
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) will launch the next phase of its Global Initiatives In Professional Development in conjunction with the 32nd annual AFCI Cineposium International Conference 2007 that runs from Aug 26-30 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Hosted by the New Mexico Film Office, the event will be ...
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Depp to produce, star in Thompson's The Rum Diary
Johnny Depp will nexst star in The Rum Diary, his second film to spring from the mind of the late godfather of 'gonzo' journalism Hunter S Thompson.Depp's Infinitum Nihil is producing with Graham King's recently minted GK Films and Warner Independent Pictures.Depp and King will produce with Film Engine's A ...
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North America rallies to Simpsons Movie with $71.9m opening
Fox's The Simpsons Movie won the weekend race in emphatic style as the highly acclaimed theatrical version of the 18-year-old television series opened on an estimated $71.9m.The film also dominated the international arena and features the regular voice cast of Dan Castellenata, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright and Hank Azaria.The strong ...
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Simpsons proves a $96m international box office champ
The Simpsons Movie hit the jackpot at the weekend with a resounding $96m estimated overseas launch that vapourised fears about the long-running television series lacking the stamina or charisma for the big screen.Fox International's achievement was made all the more remarkable by the fact that, while the film opened day-and-date ...
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Nimoy, Quinto to play Spock in Paramount's new Star Trek
Leonard Nimoy will reprise his role as Mr Spock in J J Abrams' upcoming Star Trek feature for Paramount, the director announced on the opening day of Comic-Con in San Diego.Meanwhile Zachary Quinto, one of the stars of this year's hit US television series Heroes, will portray the Vulcan in ...
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Simpsons take on the world in 71 territories
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix will surge past $400m this weekend in what will be a tightly contested bout with the global release of The Simpsons Movie.Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) fifth Potter episode has raced to $395m and should continue to make strong gains in its ...
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Lionsgate takes minority stake in Roadside Attractions
Lionsgate announced today that it has bought a minority ownership stake in Howard Cohen and Eric D'arbelloff's distributor Roadside Attractions.The passive investment means Roadside will remain an autonomous entity and plans 12 to 14 annual theatrical releases in North America, with Lionsgate handling home entertainment and ancillary markets.Cohen and D'arbeloff ...
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Mandalay to produce comedy Mental for Summit
Summit Entertainment has acquired Bear Aderhold and Tom Sullivan's speculative comedy screenplay Mental.Mandalay Pictures will produce and Summit's production president Erik Feig and vice president of production Jean Song will oversee for the company. Summit holds worldwide rights.The story centres on a harried orderly who has 10 hours to transport ...
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50 shorts programmed for third annual HollyShorts in LA
Adrien Grenier's coming-of-age tale Euthanasia is among more than 50 entries from seven countries that will screen at the third annual HollyShorts Film festival, which runs from Aug 11-12 in Hollywood.The line-up of events include two industry panels looking at how experience on short films can benefit a feature film-making ...
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Sundance names participants in Documentary Composers Lab
Seven documentary film-makers and six film music composers have been invited to participate as Fellows in the Sundance Documentary Composers Lab, which runs from Aug 5-9 in Utah.The documentary subjects cover an Iraq War training simulation in the US, peace activists in Colombia, and Ethipian teenagers who move to America ...
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Rpin Suwannath to direct The Lotus Caves for Walden Media
Effects pioneer Rpin Suwannath will make his directorial debut on Walden Media's John Christopher adaptation The Lotus Caves.Suwannath, who has worked closely with Walden on pre-visualisaing Walden's The Chronicles Of Narnia films, is currently in development on the project with executive producer Steven Granat.Set in a 2068 when humans have ...
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Utah increases rebate to film-makers from 10% to 15%
The Utah Film Commission has increased by 50% the rebate available to film-makers through the State's Motion Picture Incentive Fund (MPIF).The incentive package rises from 10% to a 15% post-performance rebate for every dollar spent in the state of Utah.The cap on the fund remains at $500,000 and the budget ...
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Global Film Initiative appoints six new board members
The Global Film Initiative has announced the appointment of six new members to its board of directors.The new recruits join the current six-member board in advising the Initiative and its ongoing expansion of the Global Lens touring film series and related programmes.Now in its fifth year, the Initiative recently introduced ...
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Burnett Fefferman gets top publicity job at IDP/Samuel Goidwyn Films
Liza Burnett Fefferman has been named senior vice president of publicity at IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films.Effective immediately, Fefferman will head the PR department overseeing the company's film slate in addition to managing corporate publicity and branding. Based in New York, she reports to IDP president Michael Silberman.She most recently served as ...
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Walden options family comedy Relativity by Peter Craig
Walden Media has optioned Peter Craig's family comedy screenplay Relativity.The story revolves around parents who on the occasion of their 35th wedding anniversary gather their children to reveal a big secret that sends shockwaves through the family.Vice president of development Evan Turner brought the project to the company and will ...