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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 ...
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Harry Potter 5 conjures up $25.7m in initial day one openings
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix has amassed an estimated $25.7m worldwide since going on release at midnight on Tuesday [July 10] in North America and launching in eight territories yesterday [July 11].The Warner Bros sequel grossed $12m in domestic theatres and set a new record for a ...
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Walden to develop feature of children's novel Savvy
Walden Media will develop Ingrid Law's debut children's novel Savvy following a joint acquisition with Penguin Young Readers Group to North American rights to the unpublished book and a pre-emptive multi-book deal with agent Daniel Lazar at Writers House.Savvy centres on 12-year-old Mississippi 'Mibs' Beaumont, who must use the magical ...
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Paramount Classics establishes conservation fund for Arctic Tale
Paramount Classics has established the Arctic Fund for wildlife conservation and will donate proceeds from the upcoming Jul 25 release of documentary Arctic Tale to four charities.The National Geographic Polar Fund, World Wildlife Fund, National Wildlife Federation, and Wildlife Conservation Society will each receive equal shares from a percentage of ...
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Harris, Willis join the cast of Papamichael's horror film From Within
Principal photography has started in Havre De Grace, Maryland, on Phedon Papamichael's psychological horror film From Within.Jared Harris, Amanda and Michelle Babin and Rumer Willis join the previously announced cast of Thomas Dekker, Elizabeth Rice, and Adam Goldberg.The story centres on a small ultra-religious community where residents start to die ...
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Paramount hits domestic $1bn mark in record time
Paramount Pictures has crossed the $1bn at the domestic box office in record time, propelled by Transformers' record-breaking $155.4m launch last week.The studio reached the milestone after 189 days on Jul 8 and executives project 2007 will be Paramount's highest grossing year since 1998, when it reached $1.046bn. That tally ...
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Lionsgate invests in online video site Break.com
Lionsgate has secured a strategic investment in Break.com, an online video entertainment site targeted at 18-to-34-year-old males.The partnership offers Lionsgate the chance to distribute current and upcoming films, television programming, home entertainment and other new content through Break's online channel.It also gives the studio access to Break's young talent pool, ...
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Warner Bros International TV promotes Robertson in Asia Pacific
Greg Robertson has been promoted to senior vice president and managingdirector of Asia Pacific at Warner Bros International TelevisionDistribution (WBITD).The 21-year company veteran will supervise all WBITD's programmelicensing operations in more than 24 territories in the region,including Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, thePhilippines, and Singapore.Based in Sydney, he reports ...
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Aberly joins Participant as VP of publicity
Rachel Aberly has joined Participant Productions as vice-president ofpublicity and will report to the company's executive vice presidentsof marketing Buffy Shutt and Kathy Jones.Aberly previously served as a publicity consultant for Participant,shepherding such films as Good Night And Good Luck, North Country, andSyriana at Warner Brothers and Warner Independent. Prior ...
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Women In Film and GM pact for second Opening Doors scheme
Women In Film (WIF) and the General Motors Corporation (GM) haveannounced the second annual WIF/GM 2007 Opening Doors/AbriendoPuertas: The Acceleration Grant For Emerging Latina Filmmakers.The WIF/GM grant will be presented to five up-and-coming Latinafilm-makers, chosen by a WIF selection committee composed ofprofessional film-makers and entertainment industry executives fromthe New York-based ...
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Transformers tops estimate with first-week gross of $155.8m
Paramount Pictures executives confirmed today that Transformersdid indeed set an industry record for a new release's first-week grossand took more than initially thought.Final studio figures confirm the number one North American filmgrossed $155.8m, considerably more than the $152.5m estimate issued onSunday. The previous mark was Spider-Man's $151.6m set in May ...