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Golden Door, La Vie En Rose set for San Francisco
Emanuele Crialese's Italian immigrant drama The Golden Door will open and Olivier Dahan's Edith Piaf biopic La Vie En Rose will close the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival, set to run from April 26-May 10.Festival organisers have culled 108 features and 92 shorts for the event, and the centerpiece ...
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Stonelock, Cheyenne team up to produce, acquire, sell
Stonelock Pictures president Beni Atoori and Cheyenne Studios president Al Jayez have formed the joint venture Tripod Pictures to produce, acquire and sell films.The Los Angeles-based company claims that it has secured a $200m credit line from a European bank to fund productions, although it refused to name which bank. ...
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3-D screens account for 30% of Robinsons opening US gross
Meet The Robinsons became the largest digital 3-D opening in domestic box office history at the weekend as the platform accounted for nearly 30% of the film's $25.1m overall three-day gross.The 581 screens - each of which was formatted by Los Angeles-based Real D - generated $7.1m for the weekend.Furthermore ...
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Overture teams with Echo Lake on 105 Degrees And Rising
Fledgling studio Overture Films is partnering with Echo Lake Productions on its first in-house title 105 Degrees And Rising, a drama about the fall of Saigon drama.Jon Amiel will direct the project, named after the code used by Armed Forces Radio in 1975 to alert citizens to evacuate the former ...
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Ken Kwapis to direct He's Just Not That Into You
New Line Cinema and Flower Films have hired Ken Kwapis to direct the comedy He's Just Not That Into You.Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo's bestselling novel of the same name serves as the inspiration for the project about cross-gender misunderstandings in love.Flower Films principals Nancy Juvonen and Drew Barrymore are ...
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Shut Up And Shoot Me, New Year Baby win AFI Dallas
Steen Agro's Shut Up And Shoot Me won the AFI Dallas International Film Festival's Target narrative feature award while Socheata Poeuv's New Year Baby took corresponding documentary honours.The HDNet Award for the best feature shot in HD went to Rob Stewart's documentary Sharkwater.Additional Awards went to Eric Chaikin's A Lawyer ...
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Mr Bean's Holiday basks in $33.3m international weekend
Rowan Atkinson's bumbling Brit overthrew Warner Bros' Spartan army as Universal/UPI's Mr Bean's Holiday reaped the benefits of a wide launch and grossed an estimated $33.3m from 3,061 sites in 26 territories.Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) won't be unduly bothered however, as 300 crossed $100m overseas and has amassed more ...
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Blades gets top marks at top North American box office
Will Ferrell enjoyed the second best opening of his career as Paramount's ice skating comedy Blades Of Glory launched at number one on an estimated $33m.Ferrell and co-star Jon Heder play banned rival skaters who learn the only way to get back into the sport is to compete as a ...
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Bergstein group buys Image Entertainment
Los Angeles-based entrepreneur David Bergstein is poised to add a home entertainment platform to his growing entertainment empire as he closes in on the acquisition of Image Entertainment.Bergstein bought the UK's Capitol Films and New York-based THINKFilm earlier this year. Now BTP Acquisition Company, the investor group he leads, has ...
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T-Online Hungary to handle Warner titles for online VOD
T-Online Hungary has signed a deal with Warner Bros International Television Distribution (WBITD) to provide T-Home TV and T-Online Teka with online video-on-demand rights to Warner Bros titles.The multi-year agreement begins in April and was negotiated on behalf of WBITD by Ruth Woods, manager, sales and sales planning, Europe.Licensed titles ...
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Stambler joins THINKFilm as director of acquisitions
Ben Stambler has left Magnolia Pictures and joined THINKFilm's New York office as director of acquisitions.Stambler served for three years as manager of acquisitions at Magnolia and played a key role in the acquisitions of The Host, The Signal, and Jesus Camp.He will jointly report to THINKFilm's head of US ...
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Captivity US release delayed by MPAA suspension on rating
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has suspended the ratings process on After Dark's upcoming horror film Captivity for one month in the light of the film's controversial billboard campaign in Los Angeles and New York.In an unprecedented move, After Dark and its distributors will now be required to ...
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Bean, Robinsons line up to do battle with 300
Warner Bros' reigning overseas champions of 300 are squaring up for a thunderous battle this weekend against Buena Vista's futuristic animated family Robinson and the return of Universal's hapless Mr Bean.Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) Spartan army has amassed more than $92.3m to date and invades Brazil on Mar 30. ...
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Fox sets Shyamalan thriller for Friday 13 June, 2008
Twentieth Century Fox will release M Night Shyamalan's paranoia thriller The Happening on Friday 13th in June 2008.Mark Wahlberg is set to star in the story of a family on the run from an apocalyptic threat to humanity. Shyamalan is preparing an August shoot in Philadelphia based on his original ...
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Production - AFCI Trade Show 2007 - The world's locations meet in one location
This year more than 200 members of the Association of Film Commissioners International (Afci) are expected to descend on Santa Monica for the 22nd Afci Locations Trade Show 2007. The event runs from April 12-14 and is a key opportunity for the global community of film commissioners to promote their ...
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Dafoe, Gruffudd, Panettiere join Senator's Fireflies
Willem Dafoe, Ioan Gruffudd and Hayden Panettiere have joined Julia Roberts, Carrie-Anne Moss, Ryan Reynolds and Emily Watson on Senator Entertainment's first self-financed US production, the drama Fireflies In The Garden. Shannon Lucio, and George Newbern have also boarded Dennis Lee's feature directorial debut, which is set for an Apr ...
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Tribeca Film Institute announces 2007 festival programmes
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) unveiled the 2007 festival prgrammes yesterday [March 28], which include the Tribeca Film Fellows programme, a gala screening of films by young New York film-makers entitled 'Our City, My Story', and an on-stage discussion with documentarian Albert Maysles.The third Tribeca Film Fellows Programme invites 20 ...
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Clement leaves Sony to join PHE promotions department
George Clement has joined Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) as executive director of promotions.Clement, who previously served as director of international promotions and licensing at Sony Pictures Consumer Marketing, will be responsible for developing and building promotional partnerships for the entire portfolio of PHE product.He will report to PHE executive vice ...
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Cusack, Hayes join voice cast of TWC's Igor
John Cusack and Sean Hayes have joined the voice cast of Exodus Film Group's CG-animated comedy Igor, which The Weinstein Company (TWC) is scheduled to release in North America on Oct 24, 2008.Cusack will voice the title character of Igor, a mad scientist's assistant who secretly harbours dreams of becoming ...
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Du Toit returns as programming co-director at PSIFF 08
The Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced that Helen du Toit will return as co-director of programming alongside the current director of programming Carl Spence for the 2008 edition.Du Toit most recently served as programme director of the Vancouver Film and Television Forum, and also programmed for various film ...